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Entered t Portland I Or iron I
Poitofflre as Scnnd-Clats Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, 3IOXDAY, JUNE G, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
3 RELIEF COURSES
DIM IS ADDED
DECORATION FOR FETE ; trtNEGIE FUND IS
IS URGED ON CITIZE .MAKING PROGRESS
DRAINED CANAL GIVES
UP BODY OF YOUTH
NOTED MATRIX
KILLED III FULL
IN PUEBLO ADOPTED
TO
ENGINEERS TO RECONSTRUCT
CITY WILL TOX GALA
O SS $17,400,00
0 TURNED OVER TO
MOTHER IS GRIEF-STRICKEX
A ITER LOSING 5 CHILDREN'. '
LEVEES AT OXCE. -
no is wt
er b in
HARDING PLEDGES
TO FLOOD HORROR
HUMANTY
TODAY AXD TOMORJ
.c
TWO INSTITUTES.
Skagway Reservoir Out
River Again Rampant.
HEM MIN IS FULLING
Downpour, Amounting Almost
to Cloudburst, Is Re
ported in City. '
DAM ALSO IS TORN OUT
Loss of Life Is Estimated
Variously at From 100
Minimum Up to 600.
PUEBLO, Colo., June 5. (By the
Associated Press.) Just when Pu
eblo today was beginning to recover
from the terrible disaster of Friday
night, a dam on the Fountain river,
near Colorado Springs, broke, the
Skagway reservoir, between Flor
ence and Victor, suddenly gave way,
and a downpour of rain, almost a
cloudburst, caused what really
amounted to three new floods.
At 2:30 o'clock this afternoon the
Skagway reservoir gave way and
within an hour the swollen torrent
of the Arkansas river again had
inundated the low-lying sections of
the city.
A downpour of rain again be
gan at 9 o'clock. The downpour)
amounted almost to a cloudburst, j
Whether or not the rain followed the
course of the Arkansas river above
Pueblo could not be learned because
of the darkness. If it did, un
doubtededly another rapid rise in
the river would be probable almost
immediately.
At 4 o'clock this morning the
waters again had reached Third
street By 8 o'clock they were re
ceding and it was believed all danger
was ended. Then Skaway reservoir
broke and brought the second new
flood.
The river went up to Third street
on North Santa Fe avenue again
this afternoon, following the heavy
rain and the break of the reservoir
and the dam. The waters went to
Sixth street and Main street. Later
they receded.
The Arkansas river at 10 o'clock
tonight had reached Fifth and Court
streets, the highest' it has been since
the flood when the water reached
Fifth and Main streets. -.
Heavy Rains Hurt Roads.
At 10:20 the river was reported
at its crest and beginning to sub
side. There was not the rush of
water which accompanied Friday's
I
Iioou. ,
Fear was expressed for the safety
of people living in towns on the
Arkansas river below Pueblo. There
was no way of confirming it from
here. It was impossible to get into
other sections of the city or out of
the city from the south.
The heavy rains again made the
roads almost impassable.
J. L. Moorehead, secretary to the
governor, tonight said he thought
the death list would not exceed 150,
although reports to him ranged from
200 to 600.
The local Red Cross set a mini
mum death list at 100, while old
residents, familiar with conditions
in the Grove and Peppersauce dis
trict, where the loss of life and
property damage was greatest, in
sisted that final investigation would
show a greater number of dead.
Troops Clear District.
Trees and masses of debris were
coming down from the country above
Pueblo on the crest of the new flood.
Troops quickly cleared the business
and wholesale districts. Citizens
were prevented from coming within
a block of the waters, while every
effort was made to prevent loss of
life from the new danger.
Governor Shoup and Colonel Pat
rick Hamrock, commander of the
Etate constabulary, arrived here to
day to take personal charge of the
situation. Immediately upon their
arrival, they held a conference with
Mayor Studinsky and Chief of Police
Dailey, at which the city authorities
approved of a plan whereby Colonel
Hamrock's troops, consisting of Col
orado national guard unite and state
rangers, will assume all responsi-
Immediate Relief From Water Sit
uation and Supply of Ty
phoid Antitoxin Sought.
