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Evening star., 1927-05-11
LINERS CONTINUE SEARCH.
Possibility That Fishing Vessel Found
FLYERS Considered.

NEW YORK. May il E).-Trans-
Atlantic liners, Navy and Coast
Guard boats and French government
vessels today continued search OF the
F.: seas for Capts. Nungesser ana Con.
The hunt extended from New YORK
to the French coast.
The Navy tugs Wandanx and MO-
have had the task of in rvestigating
from Cape Ann, Mass, to NeWfouno-
land. The Coast Guard cutter Ossipee
nut ont from Portland, Me. The Coast
Guard destroyer shaw, just south OF
Sable Island, Nova Scotia, also was
Impressed into the hunt.
The Coast Guard cutter Moduc, on
international ice patrol In the Nortn
Atlantic, radioed warning or ice
ibergs and GROWERS not far from the
steamship lane.
J MANY authorities look to the region
about the grand banks, OIL New
foundland, as a likely source Tor a
message that the airmen are alive
There are many fishing vessels IN the
several hundred square miles com,
tprising the banks. None is equipped
with radio.
Against the theory that the airmen
might be alive in the Newfoundland
region came the declaration Of Lieut.
Leigh Wade, round-the world flyer
that Nungesser and Coli had 'as
much chance as a mouse among cats
If they were forced down in the terri
tory.
"a biplane of the type used by Nun
igesser picks up sleet easily, Waoe
lsaid, and the French machine might
have been forced into the water, ana
hecome 2. mass Of floating ice. Wade
Iexpressed the belief, however. that
.Nungesser and Coli would pull through
alive.
Commander Richard 4. Byrd. said
nothing is farther from his mind than
"a transatlantic flight while the lives
.of the two Frenchmen are in doubt.
He wishes to assist in the search.
Evening star., 1927-05-11
TRAFFIC ROW FEATURES
RAIL MERGER HEARING
Marquette Chesapeake and Ohio
Union Strongly
OnnnSed.

a cross-exarn animation as to traffic adj
vantages claimed for the proposed
merger of the Erie and Pere Mar
quette Railroads with the Chesapeake
& Ohio system featured today's hear
ings ON the consolidation by the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
Henry w. Anderson, attorney for a
group of Chesapeake & Ohio minority
stockholders, who oppose the Van
Sweringcn plan for uniting the rail
roads, engaged in a prolonged contro-
.ersy with w. G. Hun, "A traffic as
sistant to the vice president Of the
Chesapeake q Ohio Railroad.
Mr.. Hull Insisted that the owner
ship of the Pere Marquette by the
Chesapeake 4 Ohio would give the
latter line dependable system
routes" into Chicago and Michigan
for distributing West Virginia coal.
while Mr.. Anderson declared existing
traffic arrangements kept all these
routes open.
Evening star., 1927-05-11
Rv The Assnciaied prees-

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 1f.-Notwith-
standing warning by Ambassador
Herrick that the start of any Ameri-
can airplane on Il flight to Paris while
the fate Of Capts. Nungesser and Coli
remained in doubt might stir mis-
understanding in France, owners of
the Bellanca monoplane Columbia
today planned their start for early
Saturday.
While the North Atlantic was being
searched for the missing airmen,
sponsors of the Columbia sealed the
planes Instruments and awaited only
favorable weather before starting
3,S00-mile flight. the reverse of that
on which Nungesser and Coli failed.
Resentment in Paris.
AS JOY in France over Incorrect
news that the war heroes had sue
ceeded turned into resentment against
the United States, Ambassador Her
rick notified the State Department
that the start of any plane from
America for Paris might be mis-
understood and misinterpreted."
Then Charles a. Levine. head OF
the Columbia Aircraft Corporation
owner of the Bellanca plane, said that
the start, which had been set tor
Evening star., 1927-05-11
D. S. OVERSEE FLYERS TO BRAVE
WAVE OF FRENCH RESENTMENT
Bertaud and Chamberlin Prepare Colum-
biia for Saturday Start Despite Bitter
ness Due to French Failure

