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WALL SJKVjLI V.4JI JUl Ji.i closim; prices 90th YEAR No. 89. NEW YORK CITY, TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1931. J8 PAGES THREE CENTS ROClli 7 AND IN PLANE CRASH AGLE 7 DIE STEINBRES TO AS LEADER OF SLATED FOR RESIGN G. 0.

JUSTICE NICARAGUAN CAPITAL IN RUINS AS QUAKE, FIRE RAGE; 40 KILLED Western Air Ship Crashes On Dixie Farm 6 Passengers, Including Famed Football Coach and 2 Pilots, Killed LEADER TO CHUT QUAKE OCCURRED WHERE NICARAGUA HONDURAS CORINTOc il tinl 1 1 1 A MAfJAItiiAY Pacific VXr': V- V7 rJAAtAQUA TTv Biumuot i ro "it CwJ. Map shows section of Nicaragua where earthquake has occurred, with Managua marked by black line. Short and Terrific Shoclc Razes Miiildings Conflagration Sweeping Hoover Rushes Help 1,000 Marines at the Scene Managua. Nicaragua, March 31 (P) At 10:02 o'clock thl.n morning an earthquake of very short duration shook down the major part of Managua. Kire broke out In the market center of the capital and is traveling rapidly westward.

It will probably finish the job. Panama City, March .11 (Pi Fnrtf persons wore reported to have bccit killed in a terrific earthquake whirhi devastated Managua. Tropieal Radio advices said that the city was tinder martial law. The quake threatened to sweco the entlie city. The Tropical Puriio operator in Managua reported that the cab) office there was in ruins and thai the Tropical company was operat ing from ft plant five miles out.sidj the city.

The seismograph at the Canal Zone registered the quake, whlrht appeared of unusual Intensity, centering In Central America. A complete reading of the record had not hern made, but. officials said thai It was very distinct. I S. Ruslim Aid Washington, Mirrh 31 (Vrv-Th Amer'rnn Government hastened- today to the aid of Managua.

Three American agencies were instructed to participate. The Amert can Red Cross wa directed by Pres. Idcnt Hoover, who n-lso is head of that organization, to extend aid Kansas City, March 31 (P) Knute Rockne, famous football coach of Noire Dame University, and seven others were killed when a Transcontinental and Western Air passenger and air mail plane crashed in flames today in a pasture several miles southwest of Bazar, Kan. Seward Baker, a farmer, told Cottonwood Falls, authorities that the plane bore the Department of license No. "NC3909." The farmer said he believed the craft to br.

a mall plane. The bodies of the victims were not Immediately ideutilled. Saw Plane Fall Edward Baker, farm youth, said he saw the crash, a short distance from where he was feeding cattle. He said apparently something about the craft exploded, and a moment later It to the earth. Baker found five bodies when he rcri'rd the plane.

Ambulances were sent for the bodies from Cottonwood Falls. Officials of Transcontinental Western Air gave as its passenger list: New York Man a Passenger Knute Rockne of Chicago. H. J. Christensen.

Chicago. J. H. Hopper, 2037 Powell Chicago. W.

B. Miller, 312 Farmington Hartlord, Conn. F. Goldthwaite, 333 E. 43d New York.

C. A. Bobrcch, 10 Oak Chicago, The pilot was Bob Fry and the copilot Jess Nathlas. The plane left Kansas City In a light rain and kept. In radio communication until It reached Casso-day, Kan, Thereafter communication was Interrupted.

4 The officials said tlielf' plane was Fokker, tri-motored air liner. Knute Rockne In Football Knute Rockne, known throuahout the American college football world as the "Fox of Notre Dame." burst in upon ine asLomsned East In 1917.1 when he appeared as one of the receiving heroes who cauht passes from Gus Dorajs to mow Army's high-powered team under a flood of touchdowns. His work in this game earned him grudging mention by Walter Camp, which amounted to placing him on the third All-America team. Rockne started In to teach chemistry at Notre Dame and assist his own old coach, Jess Harper. Becoming head' coach himself, he brought out an unparallelled succession of great football elevens.

urn David Dunn Admits Killing; Pleads Insanity Clears Brother James in Slaying of Roherl Warner in Coal Office The strange killing of Robert Wagner, part owner of the Dunn Coal Company, in his office at 199 Sklllman St. on Monday of last week reached a solution, today be-fore Judge McLaughlin in County Court. It came with the plea of David Rutin, 33, of 158 E. 42d at the time of killing captain of attendants at Gates Ave. court.