PUEBLO, Colo., June 6. Three
plans of actio nto take care of the
situation in Pueblo were decided upon
at a conference this afternoon be
tween Governor Shoup, officials of
the national guard, Colorado state
rangers .and city authorities. They
were:
Cna-lneerlng; . work to reconstruct
the levees and protect the business
section. It was believed that state
and possibly government engineers
would be called in so that the city
might be assured against repitition
of the flood.
Immediate relief for the water sit
uatlon. The confsrtnce decided that
something must be done at once to
assure the city a supply of pure wa
ter. ine present water was con
taminated and sanitation was bad
extreme care must be taken, it was
declared, to guard against the possi
bility of an epidemic '
Securing of a quici supply of ty
phoid anti-toxin. . .
A general clean-up of the city.
The streets and business houses were
filled with mud, debr's piled high on
some of the main thoroughfares.
Bodies of some of the dead were
believed to be buried in the mud that
covers the city streets.-
SPEED' COPS TO BE NAMED
Four More Officers to Be Appointed
to Enforce Traffic Laws.
SALEM, Or., June 6. (Special.)
Appointments of four additional state
traffic officers under a new law en
acted at the last session of the legis
lature will be announced by Sam A.
Kozer, secretary of state, some time
this week. More than 50 applications
for these four positions have been
filed, including a number of ex-police
officers and deputy sheriffs in differ
ent auctions of the scate.
With the appointment of these four
officers there will De a total of six
deputies at work under the direction
of the state motor vehicle department.
These are in addition to T. A. Raf
fety, chief motor vehicle inspector,
who is in charge of the entire divi
sion. -,
The men will be stationed on main
traveled highways in various sections
of the state, and every effort will be
made to curb speeding and other traf
fic violations, -according to Mr. Raf
fety. CITY LABOR WALKS OUT
Strikers at Great Falls Induce Non
t'nion Men to Quit.
GREAT FALLS, Mont.. June 5.
Representatives of the local central
trades and labor council yesterday
induced half of a force of 50 men,
hired by the city In place of employes
now out on strike, to abandon work.
Mayor Armour declared the city
would not recede from its position
that $4.50 was a fair wage for com
mon labor and 5 sufficient for team
sters. Heads of city departments an
nounced that they would continue to
give work to applicants without
question as to their union affilia
tions. MINERS ARE DISCOMFITED
Lloyd George's Ultimatum Causes
Consternation Among Loaders.
LONDON, June 4. (By the Associ
ated Press.) Premier Lloyd George's
statement that the government has no
further proposition to make to the
miners, coupled with the announce
ment that the offer of a grant of
10,000,000 pounds to aid tne coal in
dustry will not remain open longer
than a fortnight if a settlement is not
reached, fell like a bombshell in the
camp of the miners' executives.
Its effect was indicated by the de
cision of the executives to adjourn
until Monday in order, as one miner
expressed it, that "we may sleep on it
and be in a better frame of mind to
decide what action to take."
8 ALLEGED I. W. W. HELD
Thirteen Men at Chchalis Are Ac
cused of Syndicalism.,,
CHEHALIS, Wash., June 5. (Spe
cial.) Chester Dabis, O. X. Peterson,
John Finn, Albert Brick, Thomas
O'Mara. Enoch Harris and W. C.
Goldsmith, alleged I. W. W. charged
with syndicalism, were lodged In the
Lewis county jail here last night, the
force of Sheriff Roberts and the Cen
tralia police making the arrests.
Other arrests will be made, according
to the officials. Members of the In-
I dustrlal Workers of the World have
quarters in a shack just outside Cen
tra lia. Last night's roundup makes a
total of 13 here on charges of syn
dicalism. DECISION STIRS JAPAN
Railway Official Charged With Al
leged Breach of Trust.
TOKIO, June 5. (By the Associated
Press.) A national sensation has
been created by the decision of the de
partment of justice to institute crim
inal proceedings against S. Maka
mishl, prominent member of the oppo
sition party, for alleged breach of
trust in the conduct of the South Man
churia railway, of which he is vice
president. Charges against him are based on
the purchase of railway supplies, in
cluding a colliery.
