Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1931, Page 4

N = "BELIZE USES FIRE T0 FIGHT DISEASE Mexico Also Struck by Hur- ricane—Third Gains in Intensity. __{(Continued From First Page) started to work with a will and have thrown themselves into the vast task before them. The American vice con- sul, Robert Ott of El Paso, has en- listed as a special constable and is! rendering_valuable service. Consul G.| Russell Taggart was slightly injured | by falling roofing iron. Eighteen of the students at the| Jesuit College have been buried and the government has decided not to seek any more bodies at the college, but to burn the debris. The captain of a motor vessel which weathered the hurricane and which was off the shore near the college when it collapsed said that the build- ing was heaved nigh in the air above its concrete pillars and dropped to the ground like a pack of cards. Police Chief Drowned. Manager Beattie of the Royal Bank of Canada, who was out riding during the storm, had a.terrifying experience when his horse was blown from under him while he was on an uninhabited part of the coast. He had to hang on to trees during the storm and reached Belize 24 hours after the hurricane had assed. P he superintendent of police was out warning citizens during a lull, that an- other and more severe blow was ex- pocied when the tidal wave hit his car and he was drowned. *The misery of Mesopotamia, 2 workers' suburb built on a reclaimed swamp, baffled description. _Already ying, about a foot above the high- level, the tidal wave carried away one who happened to be at home at the time. All the houses in this section were demolished with the first sweep of the hurricane. Liquor warehouses were burst open by the storm and cases of liquors were scattered along the streets for a great distance. Some of them were driven into the doors of the American consulate. Light Plant Wrecked. With the U. 8. S. Swan in port to- night, citizens were feeling easier and the danger of possible rioting was con- sidered less. The streets were being gradually cleared of falling telephone and electric light poles and wire, but there is no hope of restoring the elec- tric lighting for some time as a motor vessel was dashed into the power gen- erating plant The only communication was through the radio station of the Pan-American Airways. L. E. Sherouse, the operator Tescued his apparatus and a gasoline ut them in a safe and dry place for which Belize tonight was very grateful. He alone was able to acquaint the outside world with the disaster and bring timely help to the stricken city. Three Navy patrol planes have ar- rived from the United States with medi- cal supplies and doctors and three United States Marine Corps planes have come in from Nicaragu with food, medical suppplies and Navy surgeons. LOWER CALIFORNIA HIT. ‘cane From Pacific Gains in In- tensity as La Paz Is Damaged. MEXICO CITY, September 12 (P).— atches to the newspaper Excelsior sald a hurricane was lashing the whole southern part of lower Califor- nia and that considerable damage had becn done in the city of La Paz. ees were uprootcd, cemeteries were destroyed and _ numerous _buildings damaged in La Paz, the capital of the southern district of the peninsula. The streets were flooded and the steamer Korrigan III was aground in the harbor. Fishing vessels were partly wrecked and fears were enter- tained for many small craft belleved caught by the gale in the gulf. % The storm was growing in intensity, it was said, at the time the dispatches were filed late today. No c2sualities} had been reported up to that time. Earlier reports from various points on the Northern Pacific coast and from the mainland along the Gulf of Cali- fornia told of damages in a hurricane that swept in from the Pacific yester- day. The principal damage was at oita, Sonora, where many houses were wrecked. STORM WARD ISSUED. Weather Bureau Says Hurricane Is In- creasing in Intensity. ather Bureau tonight issued orm warning 9 pm. Tropical disturb- westwerd about 16 miles d again increasing in in- passed near Kingston now near western It will likely move d next 24 hours with Caution ad- MANY LOSE EVERYTHING. Governor of British Honduras Expects | Supplies on American Boat. | LONDON. Scptember (). —Maj. | A of British | io tre colonial | the deaths in the | Belize are_known | that the total would larger when an ac- | | n might become | , if dry weather con- i intendent of police was | e said, and most of the| s of people los Medical being Cross ar | Board ¢f Trade of Belize had' ested all British ships in the vi- in seir power to the ‘The Gover were in good British cruiser r 8 hat the people | health, and that the Danae and the U. 8. ere expected to ar- next week. | He said the food situation was caus- ing some anxis but that the Amer- iean cruiser was expe to bring sup- plies 'E CALLS FOR AID. Cotton, Todine and Bandages Asked for | in Belize Relief Work, | 12 (®)—| relief were | received here to he stricken | residents of Belize, British Bonduras, where a devastating hurricave swept & path of death and injury Thursday. A radio report to Pan-American Air- ways tcday said mated number of | deaths was inc i from 400 to 700. Pan-Americzn_Airways radio carried a plea for an additional 500 pounds of medicated cotton, 20 pounds of iodine and 1,000 rolls two-inch bandage for use in treatment cf the several hundred persons .injured by the storm and its subsequent tidal wave. ‘The re- | quest was turned to Red Cross! headquarters in Washington. Gets Call for Help. Ellis McLane, amateur wirelcss op rator, contacted amateur Station V2BA. and heard a call for “all possible This informant said martial law wes | established through the city by the| colonial government, to prevent looting | of of bodies and prcperty. Pubiic distri- buticn of supplies has been established, the unknown operator, an American, said, but residents are forced to d pend gon rain water caught during raining School THE SUNDAY Cadets Get Flag » AMERICAN LEGION EQUIPS BATTALION WITH COwORS. T colorful ceremonies yesterdey | afternoon at the National Train- | ing School, the District of Co- | lumbia Department of the | American- Legion presented the | institution’s cadet battalion with an| American flag. The presentation was made by Past Comdr. B. C. MacNeil, Col. Claude D. Jones, superintendent, accepting the colors on behalf of the school. Col. Jones, in turn, presented the flag to Battalion Comdr. Robert Jones, cadet leader, as shown in the photo above. | With Old Glory at the head of the| parade, keld proudly aloft by the color | guard, the cadets then passed in review before their distinguished guests, who included Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, for- mer chief of the Cheml.cal ‘Warfare Service; Fred G. Fraser, department commander of the Legion; John Thomas Taylor, the Legion's national legal ad- visor; D. J. Callahan, a trustee of the school, and Maj. S. B. Hewitt. In addresses closing the ceremony, Gen. Fries complimented the school on | the progress it has made in correcting delinquency. Taylor reviewed the his- tory of the flag and_Col. Jones ex- pressed appreciation for the interest shown in the school's work. Photo shows, left to right, Depart- ment Comdr. Fraser, Gen. Frics. Mai. Hewitt, Maj. MacNeil, Col. Jones and Battalion Comdr. Jones, Tecelving the flag. Robert SCIENTISTS URGE “STLTS CELLARS Structures Advocated to Re- duce Loss of Life in Hur- ricanes and Cyclones. By the Associated Press. “Cyclone cellars on stilts” and build- ings stiffened like those designed to resist earthquakes are among the meas- ures urged Qv scientists to prevent such a toll of life and property 2s hes been taken by the hurricane at Belize. Low towers, raised several feet above ground to avold todal waves and floods, | and built to withstand the strongest winds, are suggested as hurricane ref- uges by H. C. Hunter of the United States Weather Bureau. The upper part of each tower would inclosed with heavy walls and roof, | with portholes instead of fragile win- | dows. Fach tower would serve as a | place of safety for people living in its | vicinity. ~ Since most hurricanes are | heralded in advance, refugees could | ezsily reach the towers before the | storm broke, Hunter pcints out. 1 Models Used in Tests. Artificial “hurricanes” blowing against model buildings are being used at the United States Bureau of Standards to | learn how structures should be built. A hurricane often blows in gusts, 5o that buildings are pounded with a | succession of heavy blows instead of | a steady, unvarying push. The pound- ll;lg causes more damage, engineers be- eve. A 100-mile-an-hour hurricane exerts a push of 40 pounds to the square foot, and the American Society of Civil En- | gineers is quoted by the Bureau of | Standards as recommending that build- | ings in hurricane zcnes be built to| withstand that pressure, instead of the | ordinarily expected 20 pounds. Have “Snap-the-Whip” Effect. Rigid buildings are less dameged by | hurricanes than flexible structures, says | F. E. Schmitt, editor of the Engineering News Record, for the same reason that they better resist earthduakes. Hurri- canes and earthquakes have a “snap- the-whip” effect on flexible buildings, subjecting them to severe stress in gev- eral directions. Heavy shutters covering windows would prevent much hurricane damage, engineers explain. Wind blowing in through a brcken window on one side | of a house perhaps cannot escape on the other and so blows off the roof or one of the walls, or lifts the whole | building frcm its foundations. Experience has shown engineers that almost any type of construction or butlding materfal will resist hurricane damage if the building is well anchored | i to its foundations and the frame, walls | ;and roof are firmly fastened together. | Strong sea walls and locating of | bulldings cnly on ground at least 20 feet above sea level are urged by engi- | ncers to