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RUMOR SAYS Indy
ON SAPELO ISLAND
Amphibian Plane Reported Seen
Off Coast of Georgia Sew
eral Days Ago.

BY the Associated Press.
SAVANNAH, Ga, June IA rumor
that Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lind
bergh were spending their honeymoon
on Sapelo Island, a few miles off the
Georgia coast, could not be confirmed
today.
The rumor spread when it was re-
ported that an amphibian plane had
been sighted approaching the island
several days ago.
On his return North several weeks
ago, after inaugurating air mail service
to Central America, Col. Lindbergh
stopped at Sapelo for luncheon with
Howard E. Coffin, an official OF the Ma
tional Air Transport, for which Lind
bergh is technical adviser.
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CHINESE BREAK
WITH SOVIET GROUP
Telegraph Reports State
ConsuIs Have Been With
drawn From Moscow.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, June 1.-Advices published
today from Nanking state that the
Chinese diplomatic representative and
Chinese consular officials at Moscow
have been recalled.
A recent series of raids by the Chinese
authorities in Manchuria, presumably
acting upon instructions from the Ma
tionalist government in Nanking, upon
Russian conSulateS where representa-
tives of the Third International were
declared to be functioning, has caused
friction between Moscow and Nanking
The Moscow government delivered
note to the Chinese charge daffaires
In Moscow characterizing the raids as
being of violent and unlawful char
acter." The note declared that reports
that meetings of the Third Interna-
tionale took place in the consulate gen.
eral at Harbin were SenselesS inven-
ton and futile attempt at evasion
of just responsibility for "atrocious
action"
The note enumerated a number of
alleged provocative actions by the Chi
nese authorities in connection with the
Russian embassy and conSulates at the
same time stating that the Soviet gov
ernment had refrained from any re-
prisals and had accorded the usual
protection to the Chinese mission and
consulates.
1t declared that the Soviet govern
nient, however, had been forced to note
that this peaceful and friendly attitude
was being taken advantage of by in
f1uences hostile to Soviet Russia and
that 1t was obliged to lodge a very
severe protest against the police atroci-
ties and to demand the immediate
release of the arrested men and the
return of all correspondence, articles
and money removed from the consul
late.
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REVENUE COMMISSIONER
TAKES OATH OF OFFICE
Robert H. Lucas Assumes Duties
in Treasury Depart
ment.

Robert H. Lucas of Kentucky, was
sworn in today as Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue to succeed David H.
Blair. resigned, of North Carolina.
The ceremonies took place at noon in
the Treasury before distinguished
company of officials, including Secretary
of the Treasury Mellon and his official
family.
Mr.. Lucas was born in Louisville and
since May "a, 1921, has served as col
lector of internal revenue for the Dis
trict of Kentucky with headquarters in
his home city.
Mr.. Lucas is a lawyer, and brings to
the responsible post of commissioner
qualities which administration leaders
feel ably qualify him to discharge the
heavy duties of that Office.
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Prisoners Saw Way Out of Safest
Jail in Country, Make Good Escape

tumbler from door lock. cut one bar
from window, sawed one end of an
other bar and bent it, forced out
heavy wire window screen, lowered
themselves to the Jail yard on a rope
of bed sheets and went over 30-foot
wall with the aid of painters scaffold
Jailer Thomas Dover declared he was
stunned" that so much could have
been accomplished by the prisoners
without discovery The break went un-
noticed until just before the morning
relief of guards.
The Jail here has a reputation of
being one of the safest" in the coun-
try. 1t is one block from the central
police station and block and a half
from the main Estail thoroughfare.
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CHICAGO LAWYER, TAKEN
FOR RIDE, "PLAYS DEAD"
Legs and Six Ribs Broken, He Is
Thrown into Ditch, Ap-
parently Lifeless.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 1.-Oliver N. Olson,
a lawyer, So years old, was taken for
a ride last night, beaten so badly that
a leg and six ribs were broken and then
dumped out for dead in a ditch. Only
the fact that he played dead" he said,
saved his life.
Olson was lured from the Wheaton,
ILL.,, home into an automobile on the
pretext that a friend needed him at
the Villa Park police station. Reaching
a quiet spot on the road, the men stop
ped the car on the plea of tire trouble.
Olson was struck down from behind and
then was attacked by both men, one
of whom kept saying kill him."
Olson could advance no motive for
the attack.
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Secretary Davis Hordeolum Zeissianum
Treated During Quick Stop in Chicago

