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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy and warmer today; to- morrow, partly cloudy; moderate to fresh south winds. Temperatures — Highest, 77, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 48, at 7 am. yesterday. Full report on page 15. Entered as seco: post office, Wa: o. 1,437— nd class matter shington, D. C. ROOSEVELT VOICES NEW WET PLEDGE AT CHICAGO RALLY Stresses Repeal Issue for First Time on Speaking Tour of West. PRAISES WINDY CITY’S LAW ENFORCEM Closing Campaign Swing, Nominee Fe.2s Dilemma in New York State Politics. 1 BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Stafl Correspe nt of The Star. CHICAGO, October 1.—In the city where the Democratic party wrote its dripping wet platform, Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic nominee for President, tonight pledged himself anew o the repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment. This was the first “wet” speech of his Western tour. It is predicted he will stress the pro- hibition issue more and more until elec- tion day. Indeed, it is the Roosevelt strategy to win disgruntled Smith Democrats back to the fold on this issue. Before Gov. Roosevelt began his speech, he was hailed by Mayor Cer- mak and other Democratic leaders as | “the next President of the United! Btates.” Representative leaders of all Demo- cratic factions in Illinois sat down to-| gether in honor of Roosevelt. Judge | Horner, the successful candidate for the gubernatorial nomination, was there, { and Igoe, his defeated opponent | Cermak, the Cook County boss, who | slipped into the dezd George Brennan's | shoes and uprooted the control so long | in the hands of the Irish-Americans, presided. Roosevelt hopes to cement all factions into a fighting force that | Will carry both national and State; tickets to victory in November. Guests Crowd Hall. ‘The enormous dining hall was filled | said with guests, floor and balcony, 2nd | tables were set up in adjoining rooms. Roosevelt entered the hall leaning on the arm of his son. James Roosevelt, and circled the hall to his place at the head table. “Happy Days Are Here Again” greeted | his appearance and the crowd roared | its approval. Vigorous in appearance, despite his lameness, Gov. Roosevelt smiled his now famous smile and seemed to enjoy himself. Mrs. Roosevelt and | their two daughters followed the Gov- ernor, creating almost as much interest. Praising Chicago for its virility Gov. Roosevelt said he was never one of those who feared the commingling of many peoples here. Pioneers from the nations of Europe as well as pioneers of America had made the great city, he said. ‘The pioneer spirit, if it endures, will keep safe the country, he declared. Tolerance, also, he said, had brought ebout the successful upbuilding of Chicago. The need of economy has become a dominant issue in all the cities and Btates of America, he said. Law enforcement, he asserted, had [been increased in Chicago by Mayor [Cermak, even with a reduced budget. | [Better law enforcement will come, he d, with abolition of prohibition. ould Revise Volstead Act. *T stand on the Democratic platform ROO per cent,” said Gov. Roosevelt as e audience cheered. He added he 'would favor revision of the Volstead sct pending repeal of the eighteenth amendment. Gov. Roosevelt said he would not gpeak at length about prohibition be- cause the Democratic platform was so elear it needed no explantion. “I'll leave to the Republicans.”, he #aid, “the discussion and explaining of this issue.” ; Turning to the economic issues of the day Gov. Roosevelt reiterated the posi- tion he has taken in other speeches in the West on public utilities, taxation and agriculture. He pledged equality of opportunity to all sections and de- clared his opposition to special favors. “I like the slogan of Chicago,” said the Democratic candidate, “the slogan of ‘I will, For the last four years the administration in Washington has said: ‘I would have, but’ I do not cast in my lot with those who say, hke‘ the administration, ‘I would have, but. 1 will adopt your slogan for the remain- ing five weeks of this campaign. “Now, in speaking of law inforce- ment, my friends, here as in other great cities, it is only fair to say that 2 primary need is not only to do as you have been doing—increase the efficiency of law enforcement and keep your costs down—what we must do is to make the | job easier to perform. And the way | to do that is to recognize frankly that | the power of a State to maintain order | —the power of a city to maintain order —to enforce law—depends not only on | the power of law enforcement