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PICKELL TURNS DOWN
BIG TIME

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark, March 2.
-(P}-Tom Pickel !, Arkansas uni
versity center, selected on several
1929 "All-American" basketball
teams, will not be available to play
either in the national tournament
in Kansas City this spring, or IN
the Tri-State tournament at Mem
phis.
Scholastic duties, Pickell said
would prevent him from accepting
either offer,
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WINNER

OLNEY, Tex, March 2.|Pl-
Estelline high school won the BIZ
district championship of districts
three and four of the interscholastic
league here tonight by defeating
Olney high school, 80 to 20, in the
deciding contest Of a three game
series.
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RECORD

NEW YORK, March 2.-[P)-
Frederick Sturdy Of Yale, sensation
al pole valuting successor to Sabin
Carr at Yale, accounted for the
first Intercollegiate record Of the
eighth annual indoor meet Of the
intercollegiate Association of ANA
teur Athletics Of America here to-
night soaring to a height Of 13 feet,
4 "a inches, Sturdy shattered the
standard set BY Carr here a year ago
by one inch.
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DALLAS, Tex, March 2.-(P-
The Texas-O klahoma-Louisiana Me-
gro ball league Will open its 1924
season on April IL, according To a
tentative scheduled adopted at a
meeting here. The closing date was
not agreed upon.
The league, Of which Quincy J..
Gilmore. former secretary-treasurer
Of the Negro National league, is
president, includes teams at Shreve-
port, Fort Worth. Tulsa, Oklahoma
City, Houston. Nashville, Wichita
Falls and Dallas.
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WIN IN DOUBLES

PALM BEACH, Fla, March .
Miss Virginia Hilleary, Philadel-
phia, and Miss Dorothy Andrus.
New York, today captured the
Florida state doubles tennis title by
defeating Miss Eleanor Goss and
Mrs. John S. Phipps, both Of New
York, g., So.
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PICKEL CAPTAIN

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. March 2.
-tP1-Jim Jickel of Salem. Ark,
forward or this years championship
University of Arkansas basketball
team was elected sub-captain for
1880 at a meeting of the squad here
today. Wear Schoonover of Poca-
hontas was elected captain earlier
in the week.
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GRTNNELL WINS

DIES MONIES, March 2.-(PJ-
Grinnell won the eighth annual in
door Missouri Valley conference
track meet at the Drake field house
tonight. scoring AZ points. Oklahoma
A. q NJ. was second with 20 points.
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WINS WITH

PARIS, March 2.-P-Emile
t"Spider") Pladner of France
knocked out frankie Genaro, Ital-
jan-American eX-flyweight champ
ion, after a few seconds Of fight
ing in the first round OF their bout
here tonight.
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ABILENE. March 2-Rp-Mc-
Murry college closed its basketball
season tonight with a second
straight loss to the West Texas
Teachers from Canyon. The count
was % to 10.
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OKLAHOMA r. WINS

NORMAN, Okla, March 2.-(P)-
The University of Oklahoma's bas-
ketball team, champions of the Big
Six conference. ended it's season to-
night by beating Missouri universe
ty, So to IS.
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football enthusiasm i'm Mercedes
and many good fans.

Baseball Is not only played by
boys and men. but by girls also, ia
the Valley. Listen TO this. a story
in last weeks Mercedes News:
THE girls baseball team Of the
junior high school is again planning
to win the Valley championship.
Under the excellent coaching of Mrs.
Tenie d. Woclman this team has
played a winning game for the last
four years or since it was first or
ganized. They have won the Valley
championship for three consecutive
years which entitled them to the
silver loving cup. They are now
scheduled to play otlr teams Of the
Valley.
Come to think ab0u ii, Coach
Margaret VaIenta Of the local high
school viii put out n baseball team
among the girls this year. The
Cherry twins, Elizabeth and Kath-
crime, are said to be an excellent
battery, and Ruby Bennett and
other star basketball players, we
are told, are excellent baseball
performers. The Eagles may have
a say-so as to who wins the Valley
title this season.
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Mercedes, a cellar contender in
football circles of the Valley for
the past few years, is perking I'D.
The high school is holding spring
training for prospective members
OF the Tiger squad this year. Fine.
The Tigers last season were light
In weight when compared with
the major clubs of the Valley, and
with limited material in quantity
have suffered. There is a lot OF
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Officials: Garrison (Alabama)
and Reddick (Springfield.)
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DON'T FORGET THAT BASE
BALL HOLDS A GENERAL MEET
ING EACH YEAR. THE VALLEY
CAN ACCOMMODATE II H S
CONVENTION IN 1881. 1T MEETS
IN CHATTANOOGA IN 1890; BUT
WE MUST HAVE A LEAGUE IN
ORDER TO PROVE THAT THIS is
A BASEBALL COUNTRY.
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BATTLE EXPECTED TONIGHT.