their little books, trying to routine the
letters properly. but knowing naught of
what was meant.
They reached Secretary Davis Just
as his train was pulling out. He tried
to tell them what it was. but by that
heart to deliver today's commencement
address, and his words we're lost.
The reporters thereupon repaired to
dictionary Of medical terms, where
they found:
"Hordeolum zeissianlm-a sty."
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LOUISVILLE, June l R).-Three
prisoners staged remarkable break and
escaped from the Jefferson County Jail
in downtown Louisville late last night
or early this morning, it was discovered
today.
Those who escaped were Tom Craw-
ford, under sentence of 81 years for
manslaughter; Smithy Waters, under a
fivc-year grand larceny sentence, and
Foreman Price, who was being held for
Bourbon County. KY, authorities.
The three prisoners sawed three bars
from two cell doors, cut through a
steel yentilator, sawed an inch-square
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Two Killed; Slayer Shot.

MUSKOGEE, Okla, June / [P.-
w. E. Stewart, storekeeper. and Carl
Churchwell, both white, were shot and
killed early today by Tobe Boyd, COL
ored, at Yahoia, Okla, near here. The
slayer in turn was slot and probably
fatally wounded by Gus Whitaker,
deputy sheriff. He was brought to a
hospital here.
The assassin, believed to have been in
a craZed condition, went to Stewart S
home, where he killed the storekeeper
with shotgun. Churchwell, neigh
bor, was slain when he attempted to
shoot the colored man.
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FORFEITURE is ASKED.

VICTORIA, British Columbia, June
| (R.-Forfeiture of the American
salmon troller 557-GA for violation of
international fishing regulations was
asked by the federal department of
fisheries in a complaint on file here
today in admiralty court.
The troller, one of several American
craft seized recently in Canadian wa
ters, was charged with violating the
fishing agreement.
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BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 1.-The first thing
that James j. Davis, Secretary of Labor,
did upon his arrival at the Union Sta
ton from Washington yesterday was
to make a dash for the railroads
emergency hospital. Two hours later
he emerged, his face bandaged.
At the hospital reporters were gravely
informed that the Secretary had been
operated upon for "hordeolum zeissia-
num- The reperters wrote it down in
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OK. BY FRANCE INDICATED.

PARIS, June (Pt.-A canvass of the
Chamber of Deputies has been made,
which, it was understood today, has re-
vealed that both the allied debt settle
ments and the new reparations accord
with Germany probably will be ratified
by a safe majority if Premier Poincare
decree.
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ARCHBISHOP RUIZ MADE
DELEGATE IN MEXICO
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The movement toward settlement of
the long g-Standing differences between
the Mexican government and the Ro-
man Catholic Church has been adj
vanced another step by the appointment
of Archbishop Ruiz, president of the
Mexican Bishop Conference, to be apos-
tolic delegate in Mexico.
He is expected to leave for Mexico
City within two weeks to begin nego-
tiations looking toward re-establishment
of the Catholic ecclesiastical organiza-
ton in that country. at the invitation
of President Portes Gil and with the
sanction, implied in his appointment
of the Holy See.
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Air Lines Consolidate.

NEW YORK, June (P.-Directors
of the Maddux Air Lines Co., of Cali
fornia, have approved plans to merge
with the Transcontinental Air Trans
port, Inc, it was announced here today
by j. L. Maddux, president of the Mad
dux Co.
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Bank Statements

Washington clearing house, $685.
54l.45.
Treasury balance, $148 924,041.23
New York clearing house exchange,
$2127, 100000.
New York clearing house balance,
500. .0OQ, 900.
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WIFE SLAIN BY HUSBAND.
Argument Over As Cents Followed
by Shooting.