but upon | the nature of the law itself. “If a law is imposed upon law en- forcement agencies that a vast portion of the people do not regard as a moral | obligation, the great orderly force of public opinion that must stand behind | (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) HOME LOAN HEADS | WILL CONFER HERE| i i Plans for Orening 12 Regional Banks to Be Drawn Here at Parley Wednesday. By the Associated Press. Plans for opening the 12 Federal home loan banks about two weeks hence will be drawn here Wednesday at a conference between members of the system’s board of directors and officials of the regional banks. Franklin W. Fort, chairman of the ‘Home Loan Bank Board, has summoned the chairman, vice chairman and pro- spective president of each of the banks to the conference at 9:30 a.m. Wed- nesday. It is expected to last three days. (’Jn their return home, the regional officers will begin organizing with a view to opening the banks for business on the morning of October 15. The banks, located at strategic points throughout the country, are intended to ease the home-mortgage situation by advancing money to institutions holding such paper. Board members have explained they ct the increase in mortgage money will relieve pressure on the small home owner. { Ame! Hawes May Resign On Feb. 1 to Insure Seniority for Clark By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, October 1.—United States Senator Harry B. Hawes said yesterday he plans to resign about February 1, if Ccl. Bennett C. Clark is elected United States Senator from Missouri and Fran- cis M. Wilson is elected Governor, 50 that Wilon can appoint Clark for the remainder of his' term, expiring March 4. “If Clark becomes Senator by appointment of Wilson for the remainder of my term, it would give him seniority over all other new Democratic Senators and as- sure him assignment to more im- portant committees,” said Hawes. o STNSINPRASES | HOOVER'S POLICIES Secretary Tells Philadelphia Club Moratorium Averted World Peril. By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, October 1—Speak- ing tonight before the Union League Club, Secretary Stimson praised Presi- dent Hoover's foreign policies and de- clared that in-its tariff relations the Nation must “cultivate the good will and confidence” of other peoples, with- out discrimination or favoritism among them. The Secretary of State described the war debt moratorium as “the front line of our defense” against economic ruin. He declared that relations with Latin ica had been improved; that the St. Lawrence treaty would tend to strengthen friendship with Canada; that the Manchurian problem had been | handled with “intelligence and sym- pathy, but with firmness,” and that the | several American proposals for arms limitation had greatly advanced that cause. Guiding Principles Clear. In that section of his prepared speech dealing with the tariff, Stimson “The principles which should guide the foreign policy of such a Nation (as the United States) stand out in clear relief. She should cultivate the good will and confidence of the other peoples | throughout the world with whom she mus: trade. She should promote those conditions of world peace upon which economic and pelitical stability every- where must rest. Secure in her position at_home, while seeking friendship with all. she should avoid discriminatory or entangling relations, either economic or political, with any. “Her policy should be fair play to- ward all and favoritism toward none. The great variety of her products, the world-wide market which they must seek, necessarily prescribe such a rule. Americans may differ as to whether their tariff policy should be high or low, but they have never differed in holding that it must be a policy which is equally fair toward all nations. Such an apple of discord as a bargaining tariff, which would prefer one cus- tomer nation to another or purchase favors for one American product at the expense of another, they have avoided.” Stimson said the President inter- vened with his proposal for a mora torium on intergovernmental debts when “the whole course of trade be- tween ourselves and the rest of the world s threatened with immediate collapse Action Averts Peril. “This was the only action which could avert the peril to us and to the rest of the world, and it did avert it,” he said. “His act was the single, direct, and feasible action which averted the im- pending disaster and pointed the way toward the further adjustment, which must slowly and laboriously be undes taken by the governments whose sy | tems were involved. “Obviously these adjustments could not be achieved at once nor within a single year Utimately they involved the treatment of huge volumes of debts crossing international frontiers and the finding of new employment for millions of people in different countries who had been displaced from previous em- ployment * * * isis in_Germany 2, Column 4.) TODAY’S STAR The Star's weekly political review will be found on Pages B-6 and B-7. PART ONE—34 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Schocls and Colleges—Page B-8. Segnsl Story, “Station L-O-V-E"—Page American Legion—Page C-5. Fraternities—Page C-7. Y. W. C. A. News—Page C-T. