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MACHADO FLEES CUBAIN AIRPLANE Manuel de Cespedes Takes Helm—21 Killed in Dem- onstrations. (Continued From First Page.) to bear this message to the palace he was imprisoned by the officers at the Castillo de la Fuerza. Soon he yielded, however, and was released to take the word to the palace that the artillery in Cabana Fortress and the Castillo would be trained on the presidential residence shortly unless Machado ecceded to the military leaders’ demand. The president, a veteran of Cuba’s war for independence, made a dramatic and last desperate play for th> army's support when he heard the news which Herrera brought him. With his still faithful palace guard sttending him, armed with machine guns, Machado left the palace and, ac- sompanied by Herrera and other politi- ®al aides, raced out to Camp Columbia o face his rebellious army, once his staunchest support. At Camp Columbia Col. Jilio Sanguily, one of the leaders of the movement, told him: “With all respect, general. you must Tesign before noon tomorrow.” One after another the cheifs of bat- talions, the head of the army air corps, the acting chief of the navy and all the other officers whom the President re- garded as his enduring friends faced him and made the same demand. ‘The President caved in. “All right, my boys,” he said, “I'll resign.” Then he roared back to the palace, to make preparations for abandoning the office he had held through storm and strain through eight active years. Present Request for Leave. Machado did not actually resign, but adopted procedure agreed upon later, presenting a request for a leave of ab- sence. Under the constitution, Senor Cespe- des now may rule indefinitely or until a Vice President, provided for in pro- posed constitutional reforms, is elected six or seven months hence. Had Machado actually resigned, Ces- pedes would have had to call general elections within 60 days. It is generally agreed that Cuba is ill-prepared for wvoting in that length of time. ‘The moblike celebrations by the ex- eited populace were halted early this evening by the fall of torrential rains with electrical displays which burst upon the city and quickly cleared the streets of demonstrators. Authorities hoped that the crowds, which had become increasingly ugly as the day's emotional events unrolled, would be quieted by the heavy rainfall. Befare the rain came the mob had sacked the house of Eugenio Molinet, secretary of agriculture, on Marina ave- nue, throwing its furniture and other contents out of the windows. Jose Magrina Shot Down. The excited throngs also looted the residence of Jose Genaro Sanchez, commissioner of the central district | and one of Havana's most important landowners. in the Cerro suburb. | Jose Magrina, whom Communists and students accused of having killed Julio Antonio Mella, Cuban Studf'nl: radical leader, in Mexico. January 10.} 1929. was shot down late today by | soldiers ! Machado's request for a leave of absonce was received in the Congress, just after 10 o'clock this morning, | Senate President Alberto Barreras said. | and, under one interpretation of Lhe" Cuban constitution, it immediately took | effect. i Other authorities contended Machado | was nominally President until the Con- gr-ss met formally to grant his request That was not done, despite the call | to special session at nocn, because all Congress feared the turn the mob’s spirit might take, and stayed at home. It did not greatly matter. Cespedes | was practically President. the guns at| Cabana and Castillo de la Furza| fortresses had boomed out the 21-gun presidential salute—and Machado was through, ! 'I"hsgb was all this city needed to know. By 10 o'clock thousands paraded the streets, clapping loudly each time an officer or private of the army or navy passed, cheering equally the police force which joined the armed forces’| movement this morning, and hilaricusly | ‘Thappy. 1‘5’3’ noon—the deadline set by the military leaders—demonstrators had increased to tens of thousands. Students Fire Into Air. A shot sounded here and there. Reck- Jess, shouting A B C members, students and oppositionists—their _enmity to Machado's reign long held in check by an iron hand—roared through the streets in automobiles, firing somehmes' into the air. A mob pressed too closely about Col. Jimenez, thin, heavy-eyelidded leader of those men all Cuba knew as the “porra” and hated as the alleged kill- ers of numerous oppositionists, and Jimenez drew his gun. The crowd came nearer and Jimenez fired. One man slumped, wounded, and Jimenez and a companion took refuge within a durg store. As the mcmasmgi mob held him at bay, soldiers came up and Jimenez fired again. A burst of rifle fire made chaos of his refuge and he and his aide fell dead. The soldiers who had killed them grew to the stature of heroes in the crowd’s eyes, and that was the begin- ning. Thence forward men who had stood too close to Machado, men whom | the mob believed had used ball and | wder to strengthen his hand, were| unted down. ‘This evening the death toll was still not finally determined. Hospitals and | morgues and first-aid stations had oounted 21 dead by early evening. None knew how many bodies lay on side streets, forgotten. 