Thursday would be deferred to Satur-
day NunCessers fate undoubtedly
would be known by then, he added
THE finest tribute we could pay
these brave men is to take up the
attempt where circumstances com
PEELED them to lay it down." Mr..
Levine said.
Press BIames America.
LLOYD Bertaud. navigator of the Co
lumbia. said:
I'VE won't go to Paris if they don't
want us. Wen fly over and around
the EiffeI Tower, touch our heels at
lie Bourget and then so to London
and land at Gotham field.
"Nungesser and Coli tried to get
the jump on us and we hoped for
their success as much as any one in
France did. Now is our chance
Let's 60"
"Those are my sentiments" said
Clarence Chamberlin, the planes
pilot.
French newspapers have blamed
America for sending misleading
weather reports to France and for
the dispatches that had enormously
announced the success of the eXpedi-
ton.
DR.. Charles F. Marvin, head of the
Weather Bureau in Washington. said
Continued on Page 5, Column g.
Evening star., 1927-05-11
800 MORE MARINES
GET SAL LING ORDERS
RelnforcernentS for Nicara-
guam Forces Called Out.
Six Planes Sent.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Sailing orders We're issued today for
the 500 marines recently. selected to
reinforce Admiral Latimers command
in Nicaragua.
The aircraft tender Aroostook left
Quantico, Va. today, carrying six air.
planes and aviation personnel and will
put in at Charleston, S. c., to take
aboard 100 men from the Paris Island
marine station.
Another 400 men were ordered from
Quantico to sail late today on the
battleship repair ship Medusa and an
additional SEQ men have been ordered
to ship on the submarine tender Ar
gonne from Port Au Prince, Haiti.
Forces Win Total 5000.
The reinfordements will give Admi-
raj Iatirner command Of 5000 men in
the Central American republic.
) Admiral La timer requested the addi-
tional marines, advising Secretary
Wilbur that they were needed as
precautionary measure and that they
might be called upon to aid in forcing
the disarmament of Nicara guam
troops who declined to surrender their
arms in accordance with peace plans
worked out by Henry L. Stimson,
President Coolidge's representative,
and Nicaraguan leaders.
Letter Held "Inducement"
An official statement that the let
ter given by Henry l.. Stimson, per-
sOnal representative of President Cool.
idge in Nicaragua, to Gen. Moncada
Liberal military chieftain. stating that
American forces would be used ito
disarm forcibly" any troops who
failed to lay down their arms was writ
ten "for the purpose of assisting
Moncada to persuade" his men to dis
arm. was issued yesterday at the State
Department.
The department at the same time
made public the text of the Stimson
| letter which already had been given
out by Moncada.
| The original department announce
| ment of the developments of the
Stimson mission made no mention of
this letter or Of any direct or indirect
threat by Stimson that American
| naval forces would be used to disarm
any faction which did not turn in its
arms VOlunta rily.
Evening star., 1927-05-11
FREE STATE LOSES SUIT
FOR BONDS SOLD IN U. S.
Judge Also Denies Claim OF lie
Valera-Subscrib to Be
Reimbursed.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May ll.-Supreine
Court Justice Peters today d1smlsseo
the suit brought by the irish fIee
state, claiming TO be successor Oh the
irish republic and entitled to the
bonds subscribed for in the United
states for the Republican cause. Jus.
tice Peters also denied the claim OF
E,amon de Valera and his cc.trustee,
O'NIara, to the bonds and ruled that
the bonds should be sold and proceeds
revert to original subscribers.
Evening star., 1927-05-11
Water Distilled in Fire Extinguisher
Saves Seven Men Adrift for Week

matter of hours. they did not conserve
a days food supply. and consequently
at dawn of the next day there was
neither food nor water.
In the metal case of fire extin-
guisher salt water was boiled and the
steam rudely set off through the hose.
Whatever luck acquires to fishermen
deserted them until the third day, and
their meal then was made from two
small fish. Cheer gave way to doubt
and doubt to grief when tanker. one
of the few ships sighted. came within
a hundred yards yesterday afternoon,
hesitated, then steamed away.
The men, all of Jupiter, were: w.
J. Bennett, III. r. Allison, Neal Dubois,
Barton Castle. Sam and Albert Nesblt
and Capt. Ed Ramsey, who had charge
of the fishing boat.
Evening star., 1927-05-11
.IHOPESFOR FLYERS
I FADE AS 47-HOUR
SEA SEARCH FAILS
Radio Sweeping Atlantic for
! / Nungesser and Coli Meets
Wall of Silence.
AMERICAN AND FRENCH
. VESSELS CONTINUE HUNT
Aviators Feared to Have Been
/ Crushed by Ice if Forced Down
Is. Off Newfoundland.
pv the Associated Press.