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. D. A. R. Activities—Page 4. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— Page 4. Disabled Veterans—Page 4. Marine Corps News—Page 4. PART THREE—12 PAGES. Society. PART FOUR—6 PAGES. Amusement Section—Stage, Screen and Music. In the Motor World—Page 4. Aviation Activities—Page 4. Radio News—Page 5. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Sports Section. PART SIX—16 PAGES. Financial and Classified Advertising. News of the Clubs—Page 15. Public Library News—Page 15. American Legion Auxillary—Page 15. Spanish War Veterans—Page 15. Veterans of Foreign Wars—Page 16. Organized Reserves—Page 16. District National Guard—Page 16. PART SEVEN—16 PAGES. Magazine Section. Reviews of New Books—Page 11. Notes of Art cnd Artists—P-g2 12. Cross-word Puzzle—Fege 12. Boys' end Girls' Page—Page 14. High Lights of History—Pag2 15, Those Were the Happy Days—Page 16. GRAPHIC SECTION—S PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES. Holly of Hollywood; Keeping Up With the Joneses; Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs; The Timid Soul; Little Orphan Annie; Moon Mullins; 3 and 4 he Swund WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION Y Star., WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2, 1932. —112 PAGES. IHOOVER PLANS FIVE JOWA APPEARANCES Chief Executive to Depart Tomorrow to Speak at Des Moines. PROMISES TO MAINTAIN OF COLORED RACE President Delivers Brief Speech in Interview With 110 of G. 0. P. Planning Committee. Tentative pians for at least five per- sonal appearances by President Hoover on his political swing into Iowa took shape yesterday while the Chief Execu- tive worked to complete his first cam- paign address, to be delievered at Des Moines on Tuesday. Although details for the farm belt trip have not been formally announced, it was indicated Mr. Hoover would ap- pear on the rear platfopm of his train during stops at Davenport, West Liberty, ITowa City and Newton. With Mrs. Hoover and an official party, the President plans to leave the National Capital during midafiernocn tomorTow, arriving in the Iowa capital about 26 hours later. Reception Is Planned. Gov. Dan Turner of Iowa and his ! reception party, probably will board the presidential special at Davenport, Tuesday morning, and continue with it across the State. A private dinner at the Governor's mansion 1s planned for | the evening, as well as a reception there after Mr. Hoover has delivered his address at the Des Moines Coliseum, beginning at 7:30 p.m. (central stand- ard time). If present prans are ad- hered to, the presidential party will arrive back in Washington early Thurs- day morning. The President allocated part of his time yesterday to writing and revising his address. He decided to spend the week end at the White House as he has done for the last two weeks. Addresses Group of 110. In a brief speech in the reer grounds of the White House yesterday afternoon to a group of 110 colored men and women members of the Planning Com- mittee of the Republican National Com- mitte, the President gave assurance that the Republican party will not de- part from its traditional duty toward the American Negro, and that he per- sonally shall sustain the pledge given in the first instance by Lincoln as a, sacred trust. The President's speech in full fol- L s: “I wish to thank you for your com- ing and for the presentation to me of so touching a statement. Continues Insistence on Rights. “The platform of the Republican party speaks with justifiable pride of our part for the American Negro that bas endured unchanged for 70 years. It pledges itself to the continued in- sistence upon his rights. That the friendship and consideration of the party for the American Negro has borne fruit is in the advancement of the race. That is evident in business, in the arts and sciences, in the profes- sions—and recently we have seen a grezt achievement of two splendid youths, Tolan and Metcalfe, in world supremacy in the Olympiad. “It has been gratifying to me to have participated in many measures for ad- vancement