500 Are in Hospitals as
Result of Washout.
RED GROSS HARD AT WORK
Fugitives in Steady Line Seek
' Food and Clothes.
100 BODIES RECOVERED
Large Part of State Highway Fond
I Expected to Be Used In Re
pairing Roads, Bridges.
PUEBLO, Colo.. June 5. (By the
Associated Press.) Approximately
100 bodies had been recovered tonight
from Friday night's flood, according
to figures', vailable at the headquar
ters of the Red Cross medical relief
in the courthouse.
The entire city was under martial
law. One' hundred and fifty troops
were patroling the city with orders
that all persons were to be kept out
of the restricted district and to shoot
if necessary.
Five hundred persons were in tern
.porary hospitals as a direct result of
the flood, according to J. L. Moore
head, secretary of the governor.
Cases of typhoid, pneumonia, diph
theria and one or two cases of In
sanity have been found. Centennial
hospital has a contagious ward where
10 to 15 cases of chicken pox are
quarantined.
Vinltoni to Be Burred.
Troops will be stationed tomorrow
on the Colorado Springs automobile
road with orders to prevent all visit
ors from entering the city. Lieuten
ant-Colonel Paul P. Newlon, In com
mand of the city, in a statement de
clared that Pueblo was unable to care
for any visitors. No persons, not
members of the national guard, or
coming here for the purpose of -enlisting
in the national guard, will be
admitted.
The Red Cross today cooked a car
load of meat to keep it from spoiling
and this will be distributed to the
needy.
Canteen In Entahlinhed.
A canteen of the Red Cross has been
established in the courthouse and all
day the building was thronged with
persons asking for food and clothing.
Colonel F. J. Pierce, head of the Red
Cross- medical relief work, told the
Associated Press tonight that the Red
Cross was able to care for all
needy and Issue food and clothing.
tj,e i
A field hospital unit rrom i-ort io- a(ro and was one of tne landmarks of
g;an will be here Bometime tomorrow, I Grand Mound prairie. It will be re
(Concluded on Page 2, Column 1.) I placed with a modern bungalow.
I JOHN DOESNT SEEM TO KNOW WHEN HE'S LICKED. t
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Officials Request That Flags and
Bunting Be Displayed to Make
Portland Attractive.
Portland will complete the Rose
Festival decoration today and tomor
row, and the appearance of the city
when the fete opens promises to be
all that could be desired.
Officials in charge urged yester
day that all business houses, as well
as private citizens, do their full share
toward placing decorations and thus
making the city as attractive as pos
sible. Display of flags and bunting,
it was urged, should be general.
All entries for the floral parade
Thursday afternoon Bhouid be in to
day, at the latest. It was announced,
so that ho last-minute hitches will
be occasioned. It was believed, yes
terday, due to the favorable weather
for bringing out roses of fine size
and coloring, that the floral pageant
this year would be one having few.
if any equals in the history of the
annual fete. The board of directors
of the festival will meet today noon
to complete any final details remain
ing. The reception committee to wel
come the naval omcers wno are
bringing the unit of the Pacific fleet.
consisting of the U. S. S. Frederick
and six destroyers, will board the
steamer Dlx this afternoon ana go
down the river to welcome the visit-
ng sailors.
John S. Beall, admiral of the fee-1
tival regatta, has ordered his staff to
renort in uniform at bis headquar
ters on the mezzanine floor of the
Multnomah hotel Thursday morning
at 10 o clock for complete instruc
tions. The staff was also directed
to assemble at tne same piace
10:45 A. M. Friday.
Friday night at 9 o'clock, the ad
miral's ball will be given at the Mult
nomah hotel. This affair will be lim
ited almost wholly to the visiting of
ficers of the Pacific fleet and their
partners, the admiral s stair ana
their partners, together with the
queen, her attendants, and officials
of the festival and their partners.
