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1 1 fa WEATHER FORECAST TIMES TELEPHONES For 3fl houri endlm Tuendiy: Victoria mid vlrtnlty Moderate to lrith hoii Ih and wrnl winda, partly cloudy and not much cliatue In irmprrtuuro. Advrtllni repnrtmnt ion Circulation 3J l-Mltorial lirpartment 44 City lOilltur (751 Kditor 120 -CT VOL.70 NO. 110 VICTOWA, U.C., MONDAY, MAY 9, 1927-20 PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS i TO Tim A 11 1L9 IL3 A' i NUNGESSER amk UNREPO TORNADO LEAVES DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN WAKE VETERAN OFFICER BURIED TO-DAY PREPARED FOR STAY IN CHINA FIFTY KILLED AND ONE HUNDRED HURT IN SOUTH STATES FRENCH FLIERS ARE OVERDUE AT NEW YORK CITY Plane Sighted at Portland, Maine, and Reported to Be Nungesser-Coli Machine, Is Said to Have Been United States Scout Plane; No Wireless Reports Tell of Sighting of French Machine at Other Points Portland, Maine, May 9. An aeroplane sighted off here this afternoon flying west, at first reported to be the Nungesser-Coli Paris-New York plane, is now believed to have been a United States scout machine which had gone eastward earlier in the day in search of the Nungesser plane and was returning. United States coastguard officers here had no report of the Nungesser plane being sighted.

Property Damage Is Estimated at Texas Hardest Hit With Twenty-five Deaths and Fifty Injured; Death Lists Expected to Increase Dallas, May 9. 'At least fifty persons were killed, more than 100 injured and property damaged to the extent of more than $2,000,000 by tornadoes and cyclonic winds, accompanied by downpours in some sections, that 'lashed the Middle "West and Southwest over the week-end. Death lists were expected to increase momentarily as additional reports were received. Texas was hardest hit with twenty-five deaths and half a hundred injured, reported from tornadoes that struck Garland and Nevada, both within twenty-five miles of Dallas, early to-day. In Missouri, the tornado toll had reached fourteen deaths and an undetermined number of injured.

CANBERRA IS NOW A CAPITAL THE LATE COLJAMES PETERS ARRIVAL AWAITED AT NEW YORK CITY; CAPT. C. NUNGESSER 1 -V a ti. Below the. picture of Capt.

Nun-gesser is shown the emblem he designed for himself. "It Is composed of 'a coffin, candles and a skull and crossbenes imposed- on a heart as background. in flying affairs, is very superstitious. Rumor Transatlantic Plane Landed at Cape Verde Islands Not Confsrr PVI Art Pernambuco, Brazil, -May 9 A rumor has come from the Cape Verde islands that the French fliers. Saint Roman, and alighted on a desert island in that archipelago.

The rumor was published by The Journal of Commerce here with the statement that several dispatches to this effect had been sent out from that Portuguese possession, but the source of the rumor was unknown. ALARM GROWS Rio Janeiro, May 9. Alarm is increasing over the fate of Captain Saint Roman and his comrade, Commander Mouneyres, who early Thursday morning last hopped off from St. Louis, Senegal, on the air flight to Pernambuco, Brazil, and who since have not been heard from. All the radio stations of Brazil have been in action seeking to get into communication with the aviators and ships have searched the coast and outlying points in vain.

Anxiety is indicated in the newspaper comments the probability of a fatal accident appearing to be generally accepted. NO WRECKAGE FOUND There are several places yet where the aviators might have landed, either on one of the barren islands or at some point along the coast where there are few inhabitants. No trace of wreckage has been found, and as it is thought the plane would have remained afloat for a considerable time, this gives hope to those who are optimistic enough to think the French aviators have made a landing somewhere. A. W.

CAMPBELL DIED IN OTTAWA Ottawa, May 9. A. W. Campbell, federal commissioner or highways, died here shortly before 2 o'clock to-day. He had been ill only a few days.

BALLOON RACE Detroit, May 9. The Gordon Ben-net International Balloon Race, set to start from Detroit on July 4. has been transferred to Denver. Colorado, H. Upson of the contest com mittee announced to-day.