of education and welfare among the Negroes of our Nation. I have received the co-operation and counsel of a distinguished leadership of the Negroes themselves in these insti- tutions and movements. No better example of this leadership than the contributions made by Negro represent- | atives who participated in the recent White Hous> conference on child health and protection and upon home building and home ownership. Will Not Quit Duty. “I recall also with great pleasure this co-operation and the evidence of fine leadership in the relief of the Missis- sippi floods, and more recently in relief of drought and in the sound advice and assistance I have had in formulating relief from the present distress and un- employment. “You may be assured that our party will not abandon or depart from its traditional duty toward the American Negro. I shall sustain this pledge, given in the first instance by the immortal Lincoln and transmitted by him to those who followed, as a sacred trust. The right of liberty, justice and equal op- portunity is yours. The President of the United States is ever obligated to the maintenance of these sacred trusts| to the full extent of his authority. X| appreciate your presence here today as an evidence of your friendship.” Opened by Local Banker. ‘The ceremonies in the rear grounds were opened by John R. Hawkins, local banker, who is prominently identified with the Republican activities among colored voters. He introduced Rev. L. K. Williams of Chicago, who after a few words, expressing his pleasure at meeting the President, introduced Mr. Simmons. Mr. Simmons walked to the foot of the portico steps and, standing a few feet in front of the President, said: “Before you, Mr. President, is a group ~(Continued on Pege 3, Column 2.) | | TWO AMERICAN WRITERS ARE SUICIDES IN PARIS Bodies Are Found in Studio Near Montparnasse Artists’ Quarter. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, Ocfober 1.—In & one-room studio on the fringe of the Mont- parnasse artists’ quarter the bodies of two American writers were found to- day with a note in which they llltfl!' all their creditors and the amoun:| owed each and asked that their clothes and a few other possessions be sold to square their debts. The victims were George De Nevers of Chicago, who had been in Paris a year and a half, and John H. Mat- thews, who came from Newark or one o‘! etdhehorm in New Jersey and had lived here seven years. The two men were well liked in the community of struggling artists and writers. Recently they had complained I-mtmcymuflumam work. The bodies were found on the sudio balcony, the forearma slashed. I > VANREES W, 15 LB HOPES WANE Ruth and Gehrig Pound Out‘ Two Homers Each to Feature Fray. BY GRANTLAND RICE. Special Dispatch to The Star CHICAGO, October 1.—That far- echoing, rumbling roar you must have heard yesterday afternoon was the old Yankee rock crusher rolling once more across the flatiened, prostrate todies of the Cubs. In the driver's seat were those two mighty men of base ball Ruth and Gehrig, Babe and Lou, the dynamite twins. | In the presence of 50,000 stertled Cub rooters, this dynamic pair of slug- ging mastodens lit the fuse to four | home runs with a fusillade that drove | Charley Root from the field with his! ears still ringing in the wake of a| bombardment he will never forget. The Yankees won the scrappy slug- fest 7 to 5 to make it three in a row and thereby step within one battle of an- other murdering four-straight march. The Cubs, fighting back with fang and claw, now are dangling from the rim of the precipice with only a thin thread left. They fought to the final | out as Joe McCarthy had to rush Herb | Pennock to the relief of George Pipgras with the tieing run at bat in the ninth. Roosevelt Sees Game. The Cubs fell before the mauling“ might of Ruth and Gehrig. but this was a ball game, my countrymen, that you will hear about for a long time to | come. It was a game that thrilled and stirred 50,000 souls, including the Hon | Franklin D. Roosevelt, now making his | Western campaign for the presidency of the United States. | In the course of the gay and giddy afternoon no less than six home runs | salled out of the park as Hazen Cuyler | and Gabby Hartnett of the Cub staff hooked in with Ruth and Gehrig in the heavy cannonading which thundered | all afternoon. But it was the high-explosive blasting of the Babe and Lou which broke up the third show and turned the Cubs into a mangled mass upon the field. The battering Babe drove in three runs with his first homer in the opening| canto, a_high, far-flying wallop that | carried high into the right center | bleachers. ~The spinning ball resem- bled a white marble against a blue sky " (Continued on First Sports Page.) BELIZE ESCI'\PES STORM Hurricane Appears Spent Before Reaching City Stricken in 1931. BELIZE, Honduras, October 1 (#).