VOL. LXXI, No. 40. Plattsbjiirgfh, N. Y., Friday, May 17, 1929 WHOLE No. 3470.

ZEPPELINCRUISING

GOV.H.P.10NGIS RELEASED

HOMEWARD FROM CHARGES

SCENE OF CLEVELAND HOSPITAL B1SASTER

Two of Her Five MotorsCrippled

CREW BBAPPWNTEBFirst Time That Graf Zeppelin

Had Turned Back from Any ofLong Voyages

Lousiana Senate Court FailsTo Call WitnessesHAS ADJOURNED

FRIEDRICH8BAFEN, Ger., May1 6 (/P)_The dirigible Graf Zeppelintonight slowly cruised homewardfrom the Mediterranean with twoof her five motors crippled andeighteen disappointed passengerswho had hoped that Lakehurst, N.j . would be their first stop.

The giant airship in its firsttwelve hours of flight had coverednearly r.qod miles and had reach-ed a point between the Balearic is-lands in the Spanish Mediterra-

15 Senators Constituting More ThanOne-third of Membership

Support Governor

BATON ROUGE, La., May 16. (JP)—Without one word of testimony!being taken, the Louisiana Senate |court of impeachment today releas-ed Governor Huey P. Long fromcharges of high crimes and misde-meanors. 4-1

Just as the prosecution was readyto present its first witness, SenatorPhilip H. Gilbert, lawyer and plant-er of Napoleonville and a long sup-porter, presented to the court awritten motion to adjburn sine die.

nean and Gibraltar. From there she The motion carried the signatureswas t© have pursued a course over I of Fifteen senators saying that re-

ofthe Azores to America.Instead the motor trouble, appar-

ently due to the crankshafts or connecting rods, caused her comman-der, Dr. Hugo Eckener to swing theship around and head for the homehangar here. His decision was reached at 6:35 P. M. (12:35 EasternStandard Time.)

It was the first time that theGraf Zeppelin^ had turned backfrom any of the long voyages whiehhad been set for her. The first voy-age to America was accomplisheddespite storms which damaged andcalled for heroic repair of her fab-ric. No hitch developed on otherflights except Oh the second Medi-terranean cruise when, it was saidfor the first time in mid-air, a pro-peller was removed and replacedr

, while the ship recovered nearlynationless over Spain.

Witti only three motors insteadof five that had kept her at an av-erage of about 75 miles per houron her outward voyage, thespeed which the Graf Zeppelinwould malce through the night de-pended much on the prevailingwinds. It seemed probable that shecould not arrive till sometime afterdaylight.

When Dr. Eckener reported byRadio that he was returning here,he said that the airship was about20 nautical miles southeast of CapeDe la Nac between Valencia andAlicante, Spain.

The dirigible commander saidthat he expected to reach Marseil-les at about 3 A. M. and would fol-low approximately the same courseup the Rhone river as was takenon the outward flight.

Officials of the .Zeppelin workshere refused tonight to makeany statement whatever on thesituation. A feeling of blank de-pression seemed to have settledover the entire works at the newsthat the damage necessitated a re-turn here.

Tomorrow noon was the earliestthat the airship was expected but itwas said that she might not ap-pear over Lake Constance beforeP. M.

gardless of the testimony theywould vote to acquit the governor jas they considered the impeach- jment proceedings illegal and un- Jconstitutional.

stituting more than the one-thirdof the 39 membership, could pre-vent conviction, the prosecutorsthrew the Senate into a recess andcalled a caucus of the remaining24 senators.

Behind closed doors they discuss-ed the situation and emerged witha declaration signed by all 24 con-curring in the motion to adjournbut deploring the attitude of thefifteen Long supporters and expres-sing the opinion that it would befutile to proceed with the trial.