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Center: The American legation in Havana, where large crowd of Cubans gathered to celebrate the downfall of Lower, left to right: Sumner Welles, American Ambassador to Cuba. who tock part in negotiations that led to retire- ment of Machado; former President Machado, and former President Menocal, who is a leader of the insurgents. tion, his friends said; lasting evidence | of his extravagance, his enemies charged—the mob found Julio Leblanc, another man they believed had killed | for Machado as member of the porra. A police uniform did not save hlm.' His clothes were torn away, and he | was beaten and kicked and clubbed to | death. Late-arriving soldiers covered his naked body with palm leaves and | | there it lay. just to one side of the capitolio’s wide sidewalk, hours and hours, In Jesus del Monte Borough, Carlos Lerenzo, another who drew the mob’s hatred, was killed and his body drawn about in a handcart. i It was the same elsewhere. The mobs | demanded that the Machado supporters | be_punished. | Nor was the property of those who had backed the Machado reign re- spected. At Heraldo de Cuba, the newspaper which consistently supported Machado and assailed his enemies, hundreds bat- tered down its iron doors, broke its furniture to bits, pounded typewriters, linotype machines and presses into scrap metal and left the building bare. Then they fired the handsome edifice, only recently modernized. Firemen screamed through the thronged streets to extinguish the first aries back in shouting triumph atop the fire truck. Again Heraldo was fired. Tonight it was in ruins. Even the printing plant of the Official Gazette, wherein Machado published all his decrees and the Congress all its laws, was not to escape. It was left in ruins. Clearing skies brought forth the mob again after a rainstorm which broke suddenly late in the evening and tem- porarily halted demonstrations. Tending to confirm the report that the army had given President Machado, members of his family and of the inner circle guarantees, soldiers tonight stood guard over the houses of retiring Sec- retary of State Orestes Ferrara and Senator Baldomer Grau, Machado’s son-in-law. Nonetheless, the crowds got Grau's automobiles out and tore them to bits. A dispatch from Santiago said a mob Machado had smashed the building of the newspaper Diario de Cuba and ran- sacked tne homes of officials connected with the Machado government. De Cespedes to Issue Statement. An army source asserted that seven automobiles occupied by members of the former Machado strong-arm squad were out armed with machine guns and bearing cards labeled A, B, C, the secret society that has fought Machado most bitterly. De Cespedes, the mnew President, promised to make a statement tomor- row. There was no indication from his home as to the line-up of his cabinet, although political opinion here already'| has pointed to several men for possible cabinet honors. Among these were Dr. Juan Guiter- rez Quiros, former president of the Cuban Supreme Court, who resigned to protest Machado’s interference with the judiciary; Cosme de la Torrlente, for- mer Ambassador to Washington and one of Sumner Welles' aides in his mediation work, and Dr. Horacio Ferrer, retired chief of the army sanitation de- partment and one of the leaders in yes- terday’s army movement. NO TRACE OF MACHADO. MIAMI, Fla., August 12 (P)—A mes- sage received here tonight from Nassau said a complete check of the island re- vealed no trace of Gen. Machado, ousted Cuban President who was reported en Comptroller_of the Currency 2.50. Parts for every furnace. Heating systems installed and re- paired. 1395 Fla_ave. ne. Lincoln 1440. X is one of the larg- the world. Complete funerals as low as 75 up. 6 chapels. 17 _parlors, 17 c:;‘d FURNACES ¢ O e, 24-hour service. Carl Robey, Inc.. CHAMBERS i one ot the lars; e;nl'nd ambulances, 25 undertakers FOR TILE WORK, ., REPAIRING. " 1108 om W, route to Nassau. It was explained that Machado might have stopped at Andros, a little island in the group. There will be no wire- ?s comnunication with Andros until omorrow morntne, Welles Disclaims Any Part in Cuban Problem Solution By the Associated Press. Sumner Welles, American Am- bassador to Cuba, who has been active during the island’s change of administrations, last night disclaimed that this result was brought about through any pres- sure by him, “The solution which has been reached has been worked out solely by the Cubans them- selves,” said Welles in a brief message to the State Depart- ment. 7 Welles was reported weeks be- fore the recent disturbance be- came acute as relaying some of President Roosevelt’s ideas to Gerardo *~ Machado, then the Cuban President. More recently the American Ambassador pre- sented to Machado the demands of certain factions in Cuba that he retire. ARMY MEN WEEP AS MACHADO GOES Exile Smiles as He Leaves, but Shows Ravages of Crisis. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, August 12.—Army officegs wept as former President Gerardo Machado of Cuba—toppled off his presidential seat by the army’s coup d'etat of yesterday—boarded an air- plane this afternoon for political exile. Having chartered an amphibian plane through the army that finally decided he must go, and with the approval of the leaders of his opposi- tion, Machado and the little group of intimates that went with him arrived at Gen. Machado Airport, 15 miles from Havana, obtu 3:20 p.m. The two cars, bristling with machine guns, in which the presidential party and its seven or eight bodyguards went from the president’s country estate to the airport, passed through the heart of the “model city” Machado built, which was his pride. Machado introduced experimental farming to Cuba, and his projects centered about there. The retiring President wore his cus- tomary Panama suit, crash tropical hat and the thick glasses he needs. though he was smiling during the five or six minutes he walked around and said farewells to those who stayed be- hind, his face was heavily lined, he seemed years older and the ravages of the past two days’ crisis were evident. Almost his last words before he stepped into the plane that carried him to political exile were the ‘“good-bye, boys” he said to his guards. The plane was five or six minutes getting into the air. Machado’s destination was reported as Nassau, the Bahamas. The plane had, enough gasoline for about five hours flying and a cruising speed of some 95 miles an hour with a top speed z recelved of i SR ite Tats Sorien, e of 118 RODSEVELT SEES CUBAN STABILITY i New Crisis Is Feared if Young | Army Officers Play Politics. (Continued From First Page.) their own game and use for that pur- pose the sympathy of the troops they are controlling at present. Should this unfortunate situation de- velop, there is a serious danger that intervene. It is pointed out that the American Government, under the Platt amend- ment and the Cuban constitution, is directly responsible for the maintenance of law and order in Cube, if a Cuban government cannot maintain it. ‘There are in Cuba at present some 300,000 Spanish citizens, a large Brit- ish and French colony and a substan- tial number of Germans and other na- tionalities. If a chaotic situation develops in the island, and foreigners are molested, there is no doubt that their home gov- ernments will ask us either to guaran- tee the security of the life and property of their nationals, or threaten to send their own men of war and troops. This would be an infringement of the Monroe Doctrine, which the United States could not tolerate. Consequently, unless the new Cuban government can restore order within a short time, the American Government may be compelled by the pressure of the other powers to step in and do the necessary police work. The Spanish government has been fretting for the last 10 days. The new Spanish republican government is anx- fous to prove to its citizens that it pro- tects their interests wherever they may live, and would welcome an opporunity to send a cruiser or two to Havana. ‘The British are less desirous of in- tervening, but they, too, have important interests in Cuba, and as a purely com- mercial proposition they will have to ask the American Government who is going to take care of their nationals and their property when there is no adequate government in Cuba. For the time being the administra- tion is giving no thought to the idea of intervention and hopes the situation will be straightened out in Cuba within the next few days. ‘The government believes that Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, the son of the Cuban George Washington, will be able to form a sufficiently strong govern- ment to command the confidence of the Cuban people and bring about law and order without any further bloodshed. But should, unfortunately, the mili- tary begin to play politics and try and jockey themselves into prominent posi- tions with the assistance of the troops, then there is no saying what may hap- pen and how many American troops adu be necessary to restore the situa- ion. e T S Conservation Chairman Hurt. NORFOLK, Va., August 12 (#)—W. |E. Carson, chairman of the Virginia | Commission on Conservation and De- velopment, was reported today to be resting with a fractured arm and dis- located elbow sustained in a fall on a Washington steamer