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Evening star., 1927-02-16
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, February 1G.-
The tail end Of the greatest storm
that ever swept the Pacific Coast
States to as far west as midocean in
the history of the United States
Weather Bureau continued today to
pound with diminishing violence in
southern and central California, while
the death toll stood at 16 dead, 21 in
jured and much property damage.
The greatest tragedy was in the
mountain camp of the Southern Cali
fornia Edison Co. IS miles east of
Fresno, whore IL persons were killed
in a double avalanche early yesterday.
The first snowsnde crushed bunk
houses and sent 10 men to their death.
AS rescuers dug in the accumulated
snow for the bodies of their compan-
ions. the second avalanche struck and
took another life.
Floods Cause Wreck.
Flood waters In Puente Greek, near
Whittier, which have asSailed the
steel trestle across the stream for
three days, 80 weakened the struct-
ture that 1t collapsed as the fast Los
Angeles Chicago flyer of the Union
Pacific moved across it last night,
plunging engine, tender and two
coaches into the flood. Two are known
dead, and three others are believed
Evening star., 1927-02-16
BERLIN PLANNING
OCEAN AIR LINES
TWo-Day Service to South
America With IL Planes
Is Proposed.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, February 16.-Ger-
many. now completing plans for a
two-day passenger air service to
South America hopes within two
years to establish a similar service
between New York and Germany. said
George Robertson, European repre-
sentative of Henry F'ord's aviation
interests, who arrived today on the
steamship France.
Twelve all-metal seaplanes, carry
ing II passengers each, will be en-
ployed in the service from Bremen
and Hamburg, via the Azores, TO
South America, he said. The Ger
mans are confident that the Soutn
Atlantic air transportation Will oe
simple task, as the weather condltlons
are generally favorable" he added.
From their experiments in the
Southern Atlantic lanes they hope TO
gain information to assist IN perfect
Ing a North Atlantic service. re
quoted a German engineer as statins
that air service will be in operation
between New York and Germany IN
two years. 49,.
entered the coastal field of aviation Is
because he is developing his air pro
gram slowly. Robertson said. HE Is
always sure that everything is all
right before he goes into anything
he said. Until he Is sure he VIII not
| do anything
Evening star., 1927-02-16
FIGHTING 69th CONGRESS ASKED
TO ORGANIZE OWN BOXING BODY
Carew and Gallivan Would Require All
Fig ghts to Be Started With Suitable
Remarks or Profanity.

were opposed to the bill, would say
that he had done anything else than
hold Mr. Blooms wrist to restrain
him.
Mr.. Dicksten warned Mr.. Blanton
that he would never tackle him in
that way. and during a quick ex-
change Of remarks which followed
Mr. Dickstein and Mr.. Blanton were
challenging each other to go to the
gymnasium in the House Office Build
ing for 4 demonstration of what had
happened to Mr.. Bloom yesterday.
TIE wrangle on the House floor was
terminated by point of order made
by Representative Beedy, Republican,
of Maine.
Would Have Joint Board.
. The resolution introduced by MIR.
Carew Of New York Gf the Senate
concurl provides for esta blishment in
both House and Senate what shall
be known as "the joint and several
committee of the Senate and House
on challenges, bouts, fights and duels
by and between the members of each
the Senate and the House and of each
other"
1t provides that this committee shall
have entire charge of all challenges,
bouts, fights and duels and other than
language fights between members of
their respective bodies. and that mo
fight Challenges bout or duel between
members shall start without suitable
and appropriate preliminaries, which
shall consist of a specified, particular
detailed and profane reflection on the
intelligence, veracity, ancestry or re-
ligion of one member by another.
Continued on Page ., Column ID
Evening star., 1927-02-16
Attack on Crows Roost Nets 1000,
While 100000 Escape 125 Hunters

