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GERMAN AIRPLANE IS
iSS OF WRECKAGE
lltl FAYAL HARBOR
t HEADS FOR U. S. AND DIVES INTO
OCEAN; CREW UNINJURED;
SWIM IN GASOLINE
HORTA, Island of Fayal, Azores,
Nov. 14. <#>)—The Heinkel hydroair
plane No. D1210, lies a mass of twisted
wreckage in Fayal Harbor the result
of the latest of a series of accidents
that beset her since taking off from
( Warnemuende, Germany, on October
12 for the United States via the Azor
es.
The ;crew was rescued uninjured.
The plane took the air at 3 o’clock
Sunday morning with Harbor Grace,
Newfoundland, as its objective. After
circling around a few times the
4k plane headed for the open sea and al
most immediately the engines stopped
and there was a terrific splash.
A motorboat, with an Associated
Press correspondent, rushed to the
scene. The crew was found swimming
uninjured in the gasoline covered wat
er.
^ The commander of the plane is un
decided what the next step witf be.
The Junkers seaplane No. D123(
which is also awaiting an opportunitj
to depart for the United States post
poned further attempts to hop off
The Hamburg American S. S. lint
backed both planes in an effort t(
demonstrate the practicability o:
Irans-Atlantic flying.
• FIRE BN ThIhTfLDOR
BUILDING HILLS LIS
LIGHT INDIANAPOLIS
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 14. {&)—Ai
early morning fire that trapped tht
occupants of third floor rooms in tht
Graystone apartment hotel took eighi
livesl and 13 were injured. Fire, origi
nating in the elevator shaft, apparent
ly ate its way slowly to the third flooi
where it suddenly spread out cutttinj
off all means of escape. The dead in
elude six women, a young girl and i
young boy.
HONORARY DEGREE IS
BESTOWED, LINDBEBGI
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 14. (/P)—Col
onel Lindbergh received the first Hon
orary degree of St. Joseph’s Collegt
which bestowed the degree of Mastei
of Science in Aeronautics upon tht
flyer in the presence of diplomats
representatives of 14 countries, churcl
men and members of the Knights o:
Columbus.
DOMiON DIRECTOR OF
FISHERIES TO CONOUGT
'INVESTIGATION IN B. C.
VANCOUVER, Nov. 14. (JP)—W. A.
Found, Dominion Director General of
fisheries who is enroute to Ketchikan
to attend the opening session of the j
International Halibut Commission, will
make an extensive investigation of the I
British Columbia Sea on fisheries,'
after the close of the hearings.
Found’s decision to make\an investiga
tion is the direct result of requests for
aid made by a delegation of British
Columbia cannery men and fishermen:
at Ottawa last week.
FDRMENTED REVOLT
—
COPIES OF DOCUMENTS IN SE
CRET FILES MEXICAN GOV
ERNMENT PUBLISHED
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. (/P)—The
Herald, a Hearst paper, published a
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copyrighted article in which were in
corporated facsimilies of documents
said to have come from the secret
files of the Mexican Government sup-,
porting the claim of President Cool- j
idge and Kellogg that the recent Nic-|
araguan revolution was tormented and
supported by Mexico.
Documents dated June 2, 1926,
purported to be an order for payment
of $50,000 to Dr. Pedro Jose Zepedo,
Mexican representative of Juan B.
Sacava, who led the revolt for the
express purpose of purchasing arms
and ammunition for the insurrection
ist. It bore the signature of President
Calles.
Other orders purported to call for
payment of sums ranging from $5,000
to $25,000 to Zepedo and Dr. Carlos
Leon for performance of secret mis
sions confined to each by President
Calles or the Chief of the Presidental
. Staff of Arms. These are charged, in
. the documents, to secret expenses of
’ the Presidental Staff. All papers have
been brought by Mexican officials to
he placed at the disposal of the State
Department and Congress.
MIC CIST BALL
SEASON SPLIT IN TWO
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14. (#P)—In
, the annual meeting of the directors
of the Pacific Coast Baseball League
yesterday, it was voted- to split the
1928 season into two seasons of 15
! weeks each. The winners of their re
l spective halves will meet in the 27th
week of the season in a se\ en game
playoff for the $20,000 season’s purse.
GENERAL OBREOON
III MEXICO, FAILS
BOMBS HURLED AT CANDIDATE
FOR PRESIDENCY AS ON WAY
TO BULL FIGHT
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 14. (/p)—An
unsuccessful attempt was made Sun
day to assassinate General Alvard
Obregon, candidate for the Presidency
of Mexico.
Glass from the windshield of the
auto in which he was riding cut Obre
gon’s cheek. The explosion, from two
bombs thrown as Obregon passed near
the United States Embassy, shattered
the windshield. Obregon’s compan
ions in another auto shot and seriously
wounded two bombers; a third was ar
rested. Obregon displayed perfect
calm and continued on to the bull
fight.
FOOTBALL SUES
Washington, 6; California, 0.
Gazaga, 0; Montana, 0.
Santa Clara, 13; Stanford, 6.
Army, IS; Norte Dame, 0.
Yale, 14; Prinqeton, 6.
Pen State, 13; New York University
13.
Pittsburg, 21; Nebraska, 13.
Pennsylvania, 27; Columbia, 0.