BY the ASsOC4dtCO iCS9'
The sea and land gave back no
answer today to the incessant cans
for word of the missing airmen--
S,apts. Nungesser and Coli. The Radio
7 Sornoration. the independent Wlre'
less and the Navy swept the wide Al
f1antic with radio queries-and met
wall of silence.
The "White Bird was A anxious
hours overdue at New York at :
fn'clock this afternoon on her flight
from, Paris and was last seen heading
Northwest off Kilrush, ireland, sun
sday morning. There was report carry
today that the plane was fonnd at
..+Truro. n. S., but this was quickly
proved to be false.
Scant Hope Remains.
Naval vessels are searching the seas
off New England and the Nova Scotia
waters, while the French government
has a fleet of destroyers neauIlS
westward in hunt for the French
aces. So far their efforts to locate the
plane have been fruitiess. Lookouts
on the transatlantic liners bound
East and West scan the horizon loI
signs of the plane now beileVed
forced down by weight Of ice formed
on her wings in flight.
Scant hopes remain OF the hnding
of the missing men, who many be-
lieve fell into the sea north OF the
charted courses of steamships. Others
suggest that the White Bird came
down in the waters off Newfoundland,
and, unless the aviators were rescued
bv fishing smack, they fell victims
of the ice that crushed their fragile
plane.
Paris STEPPED in Gloom.
Paris was stepped in gloom and
today. The aviators had
a food supply calculated TO last them
a little more than 10 days, largely
caviar and bananas. Having sailed
the seas for years before he took
to aviation. Capt. Coli tucked away
a ishtine and some bait in the corner
of the fuselage just before the plane
hoped off.
Capt. Saint Roman and Comdr-
two other French flyers,
have been missing since last Thurs
day. when they honped ofI fresn -.
Louis, Senegal, for Pernambuco. bra
zI. in an attempt TO be the first 10
make an uninterrupted flight over the
South Atlantic.
Evening star., 1927-05-11
Eight States List Dead.
Casualty reports for the three-day
Totals .............. 236

Relief was placed on an emergency
basis at Poplar Bluff, Mo, where So
OF the 95 killed in Missouri met death.
AS few restaurants remained, Il was
necessary to supply food as well as
to solve hospital and salvage prob
lens.
Similar conditions prevailed in north.
eastern Arkansas, where residents Of
several isolated villages were reported
destitute.
Weather observers found little to
connect the series of freak storms that
started in Kansas Saturday, swooped
down on northern Texas early Monday
CONTINUED on Page 5, Column 81
Evening star., 1927-05-11
Earth From Graves of War Dead in U.S..
Will Be Taken to Graves in France

were expected to carry out the ccre.
mOny.
on dead, whether they lie buried
at home or in distant lands, died for
the same cause and in the same spirit
OF patriotism and self-sacriicc. and we
know that their snirits are joined be.
yond." said Comdr. Savage. "The
carrying of soil from the graves In
America TO those in France will be n
striking symbolization of this truth
and will emphasize the essential
sacredness OF the purpose with which
the American Legion Is going 10
France
The ceremony will be conducted by
local Legion posts during their Mem
orial day services at the cemeteries,
Evening star., 1927-05-11
nu Tho Assnniated Press.

by tEiB AsSUCIdtEu Ibsss
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, May
11.-A fire extinguisher, with which
they distilled water for drinking. prob
ably will hold first place in the recol-
lection of seven men who drifted for
seven days in damaged boat.
For food there had been two small
fish and merciless sun long since
had changed discomfort to pain when
the tanker Sunoil answered distress
signals late yesterday afternoon and
bore down on the 30-foot craft, rs
miles north of Jupiter Light.
At noon on the first day out for
deep sea fishing the party gave only
brief pause when their engine burned
gut bearing. Thinking rescue a
Evening star., 1927-05-11
Plane for Every One
Is Aim of German
Motor Corporation
By Gable to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright. 1927.

By Gable to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright. 1927.
BERLIN, May 11.--An airplane
for everybody is the aim of the
Daimler Co. of Stuttgart. whose
latest 20-horsepower lilliput air
plane is proving so attractive that
a newly founded company has de-
cided to organize an air line be-
tween Copenhagen. Dubeck and
Berlin. carrying passengers at the
low price of $40 to $12.
The tiny machine. with its 20
horsepower, 1,500-cubic-centimeter
motor, is sold to the public at a
little over 81 ,500-hardly more
than small German automobile
costs.
Should the new air line prove
popular, it is expected many Ger
mans will wish to become owners
of these air flivvers, and it is hoped
Germany may be the first TO bring
the airplane to the home.
Evening star., 1927-05-11
By the ASsntjated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS. May 1t.-Mem-
orial day services conducted by posts
of the Ameican Legion this year will
be marked by a new ceremony--thc
taking of earth from the graves of
World War dead buried in this country
to be scattered over the graves of
American dead In France. The earth
will be carried TO France by Legion
naires attending the convention of the
Legion in Paris in September.
Plans for this ceremony were an.
nounced at national headquarters of
the Legion here today joy Howard +.
Savage, national commander. Local
Legion posts throughout the country
Evening star., 1927-05-11
MIDWEST TORNADO
DEATHL|ST GROWS
Injuries Feared Likely to Add
to Total of 236 in
Eight States.
Rv the Associated Press.