SOVIET HALTS SEMEN OFF
Kappcll Army Prevents Antl-Bol-
shevik Leader From Landing.
TOKIO, June 5. (By the Associat
ed Press.) Latest advices
from
ladivostok declared that the
Kap
pell army prevented General
Sem-
roff, anti-bolshev'k leader.
from
anding. Several members of
Sem
noff's self-styled cabinet were ar
rested.
Many Cossacks welcomed the com-
ng of Semenoff. with the result that
the situation has grown somewhat
tense.
Prairie Landmark Destroyed.
CENTRALIA. Wash., June 6 (Spe
cial.) The farm home of Paul Salzer.
located north of Grand Mound, was
destroyed Thursday by fire. Part of
I tne loss is coveren Dy insurance.
tne nuiiaing was 'erected t0 years
JOHN DOESNT SEEM TO KNOW WHEN
Development or Large Technical
Institution for Young Men of
'Moderate Means Planned.
KEW IORK, June 5. The "Carnegie
corporation has placed an additional
fund "of $17,400,000, with provisional
conditions, at the disposal of the
Carnegie Institute of Pittsburg and
the Carnegie Institute of Technology
over a period of years. The money
is to be used for maintenance and de
velopment Coincident with the announcement
came one of plans for developing at
Pittsburg a great technical institute
available for young men and particu
larly those in moderate circumstances.
It is planned, if the action can be
taken legally, to divorce the Carneei
Institute of Technology and the Car
negie Institute of Pittsburg, the lat
ter comprising the fine arts and mu
seum department and the library,
FIRE BURNS FARM HOME
J. S. Evans Residence ar Gold
endale Is Destroyed.
GOLDENDALE, Wash., June 5.
(Special.) The home on the farm of
J. S. Evfens. On the Marvin nrt rnad
mo mues souin oi uoidendale. wafl
entirely . destroyed by fire about
o clock baturday morning. The fire
started in tne woodshed in the rea
of the house where a gasoline pump
ing plant was situated.
Mr. Evans had just started his gas
oline engine preparatory to pumping
water for the day, and was unable t
explain Just how the fire was Ignited
The flames gained headway so rapidly
that he was unable to control th
blaze and succeeded in saving only a
small portion of his household ef
fects. The loss was estimated
$5000.
HARDING OFFERS HELP
Sympathy Is Sent to People Who
Suffered From Flood.
DENVER, Col., June E. The follow.
tngmessage from President Harding
w,as" received ehis afternoon by Gov
ernor Oliver H. Shoup:
"I am deeply distressed to read of
with its toll of death and destruction
the great misfortune whjch has come
to the citizenship of Pueblo and the
valley of the Arkansas river. . It I
most reassuring to know how nobly
your state has met the great emer
gency.
"If the federal government can be
of aid to 5'ou, pray do not hesitate
o advise, because all the people of
the United States are touched by the
sorrow and distress which has come
to the peopie of Colorado.
(Signed) "WARREN G. HARDING.
Rain Benefit to Crops.
GOLDENDALE, Wash., June S.
(Special.) Several days of warm
weather in the Klickitat valley were
followed by general rains. The rain
will do much toward insuring a full
crop of grain.
HE'S LICKED.
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in
AMERICA'S SUN JUST RISING
Tribute Is Paid to Spirit of
Valley Forge.
CANNON
ROAR WELCOME
President Proclaims America's
Purpose to Keep Independence
, and Help OUicr Nations.
VALLEY FORGGE. Pa., June S.
(Special.) In his speech at the Wash
ington memorial chapel at Valley
Forge, President Harding pledged
today that America will assume Its
share in helping humanity to a
higher plane. The president made
clear his conception of a present-day
international responsibility created
by the commanding world position
America has attained. The solution
of the world's great problems, he
said, depends on America's Influence
and example.
The president spoke from manu
script, but when he had finished his
fprmal address, in which he. paid
tribute to the valor of Washington's
army and expressed pleasure at re
visiting the hallowed ground on
hich it camped, he dealt extempo
raneously with other inspirations the
day had brought him.
Aid to Humanity Pleda-ed.