Harvard, 18; Brown, 6.
Darmouth, 53; Cornell, 7. •
Michigan, 27; Navy, 12.
* Iowa, 16; Wisconsin, 0.
Illinois, 15; Chicago, 6.
Indiana, 18; Northwestern, 7.
Purdue, 46; Franklin, 0.
Minnesota, 27; Drake, 6.
Southern California, 46; Colorado, 7.
WALTER HAGEN STILL
CHAMP PHOFESSIONAL
GOLFER OF AMERICA
HOSTILE GALLERY; WILL POWER
PULLED HIM OUT OF RUT;
WON 36 HOLE
DALLAS, Tex., Nov. 14. (/P)—Walter
Hagen is still king of American pro
fessional golfers. Playing before a
gallery which consistently applauded
his errors, Hagen defeated the dough
ty Joe Turnesa, one up, to retain his
professional golf association title re
garded as second only to the National
Open. For a time it seemed as tho
Hagen would crack. Starting the after
noon Tound he was two down and he.
dropped the opening hole. With a
hostile gallery it seemed as tho he was
finished. By superior will power how:
ever he pulled himself out of the rut
and won on the 36th hole.
MCCOIICK'S ATTORNEY
MtS CLIENT SEEKS TO
DIVORCE GANNA INILSKA
CHICAGO, Nv. 14. (ff)— George L.
Schein, attorney, emphatically denied
Harold F. McCormick, chairman of the
executive board of the International
Harvester Co., retained him to file
a divorce suit against Ganna Walska,
polish singer.
The Herald-Examiner said Sunday
it had learned from an “authoritive
source that Schein had prepared the
suit and would file it in Chicago this
week.”
COMMON-LAW WIFE
WILD DEMONSTRATION TAKES
PLACE IN COURT WHEN VER
* DICT BROUGHT IN
LAKEVIEW, Ore., Nov. 14. (£>)—
Lorena Trickey, rodeo performer, was
acquitted of the charge of murdering
her common-law husband “Smiling
Slim” Harris by a jury which consid
ered the case but 26 minutes.
The verdict caused a wild demon
stration and the Judge’s gavel and
protests from the court were drowned
out by the tumult. Lorena appeared
stunned; cowboy yips, women’s
screams, laughter and cheers filled
the court room for * more than five
minutes.
Harris was stabbed to death here
on the night of September 2 while he
and Miss Trickey were riding in an
automobile from the rodeo grounds
where they were .performers. The
State charged she struck in self re
fense when he attacked her with a
wrench.
“STUFFY” MclNNIS IS GIVEN UN
CONDITIONAL RELEASE PHIL
ADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 14. (/P)-Two
National League base ball clubs an
nounced change in managers for the
year 1928. Stuffy Me Innis, veteran
player who managed the helpless Phil
adelphians during the 1927 season,
was given unconditional release by
President William Baker and will be
supplanted by Burton Shotten, former
outfielder for St. Louis. Other changes
involve deposing of Bob 0‘Farrell of
St. Louis, Bill McCehnie, manager of
the Pirates during 1926 and 1927 tak
ing his place. O'Farrell has signed a
contract as a player.
GAS STORAGE TANK
EXPLODES PITTSBURG
MANY ARE KILLED
LARGEST TANK IN THE’WORLD;
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
SPREAD FOR BLOCKS
PITTSBURG, Nov. 14. (JP)—More
I than a score of persons are known to
have been killed and approximately
1 a A
600 ihjured *when the world’3 largest
gas storage tank exploded spreading
'death and destruction throughout the
I lower Northside district.
Hampered in the work of rescue by
i wrecked buildings, streets flooded
from broken water mains and dangling
electric wires, police and firemen fin
ally penetrated to that part of the de
vastated area where they recovered
seven bodies within a few minutes.
Newspapermen said they counted at
least 20 dead in the streets. The
j tank,® containing 5,000,000 cubic feet
of natural gas, let loose a terrific
blast and practically every building
in the vicinity was wrecked. Every
hospital is crowded with the injured.
Residents of the thickly settled dis
trict rushed about the streets like mad.
TEN MEMBER'S OF CREW
RESCUED FROM BLAZING
j SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14. (JP)—
The 10 members of the crew of the 30
ton fishing boat “Henrietta”, belong
ing to the Paladin! Fish Co., were res
cured from the blazing deck shortly*
before noon today. The vessel caught
fire while laying several miles off
Point Reyes, probably from an ex
plosion in the engine rom. The res
cue was made by another Paladini
• boat, the "Achille Paladini,” sister
ship to the “Henrietta.”
NEW SPORT ARENAS
NEW, YORK, Nov. 14. (JP)—Two
sports arena, one to be erected in
Boston and one in Chicago, are in
cluded in tentative plans formulated
by “Tex” Rickard. Rickard left for
Boston Sunday supposedly to confer
on details.
EH SIDE, PREMIER
JOCKEY, IS RULED OFF
BALTIMORE, Nov. 14. (JP)—Earle
Sande, regarded by many as premier
jockey of the American turf, who
was ruled off the turf for foul rid
ing by the State of Maryland Official
Racing Commission, was not given a
hearing and the meeting of the Com
mission was a secret. The general
view was that Sande received poor
treatment.