Dunn was I indicted this morning on a charge III ai'lUIIU UlKaC lililim mono oi. jhu wiuiuiu unu, w.r cuui i Hyijumieu nu.i District Attorney Geoglian gave a further explanation. Dunn's brother, James F. Dunn, partner of Wagner, had already admitted the killing In a confession which police and prosecutor did not believe. James Changes Story That, was last week.

Subseauent- Iv. said Oeoahan. James Dunn told 1 -J Offer Another Truce Proposal On Unification Tuhe Faction Would Let Transit Hoard Name First Control Group A new compromise on the transit unification bill was brought forth today. It would provide that the State Transit Commission appoint the first Board of Control to administer 7'-'lire consolidated properties. Successors to the original board would be chosen according to terms set up in the unification pact.

Meanwhile pressure to force Re publican Senate Leader John Knight t0 Pass -hc bll) such Sorm as t0 ule puci in the KILLED IN CRASH Knute Rorkne To Sift Zone Change Plea At Beverly Sq. Heslerherg to Study Area Kef ore He Votes' to Admit Apartments With an open mind, he will make ft personal inspection of Beverly Square, Flatbush, beiore da.idlng whether he will vote in the Board (Estimate to admit apartments to the section. Borough President Henry Hesteibcrg told The Eagle today, His two votes are enough to defeat the change, since more than 20 percent of the property owners atlectcd have protested. To Study Plan "City Planning Commissioner John F. Sullivan and Chief Enpineer Herman Smith have approved the change.

Lewis Pounds and Edward M. Bassett, well known zoning experts, are against it, I shall have to study the reports and the property carefully," Hesternerg said East side and Harlem congestion may FJatbush the city's prenent ronflfp policies are continued, Bassett said today. The proposed lifting of restrictions on Beverly Square is the start of that policy, he added. The territory affected by the proposed change is bounded by Beverly Road. E.

lfith Cortelyou Road and E. 19th St. The changes will permit property owners to use their entire frontage for buildings and to locate the front of the structures on the building line. Present restrictions require buildings to be set back ten feet from the Please Turn to Fae 3. Brooklyn Men Get Army Commissions The following appointments of Brooklynites to commissions In the Officers' Reserve Corps, made by President Hoover, were announcea yesterday by the War Department: Robert J.

Mason of 549 Hancock to second lieutenant of infantry; William K. Schroeder of 25 Clark St. and Aaron S. Werner of 531 E. to first lieutenants.

It was also announced yesterdaT that 1st Lt. Harry G. Dowdrill of 183 Gelston Ave. has been relieved of his duties as assistant to the recruiting officer at Governors Island and assigned to the headquarters staff of the infantry school at Fort Benning, Ga. Man With 4 Cents Kills Self in Subway A man about 40 shot and killed hlmself short.lv after 1 o'clock this I mornimi on the northbound nlat-! morning on me noiuiDouna ptai form of the 18th St.

station of the 7th Ave. subway, Manhattan. Four cents in cash and pawn tickets were the only articles found i bore the name Parriat," but no address. I I PrinCe Of WaleS VVOn ipo.OUU rft Uillldldl I Willi 1 Vina Del Mar, Chile (Pi This I centpr of the Chilean Riviera vis- lenier oi ine Duncan mviera, vis-, ited by the Prince of Wales and Prince George recently, is settling down to its Fall and Winter slackening of business. The new $1,000,000 casino with its three big roulette and baccarat rooms, cabaret, theater and restaurant, was given a big boost by the royal visitors.

The Prince of Wales won a total of 27,420 pesos ($3,800) and George only 500 pesos ($60) at baccarat, while George took away several thousand pesos at roulette. Lord Stamfordham, King's London. March 31 (P) Lord Stamfordham, private secretary to King Oeoige, died today, aged 81. SmttmmmL miivur wan nici ea.scu. i More taxpayers and civic orga- raigned, he entered an automatic nizatlons sent telegrams to Albany, pica of not guilty.