MEXICO CITY, March 16 lPJ.-Bat
tie for possession of Torreon, Coahuilan
KEY city. was expected today to be un-
Ger way by nightfall.
Three federal generals were last night
within 30 miles of the city from the
east. while to the south and southwest
forces Of Gen. Gales were only a little
farther away.
The government expected the battle
n be the decisive encounter of the re-
bellion. Il is estimated as many as
30 600 federal troops would be in the
field in an attempt TO take the city from
Gen. Juan Gonzalo Escobar, rebel chief
tain.
Government announcements said Gen.
Escobar had only 5000 men at Torreon.
Of whom 1000 were poorly equipped,
Scouts were said TO have reported lack
of artillery, machine guns and armored
cars. The city, which derived its name
"Torreon.' or battle tower, from its
splendid natural Notifications, was said
to be in poor shape for defense from its
attackers.
Possibility of retreat along the rail-
road leading from the city north Of
Chihuahua was seen by the government,
which regarded such retreat as the reb-
els only chance to eyade crushing de-
feat at the hands Of Gen. Gales. Some
believed even that when federal troops
arrived they would flnd it abandoned
and would be able TO occupy the city
without even so much as a Skirmish
It was announced that a government
encircling movement designed to pre-
vent escape in this fashion. had failed
and that the railroad to the north was
still open.
There was feeling that Gen. Escobar
would put up a real battle to retain
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TREASURY SURPLUS
SEEN IN INCOME TAX
Officials Believe 1929 Payments
Will Top Total Received
Last Year.

By the Associated Press.
Although they were unable to measure
the stream Of income tax payments en-
tering Government Golfers, Treasury
officials we're optimistic today that the
total for the quarter ended yesterday
would exceed the 100000 collected
on the same date last year and point
the way to Treasury surplus for the
year.
The latest official record of the tax
payments. as made public today, showed
that the Treasury had received at the
close of business on March IA, $50, ,804.-
$50, as against $5l .419,43l on the same
day last year.
The statement for the next day
March Is. ordinarily the largest single
day Of tax receiving in the year, will
not be made up until later, and even
that date. however. may not give ground
for exact estimate of the Government
receipts. since the district collectors
Offices over the country jammed as they
are with business, will require several
days to audit and return all of their
income tax receipts.
If the rate to March ID continues to
guide the inflow for the balance of the
this quarter as much as $4,000, 900
more than 1t received last year In the
same quarter and will find its actual re-
turns from income taxation this year
considerably ahead Of estimates.
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NEW NAVAL PARLEY
BEFORE 1881 ISSUE:
League of Nations Program
Awaiting Disarmament
Agreement.
BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER.

