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Rstttsive Associated Vvtss Be Strvm Oakland and Vicinity-Fair and mild tonight and "Wednesday; moderate westerly United Press 1. VOL. CVII THREE CENTS SUNDAY, TEN CENTS OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1927 Copyright, 1927, bv TRIBUNE Publishing Co. 52 PAGES NO. 75 a WRECKS OF 3 CLUE FOUND TO JULIAN 1000 Perish as Typhoon Wrecks Villages in Path Of World Fliers Lost in Gave Exploration The next time MRS.

ANDREW MONTOYA of Richmond goes exploring in one of the nameless caves near Cave City, Calaveras county, she's going to take a big ball of string, so she can find hery way out. She was the only woman in a party of four, which included her husband, that was lost for seven hours in a cave and TIDAL IKE KILLS SCORE; WRECKS MEXICAN CITIES ALONG WESTERN COAST BOY BLAMES 'FAGIN'FOR $2010 LOOT had to crawl 75 feet along a narrow passageway to get out. LLIO fl SIN ATLANTIC Hundreds Are Made Homeless as Cyclone Sweeps. Disaster Along MANY SHIPS; STORM. SINKS (By Associated Press Leased NOGALES, Sept.

13. have been killed, hundreds injured, and thousands left homeless by what is described as one of the most disastrous cyclones and tidal waves in the history of the Mexican west coast. Ihe storm occurred last' Wednesday, first reports reaching the Herald here today. Heavy property loss" was reported caused by the terrific winds and waves which swept into the seaports and coast towns from the Gulf of Tehuantepec, State of Oaxaca, to Guaymas, extending over an area of more than a thousand miles. At Salina Cruz, State of Oaxaca, where the cyclone reached its greatest magnitude, the loss of life was reported heavy, half Ul II1C IUWU JJClIlg CF -f J.

waves, 25 feet in height were reported to have swept over Unci at some points. CYCLONE, TIDAL WAVE LAYS WASTE 1 ENTIRE WESTERN MEXICAN COAST. The territory affected. by the coast of Mexico from the very within 300 miles of Nogales, Sonora, and comprises eight states, 1 including three of Mexico most important seaports- The ships Jalisco and Navajoa of the National Line are miss ing since the inception of the storm and many small harbor craft likewise are reported lost-Smaller points along the coast to Manzanillo, State of Colima, reported heavy casualties, while at Manzanillo proper the loss of life also was said to have been heavy. MARITIME TRAVEL PARALYZED AND MANY VESSELS REPORTED LOST.

Mazatlan, Sinaloa, apparently suffered the least. Piers and the customs houses at Yavaros, Port of Sonora, were destroyed and several coasters lost. People fled their homes in all sections. Guaymas, Sonora, is said to have had three of its streets inundated and considerable damage done by high winds. Heavy rains accompanied the gale that swept large combers on, to the streets throughdut the Water was reported within a few feet of one of Guaymas' prin.

Communication has been interrupted from nearly all points and the exact situation cannot he Four Persons Wander Seven Hours Lost in Calaveras Cave Labyrinth Steamer Picks Up Old Glory 0(T Miles From Spot; Fails to Find Trace of Three American Fliers Rudder and Part of Wing 'ashed Up at Cornwall; Derelict Off Sable Island Gives Nungessor Clue BY ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE ST. JOHNS, N. Sept. 13. The indicated location of the wreckage of the monoplane Old Glory Is more than 300 miles of the fishing grounds, making it Improbable that fishermen may have rescued 'the three occupants, It was pointed out in marine circles today.

The Newfoundland fishing fleets ordinarily work couth and southeast of here. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE NEW YORK, Sept. 13. Waterlogged airplane wreckage reported found at three widely separated points at sea today provided clues regarding ten brave adventurers who vanished into Atlantic skies in their great gamble against the deep. The wild North Atlantic began yesterday to yield Its secrets concerning the lost monoplane Old Glory and possibly the lost expedition of Nungesser and Coll, the monoplane St.