protect cities in hurricane | zones from tidal waves which accom- | pany such storms and usually cause a | large proporticn of the loss of life. S TR S e e last night's downpour for their drink- | ing supply. All water tanks were de- stroyed by the high winds. The report said every building in | the city was dzmaged, and that in | some instances, vessels in the hartor nd their crews disappeared during the height of the storm. All boats in the | :br Teceived damage. | Pan - American Airways radio con- | | {rom the stricken city, the only agency | handling this kind of information from | there. The government of Jamaica, | today fo transmit lenzthy plas relief and rehabilitation e 101" Two lines of aerial communication | were maintained by the flying company | into the stricken area. Both had one reception point here, one by way of Cozumel Island and the other through San Salvador. # Storm Changes Course. ‘Two planes, held ready here for a relicf expedition, were rolled back into | their hangars today when word was| received from Washington that they would not be needed. Meantime, Richard W. Gray, Gov- ernment meteorologist, here, kept close watch on a second West Indian hur- | ricane, which whipped San Juan Thurs- day night, sweeping by Santo Domingo | and Port au Prince yesterday. *The 3 s reported today as! being n assa Island, the | Cuban coast, but at its course fio: and was. cha: th of Kingston, Jemzica.’ There a 35-mile southwest | ind was reported, with the barometer at 29.73 and heavy rains. The storm was losing intensity, Government storm warnings said. SHORTAGE OF FOOD LOOMS AT BELIZE Ship With Medical Supplies and Marine Corps Plane Reach Stricken City. By the Assoctated Press. The imminent possibility of a food shortage was coypled in Belize dis- patches to the Navy late today with an assurance there were enough medical supplies on hand or en route to take care of the homeless and injured hurri- cane survivors. This word came to the Navy over commercial lines from F. P. Mulcahy, who piloted one of the Marine Corps amphibian planes dispatched to British Honduras from Nicaragua. His mes- sage, addressed to Rear Admiral W. R. Sexton, acting chief of Naval Opera- tions, said: “Have interviewed American consul and local colonial secretary. Believe medical assistance now here and en route sufficient to take care conditions Only problem seems be possible food shortage. Not more than three days' food supply on hand.” Supply Ship Reaches Belize. Capt. Mulcahy did not mention the other plane which left Nicaragua with his, so Naval cfficials said they assumed it, too, had arrived safely. Besides medical supplies, the planes carried Lieut. Comdr. T. L. Morrow, Marine Corps_medical officer. At the same time the Navy learned that the mineswceper Swan, with its store of relief supplies, had reached Be- lize at 1:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The Navy had no information as to what hour the Marine planes Ianded. Likewise, the Navy said Capt. B. F. Johnson took off from Managua at 12:11 pm. in a third Marine Corps plane, Red Cross officials received reassur- ing reports from Porto Rico's hurricane area and at the same time were advised at headquarters here that the gunboat Sacramento was en route to Belize from Cadezas, Nicaragua. The cruiser Rochester was standing by at Colcn, in the Canal Zone, with additional medical personnel and sup- plies aboard ready to speed to Belize on notice from the Red Cross it was needed. Meanwhile, the Red Cross sent $2.500 in cash to G. Russell Taggart, United States consul at Belize, upon his re- qGuest for relief funds: A like sum had already been spent for medical supplies to complete the $5,000 allotted for work there, The Red Cross was also arranging for aerial transportation of supplies from American military stores in Pan- ama and other Central American points. Medicines, including tetanus and typhoid serums, were packed and ready for transportation at Havana aboard a Pan-American Airtays plane. Dead May Number 700. Early reports placed the number dead at from 150 to 700, including 11 Ameri- can priests. Additional estimates of de- struction had not been received, but the Red Cross was fearful supplies en route to Belize might prove insufficient. Secretary Stimson of the State De- portment officially expressed the sym- pathy of the United States for the peo- ple of British Honduras in a message to Sir_John Burdon, the governor. Cept. Antonio Sylvia, manager of the i tinued today to clear commercial traffic | Porto Rican Chapter of the. Red Cross, advised headquarters here that the hur- ricane that swept San Juan Thursday night “did sinall damage to private and timated | 8150 an English property. used the radio | Public property” in north and north- eastern towns of Porto Rico. MACDONALD SEEN AS ENVOY TO U. S. BY LONDON PAPER (Continued From First Page.) Donald may become the British Am- bassador to the United States aroused considerable interest in Washingtcn, but