The date will be September 10. Upson said Detroit was a poor geographical location for the start of the race. 4 if HHm SEARCH FO I AVIATORS No Immediate Conclusion For Chinese Trouble in Sight, Says Chang's Advisor Thinks Chang Tso-Lin Eventually Control All China North of Yangtse River "It seems strife in China is not expected to be settled for quite a time yet. The United States is making provisions fo a stay of at least two years with soldiers, artillery, warships and supplies," declared D. S.

Swine-hart, formerly of San Diego and now chief military advisor to Chang Tso-Lin, who passed through hero to-day on the Dollar liner President Taft. "I have made at least five guesses on the situation so far," he replied, and each time I have beeen wrong. I think, however, that Chang Tso-Lin will eventually control all the territory in China north of the Yangtze River. Since 1922, Mr. Swinehart has been advisor to the Manchurian war lord.

Last Fair he was appointed chief advisor, and in that capacity (Concluded on put 17) lISSliCTORIA'' MAKES EBUT IN VANCOUVER Applause Greets Her Appearance in Beauty Contest With Other Canadian Cities Vancouver, May 9. Victoria's bathing girl entry In the big contest which started Saturday night in the Capitol Theatre here, held her own in the premier appearance of the bathing beauties. First, in a beautiful evening dress and then in a snug woollen bathing suit, Miss Victoria walked gracefully across the wide stage, applause greeting her appearance. Miss Victoria wore a vivid red rose in her dark hair. Vancouver faced for the first time on Saturday night the perplexing task of choosing the most beautiful bathing girl from each of two groups of attractive water maidens.

Miss Winnipeg. Miss Victoria, Miss Brandon, Miss Moose Jaw, Miss Rfl-gina, Miss Saskatoon, Miss Edmonton, Miss Calgary, Mlfirf Nanaimo and Miss Nelson each of these ten pirouetted across the stage, accompanied by rousing applause from the crowded theatre. The eight Vancouver girls who are also striving for the trip to the international beauty pageant at Galveston, Texas, included the candidates from eight Vancouver theatres. Each girl had her following Miss G. Harrison, Miss C.

Kennedy, Miss K. Coltman, Miss V. Miss M. Dalglelsh, Miss E. A.

Dixon. Miss G. Goodridge and Miss C. Car-sellia. TWENTY-SIX WERE KILLED BY MEXICO TROOPS Mexico City, May 9.

Official announcement was made to-day that Jose Maria Martinez, a Catholic priest at Coalcoman, in the state of Michoacan, who revolted at the head of a group of Catholics of his parish, was killed, together with twenty-five of his followers, by federal troops. MURDER VERDICT Courthouse, New York, May 9. A verdict of first degree murder was returned by the jury here this afternoon against Mrs. Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray. THEATRE BOMBED IN SLIGO, ULSTER Sligo, Ulster.

May 9 A hand bomb and a land mine were used in a midnight attempt to blow up the Pavilion Motion Picture Theatre here, where a war film entitled "Mons" is being shown. Only the bomb exploded. Otherwise, the authorities say, he entire front of the building would have been wrecked. No one was injured. Washington, May 9 After receiving official reports that the Nungesser plane had been sighted along the New England coast, the Navy Department late to-day was advised by the Boston Navy Yard that information regarding the plane had not been confirmed and that the machine reported sighted might have been a United Stales coastguard plane proceeding from Maine to Gloucester, Mass.

Nungesser and Coll had hoped to be at New York early this afternoon. PLANE SIGHTED Boston, May 9. A radio message received at the Navy Yard to-day from the Naval Radio Station at Portland said a large plane had passed over flying west, at 2.55 (11.55 a.m. Victoria time). It was theught it might possibly be the Nungesser plane.

It had passed over Rockland an hour and a half previously at a high rate of speed. WEATHER CLEAR New York, May 9. Favorable weather conditions In the ship lane several hundred miles south of Newfoundland were reported early today by the liners Laconia and Olympic to the Independent Wireless Company. No trace of the. Nungesser aeroplane had been sighted at that time.

