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TODAY'S' 1 18 PAGES; OBSERVER ESTABLISHED 1882 -FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE UNITED PRESS--TUESDAY'S PRESS RUN 4730 The Weilhtt I Inenailni cloudiness la night bf ut thunderstorms CXXVIV NO. 3 DUNKHIK, N. WEDNESDAY, SE1TBM1JEII 4, 1929 r.t Urk UclltctM I iTime from Friederichshaf en. Faster-Than from Lakehurst to Lakehufs by More Than EPOCHAL FLIGHT ENDS IN CREW'S HOME TOWN Natives Provide Festival. Which Surpasses Triumphs of Al Ports of Call--Cross Atlantic Passage Slower.

(By Unltod' Press) The log of tht record-breaking around-the-world flight ot the Oral Zeppelin, from Frledrlchshafen' te Ttltdrlchshafen. In eastern standard Frledrichshafen for Tot to. continuing night started from bsrst. N. on Ang.

7. August 19, a. Toklo (101 hoars CO minutes). August 23 a. Toklo fjr Los "Aa- eeles.

Arijuit 26 a. m--Arrived Los Angelea 11 day and 10 hours from Frledrlchshaf- August 27 a. Los Angeles for Lakehurt. N. J.

August 29 September 1 7:15 a. Lakehurst for Fried richshafen. September 4 a. Frledrlcluhafen (wound the world In days, four liiurs and minutes). Reds Burn Effigy, of Gastonia Judge NBA London Bureau This shows burning If effigy of M.

V. BarnhllL trial of mill trlkers at Gutoala, N. daring a recent communist demonstration la London. An effigy of Chiang Kai-shek. Manchurlan war lord, was burned at same time.

Saklatvala, Parsee communist. Is shown addreajlog the rowd as ths effigies bnrned. Cnattst Flight Ever By MAURITZ HALLGREN (United Press Staff Correspondent) Frledrlchshafen. Germany, Sept 4 (IIPI--With her fire motors humming perfect symphony of victory the Great Devastation in Typhoon's Wake Twenty'One More Members of May on's Creiv Saved-Only Seven Unaccounted For-Davis Safe. Graf Zeppelin returned to or Manila.

P. Sept 4--(UP)-Twenty-one members of tho crew ol the steamer Mayon which sank In the typhoon which'swept Phil Ipplnes yesterday, were rescued from the turbulent ees near Ragay gulf today, radio advices said, tahcsoueeddfullfllh--roamebet. i The reocue at sea and the surrltal of nine other members of the crew left only seven sailors unaccounted i base today; fresh from her globe- irdllng Journey and the greatest flight ever accomplished by a dlriglblo. The air Leviathan was landed at a m. (2:51 a.

K. 3. after an epochal trip (he two great oceans and the endless of northern Siberia. She broke lier own Lakehurst to Lakehurst ref urd ot 21 days, seven hours and 58 mln- sites in her Friedrlchshafen to Frlid- rlcbshafen flight, by more than a fuU The Oraf left here for Tokto at K. 3.

T. on August 11. It was fwenty days, four hours and minutes since the great ship departed for Toklo carrying 50 pas- a crew ot forty and Otrmany'a In comnerclal aviation. It was the greatest trip the Graf had ever, made, tho fastest round the world trip rrer made. The.

previous round-the- Y. orld record, previous to the Lakrhnrst 11 Lakehurst flight made was held by 'John Henry Meats and Capt. Charles IX CollrcT. who accomplished It la II days. 15 hours and 21 minutes.

The drat broke her own arojnd record by one day. 3 hours a-J 19 minutes. That Is. It took her tJS much less from Frledrlchshafen It rrledrlchshafen than from hirst to but aha failed to lirr-ak her own record from Lakehurst t's Friedrlchshafen. On her last crossing she made tha cross-Atlantic In hours and minutes.

This she did It In C7 hours and 3" mln- W.nlt Community Celebrates The whole community collaborated in making this the greatest day Fried Anxiety for.ths titety of. Ocivernor General Dwlght Davis, was relieved by. his report to hla offices.here thai he was safe aboard the the Islands with dome friends. The typhoon was one of tho worst In years and devastated sections of several provinces, narrowly missing the City of Manila. Only a range of mountains ot the city kept the greenish cloud from striking here with full force The mountains deflected the winds northward.