KANSAS CITY, May 11.-Prospects
of a steadily increasing death list in
the huge checkerboard scooped out
of the Middle West by a series of tor
nadoes and storms, in which at east
236 persons perished and more than
900 were injured, today added to the
trials of relief workers.
While casualty lists in Texas, IL
Iinofs. Kansas and Louisiana showed
little change, debris Of RACED commu-
mites in Missouri ana Arkansas
yielded more bodies last night and
several injured died in hospitals.
Physicians reported that more than
score of injured in Missouri ana
Arkansas had little chance to live.
This. coupled with failure to establish
communication with several villages
since the tornadoes struck Monday.
caused relief agencies TO estimate the
dead would total Approximately $50.
Evening star., 1927-05-11
AIR SERVICE PLANNED.
New York -Chicago-Dallas Passen.
ger Route Announced.

CHICAGO, May IL N9.-~Passenger
and express service by airplane will
be inaugurated between Chicago and
New York and Chicago and Dallas by
August / by the National Air Trans.
port, Inc, General Manager Paul Hen.
derson Of the organization announced
today.
The new service will include sched.
ules for night fyins for passengers.
Evening star., 1927-05-11
FRANCE STILL HOPES.
Tublic and Press Anguished Over
Disappearance.

PARIS. MAY II LPj.--The mystery
fsurrounding the fate of Captains
fEungesser and Coli in their trans
ocean flight, and Of Capt. st. Roman
tsnd his flight companion, Comdr
sMouneyres, is binding all Ffenchmen
in a common bond of anxiety. As for
{Nungesser and Coli, the enXiety is
tempered by a strong hope that news
of their safety win be Forthcoming,
hut the general opinion here today was
that there was little justification for
ioptimism in the cases of st. Roman
land Mouneyres, of whom nothing mas
tbeen heard since they left the coast
.of West Africa last Thursday in an
;attempt TO fly across the Southern
Atlantic to Brazil.
A question on everybody's lips is
how long can the Nungesser- Coli
tplane, the White Bird, keep afioat.
IExperts answer q long time. provided
ltt descended on the sea gently because
Iof failure Of the motor, and not head
.long, owing to accident. II is pointed
tout that the body of the machine is
Ewatertight and that the empty gas
tanks would form ideal floats.
War Feat Cited.
During the war, they declare. Naval
tIieut. Lenglet remained afioat in q
tpIane in the Mediterranean for II
tdays, on 4 of which gale was blow
e1ng.
Nungesser and Coli when they left
Sunday morning had certain amount
of compressed food, enough for quite
Ia long time If husbanded. They alsC
had a small stove on which to cook
with apparatus to distill sea water
aCoRtinued on Page s., Column ~
Evening star., 1927-05-11
PLANES TO SPREAD ORDER.

MANAGUA, /, Nicaragua, May II up.
Liberal soldiers who turn over their
arms to United States Marines are
TO receive SO for each rife or ma
Continued on Page 2. Column A.
Evening star., 1927-05-11
ANTI-STRIKE ROW GROWS.
Commons Faces Long Fight on
Trades Union Measure.

LONDON, May II @.-With the
inauguration today of the committee
stage of the governments trades
union bill, to make coercive strikes
or lockouts Illegal. the House OF Com.
mons Is faced with the prospect of
long and bitter sessions.
Notification has already been given
of more than $50 amendments. and
others are expected. The Laborites
are prepared to continue fighting the
bill tooth and nail.
The Liberals, headed by former
Premier David Lloyd George, will
also press several amendments.
Evening star., 1927-05-11
TAL|AFERRO URGES
TAX NOTICE CHANGE
Would Establish More Busi-
nesslike System of
Handling Arrears.