many were inclined to question the imminence of such an appointment in view of his position as head of the new coalition government at London. If the prime minister should beccme Ambessodor here, it was observed, it would give the British government a | representative here who elready is a personal frfend of President Hoover and Henry L. Stimson, Secrelary f State, who are kno to ‘'have a high regard fcr him. He visited both while here prior to the London Naval Confer- ence, and recently was the guest of Secretary Stimson in Sc TAR, WASHINGTON, IEASY TRADE WINDS Claude | START HURRICANES Weather Experts Explain “The Doldrums” Off Africa. Path of Havoc Forecast. Gentle trade winds, a boon to the old sailors along the coast of Africa, are the parents of the destructive West Indian hurricanes which imperil ship- ping and destroy life and property along the West Indies and Gulf and Atlantic coasts of the, United States. ‘These gentle winds, Weather Bureau scientists explain, are responsible for “the doldrums”—a region over the ocean off the west coast of Africa—in which most of the hurricanes originate. The doldrums, it is explained, is the unsettled region over the ocean between the northeastern trade winds of the Northern Hemisphere and the south- eastern trade winds of the Southern Hemisphere, % ‘When the doldrums mové northward —for they change with the seasons— what is known as the “hurricane sea- son” is imminent. The season for these storms is ordinarily from June to Ogtober or November, although August and September are the real “hurricane months.” The shifting of the trade winds, low pressure areas and other natural phenomena account for _the northward movement of the doldrums late in the year. There are no hur- ricanes in the South Atlantic Ocean, 75-Mile an Hour Winds, Hurricane itself is a derivative of a Carib word, meaning a high wind, and | until a wind reaches the velocity of 75 miles an hour it is not regarded as & hurricane by the United States Weather Bureau. The hurricanes follow a “trough” of low pressure area, to the westward, sweep across the West Indies, and, tak- ing variods courses—depending on the high pressure areas around them, which guide their direction—curve northward along or off the eastern coast of the United States, or enter the Gulf of Mexico, to wreak havoc in ports along its shores. These hurricanes can be “seen.” or rather anticipated, and their path ac- curately predicted. The day before the disastrous storm struck Belize, British Honduras, last week, the Weather Bureau lere sent a warning that its center would be a little south of, or directly in, the City of Belize. Its center struck the city, wrecking buildings, taking lives, and leaving a wake of havoc. A hurricane map clinches the accu- tion against the doldrums, and the Cape Verde Islands, near which the doldrums often are located. Paths of a large percentage of the hurricanes are traceable back to the Cape Verde area by this map, and paths of many others start directly west—between the Cape Verde Islands and the West Indes. A few, hurricanes originate in the western ‘third of the Caribbean sea, it was peinted out by Mitchell, Weather Bureau forecaster, but these few are as nothing compared to those starting from the doldrums. Many Lost at Sea. In the past decade or more, possibly a hundred storms of hurricane inten- sity have been reported, with the ac. companying low barometric pressures, lllll;ouxh many of these never got to and. Two particularly disastrous storms struck gulf ports in 1915. Apparently these two had taken the southerly course, probably because of an advanc- ing high-pressure area in the Southern United States and off the East Coast. On August 16, 1915, one of them struck Galveston, Tex., causing enormous property damage and loss of life. A month and a half later New Orleans was swept by a similar storm, with cor- responding damage. A hurricane can scarcely be found 12 hours after it strikes land. They “blow themselves out” in a short dis- tance. One_of the most disastrous hurri- canes of recent years struck Corpus Christi, Tex., during the early part of September, 1919. It, too, had taken the southerly course. The high wind and storm was first discovered at St. Kitts, in the Leeward Islands, on September 3, taking the usual course westward and apparently from the doldrums. On September 10 it had reached the Florida Keys and was proceeding with undiminished in- | tensity. Moving westward across the gulf, it struck Corpus Chrisii on Sep- it passed. Hundreds were killed. 