rounds of ammunition were fired into
the air.
One tactical blunder spoiled COM
plete success of the attack. About
dozen farmers who had hidden in
the woods before the arrival of the
main party. began firing too soon.
They scared the crows out before the
regular 'army" came up, and as q re-
suit the birds today are still i'm pos.
session and both sides claim victory.
IF it had not been for this one slip
we'd have killed 10000 instead of
2.000." said Mizell.
''They are a worthless, preyinr
bird" said Albert F. Priestly, Wood
bury, secretary of the Antlers' Club
of that place. who led the shotgun
brigade of his city. ''They eat every
quail egg they can find, kill off robins,
suck their eggs, eat young chicks.
Salem County has become the Winter
headquarters of crows from all over
the country. We're going to drive
them out or kill them Of.
Evening star., 1927-02-16
SIXTEEN DIE IN WORST STORM
EVER RECORDED ON WEST COAST
Avalanches, Landslides. Floods, Snow
Hurricane and Cloudbursts Cause
Havoc in California.

IN ha framed in one of the coaches.
civ n4,r-sons were injured.
Two were killed in Los Anseles
traffic accidents. A boy was ofo"neo
when he fell from a San Dego rail-
road trestIe into a raging torrent
which two days before had been dry
crne1l he'd, One hundred suburbanites
in the san Fernando Valley, near Los
Arceles. marooned in their homes Dy
the flood waters, were rescued py
nolice in rowboats communicated
from an amusement park.
In the stricken mountain camp res
cue crews worked late into the nlght
in search Of bodies in the snow, out
awaited the arrival of Coroner j. Her
man Kennedy of Fresno before con-
tinuing the work today.
All Injured Recovered.
Belief was expressed today that
some Of the bodies We're buried SO
deeply that they would not be recoV'
cred until the Spring thaws.
Edison Co. officials said all OF the
injured were recovered.
Rude coffins were fashioned out OF
the available lumber at the camp for
the bodies which had been taken out
Of the slide.
One hundred men Of the camp were
at work In q tunnel about a mile
under the surface when the first
Continued on Page z, Column a.
Evening star., 1927-02-16
SACASA FOLLOWER
ASSA|LSL
Liberal Envoy Says Party
Will Not Tolerate "Further
Outrages" by U. S.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
. MEXICO CITY, February 16.-The
Nicaraguan Liberals will not tolerate
further outrages" by Admiral Lat-
mer in establishing neutral zones IN
cities captured or about to be cap
tured by them, their Mexico City rep
resentative, Pedro Zepeda, declared
in q statement today.
While not anxious 10 bring on
conflict with the American Marines.
he said. the Liberals would hereafter
consider any attempt to neutralize
such cities as .'casus belli.'
Looking Ia tbs. capture Of Mata.
galpa by the Liberals, he asserted
that they intended, by suppressing
all disorder there. to demonstrate to
the world the 'tuselessness" of the
landing of the American Marines in
Nicaragua. The Liberals were will
ing and capable of protecting foreign
and native interests.
Offers to Negotiate.
He reiterated that his party was
willing to negotiate with Admiral
Latimer for a settlement admitting
of the elimination of DR.. Juan Sacasa,
head of the present Liberal govern
ment at Puerto Cabezas. provided
Gen. Adolfo Diaz, head of the Con-
servative government at Managua,
also was eliminated. Otherwise
they would fight until Diaz was over
thrown. The Nicaraguan people
would not support any other agree
ment, he said.
Zepeda announced receipt of ad-
vices that Liberal forces under Gen
Mena had inflicted a crushing de-
feat" upon Conservatives at Boca Del
| Plata.
Evening star., 1927-02-16
jUGOSLAvIAN QUAKE
DEATH TOLL is 100
Sparsely Settled Regions Trim Pos.
sible Fatalities-20O Houses
Collapse in Tremors.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press
BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, February
16.--Reports today from Herzegovina,
Bosnia and Daln1atia indicated that
the death toll from Sundays earth
quake would not exceed 100.
The fact that the regions shaken in
Jugoslavia were sparsely settled pre-
vented an extremely heavy death list