BUNKER HILL. ILL.,. June (PD.-An
argument over IS cents cost the life
Of Mrs. Mary Williams, SO, of near
Woodburn, late yesterday. She was
shot by her husband, Fred Williams, At,
after they had quarreled because he
was short the IS cents which he was
supposed to have obtained from the
sale Of three boxes OF strawberries.
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ENJOYING FIRST HOLIDAY.
Half-Session for Government En-
ployes Con tinues Until September.

Employees of the Federal and District
governments in Washington are today
enjoying the first of the Saturday half
holidays which will extend throughout
June, July, August and September.
This half holiday for four months of
the Summer was made possible by Presi-
dent Hoover deciding to continue in
effect the executive order issued last
year by President Coolidge.
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Speaking for myself alone, I reaf-
firm that the third position is the po-
sition which still hold, for the same
conditions exist today as existed from
the day of the nomination of Alfred E.
Smith, June 28, 1923. to the day of
the defeat of Alfred e. Smith on the
following November 6. The exaltation
of the Smith -Raskob leadership and its
intensified domination of the Democra-
tic party during the last national cam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-01

Fair tonight and tomorrow; cooler.
Temperatures: Highest. 90. at 2 pm.
yesterday; lowest. II. at $50 am. today.
Full report on page z.
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with them, while stu others took charge Of the
caravan.
We were taken only about 200 yards, and
there came upon two yurts or collapSible nuts,
and tent. Our escort was made UP. by this
time Of the better part Of dozen men, all
armed with rifles, but although they seemed
excited, their attitude was not threatening. They
ordered US on our horses, and led US into one
Of the yurts, but they did not seem to notice
me when I took my saddle bags from the
saddle and carried them with me.
INSIDE the yurt there were six Mongols who
were seated about little fire smoking.
There was q decided air of indifference, but
I joined the circle and lit my pipe, trying to
appear friendly but getting no response. Nor
den and Mohamed Rahim came in presently,
and after them came the caravan bash and
the guide. We tried to find out who their leader
was, but we failed. Still, We we're satisfied that
no particular trouble would result, for these
Mongols all wore the regular Russian cap with
the Soviet star on it. II they had any con-
nection with the Russians we felt that we
would be perfectly safe, for our Russian papers
were of the best.
We explained our mission, and told them
that we were Americans, but none of that in
formation made the slightest impression on
them. The word American was evidently a
new one to them. Certainly they did not know
its meaning They looked at our papers, which
they could not read and did not understand,
and finally after some difficulty, they asked
us through our guide who understood them
slightly, if we had any Mongol papers We ex-
planned as we'll as possible that we did not,
and showed them our Russian papers.
This last bit of information did not help
matters any, and we noticed, too, that num-
Der of soldiers outside the yurt were apparently
very excited indeed. Some we're coming and
going all the ime, always carrying their rifles.
and we realized that We were at the mercy
of dozen or fifteen-possibly more-well arm
ed barbarians.
Certainly we had failed to make much Of
an impression, and when they realized that
we had no Mongol papers, they began to
whisper among themselves. BY this time we
heard our caravan arrive, and when our in
different Mongof hosts had paid no attention
to us for several minutes, and all Of them but
two had left the yurt, we decided that it was
time for us to go out and make camp.
Mohamed Rahim started out first, and as
he approached the door, Mongol standing
there shouted something and roughly pushed
him back. Mohamed did not know the mean
ing of this sudden attack, and took step for
ward again. This time the big Mongol shouted
again, struck him in the face, and feled him
to the floor.
Morden and I leaped to our feet, wonder
ing what was up and instantly group OF
MongolS came dashing In from outside.
dozen entered, and the crowded place became
a bedlam Of excited and shouting men. There
were only five of u.s. against triple our num-
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longed to our caravan had been overpowered
rs well. closed my eyes and tried to visualize
the problem that faced us, but it was difficult.
We were in one of the most remote regions
of a wildly barbaric land. More than thou
sand miles of desert lay between us and civili-
zation, and almost all knew was that life
is very cheap indeed amid the desolation of
the Cobb Desert.
No sooner had my two assailants realized
that they had overpowered me than they be-
ban wild and almost unreasonable search of
my pockets. They shouted madly as they
searched and they pushed and pulled me about
the floor They rolled me over violently. They
sat on me and all the time held my arms in
their vise-lke grips. It seemed that every Mon
gol in the yurt was in frenzy, and the dimly
lighted and evil smelling hut appeared almost
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Der, and furthermore not one of us was armed,
for we had left our guns on our saddles, hop
Ing to make an impression of friendlineSs.
For a moment we tried to keep the wildly
shouting men back, but we knew that it was
hopeless. In the dim light from the fire in
the center of the yurt could make out Moth
ing but confusion. The air was filled with
shouts and yells, and then I felt two of the
Mongols seize me by the shoulders. was
thrown to the floor with jar that made my
head spin, and I lay there, trying not to lose
my presence Of mind
That the situation was dangerous, I knew.
How dangerous 1t might prove to be had no
means of telling, but we were prisoners-that
was obvious. I saw Morden lying quite still
beneath a couple of Mongols who had fioored
him, and by now the three natives who be-
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Masks in Nine Rescnes