The typhoon up from the South seas early yesterday and struck the Philippines with terrlBc force. Twenty-four hours after struck, reporUs from the various provinces still wore and It was feared damage might Be even more than Indicated In the fragmentary advices received governor ot Sorsogon province In Lnzon island estimated damage ot tho typhoon In his territory would total 300.000 pesos (about WO.OtrO). Ha said the cocoannt crop had been destroyed and tha entire province wan submerged, 'province Is In miserable, coo dltlo'a." his report'said Cross aid Is urgently needed." Messages received over hastily reconstructed wires from the postmaster at Naga In Camarlnes Bur province said that eighty per cent of the cropa were destroyed. Similar conditions prevail In Pampanga and other provinces. Many persons arc liomelesn.

It Is believed, however, that th (Handing sugar crop Is not terlouil damaged since most ot auga plantations were located In province outside tha typhoon's path. Many Cities Face Water Shortage as Drought Continue, Supplies Gradually Diminish Througl Long Dry Spell-No Relief in Sight in East. York. Sept --Dlmln Ishlac water and sul ferlng were reported today as Ih greatest heat wave ot season swept Into Its third day In Severs! up-state cities such as lies con, Oneonta, New llerlln. Guilder land.

Nissan and Hudson, reportet water supplies gradually creasing. Then Is lltle were relief promise as the forecast for most be east Is fair and warmer wltb the only precipitation forecast for i era New York. Thousands of New Yorkers sought he beaches last night In relief fron he heat During the day the tern antnre rose to 91.2 degrees--thd ilgh for the summer and a record tor September 3. There was a slight wes- ern breete which gave a little relief it sundown but during the night the uttering was Intense. The lloctawayj nd Coney Island were crowded wltb leepers who deserted their city apitt meats.

Similar conditions were rinert.vl ver molt of the east. The ware el- ended as far north as Toronlx lios- on had a 97 degree temperature jej- erday while Portland, Mo, imported I degrees. Forecasters rate no for ro- ef today. The sun was brilliant i.iiJ tornlng and the air humid, Hio atarted rising at dav- rcak and Indications nora It would approach tba mark established day. Albanr.

N. Sept. least a doien cities reported the water supplies either exhausted i so today midsummer he fontlnued to pretsll over norlhei New York and along the llndso Taller. Thirty year records for Sept. were broken yesterdsy when degrees were recorded at 5 p.

Many small places found their uiu supply tourers dried up and had din dllTJctilty In getting water enouc from springs and wells to meet the needs. Deacon reported Its water gnn Onronta faced a similar condltloi New Berlin, (iullderland. Nassau an Hudson all faced the danger of liaustlon of their resortolr bases, un lem rain comes soon. Little hop was held nut for this arcnue of lief by Climate S. Llndgrcn, gorcrn raent weather forecaster at Alban; New Knglatid places were as bar lilt.

It was reported at the xeathe burrau. Several cities biTo pel tlonrd Iko state to draw water from nearby lakes If It becomes necessary It wan said. At tha stata dcpirtrufnt of agrlcu (Continued on Page Fl'teen) UiSEiTEW pposition Would Examine Ta: Returns to Determine Need for Protection. ever had aeen In the five crnturles of Its existence. scores of thousands who swarmed around the airport to give glast ship Us tlon had been waiting alt through th" Bltht.

peering anilo-jsly skyward whenever the roar ol a motor was Irard. The presented a holiday Talked With Motorists at Scene Where Body Was Found in Burlap Bag. Morris, 111," Sept I (UP)-Boyish curiosity produced a cine today which shook the theory of the "perfect crime" In lhe mysterious death of an unidentified woman whose body, apparently preserved for weeks by re- 'rlgeratlon. was found In a sack beside the highway. Joe Shock and "Scorop" Ilutchinson wo Morris boys, were the source ot only Information which police have tvith flags of the Ilrlch and obtained.

The two boys said they talk th- vjrijji governments of tho Cer-itl to a party of three motorists, who rra.i republic fl)ing proudly In the ere parked on the spot where the ci irulcR breezes. Mmdy was found a few hours later. In- ruulves an I the visitors from jiide the auto wern an elderly man and of Germany, who had Jour jocth ot about 25. A young woman, by moUir and! by train to they said, was hiding behmd the au- net a glimpse of the air liner, refused to accept the cabled Information that ih- (irat had completed her world's (light when she landed at Lakebnrst the Germans, particularly to the Inhabitants ot this city, the world began from Friedrlchshafen and prided there. Th: mayor of Frledrlchshafen had iwcrbvd day and night to perfect the plans for the reception of the ahlp'a crew which had helped to Germany famous la aerial navigation.

The city authorities worked throughout ih In Ihelr.tMrt sleeves. "We JD not'care what took place In New York or at Lakehnrst." the mayor told the United "It Is Impos rlble that thej conld have given the Graf and Its crew a greater reception than we have planned. After all, they are nur neighbors, friends anil relatives." FIND BODY Palmyra. N. Sept.