Then his attor-Promincnt Brooklyn men to ney. Lawrence J. McGoldilck, added bombard the legislative lcadeis with that it was "not guilty because of in-Inriivlfltinl anneals. On. of I he first sanity." He was remanded to Ray- I of these was sent this by jereclerick L.

Cranford. conti.ii 'or Livingston's Successor Due lo Quit in 3 Days Aflrr lS-Month Fight to Revive Parly Maj. Waller E. Corwin Is Expected to Get Post Meier Steinbrink, after 15 i onths as Eepublican leader 6f Democratic Brooklyn, has decided to step out. He will resign within three days to become a Supreme Court Justice, taking one of 12 justiceships to be created in Brooklyn and Long Island by the Legislature this week.

That information came to The Eagle this afternoon from a source close to the G. O. P. leader. The resignation, if It comes, will end a hopeless attempt to revive the Re-, publican party in Brooklyn which began with Steinbrink assumption of the leadership In December, 1929.

Asked about the report of his resignation, Mr. Steinbrink said this miernoon; "I don't know where you got that from. I have nothing to say about It one way or another, either off the record or on the record." Backed by Hoover Steinbrink became the leader with the full support of the White House, forcing out Jacob Livingston, who had held the job lor 17 lean years. He promptly began a tour of speech-making in an effoit to bolste: Republican strength here. Election returns last Fall showed no Increase In the CV.

O. P. vote and In recent months Steinbrink wai. reported as fed up on the job. Hp.

has said publicly that he will not go on the even if the 12-juriee bill becomes a law, but. friends recently started a move to set him thew Justices, of the- Su preme Court Rnd the Appellate Division are said to be in favor of him on the bench. A prominent local leader said: "Steinbrink told me the othei day he did not know what he would do Jf the convention offered him a nomination." Brooklyn to Get Five Five of the 12 justiceships are scheduled to go to Brooklyn three Democrats and two Republicans. One of the two Republican judges it Is almost certain will be Stem-brink. Maj.

Walter E. Corwin, Republican leader of the 17th A. O. and riease Turn to Tate 2 Stocks Higher In Quiet Trade Stocks staged a good rally during the greater part of today's session, many recovering two to three points from the low ievels of yesterday and others larger amcunts. A few Issues, notably gold mining stocks, reached record high prices for the year.

Auburn rallied about 12 points to 236 by midafternoon. United States Steel. Allied Chemical, American Telephone. Bethlehem, Consok-j'ited Gas, Radio, United Aircraft, United Corporation, Westinghouse and other popular favorites gave a good account of themselves on th.j upside. Oils were uncertain, as were coppers.

General Asphalt dropped ten points uric! others were lower. The market moved largely on technical conditions. Outside developments contributed little to the market influences. STOCK TABLE ON FAGfc Zi Assembly Passes State Power Bill Albany, N. March 31 G4 The Assembly today passed by unanimous vote the St.

Lawrence power development bill. Recommendations for amendments to the bill, offered for Governor Rocsevelt by the Demscratic leader, were rejected by a party vote, 80 to 70. The measure now goes to the Senate for action. LABOR CHIEF KII.l.KD. TorrinRton, March 31 A) Charles J.

Moore of this city, president of the Connecticut Federation of Labor, was killed early today in an automobile accident near Derby. His wife and one daughter survive. THE EAGLE INDEX ArlatloB 1 Cl.lllrd Aaa nr.lh Nollrea I Pr. Brady, Pilrl, Feature! IS Iillt Hum GallJ Kditarial Financial S4-SJ Lt and Fnaad. Peruana! Pain Ira m.Al.

and chairman of the Chamber of.slon to observe him GityQuizGroup Will Function! In Two Weeks i Hastress Is Indicted! Willi Another, Whose Identity Is Concealed The State legislative committee to investigate the city affairs will.be, functioning within two weeks. This us the statement today of; tho.se close to Samuel Sea bury and came on the heels of a conference last night between Seubury and W. Kingslund Macy. G. O.

