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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-05
EIGHT MISS DEATH
|. ASPLANE CRASHES
Only Two Slightly Injured
When Army Craft Falls
Into Potomac.

A pilot, mechanic and six passengers
escaped serious injury shortly before
noon today when an Army Douglas
Transport plane In which they, were
riding crashed into the Potomac River
opposite the Naval Research Laboratory,
the motor stopping at an altitude Of
1000 feet.
Pilot Myron r. Wood saved the life
OF Private Thomas Standeven, who was
stunned and cut on the lace. when he
pulled him onto the wings from be-
meath the water. Private J. A. Droter
was bruised on one leg. The plane
feli into about s feet OF water and
It's nose stuck In the mud.
Others In the Plane.
Others In the plane were Sergt. w.
B. Brockway, Sergt. r. j. Lehutta, Pvt.
o e. Johnson, Pvt. Frank Luck Luko-
vite and Pvt. s. H. McCaughey.
The two injured men were taken TO
the Naval Air Station Hospital In a pri-
vate launch and later removed to Wal
ter Reed Hospital. Sergt Brockway
stayed with the wrecked plane while
the others returned TO Boiling Field.
The big ship took OF on test night
At $50 THIS morning. Lieut.. WVoo oaAu,
on q trip around the city.
Blames Frozen Motor.
The water apparently had drained
from the radiator, according to Lieut..
Wood. causing the motor 70 freeze. Il
was In sight of Boiling Field" Lieut.,
Wood said, "hut the plane fell so rapid
ly that ! was unable to even reach a
pasture adjoining the Research Labora-
tory.
II looked at my watch just after
the crash and found that It had stop
ped at $50 am. Most Of the pas
sengers, realizing that the plane was
falling, had climbed out on the wings.
When the plane struck they were
pitched into the river and escaped In
Jury. Standeyen. however, was unable
to escape from the cockpit and was un-
conscious when pulled him out"
Both wings were smashed. but other
wise the plane did not appear to be
badly damaged. Lieut., Wood said.
Lieut.. Wood, who Is 35 years old. Is
married and lives at the Boulevard
Apartments,
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LANDSLIDE SWEEPS
AUTOS into VALLEY
Heavy Damage Done Also by
RainS-0ne Man Drowned
in Home.
Ry the Assoclated Press.

BY the Associated Press
PITTSBURGH, July 5.--Heavy rains
that reached cloudburst proportions in
some districts here late yesterday and
early today measured 1,oS inches. the
Weather Bureau reported this morning,
Widespread damage resulted from floods,
landslides and lightning bolts. The
storms occurred intermittently over a
period of IL hours.
Landslides near McKeesport and
Floods along the Pittsburgh -McKeeSport
caused heavy damage. Automobiles
parked at pleasure resort near Nc
Keesport were carried from parking
place into small valley when q section
of a hillside slid down upon them.
Fields along the Pittsburgh McKeesport
boulevard drove scores of families to
upper floors of their homes. Several
families were removed from their houses
In another district near here when high
waters from q small stream threatened
them.
The storm claimed one life Peter
petroosko IS, of Duquesne, trapped In
his home by the flood waters OF Bull
Run. was drowned
One motorist whose automobile was
stalled on flooded highway carried his
two children to safety and returned to
the machine to rescue his wife. Soon
after he carried her from the automo-
bile the car was covered by the Hood
from a nearby creek. Numerous other
automobiles had TO be abandoned on
flooded roads.
Lightning struck two churches and
four other structures here and in suhur-
ban districts. The loss from lightning
and FIRE that resulted was estimated at
several thousand dollars.
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GAMBLING DEN OVER D. C.. LINE
HELD MOST POPULAR OF CLUBS"
Draws Majority of Local Players and
Prospers Openly. Yet Authorities
Apparently Pay Little Attention.

those who have been drinking are de-
MED admittance. In this respect the
manager is far stricter than the WASH
ington gamblers. some Of whom permit
any degree of quiet inebriation. The
Goliath at the door has an experienced
eye and a flushed face.
It Is no problem to locate and get In
this place Any night hawk taxi driver
viii take you there for the fare. Many
of the clerks at the downtown hotels
wiz tell you how to get there. Even
the soda boys can direct you.
I'D like to do o little crap shooting
tonight,' I said to one of them. "Can
you tell me where could get fixed ur?"
Sure. that's easy. know only one
place though"
when told that that was perfectly
all right. that wasn't particular, HI
gave ne the following information:
IT'S easy enough to get in. You
Just 20 down to Seventh and e streets
tonight and youn see some men hang
ing around the corner. or maybe walk
ing up and down the sidewalk. Go
up TO one of them and ask for Gene.
and when ydu find him he'l fix you
up. You won't have bit of trouble. >
The directions were carried out and
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Fireworks Offenders Give independence
Declaration New Meaning in Court Quiz