The number of houses that collapsed
lis estimated at 200.
Communication remained difficult
today. Only a few doctors with emer.
gency medical supplies could get to
the scene by airplane.
Twenty tremors came within an
hour. just before dawn Sunday. The
damage will take weeks to repair.
Railroad tracks were completely rim
ped up in many places, as well as
telephone and telegraph lines.
The Dalmatian ports of Ragusa and
Spalato suffered most, with the hilly
territory along the coast for many
miles.
A rupture in the bed of the Adri-
attic, with a consequent shifting under
the surface Of Herzegovina, is said bv
the Belgrade chronological station to
nave caused the shocks.
Evening star., 1927-02-16
NEW j. S.-TURK|SH
AGREEMENT NEAR
ConstantinopIe Report OF
Successful Negotiations Not
Yet Received Here.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NSTANTINOPLE, February Is.
The negotiations which the Amer
tcan high commissioner. Rear Ad-
miral Mark l.. Bristol. has been
carrying on with the Turkish author
tiles at Angora have reached a final
successful stage. according to Turkish
official organs, which say a treaty
prolonging the present commercial
agreement with the United States
will be signed within a few days.
No confirmation Of this has been re-
ceived at the former American
embassy.
The psess praises the 1afoderatiori
of the Turkish government in the
face of the American Senate's rejec-
ton of the Lausanne treaty.
u. s. NOT YET INFORMED.
Evening star., 1927-02-16
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WOODSTOCK. N. j., February 10,
Crows, appearing in such NUMBERS
that they darken the sky as SUNSET
approaches and menace the lives OF
all small birds, have aroused the fight
ing spirit of the residents of Salem
County.
Last night, with the approvai OF
State game wardens. crow hunt was
organized under the auspices of the
Gloucester Fish and Game Associa-
ton. BY the light Of full moon l2o
nimrods swooped down upon crow
headquarters one mile south OF this
place and inflicted a paralyzing blow
upon the enemy Game Warden
Chatham Mizell's report Is like a COM
munique from the front.
No less than about 1000 crows were
killed. But not less than 200.0
e&lnnGn1 cot away. Some odd 2sooo
Evening star., 1927-02-16
Nv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW HAVEN. Conn. February 10.
nefects in the metal work of the
Shenandoah were the real cause OF
the crash over GAINESVILLE, ONO. on
George T.. Clark, director of the re-
search laboratory of applied chem
istrv M of the Massachusetts Institute
If Technology, in an exclusive inter
view with the New Haven Register
today. W ~,, 49,
heen making minute studies of metal
sections of the giant dirigible in the
x.ray laboratories of the university
and these have led him to the con-
clusion that defects in the metal.
rather than the fury of the storm
through which the Shenan was
riding. caused the tragedy. he told
.tha Register
Evening star., 1927-02-16
SPECIAL OFFICER
FIRES ON COUPLE
County EmpIoye Says He and
Girl Were Attacked by Man,
Who Attempted Search.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, February 16.--IIis
car riddled with bullets. two of which
narrowly missed him and his young
woman companion, Lewis Coyner,
clerk in the county treasurer's office,
dashed to the safety of the lights of
town here last night. effecting what
he at first thought to be an escape
from a highwayman, but which
proved to be a flight from a county
officer in plain clothes who fired after
the car when Coyner refused to allow
him to force open it's door.
Commonwealth Attorney Wilson
M. Farr is making a full investiga-
tion, and has ordered Marshall Carter,
special officer, appointed February 4,
to appear before him and answer to
charges Of firing at the car containing
the young couple.
Bullets Passed Close.
When the Coyner car reached the
town, Carter, who was pursuing in
his car, drove up. At the same time
a car, containing State Prohibition
Officer Virgil Williams and County
Road Officer P. Fl. Davis. arrived. and
0~onfin1Ied on Page 2. Column %
Evening star., 1927-02-16
Defects in Metal Blamed for Disaster
Of Shenandoah by Chemistry Expert