P. State chairman, at which time Sea bury was said to have been assured he would have a free hand In the conduct of the probe. While Seabury, who Is also acting as Governor Roosevelt's commissioner into the Inquiry of District Attorney Craln's office, will not comment until he has been advised officially of his appointment as counsel for the committee, It is declared that the work of the committee will move forward speedily the moment he Is named. Pick Personnel Soon The prediction is made that the personnel of the committee will have been decided upon, lirst meetings held and plans laid to procedure, before the Legislature udjourns early next month. To Let Legislature Choose While It was thought at first that Seabury would have considerable Influence In selecting the members of the committee, it is now understood that he has refused to make any suggestions.

He will leave the selection to the Legislature. Shortly after noon today the New York County grand Jury' returned an Indictment against' Rollln Bastress, former Chief Building Inspector in the Manhattan Bureau of Buildings, charging bribery. With Bastress another man was indicted on a charge of -aiding and abet-ing in a crime." His name was withheld until he had been taken into custody. The indictments were handed up to General Sessions Judge Charles C. Knott.

The indictment grew out of the alleged gift of $1,500 in July, 1927, to Bastress after he had approved the building plans for an apartment In Madison Manhattan, being erected by Walter G. Jones, Yonkers Alderman. Still Fight Over Minutes That the District Attorney's office is still bitterly contesting every effort of Seabury to inspect the minutes of the grand Jury was seen today. John Kirkland Clark, chief counsel for Seabury, said Crain had not. furnished him with material needed to file a brief before Judge I Nott.

The brief was ordered yesterday by the Judge when Crain and his counsel: Samuel Untermyer, sought to obtain a writ restraining Clark from Inspecting the minutes of the i grand Jury which Investigated food I racketeering. To answer the charges 1 Please Turn to Page Daughter Flies To 111 L. I. Father Boston, March 31 (A) Miss Sonia B. Hines, 24.

of W. 87th St. New York City, left the East Boston airport by plane early today to fly to the bedside of her father, E. H. Hines, of Port Washington, L.

who is critically 111 in a Chicago hospital. Gunman and His Pal ShootUp Billiard Hall There were about a dozen players around the tables of the Strand Billard Parlor, 1579 Broadway, shortly before 3 o'clock this morn-ing, whtn two men about 30 entered. One pulled out a revolver and fired six shots into the ceiling, to the accompaniment of cries of "Whoopee!" fromhis companion and himself. The players ducked to shelter and the two men walked out of the place. No attempt was made to rob or shoot any one.

Telegraph Tele phone Company, 66 Broad I Manhattan, today. The energy used was declared to be one-half watt about the amount 1 of power used to light a nand flash- Imp. By ihe use of this system it was declared possible to find room on the air for one-quarter of a mil- lion of the "micro ray" broadcasters. These ultra short waves do not fade. 1 like the radio waves, and are not by rain and fog like lisht waves, according to the an-' I oouxi cement 1 Meier Steinbrink Pick One Juror For Bank Trial In Slow Task Half of Day Is Taken Up lv Futile Motions and Questioning Talesmen Selection of the Jury to try the Bank of United States case got under way haltingly today, A new motion for delay by Charles H.

Tuttle, defense counsel, and pleas ofvDlue ribbon veniremen to be excused dragged on until noon, wtu-n the first batch of prospective veniremen entered the box. A lone juror occupied the box at the midday adjournment. He was Arthur Swann, erudite looking and punctiliously dressed and who described himself as "a dealer in rare books." He was sworn in as foreman. Swann was the second of the three talesmen examined. Secial Prosecutor Max D.

Steuer used one of his five peremptory challenges on the first candidate, who knew too many real estate men. The third man went out because of his "fondness" for the family af Bernard K. Marcus, president of the bank standing trial. Questioning Is Cautious Both Steuer and former Federal Attorney Emory R. Blickner, who examined for the defense, plied the talesmen cautiously.

The defendants are Bernard K. Marcus, president of the closed bank; Saul Singer, its executive vice president, and Herbert Singer, his 23-year-old son, and former State Senator Henry W. Pollock. They are charged with a felony in alleged misapplication of $2,800,000 in the $8,000,000 debt shuttle. Although I.sidor J.