THE Declaration of independence.
marked the signing OF the treaty OF
peace at the end of the World war, ;,
''It ended the War OF independence:
1T made the Fourth OF july hoi-
day"
Such were some of the explanations
Of Americas historic document given
TO Judge Gus A. 6chuldt IN Police
Court this morning when he asked per-
sons charged with shooting on flre-
crackers what they were celebrating
Amazed at the answers, the court took
the personal bond OF most OF the Of.
tenders TO study the Declaration, and
In some cases required that It be ex-
planned to probation officers aftef tne
study.
told the court he attended, Junior High
School In Philadelphia, was asked u
he was In that city at the time the
Declaration was signed.
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Search for Body.
Reported to Have Been Showing Signs
Of III Health.

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 5 CP.--
Rumors that Capt. Alfred Lowenstein.
killed in fall from his private plane
last night. was q possible suicide were
energetically denied today at the finan-
cier'S home In Brussels.
1t was stated that the captain Was
not alone at the head Of his numerous
affairs. whose direction and response
bility was shared by several prominent
financiers. including the J. Henry
Schroeder Banking Corporation of New
York. From the financial viewpoint.
II was said. Capt Lowenstein's affairs
will proceed as usual
He had been showing signs of III
health lately because of his unceasing
activity. 1t was believed that the re-
lection of his offer to the French and
Belgian governments to loan them q
vast sum to stabilize their currency
was great disappointment to him.
The stock exchange reacted violently
ON news of Capt. Lowenstein's death
despite notice that the financier,s per-
sonal wealth amounted to 10000. 900
and that the entire situation is being
taken over by those associated with
him without throwing any shares ON the
market, Shares in which Lowenstein
was interested dropped from 20 to 40
per cent.
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More Than Half, or 106, Fa-
taIities in Water-Motor
Car Deaths Second.
FIREWORKS SNUFF OUT
II FOR WHOLE COUNTRY
Plane Crashes Kill Four, Lightning
Three, Heat Twelve and Mis-
cellaneous Fifteen.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 5.--The lives of 205
men, women and children we're a Ma
tion's sacrifice to the celebration of Its
l52d birthday anniversary yesterday.
Fireworks claimed their share of VIC
tins, as they always have since the
United States first began observing In
dependence day with skyrocket, PIN
wheel and cannon cracker. There were
IL such deaths in the entire country,
according to the Associated Press tabu-
lation.
Lakes and rivers, however. exacted
the heaviest tribute of human life dur
ing the holiday, LOG drownings being re-
ported. Motor car deaths ranked next In
number, with 81. Heat claimed IL lives
and lightning 8, while were killed In
plane crashes. In addition there we're
is deaths attributed to other causes
directly connected with Americas OBJ
servance of the Fourth.
Where Fatalities Were High.
Two densely populated areas-the
Middle Atlantic States and the Midwest
had more than half the country's
total deaths for the day. In the former
there we're SO fatalities. which was five
more than occurred In the Midwest.
The Mountain States and the North
west had the best sectional records, with
five deaths in each division.
Everywhere through the Midwest the
temperature was high. contributing both
to deaths by heat and by drowning. The
Midwest led the country In the number
of drownings with SO. although the
Midwest Atlantic area had only two
less.
Four Die i'm Planes.
The airplane accidents were at Joliet.
Ill, where pilot and two passengers
plunged to death when the wing of
their plane snapped. and at Beaumont.
Tex. where one was killed.
Three Of the motor car deaths came
In races, drivers being killed In Oregon,
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
The number Of persons injured. many
probably fatally. ran into the thou-
sands. Premature explosion Of o truck
load Of fireworks at Lamar, Mo-, in
jtifed Is persons as 5000 gathered IN
the public square to witness the display.
In the larger cities the hospital list OF
persons hurt during observance Of the
day ran into the hundreds.
Chicago, with an ordinance prohibit
iflx the sale Of fireworks, echoed all
day with firecracker explosions. and re-
ports from police and hospitals were that
the number injured was probably great
er than in recent years.
Tabulation by Sections.
The holidays fatalities, tahulated by
sections Of the country In which they
occurred. follow:
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MANY DEAD IN STORM.