— Belize, stricken a year ago by a disastrous storm, tonight reported no damage from a hurricane reported about to strike this area, and :t was | assumed the force of the storm had | been lost before reaching the coast. Woman Dies in Auto Fire. LAGRANGE, Ind., October 1 (#).— Mrs. Metta Harder, 61, of 190 Under- hill avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., was burned to death today when an automobile in which she was riding overturned 3 miles east of here. Mrs. Harder was traveling with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Hignio Alvarez of 1402 East Sixty- seventh place, Chicago. Alvarez and his wife suffered minor injuries. /.,/‘////// 7 IPAIGNS MAKE STRANGE Air Pilot Given Scare Crossing Mimi¢ Battle Line Earl Smith Surprised by “Aitack” of Guards Over Monument Grounds. Imagine the surprise of Pilot Eari Emith of the Ludington Air Line, when, as he brought the last ship of the day's schedule in from New York last night, he found anti-aircraft search- lights trained on nim and a three-inch anti-aircraft gun booming away at him at a great rate from the sacred shadow of the Washington Monument. Coming in with no passengers aboard, and thinking only of getting his big plane down in the fogz and drizzle, Mr. Smith wasn't prepared for such a reception, and nobody had even thought of reassuring him that only blanks wer2 being fired frcm the big gun. Mr. Smith, very much amazed and not a little scered. by his own later admission, gave his air liner the gun (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) — BLANCHE RESIGNS AS HEAD OF CHILE Oyanedel, President, Summoned to Take Presidency. By the Associated Press. SANTIAGO, Chile, October 1.—Gen. Bartolome Blanche, acting President of Chile since Provisional President Carlos Davila was forced out by a revolt last month, tonight himself resigned. Gen. Blarche stepped aside, it was anncunced, to avert a civil war threat- ened from the Northern State of Anto- fagasta, and Abraham Oyanedel, presi- dent of the Supreme Court, was re- quested to take the oath as President of Chile at 8 pm. Cabinet Members Quit. Gen. Blanche retired a few minutes after his cabinet had resigned in re- sponse to sentiment here as well as in Antofagasta against continuation of a military government. There was also feeling against Gen. Blanche because of his friendship with former President Carlos Ibanez, who returned to Santiago on Thursday from exile in Argentina. Gen. Blanche personally summoned Judge Oyanedel to the capital, and the justice immediately started from his nearby farm to the presidential palace. It was understood that when Judge (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) EGAN BEGINS SENTENCE Former Public Defender Promised to Be “Model Prisoner.” SAN QUENTIN, Calif., October 1 (#). —With a promise to Warden James B. Holohan that he intends to be “a model prisoner,” Frank J. Egan, former San Francisco public defender, started his life sentence for murder in San Quen- tin Prison today. Egan, who was convicted of ordering two henchmen, Albert Tinnin and Verne Doran, to crush the life from his wid- owed client and friend, Mrs. Jessie Scott Hughes, was brought to prison from the San Francisco County Jail. Scoreboard Base Ball Today In line with its policy of providing followers of base ball the most complete coverage possible on the world series, The Star today again will operate its electric scoreboard in presenting details of the fourth game of the set between the Yankees and Cubs at Chicago. Every play in the game will be promptly and accurately depicted on the miniature di the 11th street side of mond on The Star Building from wired accounts direct from Chicago. Play is scheduled to at 2:30 o'clock. get under way promptly Supreme Court| JUST 0D AT MY urr’fx,a' BEDFELLOWS, LEARUEIS WORRIED BYLYTION REPORT Puhlication Today of Man- churian Inquiry Findings May Precipitate Crisis. By the As:ociated Press. | GENEVA, Octcber 1.