1920 Louisiana Hurricane, Louisiana was swept by a hurricane which crossed the State from south to north before blowing itself out, in Sep- tember, 1920. Its center followea an almost straight line across the State. The years 1922, 1923, 1924 and 1925 saw numerous blows which reached hur- ricane velocity. High air pressure areas to the north kept some of these from striking. In 1926 more than 100 persons were killed when a storm swept into Florida from the Atlantic, striking Miami, and in 1928 that city, as well as Jackson- ville, Palm Beach and West Palm Beach, Charleston and other cities along the coast were again struck. The 1928 storm, originating in the doldrums, swept across the Atlantic, hitting San Juan and San Felic2, Porto Rico, causing death and destruc- tion. After sweeping the Southeastern United States, it again passed out to the Atlantic Ocean over Virginia Capes. Tampa, Fla., was struck in October, 1921, by a storm which was first dis- covered southwest of Jamaica, and which passed through the Yucatan Channel before centering near the Florida city. The year previous to this the West coast of Florida was raked by a destructive storm. Nassau, in the Bahamas, was swept by a storm which had originated in the Cape Verde Islands late in Ssptember, 1929, and proce>ding westward. Dam- ag> in botn Nassau and Fort Lauder- dale, Fla., was large. Florida scemed “immune” during the last half of the last century. ‘The island of Porto Rico has suffered from seven hurricanes of disastrous proportions in the last esntury. BANDITS IMPRISON TRIO AND ROB KENTUCKY BANK Cashier, Wife and Nephew Are Kept Hours by Two. By the Awociated Press. LOCKPORT, Ky. ‘September 12— After holding the cashier and his wife and nephew prisoners in their home for seven hours, two armed robbers early today marched the trio to the Bank of Lockp:crt, forced the cashier to open a safe and escaped with ap- proximately $6,000. . ‘The cashier, Thomas L. Furhish, 40, told Henry County officers the robbers entered his home about 9 o'clcck last night, bound and gagged him:and his wife and Vernon Hance, 19, Furnish's ew. ‘They were kept under guard until 4 am. today, Furnish said, when they were marched to the bank and kept in a rear room until 8 am. when the time lock on the safe went on. The robbers forced Furnish-to operate the combina- tion after the time lock had been released. Machado Welcomes Veterans. HAVANA, Sept. 12 (#).—President Machado today welcomed 200 veterans of the Spanish-American war visiting fub- utg'r their convention at New Or- leans. D, O, |PERSHING ENTERS 72nd YEAR, tember 14, after wrecking shipping as | 86,000 Taken at Lockport, When| H T i SE BER 13, 1931—PART ON -VISITING HIS SISTER IN LINCOLN Retired A. E. F. Commander Enjoys Family Reunion With Son Present. Wife and Daughters Killed, General Dwells Alone-and Stays Active. By the Associated Press. Gen. John Joseph Pershing is 71 years old_today. G £l % The man who commanded the ex- peditionary forces of the United States in the greatest war in history was born cn September 13, 1860, in Linn Coun- L di rsary e is spending the annive at Lincoln, Nebr, with his sister, Miss May Pershing, and his son, Warren, who was graduated from Yale in June. It was at the University of Nebraska, at Lincoln, that Pershing served as military instructor back in 1891-95. In Washing.on the general lives alone at the Metropolitan Club. Tragedy has figured in ‘his life. His wife and three daughters lost, their lives in a fire at the Presido, San Francisco Army bar- racks, while he was on the Mexican border in 1915. His son was saved by the devotion of a maid servant. Holds Full Generaley. Althcugh retired from active service, Pershing holds the title of general of the Armies of the United States. He also is president of the Battle Monuments Commission created by Congress to place memorials on the graves of American soldiers in France. He just returned from a Summer spent in_Europe in_this capacity. The general usually keeps busy at his office until 6 or 7 o'clock in the eve- ning. He reads a great deal, epecially cur- GEN. PERSHING. rent history and books on the World War. His own War memoirs were re- cently published in two volumes. For relaxation he reads detective stories. Likes to Ride Chargers. His favorite form of- exercise is rid- ing one of his veteran chargers, Jefl and Kidron. Only rarely does he play golf. Both of his mounts are famous thoroughbreds. Kidron, a French horse, carried him over the World War bat- tlefields. Although & cavalryman, the -general also like to walk. Apparently tireless, he goes swinging along with springy step and erect, soldierly carriage, chin in, chest out. pHe usually is seen in a dark suit of [ muftt. He is strongly bullt and weighs | about’ 180 pounds. Almost invariably | he carries a pair of gloves and a cane. And almost invariably he is recognized by passersby. |WAR VICTORS’ ACTS SCORED BY CURTIUS AT LEAGUE SESS|ON ___(Continued From First Page.) is expected here that League influence in the New World will be increased by. the new member. 