BERLIN, July 5 tR.--Reports from
the provinces indicate that one OF the
worst windstorms In years visited Ger.
many yesterday, taking heavy toll
of deaths and property damage.
A big chimney collapsed at Preisk-
retscham. Silesia. killing four workmen
and injuring three others
zawada. near Gleiwitz, killing one mar
and injuring three, while another per-
son was killed In Gleiwitz.
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7 believe ] was. I"

I believe was"
Bodson shot torpedo on In front
of Policeman w. r. Burroughs and the
officer said he had regular arsenal
OF fireworks In his possession when
arrested. He was ordered TO report 70
the probation officers after studying the
Declaration
Joseph Figlioggi. arrested at North
Capitol and o streets by Officer v. ID,
Hughg for discharging q torpedo, said
he was q native Washingtonian, but
declared the Declaration OF Independ-
cnce didn't mean much TO him. He
was required to read tine document be-
fore being released.
Altogether there were 10 persons
depnsiting collateral al the station
houses for violation of the fireworks
regulations. Al some precincts they
we're the only arrests made over the
Fourth.
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SIGNALS HEARD IN BRAZIL.
station Picks Up Messages From Plan'
Early To-day.

PERNAMBUCO. Brazil. July 5 R.-
Radio signals picked up BY the station
at Olinda shortly after O'Clock anis
morning Indicated that the Italian
Transatlantic flyers, Capt. Arturo Fer
,-srfr, and Mai, Carlo P. Del Prete, were
spDroaching the coast Of Brazil
The signals from the plane were COM
s.g fvors can't Ferrarfrl. The weather
was thick and it was raining along the
coast.
fOIinda Is small town little TO the
north of Pernambuco)
Tae Italian colony gathered at the
sirdrorae this morning to welcome their
countrymen. At 6 am. a am. Eastern
ktandard time) they had not peer
sighted and the crowd was growing
impatient. - -.
IL was thought. however, that tht
asrnen might have headed for tn
coast IN the neighborhood OF bania
sbout $50 miles TO the south, although
they had announced they would pas
over Pernambuco.
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PILOTS SEEKING RECORD.

DESSAU. Germany, July fR1.--Pilots
Johann Rigticz and Hans Zimmerman
Ilopped on at 4.04 pm, today In another
attempt 10 break the duration flight rec
ord OF SO hours, 81 minutes and 20 l-5
seconds, held by the Italians, Capt. Ar-
t.iro Ferrarin and Maj. Carlo p. Del
prete,
They were forced 10 give up a., at
tempt on July after being In the air
l7II hours because OF defect IN their
exhaust pipe.
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KNOWN AS EURorE's RICHEST NAN
Capt. Lowenstein Was Influential Fiw,
ure In International Finance.

Alfred Lowenstein was reputed TO be
the richest man In Europe, his wealth
being estimated at only less than that
OF Henry Ford or the Rockefellers. He
controlled steamship lines, was one Of
the chief shareholders IN the Belrian
Railway System. owned Manganese IRON
mines In Silesia. steel furnaces h the
north Of Spain. coal properties IN the
Saar Basin and IN the Ruhr and i'm
mense rubber plantations In the Konro,
He was born IN 1877. his father heine
q small Jewish banker In Brussels. HIS
immense fortune was built 10 BY clever
speculation. During the war he was en-
gagged in London In. connection with the
provisioning OF the Belgian Army,
Two years ago ne was yirtuaify mn.
known IN the United States, but he
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MOTHER OF THREE DIES
IN MOTOR EXPLOSION
Head and Arms Blown on in Mys
terry Blast-Husband Suf-
fers Shock.
ny tl,e Assoclated Press.

BY the Associated PFess
FRANKLIN, Pa, July 5.-Mrs. Gladys
Beers suliinger, 10, mother Of three
children, was instantly killed last night
when an explosion wrecked the family
automobile In hich she was sitting in
the garage. Her head and both arms
were blown of. Fire followed the ex-
plosion.
A coroner was unable 10 ascertain
the cause. Frank Enllinger, husband
OF the victim, suffered shock when ne
returned TO the garage on hearing the
explosion and found the charred re-
mains Of his wife.
A 3-year-old daughter and 7~nonths"
old twins survive.
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NO TRACE |SFOUND
OF RIVER VICTIMS
Bodies of Two Young Women
and Boy Are Sought in
Potomac.