4 (UP)-A body apparently that of a white man who liaJ lien slabbed many times was noatlng In tht water at the fiU" nf Delaware river under the bridge here today. tomoblle. Ths boyi. belltvlng tht motorists were In difficulty, offered assistance which wai refused gruffly. The yonths remained however, talking with them at length.

The older man told the youths that tht three were from Chi cago. The only clew to the woman's Identity was a bridge of two gold tMth In the front ot the upper Jaw. A chart of the teeth Is prepared. Ths woman's body was nude when found and had carefully sewed In a new burlap' tack, fastened with wire. Post mortem eiamlnatkmi revealed no signs of violence-anil left a mystery the manner of ths woman's death.

Examining physicians express ed the belief that microscopic examination of vital organs might reveal murder by gas or poison. FINED FOR CONTEMPT Charlotte, N. Sept I (UP)--P. A Fowlfr, wealthy farmer and prospective Jnrnr In the murder trial ot the Gastonia teitlle strikers, was fined (25 tor contempt of court today after he Al-J "couldn't rlsk silting on the rial Jury. I HIGH SNIPE AVERAGE Washington.

Sept. -The average American smoked cigarettes last year aa com- pared with 820 In 1927, the com- merce department reported tot day. American total consumption Ii greater than that ot any other country, the department said, al- I tliongh the Cuban average per I i capita ot 1.132 a person In 1927 I far surpassed the Amcrfcan aver- I I age. I Clgareta smoked In this coun- I try last year were estimated to I number 102.7K.OOO.OOO. I Itrejcla.

Italy, Sept. 4 (U.P.) Twelve workmen were killed and scores were Injured In an eiploslon In a fireworks factory near Many ot the Injured wera reported such serious condition Jiiy probably will die. PROBE MUTINY CHARGE ON TANKER PAULSBORO Mobile. Ala, Sept -li B. United States shipping com.

mlssloner, Investigated charge! to-lay hat thirteen members of the rrow of he tanker Panlsboro mutinied pa the night of Aug. 27 when tha ship was disabled by fire- In Gulf of Mex- The alleged mutineers were charged by sailors, who remained with thi with rowing away from Ihi anker when the fire broke out and returning attar It was oxtlnguisrerL PRINCE FLIES London. Sept 4 (U.P.) The ot Wales Hew from ItcnduL Irdrcme to an airdrome near i Ingham this afternoon to visit the Ine. The prince piloted by Iqnadron Lctder Don of thl royal air Washington, Sep. 4--(UP)--Tin 111 wai presented to (enala to ay when that body reconvened afte three month recess to fight out the irlff Issue.

While the opposition failed to sho hsnd In the hslf hour opsnlng salon It brought forward a resolu proposing' to sweep away the nfidentlal nature of Income tax re- ras during the tariff debate so It Ight ascertain how much corpora ons Interested In the tariff hava profited In recent yeara and ronsc quently horr much If any tariff pro- twtlon them corporations nocd. A resolution to suspend that por tlon of the Income tax law uhlch makos Income lax returns secret was offered by Senator nialne, Ilepn. WIs, member of the farm bloc, and the Idea of It was Immediately Indorsed by Senator Simmons of Nonh Carolina Democratic tariff leader, who Intends to work out a coalition with the Itepubllcan farm bloc which'may wreck the entire He- publlcan bill Illalne's resolution seeks to author. Its oach mombor of congress to get any tax figures on corporations from Iho treasury department. It also anjhorlze any member of con gross to designate a person to exam Ine returns for him.

In the first heat ol the 2:16 trot, 11,000 stake, at tho fair grounds thfs afternoon, Augusta, a black mare owned by Conwer and Reed, romped horns In the fastest time ever made on the local track. Time was 2:03. There were six starters. Albany. N.

Sept 4 (UP)-Twen forest fires In various sections of th- stats wera reported to the con aervatloa commission today. It was said tha greatest danger hreatenlng the- stato'g forests In years vas being staved off by volunteer fire Ightera, directed by state troopers anl 'Ire and game wardens. Summer tourists. leaving tha ra-- lon grounds in Adlrondacks, were pressed Into service by tho ward- n. Alexander MacDonald.

conservation commissioner, announced he would ask Governor Roosevelt to Issue a proclamation closing; tha forest pro- erves'to tourists. Dynamite was used la combatting brush at Austerllti which barn- 1 500 acres. Three dangerous fires were reported In Steuben and counties. Two brush fires near Hen Wild, Sullivan county, bad not ten brought under control at noon oday. Tha most dangeroas of forest conflagrations wai In the.

western art of St Lawrence county. The was burning In the forest and had fifty cords of pulp near Putnam too was hr ond control. crtws were hurried to Fern Believe Ship Was Struck by Lightning--Mechanic Escapes. Aii eles. Sept.