Il have said more than bas hu.
said before" Prof. Clark fold 49,
Register, land while we will kra,.
more in month than we know now,
there is no doubt but that the n,atai
at the breaking point was defect;ve
1T may have been caused bv i'm.
proper treatment during the manufan
ture of the alloy, or it NAV have
been caused by the effects of vibra
ton and weather.
''The results of our study do M.
place the responsibility for the err sr
upon the manufacturers of the mefai
or the dirigible. 1t was merely a case
of inadequate knowledge. When the
ship was built we did not know sC
much about x-ray examination of
metals, and there was no way Of dis
covering defects in the framework. =
Evening star., 1927-02-16
Death Ends Long Sleep.

BALTIMORE, February Is CP.-
Mrs. Mary c. Hammill, who slept for
eight days after her family said she
had taken a headache remedy, is dead.
She was aroused only once, briefly,
during the period. Physicians at
Mercy Hospital were baff1ed as to the
cause of her coma and death
Evening star., 1927-02-16
PRESIDENT BOOSTS
CASTLE AND WHITE
State Department Officials
Nominated as Assistant
Secretaries.

William r. Castle. jr., chief of the
Division of Western European Affairs
of the State Department. and Francis
White, secretary of American lega-
tion in Madrid, were nominated by
President Coolidge today to be elevat-
ed to the posts of Assistant Secretar.
les of State.
Mr.. Castle and Mr.. White succeed,
| respectively. Leland Harrison and j.
Butler Wright. The former having
been appointed American Minister to
Stockholm and the latter Minister at
Budapest.
Aids Latin American Issue.
Both Mr.. Castle and Mr.. White
have served the Department of State
for many years and the fact that
President Coolidge selected the head
of the division of Latin American
affairs to be made an Assistant Sec
retary of the department is recog-
nized in we'll informed circles as @
further demonstration of his desire
TO strengthen friendly relations be-
tween this Government and the gov
vernments of Central and South
America.
Mr.. White is a native of Baltimore,
slty. He first entered the diplomatic
service in July, 1915, as secretary of
| embassy, and was appointed to Pc
king, China. In 1917 he was trans.
ferred to Havana in the same ca
pacity. and in 1922 was ordered back
to Washington for home service.
After serving as acting chief of the
Division of Latin American Affairs for
short time, Mr.. White succeeded to
the full authority of that position.
In that capacity he took an i'm
portant part in many important mis-
sions concerning the Latin American
governments, outstanding among
which was his appointment in 1924 as
member of the United States
Panama Commission that concluded a
new treaty with the Panaman gov
ernment.
Born i'm Honolulu.
Mr.. Castle was born in Honolulu,
but gives Washington as his official
residence. After being graduated
from Harvard University. he became
first an instructor and later an as.
slstant dean of one of the schools of
the university. He also was editor of
the Harvard graduate magazine. In
May. 1917, he was director of the
Bureau of Communications of the
American Red Cross. and as such per-
formed important duties during the
World War.
The appointments today follow yes
terday's selection of three trained dip
iomats OF the foreign service ~ .IL
important posts as ministers. They are
MIR. Harrison, now an Assistant Secre-
tary of State. to be Minister at Stock
holm; Mr.. Wright, also an Assistant
Secretary of State, to be Minister at
Budapest; Hugh r. Wilson, now chief
of the division of current information.
State Department, to be Minister at
Bern.
Ine selections increase the proper
Continued on Page 6, Column 81
Evening star., 1927-02-16
RUSSIANS WILL FLY.
Workers in Mills and Factor;as
Prepared for Attack

MOSCOW, February Is (4).-p,ac.
teal training in aviation and cban,i
cal warfare has been organized for al,
male workers in factories and mills
the government announcing the stem
as further measure of preparedness
in case of a foreign attack on Soviet
Russia.
The military science courses wt,, ba
for six months and are obligatory
Evening star., 1927-02-16
QUAKE RECORDED HERE.
GEORGETOWN Seismograph Registers
Shock $500 Miles Away.