BY Gable to The Star and CHICAGO Daily
News. Copyright, 1929.
PARIS, March 16.-Shall there be a
new naval disarmament conference this
year or shall this conference-of which
every one recognizes the necessity-be
postponed to coincide with the WASH
ington naval conference already sched-
uled for 1881 and the time meanwhile
be utilized to hold a conference on the
freedom of the seas, said to be the
crux of the naval disarmament
difficulty?
This, briefly stated, is the problem
now confronting not merely the
American and the British governments,
but the entire world. For the dis
armament program of the League of
Nations has been practically suspended
until the naval powers agree, and the
freedom of the seas thereby becomes, in
the words of the Journal de Geneyeve,
"the central problem of international
relations"
Time presses. The bad condition of
Anglo American relations Is disturbing
every one The necessity for taking
practical steps to improve these rela-
tions is widely felt. Moreover, the
leagues disarmament commission, after
one postponement, must actually meet
in Geneva April Is. for Germany ana
Russia refuse to admit of further de-
laws. What can 1t accomplish? Nothing
perhaps, but 1t must at least try.
June Meeting Favored.
It's uresjdent. !. j. Loudon of Holland,
wants naval powers to meet in confer
ence informally, in Geneva IN June,
and the League officials have recently
visited London, Paris. Rome, Berlin and
Prague with this end in view. Also
Hugh Gibson, who has been discussing
the situation with washington private
ly, will be expected to reveal at Geneva
the opinion of President Hoover.
The British government by way of
showing good will, has postponed the
construction of the next two big cruiS-
ers called for by its building program.
Foreign Minister Chamberlain has
emphasized the British acceptance OF
the idea of parity with the United
States. adding that all that remains to
be found is the formula First Lord
of the Admiralty Bridgeman declared
on Thursday that Britain is ready to
consider any new naval dlSaFmdHlent
proposals or amendments to the old,
But the suggestion of Sir Esme Howard,
recently made at Washington. that his
government might call a new confer
ence has been disavowed at London,
and there are still no signs that Britain
intends to make constructive answer
to the United States naval note Of last
September
The truth of the whole thing seems
to be that Britain desires to do nothing
until the forthcoming elections are over
and the new government has taken
office.
Hoover Inaugural Views.
President Hoover in his inaugural
address declared that the United States
is willing to continue with disarma-
ment at any time, but gave no intima-
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EAkER ON PANAMA
DAWN-DUSK FLIGHT
Famous Question Mark Pilot
to Make Five Stops on
Way for Refue|ing.