Raphael, which car ried the Princess Lowenstein-Wer- theim and the.monoplane Sir John Carling, Wreckage ot- the Old Glory was reported found by the steamship Kyle, a rudder and part of the wing of an unidentified plaue were found on the beach of Newquay, and a French fishing schooner reported having sighted airpjane wreckage three weeks ago 300 miles east of Halifax, N. S. No trace of the fliers was The schooner sighted the wreckage partially submerged about 250 miles off Sable Island, a graveyard of the Atlantic, In a report to the French hosp.Ual ship Jeanne D'Arc, now at Halifax. The schooner advised that the plane was a "Yellowish color with black lettering." OLD GLORY WRECK 100 MILES FROM SOS SPOT. Douglass Muir, a newspaper man of St.

Johns, N. on board the steamer Kyle, sent the following message from the ship, which had been chartered by the New York Daily Mirror to search for Old Glory: 'Located wreck of Old Glory, latitude 51.17 north, longitude 39.2.1 west, at 4 '20 p. in. No signs of crew. Particulars follow." After its fall the Old Glory evidently had been washed by the waves to a position 100 miles northeast of the.

one It occupied when its broadcast its appeal for help, and its position as "five hours out of Newfoundland, east." The wreckage was found about 600 miles east of Newfoundland, in an area that had not been "traversed by four ocean liners that joined In the search. Old Glory took off from Old Orchard, last Tuesday with Lloyd Bertaml and James Hill, veterans of the air mail, as pilots, and Phillip A. Payne, managing editor of the New York Dally Mirror, as passenger. It was last sighted by the steamship California about 350 miles off Newfoundland coast. Four hours later the SOS was picked up the steamers Carmania, Lapland, Transylvanh), and American Merchant.

WIVES BELIEVE V. S. FLIERS RESCUED. Charles Nungesser and Francois Coll hopped from La Bourget for New York an May 8, and disappeared. On August.

31 Princess Lowcn-stein-Werthelm, with Col. Frederick O. Minchin and Capt. Leslie Hamilton left Upavon, England, in the St. Raphael for Ottawa.

Capt. Terrence B. Tully and Lieut. James Metcalf and their plane, Sir John' bound from England, left Harbor Grace, N. September 7.

The advices regarding the wreckage of Old Glory caused Mrs. Lloyd Bertaud and Mrs, Philip A. Payne to be optimistic regarding their husbands. i "It is possible, that some boat without wireless picked them up," scald Mrs. Bertaud.

"We might not hear for two or three weeks and they could still be safe." WOMEN KTX OF MEV STAYING TOGETHER. Mrs. Florence Callaghan, Ber-tatid's mother, said today: "We that they had time to inflate and rig their rubber Hie boat," Mrs. Callaghan said, "and that gives us confidence that they will yet be saved. They were pretty far.

north of the regular shipping lanes, but there are fishing boats in that vicinity all the time, and it one of them found Old Glory's crew we might not know of it yet. for those boats have no wireless." The three women received news of the finding of part of the Old Glory's wreckage with tremepdous relief, Mrs. Callaghan said, fdr the strain of waiting without word had become taxing. They are kept In constant touch with the search which is still In progress, while they remain at the (Continued on Page 2, Col. 4.) Japanese Coast Is Swept by Sea; Nazasaki Houses Collapse.

BY UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE 13. The- newspaper Asahl reported today that a tidal wave had struck the western side of Klushu Island, destroying two villages and killing more than 1000 persons. The villages were described as Okishin and Sumi-yoshl. The United Press had no confirmation of the report at 9 p. today, The 'round-the-world monoplane Pride of Detroit Is at Omura on the island of Kiushu.

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE TOKYO, Sept. 13. More than 100 persons were drowned and many are missing vicltms of a typhoon and tidal wave which inun dated villages in the neighborhood of the city of Kumamoto on the island of Kiushiu, say dispatches received by Asahl. There was an unconfirmed re port in Tokyo that besides the 100 or more drowned, 1000 persons perished In one town near Kua momoto. Dispatches from Osaka said that the typhoon was the most severe for decades and that a number of Important buildings In Nagasaki and Kuamomoto had been dam aged.