Three bodies. one an ii-year-old boy
and the others young women, lay un-
recovered In the waters of the Potomac
River today as a result of holiday drown
ings. The boy fen from motor boat
and the two young women went canoe-
ing and never returned. How they met
their fate Is still q mystery.
The boy was Wilmer Mais. son of
Mrs. Samuel Ellis. Sl26 Sixteenth street
The young women were Miss Margaret
Anderson. 26 years old, and Miss Cath
crime Carr, also 26 years old. both en-
ployes Of the National Geographic So
ciety.
Young Mais had been on an all-day
motor boat cruise with his mother,
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. w. Rel
ley. S2l B street southeast, and IA other
relatives.
Fell While Reaching Down.
They had just passed the landing at
River View, Md. on the return trip
when the boy. while passing along q
narrow runway between the cabin and
rail. reached down to retrieve some OBJ
iect that he had dropped
He struck the wall of the cabin rs he
leaned and fell into the water. The
boat at that time was proceeding at
approximately miles an hour and was
brought to stop as quickly as pos
sible. Five Of the men on the craft had
dived overheard and one, James Minet.
Sls upShur street, son OF the owner OF
the boat, reached young Mais Just as
he disappeared from view. He never
arose.
AS to lust what happened to Miss
Anderson and Miss Carr, friends were
still In the dark today.
Miss Anderson and three other young
women were occupying q cottage ON the
banks of the canal OF Conduit road on
the Potomac. Miss Carr went there
from her home In Hyattsville, Md, to
spend her vacation with Miss Anderson.
Got In Canoe at Night.
About $50 o'clock Tuesday night the
two got In a canoe To paddle about for
q while. When midnight came and they
had not arrived the three other young
women~-Misses Pearl Rainwater. Ger
aldine Houser and Helen Warren--he-
came alarmed and enlisted the aid of
some young men who occupy the ad-
They searched up and down the shore
Tor about two hours. and finally gave up
The search until daylight. They then
notified the Montgomery County police.
and SefGt. Leroy Rogers and Policeman
Asbury Case We're dispatched to assist
In the search.
During the morning one Of the volun-
leer searchers found the canoe lodged
against stone In Little Falls. about
400 feet below Cedar Dam, near the
Virginia side OF the river. 1t was badly
battered and indicated that II had gone |
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LOAD or FIREWORKS
ExPL0DES, INIURING 23
Cracker Tossed Under Truck Is
Blamed for Blast at Lamar,
NO., Celebration.

BY the Associated Press.
LAMAR, Mo-, July 5.--More than a
score OF persons were undergoing treat
ment here today for injuries received
when a truckload OF fireworks exploded
in the public square last night where
hundreds had assembled to watch q
display of pyrotechnics
Five of the % persons taken to hos
pitals received serious injuries. Many
who were bruised In the stampede fol-
lowing the explosion were treated In
their homes.
The blast occurred when workmen
were preparing to start the display. A
lighted firecracker thrown under the
truck was believed to have caused the
explosion.
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Hope to Exceed Record OF
Chamberlin by Several
Hundred Miles - Radio
Messages Received.
ITALIAN COL 0NY PLANS
TO GIVE THEM $25, 900
Flight Notable for Keeping to
Schedule-passed Gibraltar and
Cape Verde Islands on Time.
Spent Two Nights in Air on
Long Trip From Europe.

Nv the Associated Press.
RIO JANEIRO, July 5.-Radio ad-
vices reaching Rio Janeiro state that
the Italian aviators Capt. Ferrarin
and Mai Del Prete, have reached
The Brazilian coast and are now
heading southwark for Rio Janeiro.
1t was not expected that they would
reach the Brazilian capital before
daylight tomorrow.
By the Associated Press.
ROME, July 5.-The newspaper Glor-
nal DItalia, without citing its source
saws that the italian transatlantic plane
of Cant. Farrarin and Maj. Del Prete
reached the Brazilian coast today ano
were going on to Rio Janeiro.
The newspaper says that at ESQ pm
Rome time, the flyers were between Per-
nanbuco and Bahia and were five hours
sway from Rio Janeiro, with about l,ooo
siters of gasoline still remaining.
The newspaper La Tribuna. carries
IN Italian radio report from Rio Janeiro
saving that the aviators were near the
Brazilian coast.
Great Triumph Claimed.
The reaction to the dispatches tnal
Che Sayoia GA had reached Brazn Was
expressed IN banner headlneS IeaoiIs =.
Another worlds Record Conquered By
7fa5ians" and .aFerrarin and Del Prete
Assure Another First Place TO Italy.
THE newspapers were held late IN
nrder to catch the long-awaited bulletin
and they take for granted tnat sne
f.hsrnberlin-Le record OF 5000 mics
f,as rome bV the board. The tfallan
esrinate OF the distance from Rome 70
Brazil IS 4,635 miles which would De
increased ie &c plane should go on %
Mo de JaneifO .
p Pren,ier Nussolini was informed Of
ere r,ewsUaper reports while comforting
.rith Representatives Of the wcrkmens
ro-nueratIre and told them: Whlle we
here are talking Of cur good activity 70
de- field Of labor, Ferrarin and nel
Prete are gaining another triumph IoI
Ifaiy. fying over Brazil after superoiS
accrmplishing the flight over the AT
Aantic."
Premier Il Cheered.
T.he group cheered the premier:
spmarks. So intense is public interesl
n the fight that newspapers were
rnatched out Of vendors hands as sooI
e they were received and the news
stands we're beseiged.
TIRE Giornal D'Ifalia today says fnal
xhe flyers are likely TO be awarded
500 600 lire prize fabout 5.OoO Tor tnt
first nonstop fight from Rome 70 Bra.
III instituted by q subscription OF tnf
Italian Chamber Of Commerce at Rie
.Janiero.
The fight has seized the Inauguration
of the entire country, and wniie the
newspapers have refrained from com
1nent, desiring 70 wait untn the sal'
arrival 81 the men is definitely known
fl,e public is taking il for granted tina
fFe ChambeYiin-Leyine distance recort
Of 3,e0e miles has aIreday been broken
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INDIANA FEELS STORM.
Rail and Telephone Service Hit by
Wind and Rain.