Wednesday. He has been s patient at a local hospital since the accident. Mr. Carson will o an on the am o the American Government may have to | 1 Day’s Developments In Cuban Rebellion Gerardo Machado, surrendering the presidency of Cuba when even his army finally turned against him, fled Havana by airplane to the Bahamas late yesterday. Man- uel de Cespedes, former Ambassa- dor to the United States, became de facto president. Twenty-one persons were killed and more than 200 wounded as a mob, rejoicing at the downfall of the Machado regime, ran wild in Havana until sudden torrential rains cleared the streets of the excited people. At least five members of the dreaded secret police were among those slain, including the chief of this organization, which had been one of Machado’s most powerful defense weapons. The presiden- tial palace, newspaper offices and homes of Machado's supporters were sacked by mobs. Secretary of State Orestes Fer- rera also fled by airplane, land- ing in Miami. New York advices said members of Machado's fam- ily fled with him, but in Havana it was reported he was accom- panied by a bodyguard. President Roosevelt returned to ‘Washington, full of confidence that Cuba is progressing toward stability, but determined to search out all ways for relieving the island’s economic distress. He expressed satisfaction with Ma- chado’s retirement. In seeking a settlement of the political _controversy Ambassador Sumner Welles had presented the request of various éscuons that Machado with- raw. NEW ISLAND RULER UNGE ENVUY HEREEEg % | been Machado’s ruthl Was the fate of its chief beoy De Cespedes, 61, Son of First | President of Cuba and Long a Diplomat. Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, the man | who holds the fate of Cuba in his| hands today, was born 61 years ago, the son of the first president of the Cuban Republic, Carlos Manuel de| Cespedes y Castillo, and is by profes- | sion a diplomat. After representing his country in Italy, Argentina and Greece, he was transferred to the United States where he served during the trying period of the war from 1914 to 1922. A linguist—he speaks English, French and Italian with the same fluency as his native tongue—he soon became pne of the most popular members of the Washington diplomatic corps. With gentle, affable and witty Cespedes as Minister, the Cuban legation, as it then was, soon became one of the main social centers of Washington. Being & man of ample means, he was in Cuba, | | ALMER DESCRIBES VICTORY PARADE More Serious Excesses Than Those of Yesterday Are Feared. (Continued From First Page) quickly into a crowd that hoped for another glimpse of him. The diplomatic victory he won as one man trained in discreet diplomacy instead of a com- mission left him as crisp as ever, though smiling, and seemingly as de- tached as Morro Castle, which has seen 50 much history made in this old city. Col. Manuel Sanguily, the chief pro- moter of the army movement, and other Cubans were repairing to him for advice, while public emotion ex- aflnded swiftly to a frenzy of celebra- on. You could count all the population, for all were in the streets or hanging over balconies. The first picture, as I roamed the streets, was one of supreme human happiness and release over the universal personal triumph in a war in which both sexes of all ages were sol- diers without uniforms. Crowds Grow to Throngs. Never, it seemed, could people feel so sure it was their victory. A talka- tive, gesticulatory nation, from groups they spread to crowds, from crowds to immense throngs. Machado could not stop them from yelling. His city had become theirs. People who did not know each other embraced fervently and thumped each other in the back, Spanish fashion. The hated army and police of yesterday suddenly had be- come smiling friends. Policemen em- braced and kissed. They forgot they were on beat and ranged with the throngs. Hurrahing and cheering soldiers on trucks passed through roaring lanes of people, voicing their approval. Other soldiers took leave, if it was not granted, to enjoy the applause of herces. Sol- diers and police made speeches from { curbs and balconies, telling how it was done and in the present stage some were getting into disputes as to who won the war, so rapidly do emotions run the gamut after eight years of sup- pression. ‘With the army and police in such an amiable mo.d, freedom became license before noon. To the victor be- longs the spoils. In the looting of the unguarded presidential palace, as the crowd bore out curtains, furnishings and letters, the supreme profiteer seemed to me a grinning and shouting colored woman who flourished aloft a piece of the embroidered presidential linen. That palace, she said, had be- longed to Machado; now part of it was hers. The best substitute the crowd found for the palms of victory were the canna leaves of the