It was believed that the rice crop on the Island of Kiuchlu had been considerably damaged. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE OSAKA, Japan, Sept. 13. Naga saki and other nearby towns in the province of Kiushiu were struck by a typhoon this morning. Many houses In Nagasaki collapsed, tele graph poles were blown down and train service stopped.

The other places affected suffered similarly Nagasaki Is an Important seaport on the southwest coast of, the island of Kiuhisu and in 1920 had a population of more than 160,000. The city, which at one time was the only port of Japan open to for- elgn traders, is an important coal ing station and has a large Euro pean and Chinese trade. The Island of Kiushiu lies in the typhoon belt which fringes the eastern coast of Asia from Japan to the Philippine islands and frequently is visited by these heavy cyclonic storms which generally occur In a series during the months ofAugust, September and October. The last cyclonic storm reported from Nagasaki was on August 29, when 16 persons lost their lives. iMiiliii Massacre of Women, Aged Is Charged to Former 'Christian PEKING, Sept.

.13. Of) Chinese newspapers charge that troops of Marshal Feng 1'u-IIsiang, formerly known as the "Christian General," have massacred thousands of persons at Changte, a city of 300,000 population, In northern Ilonan province. Estimates of the number of dead published by the various papers range from 30,000 to 80,000. Members of the "Heavenly Gate" and "Red Spears" societies, having killed some of Feng's men, the papers state, the military took a fearful revenge, slaughtering the Inhabitants without for age or sex. Stocks Gain 5 to 15 Points in Wild Rush NEW YORK, Sept.

13. Of) A wild outburst of bullish enthusiasm In today's stock, market carried nearly two score Issues to new highs for the year or longer. Gains in high-priced specialties ran from 5. to nearly 15 International Harvester, soared 13 points to a new high at' 230 and General Motors, Dupont, American Telephone, International Telephone, Pacific Telephone, Texas and Pacific and New Tory Central all sold 4 to nearly 7 points higher. Copper and oils developed strength.

S. F. Man Buys U. S. Mail Plane for $156 WASHINGTON, Sept.

13. The posloflce department today sold its nine remaining air mall planes to the highest bidders. Planes number 3811 and 428 were bought by Walter A. Fngl-ish, Taft, for $2400 and $2000; plane number 400, George K. Anderson, San Francisco, $156.30, and plane number 412, Crawford Airplane company, Venice, $730.

1 Latin-U. S. Relations Better, Envoy Finds WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. OP) Improved relations exist between Latin-American nations and this country generally, Arthur minister to Guatemala, reported today to President Coolidge.

National jLeague Pittsburgh, Boston 1 Came), (first Prisoner, 17, Charges Pal, 38, Is 'Master Mind' in Series of Burglaries Man" Held, Second Youth Is Hunted Pair Arrested in Oakland Room; Gold, Platinum, Precious Stones Found; No 1 Specific Crime Admitted story of an alleged "Fagin" who planned burglaries and then sent two youths to carry out the crimes, is being investigated here today following the arrest here last night of Alfred B. Perego, 38, and a 17-year-old boy and the discovery of loot valued at more than J20.000 in their room. They were taken into custody at their room at 427 Tenth street after police inspectors and patrolmen had waited for more than eight hours for them a return home. A search is being made for another youth, said to be a brother of the 6ne in jail and believed by the police to have been the third member of the "Fagin" ring. The arrested youth is alleged to have told the story of the manner in which the ring operated, but, according to the police, has confessed no particular crime.

MAX ACCUSED AS "MASTER MIND." Perigo, the youth said, was the "master mind" of the trio, and would plan burglaries, but seldom participated in them himself. The two youths in the ring were sent out to commit the crimes, according to the alleged statement, and then they were forced to bring the loot back to Perigo The youth steadfastly refused to confess to any particular crime, however, although he is said to have admitted operating in San Francisco. Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and other cities as well as in Oakland. Inspectors J. C.

R. McDonald and Joe Robinson traced Perigo and' the youth-to the Tenth street rooming house some time ago, and watched them. they planned the arrest and waited throughout the day for them to return. After dark they were relieved by Patrolmen, Eugene Murphy and Walter Garrett, who made the arrests when the pair returned late at night. GOLD, PLATINUM JEWELS ARE FOUND.