—World states- men assembled in Gereva halted their multiple activities tonight to await with deep anxiety publication tomorrow | of the Lytton report, which may be a decisive factor in the effort to settle the Manchurian conflict and in deter- mining the future usefulness of the League of Nations The report, compiled by represent- atives of the United States, Great Br.t- ain, France, Germany and Italy under League euspices, will be made public kere in English and in French. It is a | document. of 400 pages. Five Months’ Study Made. The exhaustive treatise will present the observations made by the commis- sion _in a five months’ examination of | the Far Eastern situaticn, conducted in Manchuria, Nanking and Tokio. It will present also the conclusions based on_those observations. By Japanese request, six weeks will ‘elapu before the League Council for- | mally examines the report in a special session November 14. allow ample time for Japan and other | document and for Japan to send a spe- | cial representative to Geneva to partici- | pate in the Council's discussions. Blame Is Divided. Diplomatic authorities generally re- frained from predictions tonight, but available forecasts were that the report would blame the Chinese for certain conditions out of which the Manchu- rian conflict arose and would lay much heavier censure and responsibility on | Japan for the Muiden outbreak in Sep- | tember, 1931, and subsequent develop- ments, ipcluding recognition of the new state of Manchukuo | _The question of Japan's retiring from the League in protest against the re- | port has been widely discussed. Most League authorities have expressed the | belief that ‘he Tokio government prob- | ably would not take such action imme- diately. What the League does will play a large part in determining Japan's policy, | and the League is expected to do notl | ing for several months. |EDITOR KILLS HIMSELF OVER DICTATION ERRORS | Falls Dead at Feet Woman—Police Say Magazine Was Losing Money. of Young By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, October 1.—Rudolph C. Bach, 45, editor and publisher of the Stamp Collectors’ Magazine, shot and killed himself tonight, police said, in a it of anger over a series of stenographic errors. Bach was dictating to Miss Helen Lesh, owner of “Helen's Stamp Shop,” in her office when he became enraged and rushed into his own office next door. Returning. he placed a pistol to his head and fired. falling dead at Miss Lesh's feet. The young woman. who was questioned by police and later re- leased, said Bach had spoken several times of ending his life. Police said his magazine had been losing money. JAIL ENDS HONEYMOON Greensboro, N. C.,, Man Held in Alexandria as Drunk Driver. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, October 1.— After being married at 9 o'clock this morning in Goldsboro, N. C., Bertis Spell, 30, of Greensboro, N. C., is spend- ing his honeymoon tonight in the Alex- andria Jail while his bride is staying at a local hotel. Spell was arrested by State Officers Clarke and McDer- mott on a charge of driving under the influence of liquor on the Richmond highway near here. He and his bride were en route to New York City for their honeymoon, he said. He is to be arraigned in Police Court Monday. He failed to make bond of $1,000. REBEL ENVOY ATTACKED San Paulo Clash Results in Sev- eral Casualties. SAO PAULO, October 1 (#)—A demonstration broke out tonight against Gen. Bartoldo Klinger, the rebel arbi- trator for peace, and before police could interfere, several fatalities had Later troops also were sent against the demonstrators. 3 ‘. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to city and suburban homes by The Star’s exclusive carrier serv- ice. Phone National 5000 to start delivery. This delay will | interested governments to study the | * FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS EN CENTS ELSEWHERE i T 10 BELEVED DED AS FLODD GIVES LP 1 BODES I S Engine and Six Cars Plunge Into Torrent in California Mountains. HALF DOZEN VILLAGES HIT BY CLOUDBURST IN NIGHT Northern Mexico Counts 14 Fatali- ties and Thousands Homeless in Continuous Rains. By the Assoclated Press. BAKERSFIELD, Calif, October 1.— Twelve bodies had been recovered to- night in the mountainous Tehachapi pass region where upward of 40 persons are believed to have perished in last night's cloudburst. The deluge flooded ecanyons and streams, wrecked two freight trains at Woodford, hurled a 45-foot wall of water down the pass, washed out nine bridges and flooded at least half a dozen villages. | The bodies were taken from the | wreckage of a Southern Pacific freight train, six cars and the locomotive of which fell through a trestle at Wood- ford. Searchers believed the victims to { have been itinerant men and boys rid- ing the train. As many as 60 were reported to have been on it No effort was made at identification tonight, searchers returning here said Other Bodies Visible. Other bodies were visible in the water land highway patrol officials estimated that possibly 30 plunged to their deaths. At least 13 other persons are reported 1 dead These include A. H. Ross of Bakersfield, engineer, and