4-(UP --The sun-hakcd lands fringing the American desert claimed thrtf sccnntj- victim Ibis air races today when the body of Major John Wood was found along with Ins crumpled dane near Needles, Calif. The place was in the same arid re- lion near where the body of Miss Marvel Crosson was found a her dane crashed in the women's air derby. Wood, nne nf the nation's outstand- og aviation figures, started Monday rom Ixi Angeles with Mechanic Ward Miller, in an attempt in better he non-stop spceil record between -01 Angeles and Cleveland. Yesterday Miller, ilarcd and injured, struggled into the ilesert town of Needles anil told how lie made a par- aclnrte-leap. Later the crumpled plane was sighted deep in the desert lands nd it appeared destroyed by fire.

Scores of searchers started into the Icsert, hopeful that Wood was alive nd merely bit in the vast expanse ut sand and mesquite. Hut this hope was stifled today when the Aero Corporation of California received the ollowing terse message from Uurrell Clinton county, roke out last night where a Continued absence ot rain, making forest "floors" of dried leaves anl rash, tlndsr dry. offered ready fuel or the flames, smlller rc.s nero reported, but In each lance Hi-) rangers Indicated hey bad the sltuithn well In hud Smith, one of the searchers: "1 -andcd at wreckage. Itody found. Death instantaneous.

N' die hut ci- plmion." The slnry of what liapiwned probably never will lie known. Wood, a resident of Wausati. Wis. winner of the national air lour last ear and recent fomi'lrr of the Northern Airways company, knew the western air lanei better than most pilots. They started al 1:30 a.

m. Monday seeking the rich prize for the speediest flight to Cleveland. They were flying into bad weather which had made Art Hoebcl refuse to start in the race but Wood laughed off the idea of ardi. Shortly after Ihrr plane roared away from the airport here in electric storri started. The skies were befogged.

Miller's Is the onlv possible explanation of what may have gone "rronfj. He told, somewhat dan-'C today before starting out to search for his companion, of lioyv he was pumping gas 'rom an auxiliary tank he was blinded by some kind ol a flish. The plane lurched and Miller was thrown into die air. Berates Lindy NBA Clsreland Bureau He bad a row with Col Charles Autus Lindbergh during the national air races at Cleveland. Sam Taylor, above, pilot of a Detroit-Cleveland -assenger ilane.

complained to air officials that he flying colonel performed his stunt so near Taylor's plane that the air wash caused the passenger ship to rock and endangered the lives of thlr pen passengers. Colonel Lindbergh says Taylor violated the air rules for "andlng planes during the races. Arabs Organize to Retaliate for Battle Sunday in Which 12 Were Killed. By JACOB SIMON (United l'n-ss Staff Correspondent) Jerusalem, Sept 4--(UP)--lleporls 'ial Arab tribes the refrion of Ti- crias were orRaniiinj; an offensive In retaliation for the kill- of twelve ol their number at Hit- caused much aniiety to the author- ties here today. Detachments of tritisli troops were hurriedly dis- latched to the menaced territory and ill necessary steps were taken to pro ect the population against a (rcsli outbreak of Moslem vengeance.

Thus new danger developed as the csutl of the incident that took place I Ilillin. eight miles wctt of Tibcri- on Sunday. A force nf a thousand irabs attacked the police barracks nd settlement at Ilium. The Ilnlish roops repulsed the Arabs, killin nelve of Iheir number and arrcstin lany olhers. The news nf these til i seems to have spread throughou Arab populations of Palestine, in aming (hem nith a desire for re nee.

Widespread Disorders Another Arab attack on the i tipuUtion at Talpioth was repulse itb losses. Disorders ivere said ave taken place in other regions lu casualties were reiiotted. (Jwin the danger nf an outbreak aroun ihrrias, the feeling in Palestine ill far from calm. While the proclamation Commissioner John Kobcr lianeellur in its threat of punitiv easures against Arab outrages di uch to tranquiliie the area, it als spired a fresh wave nf Arab resent cnt and augmented the danger 'nslem vindictivcness. Kepnrts from Safcd said a numbc unidentified corpses Iiad been futini a cistern there.