Weather is fair," the captain of the White Star liner Olympic said in a radio message. The Cunarder Laconia reported: "Clear, windy, sea rough." The messages were the first received In New York from vessels In the area where the plane might be sighted. Static last night and early to-day was greater than at any previous time this Spring, radio officials said. Captain Charles Nungesser, French war ace of fifty victories, predicted as long ago as March, 1921, non-stop aerial trips between Paris and New York. In November, 1922, he began planning a Paris-New York flight with the idea of establishing a transatlantic air line using the fastest, planes available, but it was not until March of this year that it was announced definitely that he and Captain Francis Coll, noted aerial navigator, would join the ranks of French and United States aviators striving for the honor of being the first to make the hazardous crossing between New York and Paris.

Captain Nungesser, whose primary object in the flight was toset a new non-stop flight record, was not a contestant for the Raymond-Orteig $25,000 prize for a successful New York-Paris flight, it was stated. He had not entered his name as a contestant in acordance w'i the prize. He recently told the AssoTated Press he was attempting the flight simply to bring the honor to French aviation. For the Atlantic voyage a Levas-seur plane was chosen by the aviators, fitted with a Lorraine-Dietrich engine, its 490 horse power engines being capable of developing 525 horse power under favorable conditions. It was built at Villacoublay.

In order to lessen excess weight the aviators dropped their landing gear soon after their departure. The hull of the plane had been constructed so that It would float easily In the event of a forced descent upon the sea. NO MECHANIC CARRIED No mechanic or wireless apparatus was carried, the extra room being (Concluded on paie 17) TW0U.S. AVIATORS PREPARING FOR ATLANTIC FLIGHT New York, May 9 As news was awaited from Captain Nungesser, and Capt. Coli, making a flight from Paris to New York, Clarence D.

Chamberlin and Lloyd W. Bertau, who will try to fly from New York to Paris if the Frenchmen fail to-day, were preparing their Bellanca monoplane for what may be a final test flight. The monoplane was reported ready to go with all equipment installed." Visibility had Improved in the afternoon and there was little wind at Curtiss Field as Chamfcerlin and Bertau prepared to take the air. IN KANSAS In Kansas, where a tornado swept four counties Saturday night, ten were repdHed killed. In Iowa, a woman was drowned when her motor car was swept into a ditch during a heavy wind and rainstorm.

Garland, fifteen miles northeast of Dallas and Nevada, thirty-five miles northeast of Dallas, were struck by twisters early to-day. Greenville reported seventeen dead at Nevada and eight dead at Garland. More than fifty persons were Injured at these two towns. Aux Vasse, New Bloomfield, Car-rington, Elden and Mexico, Missouri, all reported twisters during Sunday. Loss of life was heaviest at Elden, with six reported dead.

Five were killed in the Aux Vasse-New Bloom-field-Carrington area, two near Mexico, in Calloway and Audrey County and one at St. Louis. HEAVY DAMAGE Greatest property damage in Kansas was at Hutchinson, where the tornado swept through an industrial district and a poorer residential section, causing damage estimated at over $1,000,000. There was one death in Hutchinson, four nearby in the county and five In Barber and Kingman Counties to the south. I'he tcrnado which lashed Garland and Nevada passed high over Dallas.

Torrents of rain fell at Dallas, the first anniversary of the hailstorm that caused $2,000,000 property damage there. 5 Illness of British Labor Party Leader Causes Discussion in Old Country London, May 9 Ramsay Mac-Donald's illness, which has confined him to a hospital bed in Philadelphia, has caused rumors that he may be compelled to retire from the leadership of the Parliamentary Labor Party of Great Britain. He is suffering from pharyngitis, but is expected to leave the hospital in a few days. In any event no change would be made before the end of the ear. Speculation alon this line has brought to the front a number of persons who would be considered it it should be necessary to find a successor.

Probably thg choice would fall between Philip Snowden and Arthur Henderson, both of whom were members of MacDonald's Labor Cabinet, the former as Chancellor of the Exchequer and the latter as Home Secretary. The claims of J. R. Clynes, former Lord Privy Seal, would be warmly championed by a section of the party. James ilaxton, chairman of the independent Labor Party, could not be overlooked.

Among the "outsiders" who might on the grounds of general expediency be chosen. Oswald Mosley, the aristocrat, who recently became a convert to Labor policies, is outstanding. In any case there would likely be considerable difficulty in making ai appointment that would meet with the approval of every section of. ti.t Laborities. Shooting Affray In Montreal Came From a Quarrel Montreal.