"I .like to say to you perhaps you
like me to say it." he said, "because
I am answerable to you for the pol
icy of the republic: I believe I speak
what is in your hearts and in the
hearts of all America when I say that
we ought to have the courage, the ap
preciation, the resolution, the con
science and the judgment to maintain
unendangered the inherited founda
tions of the fathers and, ever mindful
or tneir sur re rings, still play our
part to humanity in the generations
to come. I can think of an America
that can maintain every heritage and
yet help humanity throughout the
world to reach a little higher plane.
But when I pledge our America to
world helpfulness, at the same time I
exact the pledge that America will
cling to her own independence of ac
tion and to her own conscience.
America's PonHlon Greatest.
"Who can say what tomorrow has
for the world? We are only a century
and a half from Valley Forge and a
century and a third from the adop
tion of the constitution and yet I can
say without boasting fhat ours Is a
commanding position in the world
today.
The world could never settle its
present-day turmoils and complica
Ions without the helpfulness of
American Influence and example.
Who shall say if we hold the help
fulness of American influence and ex
ample, who shall say if we hold fast
to the traditions of Valley Forge,
what the future shall have In store?
"I want an America of preserved
conscience: I want an America of pre-
erved righteousness aye, an America
linging to the religious devotion
hlch has been the anchorage of our
ivilization. Who shall say if we
cling to these things what we may ac
complish? We are already up in the
world, but the sun of our national
re has not fairly approached its
meridian. It is only morning In our
ational life. What Is a century and
third of national life? It is only a
nap of the finger. Who can imagine
n quaffing the cup of rational Amer
ican optimism what the future may
ave in etore?
HiKh Achievement Predleted.
I can well believe that long be
fore the sun of national life has
passed its meridian, with maintained
uundations, the 100,000,000 of today
will be the myriads of the future. J
ke to think of them all as loyal
mericans with face to the front. I
marching on and on to achievement, I
inging to their traditions and Join-
rig in a great, swelling chorus.
Glory be to God in the highest, on
earth peace, good will to men.'
The president addressed about 10,
000 persons gathered in the open air
after attending the chapel services
with Mrs. Harding, Senator and Mrs.
Knox, whom he is visiting here
Brigadier General Sawyer, Harding's
physician; George B. Christian Jr.
his secretary, and Mrs. Knox's sec
retary. Warren S. Martin. The chapel
stands a quarter of a mile from the
edge of the camping ground, over
looking the intrenched hill and the
forts erected b: Washington to com
mand the Valley Forge approaches.
Gnna Roar Salute. ,
The crowd had gathered two hours
before the president's arrival due to
the Inception of daylight-saving time
in Pennsylvania communities today.
The congregation In the chapel was
ready for services an hour before the
president planned to arrive. The
doors were closed and the extra hour
was spent in waiting, with the crowd
outside increasing constantly. The
day was Ideal.
Mr. Harding's appearance was sig
nalized by a salute of 21 guns from
an American Legion post at Norris
town. Immediately after the regular Epis-
Higher World Plane
Future Glimpsed.
(Concluded on Pag. 3, Column I )
Waters Reduced and Discovery
Made at Spot Where Hundreds
of Farmers Made Search.
PROSSER, Wash., June S. (Spe
cial.) After draining the Sunnyside
canal, the body of the 9-year-old son
of Henry Cartner was found near
Grandview late this afternoon only a
few feet from where his hat was dis
covered, near the Cartner ranch. The
mother is said to be grief-stricken,
having but one child left of six, the
others having recently met untimely
deaths, two of them from influenza.
It was over the protest of many
farmers whose crops were jeopardized
and in the face of crop damage from
lack of water that ma v amount to
I many hundreds of thousands of dol
lars that the government officials in
charge of the Sunnyside project con
sented to drainage of the canal. The
water was turned off this morning,
and the depth at Grandview had been
reduced from six to two feet when
the body was found.
Hundreds' of farmers had helped
drag the canal for a distance of 20
miles below the scene of the drown
ing and search had been particularly
thorough at the very spot where the
body was found.