According to Murphy, Perigo was carrying two guns en he was under a loose floor board the officers found a suitcase containing gold, silver and platinum, hammered and broken up ready for melting, the' officer said. A few cut stones, apparently taken from rings, also were found in the room, as was a large quantity of rings, with the stones removed, foreign coins and necklaces. Today the inspectors are questioning both men in an effort to get statements from them to clear up many recent burglaries In the bay They also are hoping to learn from Perigo or the boy the whereabouts of the third member of the ring. Wheat, Corn Values Break on Exchange CHICAGO, Sept. 13.

UP) Big new breaks in heat ancUcorn values took place early today following an unexpected large increase of the official estimate of Canadian wheat production. In rush of selling, wheat prices dropped 5 1-8 cents a bushel and corn 5 5-8 cents. Ball Game Put Off For Lindbergh Fete SEATTLE, Sept. 13. The Sacramento-Seattle baseball game scheduled for today has been postponed oil account of the welcome to Col- onel Lindbergh.

A. double header "will he played "tomorrow. Coolidge Favors "Federal Probe" Of Sea Flights BY ASSOCIATED PRESS iEASED WIRE TO THIBU1T Sept. ordering of a Ihorough invca. ligation of transoceanic flights by the assistant secretaries of the war.

navy and commerce in charge of aviation is under consideration by President Coolidge. Coolidge feels that anyone or all three of the aviation secretaries might very well conduct an injury "into" the recent disastrous flights for the purpose 'of obtaining information on which to base recommendations for government supervision. He feels the government has offered its assistance in. every way possible in the flights so far attempted. The extent to which the government should participate in transoceanic flying is one of the things which the President would like to determine in an investigation.

While he has not ordered a formal inquiry it is believed the White House views which were made 1 Known luuay win ei in motion the three assistant necretaries. Confidential Records on Way to LosAngeles From New York to Aid in Hunt for the Vanished $50,000,000 Data Guarded En Route to West; Route and Method of Transport Concealed; Berman Adds to Charges BY UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13. Confidential personal records of Jacob Berman, youthful oil stock promoter, which authorities believe may aid in recovery of the missing millions of wrecked Julian Petroleum corporation were en route here today from New York City. Harold L.

Davis, chief deputy district the fact that the documents had been located in New York and shipped west. The method of transportation and. the. time they will arrive in Los Angeles was kept secret. A heavy guard is accompanying: the records, Davis said.

Through the records Davis hopes to obtain valuable Information on the disappearance of between uuo.ouo and of the funds of the. oiJ( company. BERMAN CHARGES USURIOUS POOLS. Berman continued his conference today with Davis and receivers and auditors for the Julian Petroleum company, telling of deals in millions of dollars worth of oil stock and. of alleged usurious pools in which bankers, financiers and movie magnates were charged with participation.

Berman, who entered a plea of not guilty late yesterday to charges ranging from embezzlement to forgery, gave his analysis of the financial manipulations of the oil corporation to receivers and auditors, who hope to recover a part of the millions lost. His story was resumed early today at the point where he left off last nlsnt after hours of questioning. Berman, whose partners in the Julian company boasted he "would raise a million dollars overnight," corroborated his statements with documentary evidence In the form of records, bank books and checks which showed the manner in which $100,000,000 was ha'ndled for the corporation. TRIAWP FIFTY IS ADJOIiXED. Bermaw'B "inside' jStory" of the workings of the Julian corporation was told to District Attorney Asa Keyes and his assistarts and to the receivers and auditors who took over the company after it crashed.

While Berman was being questioned further, the trial of the first group of more than fifty defend ants under indictment in connection with the collapse of the Julian company stood adjourned October 31. Defense attorneys sought the de-la. to complete preparation for the trial and Attorney Keyes welcomed the change. "New evidence developed by Ber-man's return niay' change the course of 'the prosecution, Keyes said. This new evidence, be intimated, may result In reopening of the grand investigation and a request for additional indictments.

WHEREABOUTS OF $50,000,000 DISPUTED. Th whereabouts of some unaccounted for following collapse of the oil company, remained a disputed question today. S. C. Lewis, former president of corporation, asserted that Berman wired a'huge sum of money to New York before his disappearance on the eve of I he company's failure.