May 9. The shooting of Dr. J. F. Piddicombe of Ottawa by Frank Brown.

Vancouver, and the subsequent suicide of the latter in the private room of Dr. Puddicombe in the Royal Victoria Hospital here last night were the result of a quarrel over a girl, according to a statement by the wounded doctor after the affair, told to Coroner McMahon by Dr. V. G. Webster, hospital admitting doctor, at the inquest here to-day.

Fit II RESIGN POST FAMOUS COAST PILOT PASSES Captain James Christensen, Resident of Victoria Since 1864, Passes Death yesterday removed a romantic figure in the, marine history of this coast when Cap tain James Christensen passed away at the age of eighty-six at his home, 224 Kingston Street. Born in Denmark in 1840, Captain Christensen had been on this coast for sixty-two years, having reached Victoria first in 1864. He made that passage on a cargo ship from Liverpool, working his way out, Upon arrival here, he left the vessel and took to shore work, with which he was occupied for some time before the signed as mate on the schooner Surprise. HEARD OF MASSACRE "While on the Surprise Captain Christensen achieved a great name through his action in connection with the wreck of the bark John Bright at llesquiat and the subsequent massacre of its crew by the Indians, In 1869. Making a trading trip up the coast, Captain Christensen wondered why the Indians failed to collect around his vessel as usual.

From an old fisherman, he learned that a vessel had gone ashore at Hesquiat. Hastening to the spot, those on the Surprise sighted the wreck, which was lying on its beam ends, the sea making a clean sweep over her. Although they had heard from Indians along the coast that three bodies were lying on the beach, an Indian understanding Chinook denied all knowledge of such when the Surprise arrived. (Concluded on page 17) RAMSAY MACD0NALD EXPECTS SOON TO LEAVE HOSPITAL Philadelphia, May 9. J.

Ramsay MacDonald, former Premier of Great Britain, who entered Jefferson Hospital here two -weeks ago suffering with a severe sore throat, has so far recovered that he is expected to leave the hospital some day this week. In Hamilton Rowell Asks For Warrant For Man in City of Vancouver Hamilton, May 9. Application for an order for the arrest of A. C. Mc-Adam of Vancouver, wanted by the Customs Commission to give evidence, was made by Hon.

N. W. Rowell, K.C., commission counsel, here to-day. Mr. Rowell said he would furnish the commission with an affidavit that Mr.

McAdam had been properly subpoenaed and tendered conduct money, the latter having been refused. He would also furnish additional material in regard to Mr. McAdam's failure to attend at previous sittings. The chief commissioner said the matter would be looked into and if it was advisable, the order would be issued. Mr.

McAdam is required to give evidence in regard to the export liquor movement from Vancouver. First Session of Australian Parliament in New City Opened To-day Canberra, Australia, May 9 (Canadian Press Cable via Reuter's) In his address at the inauguration of the new Australian Capitol here this afternoon, the Duke of York recalled that his father, King George, had opened the first parliament of the Common, wealth twenty-six years ago. He expressed hearty thanks to the Australian people for the welcome they had given: the Duchess and himself. EMPIRE'S ADVANCE The Duke dwelt on the advance made in the British Empire during the past quarter-century to a new conception of autonomy and freedom and said It was the King's earnest prayer, in which he fervently Joined, that under a Divine Providence, the future years might see the same advance in development and prosperity in the Empire In all its parts, the same spirit of mutual understanding and sympathy and the same determination to support one another to the utmost should the need come. RE-DEDICATION "May this day's ceremony," he said, "mark a re-dedication of this Commonwealth to those great ideals of liberty, fair dealing, Justice and devotion to the cause of peace for w-hich the Empire and all its members stand.

We turn to-day a new (Concluded on pace 17) 5 C. R. Davis, Peruvian Spokesman, Was Badly Injured in Elevator Accident Vancouver, May 9 Claiming $25,000 general and $1,595.60 special damages for the loss of his left leg in an elevator accident, Claudio Reynolds Davis, consul-general for the Republic of Peru, is plaintiff against the Dominion Bank in the trial of an action to-day in the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice Morrison and a jury. The accident happened June 10, 1926, between the eleventh and twelfth floors In the Dominion Building on the corner of Hastings and Cambie Streets here.