TAMPICO, Mexico, March Is GF).
Advices to the Newspaper El Mundo
said that Capt Ira c. Esker, who is
on a dawnto-dusk fight from
Brownsville to Panama, who landed
here early today, landed at Minatit-
Ian in Southern Mexico on his sec
ond scheduled stop at $50 am.
(l0:30 am. eastern standard time.)
BY the Associated Press.
BROWNSVILLE, Tex, March 16.-
Capt Ira c. Eaker, famed pilot of the
record breaking endurance plane. Ques-
ton Mark, took off at 4;08 o'clock this
morning on a dawn-to-dusk fight to
France Field Colon, Panama.
Flying the American, first model
of the new Army P-12 pursuit plane to
be tested. Capt. Eaker hoped to reach
Colon by O'Clock tonight. The plane
is capable of speed of 1913 miles an
hour. His schedule calls for an average
speed of i35 miles an hour, including
five stops for refueling.
Tampico First Stop.
The first scheduled stops were at
Tampico and Minatitlan, Mexico, where
United States Army planes have been
sent to facilitate servicing of the ship.
Other stops were Guatemala City,
Guatemala Managua, Nicaragua, and
David. Panama.
Capt. Eaker carried diplomatic mail.
including letters of fluctuations from
the American Government to officials
of the four countries on his route.
Capt Eaker wore fur-lined flying
suit and carried for lunch few chicken
sandwiches and bottle of orange juice.
No Dependence of Luck.
The famous pilot asked no aid from
luck in his attempt.
Weather and my 460-horsepoWer
motor will decide the result" he said,
II have great faith in the motor and
hope for favorable weather"
The distance between Brownsville and
Colon is 1850 miles.
Capt. Eaker plans to leave Colon on
a return flight at 5 am. Sunday, reach
evening. After a brief stop here he will
continue on to Kelly Field San Antonio,
where he will take off Monday on a
dawn-to-dusk fight to Washington,
thus bringing the National Capital
within two days of the Panama Canal
by air.
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.FOCH GROWS WEAKER,
NINE DOCTORS SAY
Marshal "In No Immediate Peril,
but Heart Is Weak, Consultants
Announce.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, March l6.-Nine doctors who
have attended Marshal Foch in his ILL
ness met for consultation at his bedside
this morning and said at the conclusion
of their conference that though he was
"in no immediate peril" he was grad
ually weakening.
His two months illness has slowly
sapped his strength. they said One of
them said that he had undergone
neither setback nor shown any perma-
nent improvement during the last three
weeks. His heart, it was said how
ever. was mot so strong as it was"
The doctors issued the following bull
letn as to the marshal's condition: I'VE
are unanimously agreed that the pre-
vious treatment is to be continued. His
heart is weak"
They found his temperature to be
9o.9 and his pulse 90. The patient had
a very rcstful night but nevertheless was
extremely tired this morning, He failed
to take any interest In things about
him,
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OIL LEASE SURVEY
GROUP IS NAMED
Spry, George Otis Smith and
Finney Appointed by
Wilbur.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Secretary Wilbur today appointed
Commissioner Spry of the Land Office,
George Otis Smith. director of the Geo.
logical Survey. and Solicitor Finney of
the Interior Department to survey all
oil leases granted by the Interior De-
partment to carry out policies an
nounced yesterday by President Hoover.
The work of the survey will be di-
vided into three sections, where no
work has been done under the permits.
where work has begun and where trial
wells already are in operation.
Secretary Wilbur said that the oil
conservation policy announced by Presi-
dent Hoover will be energetically exc
cuted by the Interior Department"
5000 Applications Read.
"There are more than 5000 applica-
tions for oil and gas permits on public
lands pending in the General Land
Office in Washington and an unknown
number in the field Offices" Mr.. Wilbur
said. steps were taken several days
dsU iuNdId bIlS tJtIlIoll VI all
applications, and registers of local land
Offices have been instructed not to re-
ceive new applications.
Probably in none of the cases." he
said has the applicant expended
money for development purposes AL
though he may have gone to some ex-
pense In opposing conflicting claims or
furnishing additional evidence in sup
port of his application.
Mr. Wilbur said that where land COW
cred by pending applications is likely
to be drained by adjoining wells on
privately owned lands, the question of
granting permits will be considered in
the light of facts developed by the sur
vey which he has ordered
with regard to the 10000 outstand-
ing permits on public lands" he said
the department will deal fairly with
holders who have been diligent in main
tanning their equities. Where actual
drilling operations have been started
and are being continued opportunity
will be given to carry on development
work to finally determine the character
of the land.
Immediate steps will be taken,
however, to cancel all such permits
where no drilling has been done or
money spent in development"
Where existing permits are in good
standing Mr.. Wilbur said. either be-
cause of recent issue or previous extern
sion, no action will be taken during the
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FOUR BANDITS LOOT
MAIL TRUCK CARGO
Driver Forced to Lie on Floor of
Machine While Bandits Trans.
fer Sacks to Car.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 16-Four bandits
who captured United States mail
truck at the Auburn Post Office last
night escaped with five pouches of mail,
one of which contained registered mat
ter, and IL bags of parcel post.
The registered mail pouch was un-
derstood to have contained valuable Sc
curities mailed to bank customers in the
vicinity of the Auburn office.
The robbers, armed with pistols and
Sawedoff shotgun, ordered Charles Pig
gott the driver, to lie down. The truck
was driven several blocks and the mail
transferred to an automobile. Piggott
was released when the transfer was
completed
Three pouches of parcel post mail
were recovered short distance away.
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''Drive a Peg Slogan
OF Wilbur; Believes
In Action, Not Talk

BY the Associated Press,
Drive a peg" is a pet express
sion and az parently a guiding
principle OF DR.. Ray Lyman Will
bur in his administration of the
affairs of the Interior Department.
This is Just another way the
executive and philosopher from
Stanford University has of saying
THE way to get something done
is to do it."
Although in social intercourse
DR.. Wilbur has demonstrated to
official Washington that he is a
conversationalist with a sharp
wit and a keen sense of humor,
he does not believe in overmuch
talk about the things that should
be done in the public service.
Drive a peg and let the talk
revolve around that" is his theory
as expressed in connection with
the decision for complete con-
servation Of Government oil.
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LEAPS FROM PLANE
NEAR ALEXANDRIA
Pilot Makes Jump at Less
Than 200 Feet-Lands lust
Before Machine.