The (Jreek ortho- ix monastery in Wadikelt between rusalem and Jcticlm was reporter hue been looted and the priest lied. "We Stand in the'Shadow of a Great. Governor Tells as Reports Filter In. NEARLY HALF OF AREA OF PROVINCE INUNDATED Damage to Cultivatable Land Estimated at $700,000. Bridges Down Throughout District--Roads Washed Away.

Peshawar. India, Sept I (UP)--At least 10) persons wera reported drown rd and houses destroyed by floods la state of Swat today. Damage to cultlratable land In Swat was estimated officially it lakhs ol rupees (about Nearly all brldgM on the. frontier were washed away. Itoads and other means of communication were widely damaged.

llombay. India. Sept. 4 (UP)--Dta astrous floods have affected square miles of the Slnd out of total area of 51.000. Coternor Sir Frederick told a relief meeting of cltluni ast night.

"We stand In the shadow of a great calamity." said. The Slnd has suffered severly from 'loods. famines and cyclones In the past, but present peril was regard rd as the greatest within memory. LIKE AM IN oumanians Mourn Vienna. S'ept.

the Telkimp agency from Ituchar' said the Jews throughout Kouma Houl'l suspend work this afternoon assemble in the to the tragic events in Palestine I Night Session 1'arit. Sept. 4--(tT)-Al an ur this moriiinK. 6.0UU Jews representing i Jcwjth in I rance vterr still in session the Warrant auditorium and IKtening tti speeches on the situation in Palestine. A resolution was adojited protesting against the adminittralion in Pales- line and demanding "punishment ol responsible official! and strict application of the British Arab Demonstration Baghdad, Asiatic Turkey.

Sept. 4-(UP)--An Arab was killed yesterday during a demonstration of Moslems in sympathy with their brethren in Palestine it became known today. The Arabs demonstrated in the banking district and were reported to hate uien bittlc when the police i disperse them. ClrirUn.l. O.

Sifi. I (Ul'l-S-'Vcr TAFT DENIES REPORT OF HIS RETIREMENT Montreal. Sept I (UP)-- WIMIam Howard Tafl. chief Justice of the U. S.

supremo court, denied todiy recur 'al were raaght beneath rent reports that he woulj retire. Taft, who recovering from an 111 nnss at his summer horn at Murray Itay. par United Press aver the ting dNtanro telephone: "It Is untrue. That Is my answer report (hit I am la retire." liibrls today when th: walls and roof of the llarihaw Cheaiical company collapsed while being rated, fhi- first man romovrd, wai (Vl'ir. nh si'tlously hurt.

Four tn safety the Endurance Fliers on Thirteenth Day, Hearing Record Set by St. Louis Robin. Chicago. Sept 4 (UP)--With the tor ot their endurance monoplane. Chicago--We Will, a kitten," Pilots 0.

K. Steel,) and Itnssell Mossman began their thirteenth day In air today. At 3:31 a. C. S.

Mossman and had been aloft 2S2 hours and with the exception ot the 421-honr mark of ths St Louts Robin, had broken all previous records for sustained night "Motor Is purring like a kitten." the filers said In a message to the ground crew. "IV. Intend to stay up here until we've a record that nobody wilt want to shoot at" The We Will pilots were hampered by the heat yesterday and spent the day seeking clouds. ESCrVESWIBI Two Near Crashes and a Broken Strut Mark One Single Flight. Calshot.

nngland. Sept. I lomeward bound Americans on the Iner Majmtlc saw Ijeutenant Monti of the Italian Schneider cup team escape death three tlmps In a short est flight today. While tailing at full speed In his new Macrhl 87 racer. Monti narrow- missed an Italian which ut acroas his path Turning sharp- to avert a the plane still in the water, barely missed the Ma- estlc Itself.

Then when Monti toomod 1.000 cet Into the air. suppoit bo- ween and wing snapped. The filer Immediately throt- led his engine and made a danger- ns landing with the. ulnj. fearing risk straining the plane'by tnrn- ng It against the wind.

RUNDOWN PHYSIQUE WORRIES YOUNG HEFLIN Plio-nlx City. Ala. I (UP)--J 'om Hcfiin. son of tho Alabama euator. mopped his brow today and evpalej before leaving here under ond on charges of drunkenness and rohlbltlon law violation, that he was worried over his rundown physique." Heflln.

and II. T. Ilalr.es. his impanlon on an ride that suited In their arrests Monday, will given a preliminary hearin; Friday city court. They were released nder bonds of $75.

Police reported that ctarcinatlon of TM bottles' of hntnit hrew found In car, showM contents nf 531 per nt alcohol They young Ilrtlli Imttted the ir.i^ hrew was his. Judge John Ibflln. I i Ala. of the s-tistur'i conferred re rlth ai Rnllat. Jr..