Berman charged Lewis "threw the money away in foolish stock deals," Berman Was released on $25,000 bond afier being arraigned and pleading not guilty to the charges in the Indictment against him. Lacoste, Johnston Win Tennis Matches FOREST HILLS, Sept. 13 (P) Rene Lacoste of France, defending champion, today won his second straight set victory of the American tennis single championships by defeating Gilbert Nunans, young Toronto player by 0-0, 6-2, 0-4 in the second round. William M. Johnston, who will meet Lacoste in the semi-finals if both survive until then, also won his second straight set match, beating Clifford B.

Marsh former Williams 'college captain, -L U-4, 7-5. Coolidge Considers Rail-Ship Mergers BY UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. President Coolidge has taken under serious consideration the suggestion of Edward TCurley, Chicago, former chairman of the United State shipping board, that railroads- purchase American shipping lines for development of the American merchant marine. The President feels that railroad operation ot shipping lines would result in persuasion of American shippers to use exclusively Amerl-can bottom, The Jalisco is operated between San Francisco, San Pedro and1; Gulf of California ports by the National Navigation Jines of Mexico.

James Rolph and Company, of 60 California street, Sanj Francisco, is general agents for the line here. The other ships; of the line include the Moctezuma, noV at San Pedro, the Wash-; ington which is scheduled to sail from the Golden Gate for the south September 22 and the Bolivar which sailed for Salina Crui San Francisco on August 22 and should also be in the hurri! cane zone. All of the ships carry both passengers and freight. Another Mexican steamer that carries both passengers and; freight between San Francisco, and the Mexican west coast that might also be in the storm area is the Sinaloa of the Mexican State Line. She sailed from San Francisco for Topolobampo on; August 27 and from San Pedro two days later.

Williams, Dimonrt; Company of 310 Sansome street, San Francisco acts as agent for the line. Wire to The TRIBUNE.) Many persons are reported-to cyclone. includes the entire southernmost state of Oaxaca to approximatea at tnis time. was E. Wright of San Diego, who was superintendent of construction company working here.

He was electrocuted, coming in contact with a fallen wire. BY UNITED PHESS LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE llllRANCn. f'nln or.t Forty families living in the sections of the city today were forced 'to flee from their homes; UIQ UllUUS UVCi. feet in six hours, following tlnuous rains. Heavy slides have blocked tically all highways into the rango district, where rivers are on rampage.

Officials have esti-I mated damage to crops and higK--ways at $200,000. lodged in his throat. Referee Randolph, after counting Davis outy hammered him on the back and; Llfcvis ejected the remainder of teeth. Davis gathered the assorted molars and) b'a'ispids from th canvas with ark: "The next time I fight Ir-Aakersf ield Plf leave these things, home, on the shelf." Joe Fernani. was leading at the time his left anjrlsht to Uie head floored Davis.

New Yosemite Jail Has First Inmates YOSEMITE. Sept. 13. UP) Charles Lawrence aud Edward Murray, itinerant laborers, arrested for stealing an automobile owned by a Fresno man, were the first to' occupy Yosemite's new Jail when: they were held today fJor Fresno- RICHMOND, Sept. 13.

Lost for seven hours In a cave near what was once Cave City, in Calaveras county, four bay region residents, three of them from Richmond, are back today with a tale of adventure equalling many of the weird experiences in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. The party consisted of Dan No-ziglia, real estate dealer; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Montoya, San Pablo, and Lew Powell of Pan Francisco, once famous pugilist who fought Ad W'olgast 20 years ago. Powell has a ranch near Cave City and the others were his guests.

DKCIDE i'6 VISIT NAMELESS CAVKKX Thevvlsited STCTa ins cave first, but decided that this was too tame. The electric lights and guides eliminated all spirit of adventure. So Noziglia proposed that they go to a nameless cave not far distant. At the outset 12-year-old Rose Marie Montoya accompanied them, but when they had penetrated about 50 feet, she became frightened and began to scream. So she was returned (o the mouth of the cave and placed In charge of Cedro Three Killed, 40 Families Marooned As Storms, Flood Hit Southwest BY ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE 10 TRIEVNE SANTA 1'10, N.