5 The debate in the Assembly during the week silenced rumogs that Disarmament Conference set for Feb- ruary 2 would be postponed. British and Italian spokesmen joined with the French, German and other delegations in decjgring the conference would be held at the appointed time. Uncertainty still exists in regard to the position of Arthur Henderson, for- mer , British foreign _secretary. official attitude here is that Mr. Hen- derson still is president of the Dis- armament_Conference. British _politi- cal developments during the next four resign_or remain in his post. If Mr. Henderson resigns it is be- president. One of the possibilities men- tioned is Salvador Madaraiga, Spanish Ambassador at Washington. He was | for severdl years chief of the disarma- ment section of the secretariat and he has great prestige as a diplomat and apostle of disarmament. Early in the Italian foreign minister, stirred Assembly with a proposal for a truce in armament program. Lord Ceci] wel- comed it, Foreign Minister Curtius in- dorsed it and Foreign Minister Briand ignored_it. The Scandinavian countries, Holland and Switzerland, are advacating t proposal, but it i8 beileved it will disposed of in a purely academic resolution. NEWS CHIEF OUSTED AFTER ‘MERRY-GO-ROUND’ STORY IN MAGAZINE ____(Continued From First Page.) correspondents and some of the new papers for their methods and motiv in_handling news Mr. Allen, in & conversation with The Star last night, said that he pre- sumed his newspaper had discharged him because “it believed I was co- author” of the book. He denied any connection with the book or any par- ticipation in its writing. _ Mr. Allen said that yesterday morn- ing he had received a registered letter from Frank L. Perrine, managing editor of his newspaper, announcing his removal as head of the bureau, but giving no reason. “I am certain that he_said Mr. Perrine informed The Star over long-distance telephone that Mr. Allen “has been discha:ged.” But he declined to give any reason. suggesting that the explanation would best come from Mr. Al'en, In the Merry-Go-Round chapter on the press the following reference was made to the Washington Bureau of the Christian Science Monitor: “It is manned by competent and conscientious Teporters who ate held down by the conservative views and many prohibi- tions of their organization. Robert S. Allen, head of the staff, is the youn est large bureau chief in the Capi Mr. Allen said last_night that “all my friends know that I had nothing to do with the publication of the book.” ~The article in Tir® said that Wash- ington Merry-Go-Round has become a best selldr and in six weeks a total of 36.000 pies have beén sold. It re ported that a “small group” of Wash- ington correspondents who wrote the book were, with the publisher, making money. The article said that the chap- ter on the press is “widely attributed to short, red-headed ‘Bob’ Allen of the Christian Sclence Monitor.” _ Other authors were alleged to be members of “a small coterie of newsmen known as the Georgetown group who gathered periodically at each other’s homes to discuss the state of public affairs. Lib- erals at heart, they are dissatisfled with the political times and Merry-Go-Round is the expression of thelr dissatisfac- tion. Today—Last Day of GROUP NO. 1 3—4 ft. Virginia Juniper, regularly $3.00. Now. each 1 2—3 ft. Irish Juniper, reg larly $3.30. Now, each 1 2 ft. Retinospora regularly $3.00. Now, each 1 2 ft. Plumosa Aure: larly $3.00. Now, each 1 2 ft. Norway S larly 52,50, Now, cach ... 11 eh. Globe Arbor Vitae, regularly $3.00. Now, each ‘rees—1 each—S; e Tree each=sale, FLORIST $1.75 - $1.75 wi. 81,75 $1.75 $1.75 $1.75 the | The | menths may determine whether he will | lieved the conference will name its own | week Dino Grandl, | the | it was the result of the Time flnlcle,“‘ LEBRIX, FRENCH ACE, AND MECHANIC DIE IN CRASH IN RUSSIA ___(Continued From First Page) ers had been in the air only about 20 houts ‘after their take-off from Paris. Unfavorable weather which beset them during their entire voyage across Russia was believed to have been a contributing cause. Fighting heavy fogs, clouds and rain from the moment they crossed the So- viet frontiers, the aviators passed Mos- cow last night and faced a continuation | of bad flying conditions for several hun- dred miles. They were unreported after leaving here until word came of the catastrophe which befell them approxi- mately 750 miles further on. In Previous Mishap. Two months ago lacking one day, the same trio barely escaped death when their motor falled because of carburetor attempt to set a new distance record. | Lebrix and Mesmin took to parachutes and Doret brought the powerless plane down in treetops near Sheberti, aban- doning it just in time to save his own e. The machine was wrecked, but the only casualty suffered at that time was a sprained ankle received by Mesmin. The fiyers returned to Paris avowing their intention to make another at- tempt at & non-stop Paris-Tokio flight | as soon as they could find a new plane. Held Brilliant Record. On April 14, 1928, Joseph Lebrix and Dieudonne Coste completed one of the | most brilliant flights in history. They arrived at Le Bourget Field in the plane Nungesser-Coli aftéer having _touched five ~continents and _covered 35.000 miles. They had left Paris