STRIKE INJUNCTION UP
Hearing on Marine Walkout to Be
Held Here Today.
A special hearing will be held be
fore Federal Judge Wolverton today
at 2 o'clock on the marine strike In
junction proceedings In which attor
neys for the government have de
manded an injunction against strik
ing seamen interfering with shipping
board vessels in the Portland harbor.
Attorneys for the strikers have de
manded that the proceedings be dis
missed. United States Attorney Humphreys
filed a series of affidavits with his
petition for an injunction In which
members of the Marine Engineers
Beneficial association were charged
with acts of violence against non
union men. The defense in its an
swer denied; the charges
ROAD SURVEY TO START
Southern Pacific Plans Construe
tion Near Maplcton."
EUGENE, Or., June S. (Special.)
Engineer Goirle of the Southern Pa
cific company, left Eugene yesterday
for Mapleton, where he will make a
survey of the proposed road which
the company has promised to build
between that town and Cushman to
take the place of the one destroyed a
number of years ago when the Coos
Bay branch was built. The engineer
was accompanied by a crew of men.
An eight-foot road is to be built
on an easy grade. At some future
time the road may be made a state
highway and will then be widened.
said Emmett Sharp, county commis
sioner, who has been working on the
project for some time.
TULSA DEADPUT AT 35
Official List of Casualties Gives 28
Negroes and 9 Whites.
TULSA, Okla., June 5. The first
official list of casualties which oc
curred during the race riots here,
made public by national guard offi
cials, places the number of known
white dead at nine and the negro J
dead at 26.
Tho known white severely Injured
Is given as 16 and the slightly In
Jured at 63: negroes, severely Injured,
2; slightly injured, 163.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TEPTKR HAT'S Maximum t-mpratnr, 81
degrees; minimum, ov apgree..
TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds.
National.
Farmers united to obtain relief. Pass 4
Harding pledges aid to humanity In ad
dress at Valley rone, nit i.
Stabilised and lower prlcea prertlrtea Djr
Industrial conrerence ooaro. !
Foreign.
War lord, esrape trial at Leipsir for their
crimes. Psge I.
France held burdened by debtt remission
to Germany, rags a.
Pom eat le.
Note avlatrlz killed when plane plunges.
Page 1.
Fugitives relate terrors of Pueblo flood.
Page 2.
Woman Judge tries to help prisoners.
Page 2.
vw flood sweeps into Pueblo. Pag. 1.
Cournea to rehabilitate Pueblo ar. adopted.
Disease breaks out In Pueblo. Tage 1.
' Parlfie Northwewt.
Drained canal glvea up body of Proaer
Vt ash., youth. Page 1.
Pportn.
Double-bill game, of semi-pros, are one
sided. Page 10.
Dempsey steps vicious rounds with sparring
partners. Tage 10.
Pacific Coaat league results At Oakland
8-0. Portland 2-R; at boa Angeles I-t,
Vernon 8-5; at Halt Lake 3-3, Han Fran
cisco 10-ft: at Kacramento 0-10, Seat
tle 0-5. Page 11.
Crown Willamette heads Valley league.
Page 11.
Commercial and Marine.
Business of port for May is good. Tags 12.
Portland and Vicinity.
Pastor gives talk on disarmament. Page (.
Grain-grading to be feature of farmers'
week. Page 1.
Negro and white bride jailed. Page 1.
Freight yards moved to accommodate
union station passenger business.
Pag. .
Strong resolution indorses bonus bill to
be voted on tomorrow. Tage IS.
Oregon-made producta week at Albany
June i'O to 25. Pag. 17.
Tariff on crude oil helps Portland indus
try. Pag. m. ,
Restoration requires good sense in world
affairs, say bankers. Page 17.
Decoration for tet. urged on citizens,
i'age 1.
Laura Bromwell, Loop
Champion, Is Dead.-
PLANE GOES WRONG IN AIR
One Turn Completed at Alti
tude of 1000 Feet.
SECOND JUST STARTED
Record of 100 SnmrrtaulK
t.-tabll.shcd on May 15
Before Large Crowd.