A very severe earthquake was reg
istered last night on Georgetown Uni
versity's seismograph. and was chart
ed by Director Tondorf as having its
center about $500 miles from wash
ington.
The tremors began at S:48 pm. and
lasted four hours. The maximum dis
turbance was between 9:35 and 9;39.
CHICAGO, February Is HJ.-Rath-
er severe earthquake shocks were reg
istered on the United States Weather
Bureau seismograph at the University
of Chicago over a period of nearly
five hours, ending at 1885 am. today.
The quake started at TAT PM. cen
tral standard time. The disturbance
was about $500 miles fnln ChaGaGos
Evening star., 1927-02-16
U. s. NOT YET INFORMED.
State Department Has Not Received
Word From Bristol.

The State Department has received
no recent notification of the progress
of Admiral Bristols negotiations with
the Angora government.
Evening star., 1927-02-16

fU g. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Partly cloudy and warmer; possibly
showers tonight; tomorrow fair.
observation-disclosures, SO, at 2:15
pm. yesterday; lowest, 80, at 2 am.
today.
Full report on page S.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-06-15
Heavy Docket In
Police Courl

y number Of eases were settled
III police court this morning bv
Judge Hervey. Bail in two cases
was forfeited while one fine of
500 was imposed and paid.
Dorothy Mirzak, charged with va.
grancy, entered Il plea of guilty
and furnished 800 to gain her free
dom. She was arrested by Patrol.
man MeCaslin over the weekend.
Harold Clark, colored, was given
a 3O-day suspended sentence when
he pleaded guilty to u charge of
vagrancy. He was warned to keep
away from the railroad yards in the
future.
John Lee was unable to pay a
fine of $40 when he entered a plea
of guilty to charge of being
drunk and was ordered to commit
ted to the county Jail for 10 days.
James Fitzgerald pleaded guilty to
similar charge and was fined $40.
He paid.
Bail of $25 in the ease of l.. +.
Daley, charged with beng drunk,
and SO in the ease of Frank Aril,
lano, charged with a traffic viola,
ton, were declared forfeited.
l.. A. McGivern, arrested on a
charge of being drunk last night,
has posted bail OF $25 for appear,
ance tomorrow morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-06-15
PERSONALS

Mrs. G. W. ReaSonover and two
children left early this week for
san Angelo, Texas, where she will
remain until August 10, visiting
her mother.
Albert jenkins returned yester-
day from Los Angeles, where he
has been enrolled at Page Military
Academy. He will spend the next
week at the jenkins home here and
then accompany Mrs. Jenkins and
two daughters on their summer va
cation in San Diego.
Mrs. H. n. Dyke is leaving to-
morrow morning for Los Angeles.
From there she will go to Berkeley
where her daughter, Miss Dorothy
Dyke, will join her and they will
spend the summer visiting Yellow
stone National Park and touring
the northwest.
b. II. Cocheron and L. B. Smith
state leader and assistant leader of
farm advisors, are here today III
conference with County Farm Ad'
visor Vern DeTarr
Rev. Arthur f. Schultz, who is
one of the directors of the Roy
Scout camp, will return from La
guna Mountains in time to conduct
regular services at the Methodist
church Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer A. Todd have
returned from brief tYip to san
Cic9o.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-06-15
Auto Seizure
Causes Suit

c. l.. Gillett, sheriff, was defend
ant in civil suit which was
brought to trial before Judge 4. {.
Finncy in superior court, depart
ment two, this morning. The West
crn American Insurance company
was the plaintiff in the case which
revolved about an alleged unlawful
seizure Of an automobile BY the
sheriff.
4 number of documents We're III
troduced as exhibits by the plain
tiff through its attorneys, Ctley
a.d Nnffer. Sheriff Gillett, q. r.
Morrison and Judge |. Mayfield
took the stand in behalf Of the de.
fendant Vaughn Thompson appear
ing as attorney.
The presentation of the ease was
completed Just as noon recess was
called and the respective counsel
was preparing to present closing ar
gument in the ease when the after
noon session of court was opened.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-06-15
RODRIGUEZ SAYS
DISTRICT NOT TO
SEEK STATEHOOD