October 10 of the previous year, | The first hop of this flight carried | them 2,700 miles to St. Louis, Senegal, | whence they made the first non-siop flight across the South Atlantic from Africa to South America, a distance of 2,000 miles, landing at Natal, Brazil. on October 15. They made a series of | flights to South American capitals and | then flew to New York by way of Mex- |1co City, New Orleans and Washington | After flying to the Pacific Coast, they | | took ship to Tokio, and from there | they flew to Paris. | At the conclusion of this flight Coste and Lebrix came to the parting of the vays. Lebrix was quoted as saying: th last 1 have finished being valet to ‘oste.” Won American Cross. On February 18, 1929, Lebrix, with M. Rossi, left Le Bourget on a flight to Indo-China, but came to grief in Bur- ma, when their plane crashed and both were saved by parachute jumps. Lebrix and Doret, with Mesmin as mechanic, left Le Bourget on July 12, this year, on an attemnted non-stop | flight to Tokio in the IYnken. This | project ended in . disaster in the West Sayan Mountains in Russia. They re- | turned to France. Friday the Question | Mark, transatlantic ship of Dieudonne | Coste. with Jacques Codos and- Sergt took off within a space of nine minutes |in an effort to make a world’s non- stoo distance record to Japan. | Early in 1931 Lebrix broke seven world’s aviation records with Doret as co-pilot. He was awarded the Amerj- can Flying Cress in September, 1928. QUESTION MARK DELAYED. | Plane Forced Dovn by Leak to Remair in Aldekirk Another Day. | BERLIN, September 12 (#)—A Wolff Agency dispatch from Aldekirk today said the French airplane Question Mark would remain there possibly until to- morTow. : | The plane, piloted by Jacques Codos, | was forced to land when a leak de- | veloped in its gasoline tank while it | was on a flight from Le Bourget to Tokio in competition with the Hyphen II, which crashed in Russia. ‘There are now 33 approved four-year- course medical :-hools in the United States. A larger “umber are graduated than were form wly, due to a more careful selection cf first-year students. This Sale of Fine Evergreen Trees Fine sheared, root pruned evergreens, dug with ball of earth. No phone or C. O. D. orders. Free de- livery. Open till 8 p.m. Sunday. " Vitae, regularly Aures, regularly §5. Retinospora Veltchii, iy §3. Now, each. @ Trees—1 each—Sal 12 Trees—2 each—! 4000 Baltimore Boulevard COTTAGE CITY NURSERY trouble while they flew through a mid- | night storm in mid-Siberia on thefr first | Rhobida aboard, and the Hyphen II| 0. ARNS VWS MAY HT LEAGL Likely to End Body’s Force in World Affairs by Nullify- ing Two Articles. BY FRANCIS M. MANSFIELD, By Cable to The Star. GENEVA, September 12—The Dis- Armament Conference, which meets here in February, may have a conse- | quence beyond the scope of the terms under which it is to be convened. It may end the League of Nations' posi- tion as a force in world affairs by nulli- fying two of the most important arti- cles of the covenant. This possibility is growing upon the delegates to the League Assembly as they inform their respective governments of the implica- tions contained in the pronouncements this week. It is evident today that disarmament dominates every other world considera- tion, even the restoration of prosperity, | as there is an increasing school of thought ready to accept Viscount Cecil’s thesis ‘that prosperity depends on the reduction of arms.” Moreover disarmament is considered of such paramount importance that it is defi- nitely accepted here that the conference cannot be adjourned, as no power would assume responsibility for such adjournment. Although disarmament is not in-| cluded in the agenda of the current sessions, there is such latitude in re- viewing the year's work before the As- sembly that it virtually has been the only topic this week. Grandi Proposes Holiday. Dino Grandi, the Italian foreign minister, accepted as voicing American suggestions at the outset of the session | by proposing an arms holiday, virtually compzlled the leading nations to show their hands. The reaction to this speech has been significant, and it is | clear now that the task of the dele- gates of the nations next February will be simplified by this: 1Is the American or the French conception of disarmar ment to prevail? Tersely put, the issue is between doc- | trine and practice. Prance says that | in order to disarm the nations must first organize for security and mutual istance. America says the only way | to disarm is by disarming. The French doctrine, s confirmed by Foreign Minister Aristide Briand on Friday, is based on the universality of the League of Nations' Article VIII of the covenant foreshadowing disarma- ment 1n the light of national security and international obligations and Article XVI defining the duties of the nations when war impends. Only France's al- lies uphold this view, with the possible exception of Japan. Influenced By