Sept. 13. Two persons have been killed In electrical and rain storms which today are blocking motor travel In several sections of the state. Dispatches to the Associated Press here tell of the unusually heavy rainfall, and the death of Floyd and Lee Bennelt, who were killed by lightning near Old Laguna yesterday. PHOENIX, Sept 13.

(fi) One death Is attributed to a general state-wide storm which has caused flood conditions In some parts of the state -nnd left" the heaviest rainfall of years in 'the north-central section. The sole victim so far reported Grant School Property at 28th and Broadway Is Sold for $350,000 Trabucco, caretaker of Powell's ranch. The four then started back. When they had gans in about 75 feet, the cave widened out, with passages leading in all directions. At one place was a limestone shelf, with a passage far above and another below, all of which confused the adventurers.

Everything was pitch black and the problem' then became one of finding the way out. WAXDER FOR HOURS IX OF EXIT. Montoya and Powqll started In one direction, Ivhile the others wept in another, in a search for an opening. For hours they wandered around the cave in the darkness. 5 Finally Powell glimpsed a small streak of light.

It was up a steep incline, bait the party got together and started crawling toward the light. They emerged at last, but could not get their bearings. A few shouts, however, brought Trabucco. who was waiting at the mouth of the cave only 150 feet away. They had come out at a different place.

That others had penetrated Into the cave- before was evidenced by initials carved in the rock, somo of theni wilh dates as Mr back as 1889. Improvement club; members of which claimed the properly to be worth at least $600,000. PROPERTY DECLARED WORTII $600,000. That property, In such a prominent corner location, is worth at least $000,000, according to the trend ot business property sales along Central Broadway," Claude Geneva, representing the improvement clubs said. "For comparison with this properly, we can point to the high prices given for St.

Mary's college site and Providence hospital site." Fletcher countered that the prop-. erly one year ago brought offersof fonly $225,000. Two new schools which will 'replace the present Grant school will be ready for use in December, according to the board of education. McBride to Assume Wheeler Duties WESTERVILLE, Sept. 13.

UP) Dr. Francis Scott McBride, general superintendent of the Antl Saloon league, will assume the active legislative duties ot the league In Washington until a successor to the late "Wayne B. Wheeler Is appointed as general counsel, announcement from general headquarters of the league her today ald Fighter Knocks Opponent's Fake Teeth Half Way Down His Throat Sale of the Grant -school prop- erty, Twenty-ninth and Broadway, to "unidentified purchasers," through an Oakland real estate firm, for $350,000, was made public today by the board of education. Mystery surrounding the purpose oi the purchase was aroused when R. W.

Kiltrelle, of the Wasson Kittrelle, real estale brokers; admitted the property was bought for" othVr Interests but said he was not at liberty to disclose their Identity. It Is not known whWhcr the site was bought for immediate development or speculation SALE INVOLVES MOST OF PROPERTY. Tlje buyers will take possession as soon as-two new schools in the vicinity, on each side of Broadway, are opened, according to Frank Fletcher, land appraiser for the board of education. The sale involves seven-eights of the Grant school property, Including the building. The price ot $350,000 was the minimum figure set by the board for this property, upon advice of Fletcher.

This figure was decided upon, Fletcher said, after a number of "real estate experts" had set an average appraisal of $330,000. Despite this, protests against sale of the school property for $350,000 voiced by the Grant School Im provement club and the Telegroye BAKERSFIEI.D, Sept. 13. tP) Joe Fernandez of Bakersfield lit-erallys knocked the false teeth of Travie Davis, Taft welterweight, half way down his throat last night, in the first round of the main event. Davis took the count on his hands and knees, disregarding his opponent In the ting as he endeavored to cough up one section of his artificial plate which had Babe Ruth Knocks Fifty-First Homer NEW YORK, Sept.

UP) Babe Ruth slammed out his 51st rome run of the season In the seventh inning ot the Yankee-Cleveland first game today, scoring Koenig ahead of him. The wallop tied the score at 3-all. Hud-11 1 was on the-mound for the.