Harry Moore, brakeman, of the wrecked train. The others are Peter Kaad family of four at Woodford; Mrs. Nell Cooper, telegraph operator at_Caliente, and a two-year-old niec; three patients at the Kern County Tubercular Hospital at Keene, and two unidentified men. Ten of the 15 persons who took | refuge at the Kaad service station at | Woodford were still unaccounted for, | most of them escaped. | The body of cne of the two Kaad sons, Peter, jr., was recovered today. It was the orly one identified. Area Is Cut Off. off from wire and rail communication | and washouts made hazardous the 40- mile highway journey between this city and the scene. Efforts were continued tonight to re- cover additional bodics from the train wreckage, but highway officials said | hoisting apparatus may have to be used. | Two freight trains bore the brunt of | the flood's first onslaught at Woodford. | Southern Pacific passenger train No. 52 | had passed only three minutes before | the torrent hit the bridge. A Santa Fe freight was on the newly | constructed sidirg. Beside it on the main line was Sunset freight train No. 829 of the Southern Pacific. Water from the cloudburst had banked up to a depth of 50 feet against a concrete abutment or trestle on which the trains were standing. Suddenly this gave way directly in the center with a roar that could be heard above the deafening noise of the storm. Locomotive Plunges Down. A “helper” locomotive in the center of the Southern Pacific train to aid it across the mountain pass, plunged into the torrent, pulling six cars with it. The Eanta Fe locomotive also plunged in, but the train remained on the track. Reports available here indicated that possibly seven villages were flooded— Woodford, Arvin, Mojave, Caliente, Monolith. Keene and Tehachapi—with known. to Woodford, Keene and Cali- ente. Harry W. McGee. United Air Lines pilot, arriving at United Airport, Bur- bank, reported that Tehachapi seemed to have been inundated. He flew over the village en route from San Fran- cisco with 10 passengers, flying out of his way to avoid recurrent storms. Mud and debris was visible in the Tehachapi streets, he said. Two Torrents Created. There was an unconfirmed report that several buildings had been demolished in the little community of Oak Creek, north of Mojave, but that all the resi- dents escaped. When the cloudburst struck it sent torrents down opposite sides of the steep Tehachapl watershed, one rush- ing down Tehachapi Canyon toward the desert and the other down Caliente Canyon, in the direction of the San Joaquin Valley. Tehachapi, famous old mining town near the summit of the watershed, soon was covered by from three to five feet of water. As the waters coursed down the southeastern slopes, however, they spread out fanwise. putting only a foot or so of water on the streets of Mojave, on the desert edge. 14 KILLED IN MEXICO. Thousands Made Homeless by Con- tinuous Rainfall. MEXICO CITY, October 1 (#).— Harassed by floods brought on by a week of continuous rainfall, Northern Mexico counted 14 dead today and thousands homeless. _Seven persons were trapped by 8 (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) VIRGINIA MAYOR-DEAD OF PISTOL SHQT AT FAIR Stuart Sutherland, 24, of Clint- wood, Second Fatality from Shooting September 17. By the Associated Press. CLINTWOOD, Va., October 1.—Stuart Sutherland, Clintwood’s 24 - year - old mayor, died here today as the result of a fatal bullet wound fnflicted in a shoot- \ing at the County Fair September 17. The young mayor's death was the second as the result of the fair shoot- | ing. The other fatality was Palmer Younce, 18, who died several days ago. Joe Blackwell, charged by county of- ficers as the man who fired the fatal shots, was first placed in the county jail, but later moved to another county when the feeling against him was re- ported to have grown to the extent of making his ement here unsafe. Where he was taken has not been announced by authorities. I but it was believed possible tonight that | ‘The stricken area was completely cut | loss cf life being confined, as far as| GLASSFORD REPORT GALLS REMOVAL OF BURKE IMPERATIVE [Terms Dismissal Necessary “for Efficiency and Progress.” CASES OF ALLEGED LACK OF CO-OPERATION CITED Ax Not to Fall on Any More Ex- ecutive Heads, Police Super- intendent States. Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, su- perintendent of police, prepared a fe- port for the Commissioners yesterday defending his plans to remove Inspector Frank S. W. Burke, chief of detec- tives, as “imperative in the interest of efficiency and progress.” The report, covering two and a half typewritten pages, cites cases of alleged incfficiency and lack of co-operation which Gen. Glassford charges have | marked the recent months of Burke's | administration. Burke, however, immediately coun- tered with a denial when informed of the contents of Gen. Glassford's re- port and declared there was never a recommendation of the superintendent he did not carry out or attempt to j carry out No Other Changes Imminent. | Gen. Glassford revealed his plans to submit a report to the Commission- ers outlining the reasons for his drastic reorganization in a brief statement is- sued to the press shortly befo o'clock last night. At !h(‘) same r:xm: he set at rest rumors of further im- portant personnel changes by announc- g;g;h:b !th(i ax would not fall, for the nt at least, on an; - et y more execu “I have no immediate intention,” he said, “of disrupting any other high Glassford's press statement “With reference to the recent actios n taken toward changing the chief of the ?c(!’;i}e\e Burefau. I do not feel obliged 0 enter into further publ iscu of this matter. SE s . “The action was taken solely in the Interest of the Police Department. and a letter has been prepared for the Com- Iissioners outlining in considerable de- tail the conditions in the department which make the proposed personnel | changes advisable, if not imperative, in the interest of efficiency and progress.” This statement, Gen, Glassfard ampli- g:g somewhat Ln & conference with vspapermen, by reiterating alleged instances of inefficiency and hckgcl co-operation. ‘In fact” Gen. Glassford declared, “it is becoming increasingly dis- agreeable for me to go into Inspector Burke's office. The suggestions I have made to him for improving conditions in the bureau were either turned down flatly or not carried out at all. “Bell Doesn't Ring.” “It’s a case where you press the but- ton, and the bell doesn't ring. Because of that condition I am going to put Some one at the head of the Detective Bureau who will work with me.” Gen. Glassford spgnt the entire day Yesterday away from his office in order to avoid interruptions while he pre- pared the letter to the Commissioners as well as his annual report. He came to headquarters about 5 o'clock in the afternoon and after a press conference left for a tour of the precints astride his motor cycle Inspector Burke remained at his pcst throughout the day. during which many friends, it was said, called by telephone to ask him to withdraw his applicatic for retirement. He insists, howev wlil not take this course, because of & fear, he said, that if he remains in the department. Gen. Glassford, sooner or later, might have h: removed, and he would suffer the loss of about $250 a year in retirement pa _Burke pointed out if he retires with his present rank of assistant superin- tendent, which carries $500 more an- nually in salary than an inspector's pay. he would get the benefit of half Continued on Page 2, Column 8. CHICAGO LAND BANK RECEIVER IS NAMED Appointment Is Coincident With Filing of Petition in Fed- eral Court. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, October 1.—At the time a | suit was being filed here in Federal | Court today asking appointment of a receiver for the inoperative Chicago Joint Stock Land Bank, A. C. Williams, acting commissioner of the Farm Loan Board, made known in Washington the appointment of John B. Gallagher, sec- retary of the bank, as receiver. Gallagher expressed surprise at the court petition, saying he knew of no reasons for the bill. He will take charge of the bank’s affairs immediately. The petition named members of the | Farm Board and Ogden L. Mills, Secre- tary of the Treasury, as defendants. It estimated the bank’s liabilities at $45 000,000 and actual assets at $27,000,000. Filed by a creditor, the petition asked liquidation of assets. The board took action after the bank informed it was unable to meet interest due today on bond obligations. “The condition of the bank was such,” said Williams, “that the directors found it necessary to suspend operations.” The bank was organized in 1917, Its statement showed outstanding bonds of $42,724,100 at the close of business on September 30. NEWSPAPER.BOY KILLED | Companion and Man Also Crushed | Against Wall by Car. PITTSBURGH, October 1 (#).—One | newspaper boy was kiiled, another erit- ically injured and a man hurt as an automebile crushed them against an apartment building today. Miss Helen Grace McGown, driving the machine, was released on $1,000 bond pending an inquest into the death of Peter Balinski, 14. His companion, John Kintzer, 10, may lose his right leg. A. J. Emmerich, 79, owner of the flst, was sesiously injured, g