Leaping in his parachute from a dis
abled airplane when 1t was less than
200 feet from the ground, J. H. Tilden,
pilot of the Berliner Aircraft Corpora
tion of Alexandria, Va, hit the ground
just before the plane crashed down
after him and was smashed to pieces
scarcely 10 feet away. The airplane fell
across the partly opened parachute. The
accident occurred on the Richburn
Farm, three miles South of Alexandria.
The plane crashed close to a barn.
Tilden was unhurt althought he hit
the ground very hard. He walked to
the Hybla Valley Flying Field to OBJ
tain assistance. First word of the ac-
cident was received in a telephone mes
sage to Boiling Field. Aviators from
both the Army and Navy posts set out
to look for the wreck and a pilot from
the Naval Station was the first to To-
cate Tilden who waved back that he
was unhurt.
Engine Stops Suddenly.
Leonard G.. Frye was the first to
reach the scene. Frye said he was
standing outside of the barn watching
the machine when the engine suddenly
stopped directly over the building and
went into tail spin. He said as he
neared the ground the motor again
started. but the pilot, apparently realiz-
ing that he was too close to the ground
to right the plane. jumped to the
ground with his parachute.
Tilden later returned to the scene of
the wreckage. but declined to give any
information as to the cause of the
accident further than to say it was
test plane being tried out for Just such
emergencies. He said that his princi-
pal difficulty when he jumped was
trying to keep clear of the machine
which he was preceding to the earth
The plane was completely wrecked and
the engine buried itself nearly two feet
into the ground.
Surrounding Roads Filled.
Following the crash, which was OBJ
served by scores of people. the surround
ing roads were filled with automobiles
seeking the scene of the wreck. The
crash was in such an obscure place that
very few of those who went after it
were able to find the location BuSi-
ness places in the vicinity were besieged
by telephone callers, according to their
owners. seeking information.
The point of the crash was on the
road about a mile below Penndaw, and
about half mile on hillside from
that road. The point of the crash was
so hard to find that other pilots from
Hvbla Valley said that they flew over
the point several times and were un-
able TO observe either the plane or the
pilot, who was waving his coat at them.
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Dies in Chicago Blaze.

CHICAGO. March Is P,.-One man
was burned to death and damage esti-
mated at 100000 was caused today by
two fires on the South Side. The first
was in an apartment building in the
Kenwood district. 1t forced 100 tenants
from the three STORY building and
caused the death of Charles W. New
ton, 70. insurance salesman. The other
attacked two-story brick building In
West Twenty-first street.
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Written exclusively for The Star and the
North American Newspaper Alliance.
TROY, Ala. March 16.--I am a
resident of Elba and I am familiar
with flood conditions here in Alabama.
The present situation is the worst I
have ever seen, and the worst recorded
here in many years.
The people of Elba were in a sense
caught unaware. We were not pre-
pared for what finally happened, as
this story of my personal experience
will show.
what excessive rainfall We have been
forced to seek higher ground, but on
this occasion we did not take into con-
sideration the fact that two weeks OF
heavy rains had already brought the
streams near our home to almost flood
stage. SO all of us chung to our homes
until the rapidly rising waters engulfed
our houses.
No words can express our fear when
We awoke during the night to find that
water was racing down the streets at
a depth of five or six feet, and rising
at an astonishing rate.
We gathered hurriedly few belong
ings and made an effort to reach higher
ground, but the Swirling waters, togeth-
er with the fast-traveling debris brought
down stream. prevented any of us from
leaving our houses.
Again Forced Out.
We re-entered our homes and re-
manned there during the night. The
waters continued to rise and at day
break We were forced to go to the roof
to remain above the water level. There
We remained until the gallant soldiers
came up with boats and rescued us.
Our home is not far from the busi-
ness part of the town. and no one can
imagine the suffering and damage
wrought. 1t is yet too early to deter
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BELIEVED MAN FIRED ON
WAS ONLY HER HUSBAND
Chicago Woman Didn't Mean to
Shoot at Truant officer, So
She's Freed.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. March l6.--Mrs Victoria
Tultrio didn't mean to shoot at Trusnt
Officer Thomas Mccarthy
II thought it was my husband" she
told the Judge yesterday in explaining
her reception of the official who had
come 10 learn why her daughter hadn't
been attending school
Her explanation was accepted