Kresel's trial has been severed from that of the other indicted men, the bailiff called his name as he read the list of defendants. Postponement Plea Fails Tuttle got the trial under way with a series of motions. First he wanted a postponement because the defense "had had no adequate time to prepare." Then he cited Kresel's illness and pictured the erstwhile prober of court corruption as the defense key witness. He suggested that the court can get a certificate from Kresel's physician. Steuer bounded from his chair.

"I object to a doctor's certificate," he said. "A nan who could spend all day Saturday preparing, a man who could teiepnone all over town Saturday Davis Affidavit Offered Tuttle interrupted. He offered to submit an imposing lLst of affidavits, one from John Javis, the former Presidential nominee. "Motion for adjournment dismissed," ruled Judge Donnellan. District Attorney Crain, now being Dease Turn to Page I Only one other coach in modern many years I deem unification of football ever had anything like his! lines most essential.

Failure to pio-success. He was Percy Haughton of vide enabling leglsla'ion in Harvard and it was generally ac- knowledged last fall that Knute had the praent SCSKion W0Mld be 8 even old achieve- 'V setback. I want personally to ments. i urge upon you the important of Turned Out 'Four Horsemen' prompt enactment. We need vour His moat famous team included co-operation and help just now.

the "Four Horsemen" and the Congratulations on your aooolnt- a more credible story. On March 'es of the Government to which 23 he said, he went to the coal thp.V had appealed to get in office on Sklllman found David wlt" Managua had been iinsu.ces-there, despondent and worried. ful their efforts to do so. Wagner was also there at tending to 1,000 Marines There his business. The last mra l.

oeven Mines oi dui ii it i now conceded that his best two I teams wee Ihnu nf 1U-Q unrl IQId which went through heart-breaking KChPrill PS fnvfr nir Ih from enHsl tn rrmsit uithmit rho lnv i. i i said that no team in the history of i i a game, ii nn men K'linaiiv lootba has eaua ed ast fall's amazing feat of defeating North-1 western, Armv and Southern Call- fornia in a row Onlv nnep kn onht naDDiiur. and that was in 10M when Commerce transit committee. Addresses Knight Addressing Knight, Cranford said: "As a result of careful st idy of the transit situation In the city for meni. Word of a big boost for the bill n.vuaiv vumiiiianiuu Uler 'cmbl'r? of 'heclty group urctl lillKHig UIC illl'linUI 'n the form of Information that me Morean interests, wno nave Deen 11,.

V. favored unification legislation Tne new compromise is said to have originated from sources close to the transit companies and there- to indicate their desire to work tnat the establishment of the ap pointing power and qualifications or directors be left to the terms of the i plan. Civic Group Protest I I UVIIIIHI.HIUH nv.i.u renuirert in ninee the names of Its remilrert In nli.ee the names of Its in the plan, and as part i i i OI lne ney woiua oe suujeci iu approval oy tne mayor anu wl Please Turn to Page IS i Immediately. The War and the Navy Departments also directed Engin- wing and Marine Corps detach menu in Nicaragua to lend aid. I he Navy Department ordered four naval vessels, including one of the bin aircraft carriers, to marl at once to extend aid.

The department ordered Vice Art- iiiiihi nnnur u. I am. com of the scouting fleet, to Sfiid either the Lcxincton or thu Saratoga, now at Guantanamo, Cuba, to Puerto Cabezas, on thu Atlantic coast of Nicaragua. The State Department these two in seeking lnformr.tiotl of the disaster. No word had ecmn from any of their men on fht ground.

Shortly after noon the Stat! Do- i pai tmpiit said communication ien State Department fiom the Amrr- ican Legation at Managua was timed 10:35 a.m. yesterdav. trnrst J. Swift, actini director of insular and foreign nneratinn inr nea oross- sald ne would leav uy airplane as soon as arrangements could be completed. Swift was In ehnri nr fh.

oi c. Santo Domingo disaster relief. The United States Marine Corps has over 1.400 officers and men in Nicaragua, nearly 1,000 of them in or near Managua. Latest records at Marine Corps Headquarters showed that 113 officers and 872 men were stationed in or near the rity at the end of February, while 28 officers and 40J men were scattered In other parts of the country, mostly in the north. 5 heTe 7IZ iy soo" Managua is a modern town with a of about fio.000.