Consul-General Davis had stepped into the elevator, intending to ascend to the fourteenth floor, when the motion of the rising cage threw him forward into the elevator, his left leg catching between the elevator and the twelfth floor. The leg was so badly injured that amputation became necessary. Hankow Japanese Call on Tokio to Take New Measures Shanghai. May 9. The Japanese residents of Hankow met Sunday, and adopted a resolution urging their Government to take strong action against China communists.

The resolution said that if a soft policy should be continued, every Japanese would be forced to leave China. Shanghai. May 9 The British gunboat Woodcock was fired on by Chinese with rifles to-day, says a report from Nanking. The warship replied with machine guns. VICOUVER CI PUHT1FF IN SUIT LATE COL.

PETERS Full Military Honors Accorded Distinguished Officer and Sportsman With full military honors, the remains of the late Col. James Peters, veteran officer with a distinguished military record, and all-round sportsman, were laid to rest in the Naval Cemetery at Esquimau this afternoon, following a service conducted at the residence by the Right Rev. Bishop of Columbia and attended only by relatives and intimate friends. After the simple service the cortege proceeded to the Naval Cemetery, the casket, covered with the Union Jack, being borne on a gun carriage and escorted by a detachment of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, while the Royal Canadian Artillery and a detachment from Work Point Barracks' followed as mourners. At the cemetery, Bishop Schofield conducted the brief commitment service, a firing party from the P.P.C.L.I.

fired a last volley over the open grave, and a bugler sounded "The Last Post." The honorary pall-bearers included Col. A. W. Jones, G. R.

Poole, Col. A. E. Hodgins, A. C.

Flumerfelt, Dennis R. Harris, Col. George Barnes, J. M. Ross, Col.

W. J. H. Holmes, Senator G. H.

Barnard, Hon. Mr. Justice W. A. Galliher, Major H.

W. Niven, D. B. F. Bullen and P.

Criddle and Major A. Mulcahy. The active (Concluded on pace 17) HIT Assiniboine Flood Surrounds Many Homes in Marquette District Winnipeg. May 9. Many homes are completely surrounded by flood waters from the Assiniboine River iit the district of Marquette, about forty-five miles from Winnipeg, according to word received here this morning.

The river had overflowed its banks st several places, flooding adjoining farmlands. Many residents are marooned in their homes. In other districts east of Marquette the river was reported rising and dykes were being erected to protect valuable farmlands. In the Brandon district, where hundreds acres of land have been inundated and residents of the flats forced from their homes, the flood situation was easier to-day and a gradual recession was reported. RIVER DYKES ARE BUILT II I DBA STORE FALLS, BUT 100 PERSONS ESCAPE Chicago, May 9.

Nearly one hundred customers and employees were believed to have escaped uninjured when the Louis Department Store, a four-story building at 1631-35 West Chicago Avenue, collapsed in a mass of ruins. TASCHEREAU ELECTED BY ACCLAMATION Quebec, May 9 Premier Taschereau was to-day declared elected by acclamation in his constituency of Montmorency in the "nomination in connection with the Quebec provincial general elections. Feathered Songsters Purchased in Europe to Arrive Shortly For Aviary Destined to enhance the many attractions already existing at the famous gardens at "Ben-venuto," Tod Inlet, a consign ment of English and Mexican canaries, as well as some German bullfinches, are being sent by Mr. and Mrs. R.

P. Butchart to be used for breeding purposes in the aviary attached to the gardens. The shipment, which will Victoria in the course of the next few days. Includes seventeen pairs of English border canaries, three pairs of Mexican nonpariel canaries, and two piping bullfinches, wnich have been specially trained in Germany to whistle. The long journey of these small travelers, whose value as songsters runs into thousands of dollars, was arranged for some two months ago on the occasion of the visit to England of Mr.

and Mrs. Butchart. The canaries arrived at Quebec on Saturday morning and were at once taken in hand by officials of the Canadian National Express and sent on to Montreal to connect with the Continental Limited. Everj arrangement has been completed by "press officials to see that the valuable travelers receive every attention during their journey across Canada VALUABLE BIRDS FOB DC AT.