Totally unfounded in fact. accord
ing to Governor AbelardO Rodriguez,
! is 4 rumor given wide circulation
that the Northern District Of Lower
California is to be made state in
the Mexican union. The governor
SAYS there is nothing in the report.
\ project of read public interest.
however, which Governor Rodriguez
is putting through is Il 632 mile
highway connecting Tia juana with
l.aPaz, the capital of the Southern
District Of Lower California.
y crew OF 400 men has been ut
work on the road for some months
and there remain but $50 miles Of
highway uncompleted. 1t is expect
ed this gap viii be. closed in the
near future so that tourist and trade
transportation can be extended
southwark as far as LaPaz.
This road will open great tracts
Of virgin territory for the first time
and some Of the most interesting
spots on the North American conti-
ncnt will become accessible to tray.
elers.
The highway is routed south from
Tijuana to Ensenada, through San
Qulntin to Santo Domingo on Sebas-
tlan bay. Here the road strikes
eastward over the mountains to San
ia Rosaio and thence southward to
LaPaz. Most of the construction is
III the Northern District but Gov.
ernor Rodriguez has built 80 miles
of roadway in the territory of Gov
ernor Esquierro of the Southern Dis
trict.
The governor plans q motor trip
to Santa Rosalia some time in July,
when, it is expected, the entire high
way will be open.
Oil development in the vicinity of
Tijuana is another of the governor 5
interests. a we'll is being sunk
south OF that city close to the high
way with the hope that the oil con-
! eeded To be there can be produced
in paying quantities.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-06-15
AMERICA NJ AY
GET BIG ORDER
FROM RUSSIANS
By FREDERICK KUH
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

BERLIN, June 1.-The disposi
tion of $75,OO0,000 worth of orders
which the Soviet government had
intended, before the recent break
in diplomatic relations, to place
with Great Britain will be decided
Thursday at a conference here Of
Soviet trade representatives.
The United States, Germany and
Czecho Slovakia were expected t.
be allotted the bulk Of the orders
provided the problem of financing
the purchases can be solved.
Moscow is not adverse to trans
ferring a large portion of its Brit
ish business to the United States ii
credit facilities are obtainable,' 8
leading Soviet spokesman told thu
United Pres today.
Reports that British bankers
were refusing to discount bills of
German manufacturers who are eX-
pccting Russian orders, coupled with
the severance Of diplomatic rcla,
tions, may cause 4 complete redis
tribution oI the Soviet foreign
trade.
The pres, nee in Berlin of the
president of the Soviet State Bank,
and the reject luncheon Of Soviet
foreign mir ter Tehiteherin with
outstanding German bankers and in
dustralists were interpreted as
signs Of intense Soviet activity to
rcadiust its foreign trade as the
aftermath Of the Anglo Russian
break
Imperial Valley press., 1927-06-15

several persons were injured. Gal
Iegoz' 5 sister Is still il the Fl Cen
tro hospital suffering from brok-
en- leg and a bad !aceratlon of the
scalp. The others were not injured
as seriously as the woman.
According to testimony Galegoz
was attempting to pass another ma
chine as a ear driven by Elias Linn
Of Calcxico approached from the
opposite direction. Both Linn and
Gallegol drove off the highway at
the south side of the road iii efforts
to avoid collision but met. The
car driven by Gallegoz was turned
over on its top in the ditch while
the Linn ear was twirled around
and badly damaged. Mrs. Linn and
her son, riding in the car with Mr..
Linn, suffered injuries.