It has heen thp ronilol kt i end rival? between Uo anrtnrl! nana, wnirn then were more important but which since ocea outstripped by Managua. ISrvrr Itnd liesills I ihi Tlipst' "We take this opportunity to notify you." writes the Davidson Electric Company, 343 Classon "that we have sold our car through the medium of Brooklyn Eagle advertisement. We have sold cars through the papers on different occasions but have never received the results that we have obtained through your paper." Have you a car to sell? The Fagle is finriin many buyers, day after day. for cars of all makes and models and in all price classes. For quirk, satisfactory results call an ad-takr now at MAin 4-i0On.

left his team alone to plav Car- L01" an agreement It Is said to( went hi e. have bfCn presented to Senator t0 cover the Army-Navy game I Kniftnt for consideration. The city, for new3 syndicate. Tech gave 11 13 believcd. be satisfied with (he Fighting Irish the mother andftna Pronosa' oecause it is onlyj the father of a lickinu that dav slightly removed from the admin- "Anything nsked.

you want?" James "Yes," replied David. "I need $'J5." Then he added: "Oh, Jim, please 1 Dayd ad bee -i(k mf a for i "'a Heard inree revolver snots, iien.in-i Ing. he saw Wagner's dead body. I i.i,.rf DnH ir-nt He locked the olfice doors and tcok his brother home. Prosecutor Oporg Rail Arguing against setting bail.

Geoghan said: "From what I hear from this man's family, I celleve him to be a very dangerous character. I do not, think It safe to have him at large." He was remanded to jail, and three physicians Drs. John Meagher, Jois were appointed on the lunacy commiKasion. Meanwhile Jamt.i Dunn, who has I been held on a killing charge audi who testifttd today beiore the grtnd 1 iurv which indicted his brother, was I reed OI tne Oilmen OI nis comes-- "pca oi tne nuraen oi nis conies this nfl prnnnn Oeouhan said when he mil move that tne tharce anainst in $10,000 bail as a material witness. come the moment when he beholds the companions of his years in the "I think the greatest moment i coming to me will be when I see the faces of my friends at school," he added.

The young man referred to other 'ho with him learned Braille the way the sightless learn to read. Musselman himself will have to learn to read all over asain taking the same Irssons that a youngster I In 1 A would take. He aUo will have to learn to write as a child would learn, Once Coached leam Over Phone ln 192 Notre Dame played nearly its whole season without the benefit of Rockne's coaching on the road. the old chief being bed-stricken. He! was smitten by blood clots in both legs snoruy beiore tne Navy game, through a long distance tele- nhmiP I net a lluH hu an onthitciactiri u.

taii, -orh mmhr of the team which then played Navy to a standstill and a 14 7 victory, coming from behind. Knute's favorite nickname was I "The Big Swede." He was i Nor- wegian by birth and the pet name Please Turn to Page 3 Bellerose Tunnel Project Is Started Work has been started on the I pedestrian tunnel under the Long I Island Railroad tracks at Bellerose. near the Queens-Nassau County I line It. i intenrleH nrimnrilv fnr i use of school children who have to i cross the tracks. Bom Blind, Receives Sight From Surgeon's Knife at 22 1-Inch Radio Aerial Sends Message That Defies Elements Philadelphia, March 31 Born blind 22 years ago, Earl Musselman has just seen light for the first time.

Dr- H- Moor? int0 lbe the eyes, opened "faLse pupils. fold- ed bck nlaments of tissue to make tiny apertures, and gave i ..1.1.1 The voutb was astonished at the beauty of flowers. Greatest Thrill Coming It was a strange and miraculous world that greeted his eyes. He confessed that he did not know what, to expect. But in his own opinion the greatest thrill ia yet to4 Conversations were carried on today between England and France on a radio wave of less than one meter In length.

An antenna one Inch long used at both sending and receiving stations at Cala.s and Dover. At the sending stations a reflector was used to concentrate the waves Into a beam, and at the receiving stations a similar reflerr to concentrate the waves on the minute aerial was used. The successful completion of the experiments was annpuaced Jy. the I Pollock Reviews Shaw's 'Getting Married' Page 2 I Arc Women in Danger of Losing Kquality? Page 6 aortrt? aanrta Theatr-ra. Rfan Jimr 23 KofflUt 1 3.