Is
NEW TORK. June 5 (Special.)
While thousands of spectators lfiokej
Into the clear sky above HazrlhurKt
Held, .near Garden City, this after
noon, watching a demntiairatlun by
.miss i-aura Kromwell, the noted f!yr
nnd holder of the woman's record for
looping the loop, her Curtlt.g blpUn
went Into a tall spin a. she was
starting her second loop at tin alti
tude of 1000 feet, and the machine.
lth Miss Bromwell tightly belted
Into her seat, fell straight downwar l
and crashed upon a stone roadway
fronting hat used to be Camp Mills.
When the nearest of the horrified
onlookers reached the tangled, splin
tered mass that a few seconds before
naa oecn a graceful ship of the
they found Miss Bromwell dead.
Ir,
Filer O.ly ii rmra old.
She was only 23 years old. a pretty,
charming girl. She was affectionate-
l.v termed, in flying circles. th
"Lovely Lady Looper." She came from
Cincinnati to this city last year and
became a demonstrator and sales
woman for the Curtlss concern.
On Sunday, May 15. last, tho as
tounded the aviation world by loop
ing the loop 19 times, a record lhnt
no woman, and few men, had ever
approached.
Miss Hromwells fiance. George
DavU. was among the spectatm-s. H.
had driven down to the field wl.h her
from New York, and kissed h.r be
fore she took off from the ground.
Tall (tpln a Take).
The young man fainted when those
who had gone to the pile of wreckage
on the road told him sadly that the
girl was dead. Several women, who
saw the yellow machine come shoot
ing downward at terrific speed, like
wise rollap.srd.
Military olmervers declared that the
motor stopped abruptly as the plane
was making the upward turn of the
loop. The machine fell backward Into
a tall Fpln and dropped like a plum
met. Aviators dcclaucd that the girl's
appnrtnt inability to manipulate the
control levers to right the plane was
probably due to her being swung
from the seat so she could not reach
them.
Theories Are Advanced.
Just what went wrong with the,
plane was not determined positively.
One of several thinvs mlicht have
happened.
That a seat cushion fell from the
machine at the top of the loop (this
was found later on the roof of the
i curtlss factory and was aeon In its
fall by many persons) and because
of the absence ,it this cushion Miss
Bromwell was let down so low that
she could not reach her controls
properly, was the theory of Curtlss
experts.
That may have been the cause of
the accident but, again, two other
things might have happened erther
her motor stopped at the inxtant when
she was at the top of her loop, flying
upside down, and there wn. no power
to carry her over the Inst hit of the
circle, or else her elevators those)
small planes at the rear .if the ma
chine, with the rudder became
Jammed at that same critical Inntunt
and caused the nose of the ship to
turn straight downward inNtend of
carrying out what remained of th
circle.
Two Opinions Kxpreaned.
Two opinions were expressed as to
this. Some of the Curtis attaches
who were observing the performance
declared the motor was running at
the time the ship went Into the dive.
At least one other witness, on the
contrary, asserted he heard the loud
explosion of a backfire just a Miss
Bromwell wns swooping upward In
her loop and that the engine then
ceased functioning.
There was, of course, the possibil
ity that something went wrong with
the aviatrlx herself nhe may have
fainted, her heart might have given
out There seemed to be nome around
for the supposition In the fact I hat
she was not able to right her machine
during the long drop of i'liou feet, and
apparently made no move to do so.
Of course. If her elevators were
jammed she would have been com
pelled to sit neipiesniy and race,
throughout these brief seconds, tho
terrible end that she knew awaited
at the finish of that breathless down
ward rush.
The machine was splintered to bits
and the motor was rent asunder, o It
may never be known Just what did
happen, but the Curtlxs people Intend
to make an Investigation and will
examine minutely the wreckage. It
was said the control wires were in
tact although it could not be told
If they had Jammed.
One Killed In Cra-h.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Cal.. June
S. One person was killed and eight
were Injured today when an airplane
engaged In stunt flying crashed to
the beach here In the mldal of a
throng of spectators.
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