Establishment Of a more business
like system for notifying delinquent
taxpayers of their arrears and the
initiation of a vigorous campaign for
the collection of these taxes was or
dered today by Commissioner Sidney
f. Taliaferro, who has administrative
supervision over the tax assessing and
collecting departments of lie District
government.
Commissioner Taliaferro directed
Tax Assessor William p. Richards and
Tax Collector Chatham NJ. Towers to
make a study of the subject with a
view to recommending plan which
will not only bring in the delinquent
items, but will afford greater protec-
ton to property owners.
Would Forward Bills.
The Commissioner wants a system
inaugurated whereby bills or notices
of all delinquent payments shall be
forwarded regularly and as often as
possible. perhaps quarterly or semi
annually, and that when inquiry is
made for bill or when a notice
is sent out complete statement
shall be furnished of all items owing
by that particular taxpayer. and not
that he be simply given his current
bill without reference to other items
which may be owing and delinquent.
Since his appointment as District
Commissioner Mr.. Taliaferro has
studied carefully the systems IN
vogue in the offices Of the tax col
lector and tax assessor with view
to working out some plan which
would reduce the number of pieces
of property sold annually at public
auction for non-payment of taxes ana
at the same time establish better
hnsiness practices in these offices.
Mr.. Taliaferro said his study or
conditions in the two offices revealed:
That the collector of taxes does
not furnish in advance any record or
snecial assessments for water mains,
having, etc, but that when payments
are made to him on account OF sucn
items, he credits them and sets up
amount on the oppo-
site side of his ledger in order to bal
ance his books.
No Regular Checkup.
.. That there is no regular and
periodical check-up or trial balance
had between the tax collector. the
assessor and the auditor to insure the
complete accuracy of the real estate
and personal tax charges carried
upon the books of the collector of
taxes.
3. That there is no definite or reg
l,lar present system of voluntarily no
tifying persons that taxes upon real
estate are due and delinquent and
that the only definite procedure in ref
erehce to collections is the notice re-
quired by law in the sale for delln'
duent taxes provided by law.
4. That the present system In re-
spect to collections of personal taxes
is to send bills by mail biased either
upon the return made or the arbitrary
assessment made) and If such taxes
become delinquent. then to send depu-
ties out with bills to make collections.
Failure to collect may be followed by
listraint of the goods and chatteis or
the delinquent taxpayer.
5. That there appears upon the
books of the collector of taxes delin-
uuent items dating from 1877 to 1926
and that there has been continuously
owing to the District of Columbia
for some years delinquent taxes
to between SS,000,0OO and
81 900, 900.
Evening star., 1927-05-11
"FrOm Press to Home
Within the Hour"

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1927-05-11
WEATHER.

~. s. Weather Bureau Forecast,(
Fair and cooler tonight and tomor.
row,
Temneratures-t S5. at 1870
nm. Yesterday: lowest, 81. at am.
today.
Full report on page 9.
Evening star., 1927-05-11

Calls Step Essential.
In the conclusion of his paper Mr..
Cheney predicted that architectural
boards of review, established by
ordinance for the control of all pri-
vate design, will come to be general
during the next 10 years. He said
such step is essential TO sound city
CONTINUED on Page 4, Column al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-17
MOB MAKES DRIVE :
ON FLORIDA JAIL
Seeks Negro Accused of At
tacking White Woman.
Hunt Is Unsuccessful.


FORT MYERS, Fla, September II.
Threats of mob violence had been
dissipated today and quiet reigned as
posses continued their search for a
negro who yesterday attacked So
year-old white woman.
Believing that the negro had been
captured and was held in Jail, mob
of scores of men attempted to storm
the prison and search for the negro,
but were repulsed by Sheriff Tippins
and his deputies, whom he ordered to
shoot to kill if the group attempted
to enter the Jail yard, at the same
time assuring the men that the negro
had not been captured.
City Policemen Summoned.
While the sheriff and his deputies
held the mob at bay, all city police
men were ordered to duty and pa
trolled the streets to maintain order.
Throughout the early part Of the
night groups gathered in the vicinity
of the Jail. but with the sheriff and
his deputies still standing guard,
made no effort to renew their attempt
to storm the Jail and by midnight,
with the exception of a few stray
glers. the crowds had dispersed.
The negro was identified as J. A.
Jenkins through photograph. The
attack took place early yesterday
morning. when the woman, mother of
three children, was at home alone.
She said he came to the house demand
ing money. Finding her alone. she
said he brandished a gun and forced
her back in the house and attacked
her. She went to neighbours and
gave the alarm and then was placed
under the care of physician.
Woman i'm Critical Condition.
Physicians said late last night that
the woman was in critical condition.
Every road leading out of the city
is being carefully watched and all
other avenues of escape are being
guarded. Authorities declared that
they would have the negro in custody
within a short time. The negro sec
ton of the city was thoroughly
combed yesterday by groups of armed
men.