THE gas mask, which first came into wild
during the World War and since has seen
applied so extensively in industry to various
kinds Of rescue and other emergency work, had
its inception at least as far back as 1883 when
a Prof. Schwann devised a portable mn.
chine similar to those in use today, for prize
competition Of the Belgian Academy of Science.
Prior to that time a certain amount of exc
perimental work had been done to perfect APP
paratus for the use of divers, but Prof. Schwann
realized the Importance of the MASK for mine
use.
It was not until 1880 that the first breathing
apparatus was brought out in London and %
years later before the first German-designed
model was perfected at Lubbock. All the pioneer
work in connection with self-contained oxygen<
breathing apparatus was carried on in Europe
where the value of the SAFETY device was early
recognized and theoretically taken up, by the
various governments.
The first models to be introduced into the
United States were adopted in 1907 by the Ana
conda Copper Mining Co. and the Philadelphia
& Reading Coal & Iron Co., and were Of
German manufacture. The first time one was
used is believed to have been in fire in mine
OF the Washington Coal & Coke Co. at Star
Junction Pa.
On July 1, 1910, the Bureau of Mines was
established and the development of the gas
mask has been rapid since that time.
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facilities of the Army Air Corps
This astonishing device Is 'glorlheo orlen-
tator," which is qualified to execute all the
maneuvers that a regulation airplane can per-
form. 1t consists of q small fuselage body, with
rudder elevator and aileron control surfaces
which are operated by means OF standard
plane controls installed in the fuselage body
The training plane is mounted in double
tripod frame 20 feet high and is so arranged
with series of special universal joints that
the school" ship can simulate all the actions
of sky-high flying while actually making no
forward notion whatever.
The plane is flown" in the slipstream Of
tractor propeller driven by 15-horsepower
electric motor, mounted forward in the fuselage
of the primer plane as is the engine in the
actual airplane.
BY the use of this ingenious apparatus, avia-
ton recruits can be familiarized with the funda-
mentals of aircraft operation without endanger-
ing their lives The hazards Of the solo fight Of
vet another birdman" are minimized as re-
suit of the training which he undergoes in the
new flight tutor, the "Schoolroom" which turns
loops, does nose dives and rolls like edu-
Gated fipiop artist of the circus.
Professional performers in the tanbark circle
first practice their new "thrillerS' and death
defying feats on trapeze, rings, bars and mats in
ropes" so to say. That is, accidents are pre-
vented by the use of safety belts fastened about
their waists with supplementary ropes held by
assistants 10 prevent IallS. Inc ulgnC CuCOr Is
veritably the new safety belt" for the training
Of aviators 1t enables them to practice perilous
feats in safety under controlled conditions pre-
vious to executing the same maneuvers in sky
land.
PRIMARILY. however, the flight tutor is the
kindergarten course or primer by which
the tyro in aviation gets acquainted with the
A. B. Cs of flying, such as the blast of air, the
racket of the propeller the rocking, tipping mo-
tons of fight and the response of the flying
controls. Feet on the rudder, control stick in
hand the student can cause the primer plane
to assume any position an airpane could take
In flight. The beginner can get the feel" of the
controls and the different movements of the
plane in operation, with the positive assurance
OF complete safety while he is learning
The interior of the training plane which
makes all the noises and movements of flying,
yet does not fly, is an exact duplicate of that
OF full-size airship The instrument board 10
equipped with compass, clock tachometer air
speed indicator, thermometer, bank and turn in
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like picture Of madhouse-such a madhOuse
as Gustave Dore might have painted.