INDIANAPOLIS. July 5 LP1.-~An
electrical, wind and rain storm which
struck the north. eastern and central
parts OF the State last night. caused
damage which today was uneStimated,
but believed to have run into thousands
OF dollars,
Interurban and telephone aud tele-
graph service throughout the northern
and eastern parts OF the state was
crippled a greater portion Of the night.
The heavy rains caused trains and In
tefurbans to move cautiously. making
some run several hours late, Ofilcials
of the Big Four and Pennsylvania Rail-
roads reported wire communications
with several cities were severed.
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SMITH GOESBACK
TO DESK AFTER 4TH
Praises Tammany and Urges
New Citizens to Vote, in
New York Speeches.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 5.-Gov. Smith
turned his face toward the State Capt.
tol at Albany again today after two
Independence day addresses In which
he told what he thought Of the Con-
stitution, citizenship. and Tammany
Hail, and took q sly dig at Congress.
In each OF these addresses he made
passing aliusion to his recent nonina-
tion but on the whole he steered clear
of politics.
He said at the Independence day ad-
dress at Tammany Hall that he had
heard great deal Of caustic criticism
OF Tammany but expressed the opinion
that nothing that was not al right
could have continued its existence In
this country, as the society of Tam
many has done. for I3s years.
Tells Aims Of Tammany.
Tammany, he said. cared not whether
a man was rich or poor, or what his
religious beliefs might be so long as he
was lover Of America.
In his second address of the day.
delivered from the steps Of the City
Hall TO several thousand new voters,
he likened the Declaration Of Independ-
ence to a political platform and said
that the whole thought Of 1t was con-
tanned in the one sentence that holds
that all men are created equal. that
life, liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness are their inalienable rights. and
that TO secure these rights governments
are formed which secure their powers
fraYn the governed
OF the Constitution. he said. that no
matter how much We may quarrel
among ourselves politically The
Senate and House of Representatives
san talk themselves to death, and some
times 1t looks TO the American public
as though they we're attempting it,
Nobody can interfere as long as 1t re-
mains with the privileges its enact
ment guaranteed.
Urges All to Vote.
He told the new voters, both native
and foreign born, that citizenship car
ries with IL responsibility. "on the un-
disputed theory that you get nothing
In this world for nothing" and express
| ed the opinion that one Of the princi-
pal Responsibilities was the exercise oi
| the franchise.
Saying that it was surprising to know
how many people were so Indifferent
TO their citizenship that they would moi
| take the trouble to vote. he scored the
man, who goes of on a picnic on cleo.
| ton day, using 1t as sort OF week
end for entertainment.
The Governor win stay in Albany
attending to State affairs, until mex
| Tuesday. when he viii attend the an
| nual outing of the Boy Scouts at Beal
Mountain and continue on to New York
| The following day he VIII attend thu
| first meeting Of the Democratic nation
al committee which his running mate
Senator Joseph T. Robinson, wiz alst
| attend, at which a chairman Is TO b'
selected and the strategy OF the cam
paign decided on.
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Mellon Sails on July l2.

Secretary Mellon will sail ON the Ma
jestic on July II for short vacation In
Europe. The Secretary viii not visit
England, but will spend his time on the
continent. and he expects TO be back IN
this country by the end Of the month