Russia. Though passing almost unnoted 1n comparison with Grandi’s speech, the Japanese delegate this week inciuded cne pregnant fassage in his address, in hich he deciaved that although his country had already redyced the num- | ber of divisions in its army, its policy is conditioned by the attitude of “pow- ers having a close connection With | Japan’s national defense,” meaning | Russia. Rumania and Poland, both| holding to the French point of view,| consider the Soviets in the same light | and France herself is not averse to be- ing reckoned 2s the main European de- fense against Bolshevist aggression. America—not a member of the League—holds that disarmament can | come before security because it is & matter of mutual confidence and a gen- eral frame of mind much more than formal written do She has the | support pf Brit: Russia, also a non- | member of the League; Italy; Germany —the German leaders recently hn\‘e\ | been , doubting the League's value— | | Spait!, the Scandinavian countries, Hol- | land and othe All these nations place realities re theories and the | more importent among them refuse to listen to any pacts of mutual assist- ance. The issue for February could not be defined clearer than it has been this week. One group of nations takes a stand on two articles of the League of Nations covenant. Another larger and more influential group takes a stand that disarmament can be accomplished by a practical willingness to disarm without complications based on a doc- trine. As the two articles in question | form the whole foundation of the League, it will receive a terriffic blow if the doctrinaires lose in February. Cepyright, 1931) 5 DIE IN TRAIN WRECK TORONTO, Ontario, September 12 (). A dispatch from Regina to the Toron- to Star tonight said at least five men | were believed to have been killed in a way-freight wreck near Govan today. The train from Prince Albert to Regina struck a broken rail. More than a dozen men were known to have been riding in two of the cars which were badly wrecked, said the dis- patch. ! Govan is on the Canadian Pacific | ines. Wreckage of one car of wheat, five cars of wood and five cars of hay were ! piled on the track. | curtailing heavy expenditure: BORAH SEES NAVY CUT AS TAX RELIEF Idaho Senator Suggests 5- Year Holiday to Ease Present Burden. By the Associated Press. BOISE, Idaho, September 12.—A five-year holiday in naval building by the United States, Great Britain, Ja- pan, France and Italy was urged today by Senator William E. Borah as a means of easing the heavy burden of taxation. ‘The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said he would “like to see an effort made” to discon tinue all naval construction by the five powers “for the term of five years or as long as eould be secured.” “England,” he said, “has a crisis over the matter of reducing the allowance to the unemployed. It seems to me it might be possible to reduce instead the budget for armaments. posterity, a thing almost unheard of in this country, “The people in both countries by the milllons are in financial distress and unable to pay their taxes. me we might boldly move in the m: {er of lifting & part of the armame about, it will be about the only adv: we are going to make soon in the ma ter of lifting a part of the burden armaments.” Declaring it ought‘to be * practicable to bring about a nav day,” the Idaho Senator insistec the “naval streng ample, at the present time, and ti no reason, from the standpei ty. of security, to contir effect a naval building rac Spending More Money. ‘With the fundamer purpose for “a bold effort* to stop expen “Little savings,” he sald, may hel a time, “but they will not save situation.” “At this time when we ae midst of troubled economic when millions of peo are harassed with taxes ing more money for a ever expended at any peace.” A naval building h would relieve overtaxe: tone to our jaded econ and contribute great ing confidence and ins business and among t Reality «vs. Possibility. “The trouble which governments,” the Sen not trouble betwcen go; trouble between their disccuraged and over ple. If the nations of t} not willing to come together this armament program, it is preity clear proof that they have ceased to be greatly concerned about the d of those who are the at lea.st,‘lo provide food and clothing for our citizens. “I think it vastly more important right now to put an end in so far as we can to these present economic con- ditions than to be think attack from some naval pc a fearful and prese is an exceedingly remote GUGGENHEIM COMING Leaves New York for Washington Upon Arrival From Havs NEW_YORK, Septemb Harry F. Guggen Cuba. arrived her Havana at 5:30 p.m At his home it was sail diately for Washington. SR = Bandits Rob City Hall of $700. TARRYTOWN, N. Y., September 12 (#).—Two bandits held up the t urer and deputy viilage clerk today the Municipal = Buil and escape with the street department pay $700. 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