as 0ustave Dore might have painted.
ONCE had been thoroughly searched was
permitted to sit up though the two men
still held me. attempted to. appear calm.
and with my teeth set firmly over my pipe
stem continued to smoke-more nervOuSly, !
suspect, than supposed at me time. 1t was
only then that I began to appreciate our po-
stion.
We were thousand miles from the nearest
help and that distance lay across as bleak and
desoate q land as Is to oe found on earth
We were the prisoners Of a people far down the
social scale, and certainly We were at their
mercy. Lives mean little in Mongolia. Tor
ture is not the unthinkable thing there that it
has come to be in Europe and America.
Four hundred years ago our own forefathers
were busily engaged in tcrturing others or in
being tortured and then 1t was commonplace
Nowadays We have outgrown all that. But
these Mongols ere more than 400 years behind
America and Europe in civilization. They are
the brutal and degenerate descendants Of
brutal and ascendant people that once spread
over most of Asia and part of Europe.
Time was when the Mongol hordes swept
everything before them, burning. staying tor
turing, enslaving as they saw fit. Their king
dom was tremendous continent. Their power
surpassed Imagination. Kings were their
slaves and races were their subjects. That
great period of power is past, now, and the
Mongol days of glory and ascendancy are over.
Today scattered few wild nomads dwell in
a land of deserts, and are trying to organize
government there But their political ability
has faded Only their brutal natures remain
the same. They are almost the same as were
the warriors of thousand years ago. despite
their guns and the pointed caps decorated with
Soviet stars.
A little of this passed through my mind as
I was permitted to sit there between my cap
tors, whose powerful hands still gripped my
arms whose noisome breaths were directed into
my face, and whose slanting eyes glinted
brightly with their suppressed excitement in
the light of the smoking fire of COW dung.
The others of our party had Jared no better
than I. Morden was held by two men, whose
bundled figures seemed huge in the Pickering
light. The latticed walls were only dirnly light
ed and the slanting poles that supported the
conical roof seemed almost to disappear In the
nllrky shadows and the smoke above our
heads. Boxes and shapeless bundles of Nom
gol belongings were scattered about the yurt,
and hanging from the lattice of the walls were
guns and clothes, swords and implements Of
a dozen different sorts
1 recall thinking of European chambers OF
horrors, where, as care-free tourist, had
laughed at the crude machines with which
prisoners once were tortured. was closer to
such things now, and laughter was very. very
far away.
Copyright, 1920
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the tyros reactions and his natural adaptability
to aeronautical travel. II the instructor notices
certain flaws in manipulation, he can, forwith,
correct them.
Furthermore, at any time, when he desires to
hammer home" some important feature Of the
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dicator, and all the other standard flight instru-
mentS. The novitiate flyer soon forms the habit
of automatic reference to this instrument board
In all attitudes Of flight.
The fight tutor is particular boon to the
scientifically trained teachers of flying as, by
its use, they are able to keep accurate tab on