presidential gar- dens. Automobiles painted white with the letters A B C rushed by bearing young men who belonged to the secret society which endured torture and bombing Vendettas. Now, in the open, they receive the huzzahs of the police. Hard-faced types came back to the streets to add their variety to the throngs. Crowd leadership developed to direct wrath on anything accessible associated with Machado. Thus I saw a mob in fury mash the presses and gut the office of provisional President Ferraro's newspaper and then, just now, wreck a barber shop which some one had shouted was Machado’s. Strong Arm Men Executed. The victims of Machado persec Teleased from jail are more k?eemw ‘31‘2: the soldiers to people. Suddenly a leader shouted to a crowd including po- licemen and rushed and pinned against the wall a man with a ghastly look on his face. The crowd stormed about him, shouting and Jeering, as the police shot down one of the strong arm men plain clothes squad which had Such People point out the strong arm men and police. cue. cute them on the spot. The identifica- ;i:m is sl:;, because none but the s!r(f:g m squad was allow Ao | lowed to carry fire- A tropical hose stream, , poured on the heated emotions of the street Lhrong: in the form of a terrific afternoon rain, provided at least a recess to the victory palrad;ei‘ Wwhich were becoming orgies. n_the course of this for Cubs, T oo historical day quiet cultivated oculist, Hor: In his lovely home ey ential district. This veteran of t rebellion of 1896-1898 told how he a:g Col. Manuel fostered the movement in the army, which came to a head yes- terday afternoon. He had been offered the presidency as one not engaged in polétlciisbut he refused because, as he said, part was to save Cuba fr M?remm intervention. = neither he nor the army would profit by the coup he believed that would give Cuba a chance to show it could govern itself. The army heads I| talked with are sure that after the people have worked off their emotion,| any serious disorders can be prevented. But the interventionists hold stubbornly that theirs is the only solution. (Copyright. 1933, by North American Ng ws- paper Alila; . World Rights Reserved.) able to entertain lavishly, and the splendor of his parties is still well remembered by the Washingtonians |who had the vile of oo privilege attending Has Beautiful Wife. He was greatly helped in his task by his beautiful wife, an Italian by birth, the daughter of a distinguished Roman, Signor Bertini Alessandri, who by her wit and charm endeared herself with the Washington society as well as with the wives of the other diplomats. It was under his tenure of office that the Cuban government decided to build the palatial residence which houses at present the Cuban embassy on Six- teenth street. At that time Sixteenth street had not yet become the “diplo- matic row” and with the exception of the French embassy there were no other diplomatic residences there. Cespedes took great pride in the new building and with the ald of his wife succeeded in having built one of the most beautiful residences in Washing- ton. The artistic taste of both Min- ister Cespedes and his wife assisted the architect and the furnishings were spe- cially selected from the best type of antiques which money could buy abroad. Many embassies and legations have been built on Sixteenth street since, but none can surpass the Cuban embassy. Jailed as Revolutionist. De Cespedes was a revolutionary in his young days and served a term in the political jail of Cuba under Presi- dent Menocal He was fiery in those days, and believed that the only way to settle an insult was by a challenge to a duel. While in jail his father was dying and Menocal refused him per- mission to visit the death bed of the former President. Young Cespedes considered this an insult. When he was released he sent his second to Men- ocal to challenge him to a duel. Men- ocal refused because, he said, a Presi- dent cannot accept such a challenge. ‘When he returned to private life, young Cespedes renewed his challenge, which the former President again re- fused to accept, saying that as a private citizen he could not be made answer- able for actions committed as the chief magistrate of the republic. Cespedes was distressed. He had built himself a fencing pavillion and a shooting gal- lery to prepare himself for the duel which never materialized. The prac- tice, however, did him no harm, because he became one of the foremost swords- men in Havana, a city full of fine swordsmen, because no Cuban in those days ventured to go into politics unless gfl&;mfimm&nmm GEN. COX ON WAY HERE TO BE INSULAR CHIEF Gen. Parker, Now Head of Bureau, Will Take 2-Month Leave Be- fore Going to Texas. Brig. Gen. Creed Fulton Cox is en route to Washington from the Philip- pines, and immediately upon his ar- rival here will assume the duties of chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, to which he was appointed last May. He is expected here within the next. week or so. He succeeds Brig. Gen. Francis Le J. Parker, who will relinquish the office when relieved and take a two-month leave of absence before joining his new command of the 2d Field Artillery Brigade at Fort Sam Houston, Tex. Gen. Parker, formerly a colonel, was appointed a brigadier general of the line at the same time that Cox was named as his successor in the Bureau of Insular Affairs. Cox, formerly a colonel, will hold the rank of briga- dier general for the next four years by virtue of his office. He will then be- come a permanent brigadier general of the line beyond a doubt. Gen. Cox was stationed in Hawail when he received his appointment, but since then has been on an inspection trip to the Philippines to familiarize himself with affairs in the island over which he soon will have control Cespedes Formally Takes Over Office; Issues Statement By the Associated Press. HAVANA, August 12.—Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, 62-year-old former secretary of state, diplo- mat of many posts and choice of all Cuba’s political factions for the post of Provisional President, filchc officially took over that ce. A statement issued by the new President read: “To the people: I have as- sumed the supreme office of the nation by the will of all those who desire justice, peace and good will for Cuba, I take over this office because it is my duty to lend my most effective aid in these difficult moments to the work of saving th.a country is epdangaied” a half hour with the | in the Malecon resi- | Forum Speaker DR. ARTHUR E. MORGAN. MORGAN T0 SPEAK ONMUSELE HOALS ;Chairman of Tennessee Val- | ley Authority Will Outline Scope of Huge Project. President Roosevelt's .plan for de- velopment of the vast resources of the { Tennessee Valley will be outlined by Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority, in the Na- tional Radio Forum, sponsored by The | Star, at 9:30 pm. Tuesday. The talk will be broadcast over a Nation-wide | hook-up of the National Broadcasting Co ‘The development of the area is one of the most significant items in the “new deal,” in the opinion of Dr. Mor- gan and the other members of the board charged with administration of | the project. _“On the economic and social upbuild- ing of this region,” says the Authority, “‘depends, in a large measure, the Pre ident’s ‘planned future’ for the Nation.’ Will Reach Whole Nation. 1 The plan, the Authority points out, | will affect not only the 2.000,000 inhab- itants of Tennessee, Virginia, North | Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippl | and Kentucky, but—in one way or an- | icther-(he people of the remainder of | | the United States as well. The main objectives of the plan, outlined by the Authority, are: (1) A happier day for the inhabitants of the Tennessee River basin; (2) de- velopment of methods for other regional planning: (3) improvement of agricul- ture and proper utilization of marginal | lands: (4) co-ordination of agriculture | and industry along practical and per-| manent lines; (5) development of do- | mestic industries to supplement agricul- | | ture in providing local employment; (6) utilization of Muscle Shoals as a yard- stick in determining the relative costs | of public and private power operations, | power to the greatest number of people at the least possible cost and conserva- | tion of its national defense assets; (7) | production of cheap fertilizer and fer- | tlizer materials; (8) opening the Ten- | nessee River to an economic maximum | of navigation; (9) maximum flood con- trol; (10) promotion of reforestation and methods of retarding soil erosion, and (11) conservation and utilization of the basin’s vast mineral and other | natural resources. | Small Projects Planned. y of experiment in domestic the Authority contemplates starting many small projects, which will utilize part-time labor in turning out products that may be absorbed locally. Operations in the valley should not be confused, however, with emergency re- covery steps, Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, chairman of the Authority, points out, adding: “The valley development is a complicated. long-range proposition, ; and it must start from scratch, so to speak.” Dr. Morgan was born in Cincinnati | on June 20, 1878. On the strength of a high-school education he _tackled civil engineering in St. Cloud, Minn. | Since then, Dr. Morgan has planned or supervised nearly 100 water-control projects, including the system designed to prevent recurrence of the Dayton, Ohio, flood, and the $8,000,000 reclama- tion system in the St. Francis Valley, | Arkansas. | Dr. Morgan attracted President Roosevelt's attention through his writ- ings in a pamphlet published at An- tioch College, of which he has been president since 1922, TWO MEN AND WOMAN SENTENCED FOR MURDER Union Officials Given Life and Ac- complice 20 Years in Death of Watchman. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 12—Two union officials and their woman accomplice, convicted a week ago for the murder of Stanley Gross, department store s-atchmnn, were formally sentenced to- ay. John Rooney. secretary-treasurer of the Circular Distributors’ Union, and Henry Hogan, organizer, were sentenced to life imprisonment. Rosalie Rizzo, 24, Rooney's alleged sweetheart, re- ceived a sentence of 20 years’' imprison- ment to be served at Dwight Reform- atory. Judge Harry B. Miller allowed & 30- | day stay of mittimus and gave defense attorneys 60 days in which to prepare a bill of exceptions. ‘The State contended Gross’ killing climaxed a terroristic campaign the union waged against the department store for refusing to hire union workers. | noticed that a state of FERRARA SAVED BY U. . AIRMAN Pushed With Wife Into Plane as Mob Threatens at Airport. By the Assoclated Press. MIAMI, Fla, August 12—Orestes Ferrara, secretary of state of the fallen Machado government, flew here late to- day from Havana. He was fired upon when he left his native capital and booed when he arrived here. He was to leave tonight for New York. The former secretary said that Ma- chado had not been deserted by the Cuban army, but that officers, learning he would resign, took matters into their owx; :mnds. “I leave criticism of Welles' policy to history,” Ferrata said. The Cuban and his wife escaped Cuba in a shower of bullets. Their plane was hit several times. A mob seized their baggage as they prepared to leave. Their pilot—an American— shoved the couple into the ship and took off “like a shot.” Hissed as He Lands. When they arived here a crowd of Cubans hissed Ferrara. One man chal- lenged him to a duel. The Cuban stepped forward quickly to answer the insult, but police interfered. Ferrara has fought 11 duels. The former secretary told a story of riot and danger which he encountered in obtaining and delivering the papers making the change of government in Cuba today. “This morning I visited the palace” he said, “arranging the necessary pa- pers for the change of goternment. I intense fear gripped the employes and servants. “When the news became known that the President had abdicated the ser- vants quit their work and ran madly about the palace, smashing furniture and other movable goods. Servant Killed by Bullet. “I was talking with an undersecre- tary in the entrance of a hallway. A servant opened the front door. Im- mediately there were shots from th¢ streets, a bullet striking the servant ir the chest and killing him.” Other bullets hit around Ferrara and | the undersecretary, but neither was | harmed. From_ the palace Ferrara said he | drove through the streets, taking the | papers to Ambassador Welles. The { latter at that time offered Ferrara 2 refuge in the United States, he said, a1 cid the Spanish Ambassador in Spain, and representatives of other countries Ferrara then went to the house of a friend for luncheon. “About 2 pm.” he said. “it was getting hot. Mobs were howling in the streets outside.” Realizing that the mob spirit would increase and determined to show no fear, Ferrara said he and his wife drove in an open car along the main streets of Havana to the Pan-American Airport. Saved by Pilot. As they drove along, some persons bowed, others booed and shouted threats. While Ferrara and his amining their baggage alongside the nlane, & mob ran up shouting and cursing. Members of the mob seized the baggage, ripped it open, tore up clothing and scattered the contents. A machine gun opened fire. Bullets went overhead, some striking the wings of the plane. Les Terletsky, Pan-American pilot, shoved Ferrara and his wife into the plane and took off. Ferrara credited Terletsky with saving their lives. . wife were ex- PASTOR FACES CHARGE | Feeling Against Minister Leads to Removal From Home County, CLARKSDALE, Miss., August 12 (#) —Rev. C. M. Powell, 55-year-old pastot of the Baptist Church at Tutwiler Miss, was brought here today an¢ lodged in jail by Deputy Sheriffs Harry Dogan and Ed Sumrall who said he! would be charged with criminal assaul’ on a relative. ‘The officers reported he was brought to Clarksdale “because of feeling in hi home county.” They said he left Tut- wiler last Monday and a week’s search resulted in his arrest in Memphis, Tenn. RETIRED COLONEL DIES Lieut. Col. Edward E. Hardin, U.S. A, retired, died at his home in Staten Island, N. Y., August 8, the War De- partment was notified yesterday. He was 80 years old. He was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1874, hav- ing been appointed from Kentucky. Most of his service of 30 years, when he retired in 1908 was with the Infantry. Col. 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