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MATH LIST NOW -124 IN CLEVELAND HORROR

Fire and Explosions in Cleveland Clink-Insftfieus Action of Fumes Inhaled Continues toSwell Death List-Plumber Who Was BlowsFront Vault Apparently Unhurt Tells Story WhichLed to Decision That Heat Caused the FlamesWhich Liberated Poison Gasses

CLEVELAND, May 16 {IP)—Spon-( Dr. A. J. Pearse, county coronertaneous combustion in an overheat- j announced that blood' tests he

i ed storeroom caused the fire and | made from three bodies indicated'explosion which wrecked the Cleve-5death was caused by inhalation of{land clinic building and took the I hydrocanic acid gas and bromfcwlives of scores of patients, nurses \ gas the blood showing heavy tracer

! and doctors, fire wardens reported, of both. Dr. B. S. Klein of Mt, Sl-1 today. ' nai hospital, also found the same

' The heat came from a leaky; gases in the blood of the victimssteam pipe in the basement room, | Eight doctors lost their lives, theDeputy Wardens Max Gross and P.| last being Dr John Phillips,- inter-

nationally known specialist and -one of the founders of the deve-

• Graphically pictured above is the scene at the Cleveland Clinic Hospl tal where more than 120 were killed and many were injured when ex-

Faced with a certain loss of their' plosions and fire swept the building. Many of the dead and injured were carried down ladders from their rooms. Others had been rushed tocase as uie fifteen senators, con-| the roof where' firemen, doctors and nurses worked desperately to resuscitate them. Gas fumes poured from the building hampering workers L A S , " J S ^ * ™Tl r e c e i v e d regular-sHt-.nMnc mnrp than the onp-thirri I l y 0 1 additional deaths, due to the

T. Feme, who made an investiga-tion reported.

It was the story of Boflerty Bogg,a plumber, who was sent to repairthe pipe, which led to the investi-gation and decision that the heatcaused the flames which liberatedclouds of poisonous gases and over-come many of the 300 occupants ofthe building.

As reports were received regular-

WATER IN LAKETOO HIGH FOR

SOME FERRIES

MANY ATTENDEDMEETING HELD.L A S T H M N G

Frank L Brigham GivesEducational Address

CUMBERLAND HOTEL

fire in the past ten years beinggreater than our total losses in theworld war. Among the most in-.

I teresting dala brought out were thej(•daily "record of losses—one fire in,j the United States every three min- jlutes, 66 homes destroyed daily, 15,j hotels destroyed daily, five schools15 hospitals, 96 farms. Mr. Brighamcontinued with these startling fig-jures at some length.

CONFER WITHIBlSBttTE

Smooth Out Differences

j insidious action of the fumes, theI.total mounted toward the 130 mark

Arid Clinic. He was in the buildingwhen the catastrophe occurred butwalked home believing he had notbeen affected by the gas. He was1

taken ill toward evening and rush-ed to a hospital where a bloodtransfusion was made.

The men and women who were ihthe building at the time of the ex-plosion, in addition to the dbCtotBand nurses, were there for examin-ation. The building is one oT a

J.:X,t May.,16, m -Mrs. Ajjatha H. Drumim, 42', of Sen-

jeca Falls, was killed,today whenFlier coupe was demolished by a westbound Ngw York C e n t p | passengert r a l n a t

Over Debenture PfenCorners crossing

five miles east of this city.

Speaker Urged Erection of NewFire Station In This City

Condemning Old One

IN FARM RELIEF BILL IE&UFFALO, N. Y-, May 16, (JP) —

j Dedicated to President and Mrs.(Hoover in recognition of their clas-! steal scholarship, especially in La-

substanceMr. Brigham summarized ,the[

causes of fire as follows: Kerosene jand gasoline, rubbish and litter, h.otjashe^ furnaces, stove pipes and |stoves, cigarettes, matches, electric 1appliances and wiring. He closed i ,,- -, - . . -.,«-._-„-— — -— ,.. . . „ —. o —his address by giving a series o f ,H° u s e Rules Committee Approve I tin, Shakespeare's Julius CaesarjAttempting to crawl out

with indications that this number group of three and is KhcWn aS titt4would, be increased before tomor-1 examination WijiJE(!fiS£row. The late afternoon list con- T^e other structures Of the grflfcptained the names of 12 dead. J are the Cleveland hospital on East

Bogg told the authorities h e 1 9 O t h s f c r e e t &** <& * u « * a »** *found the fireproof door to the ' laboratory ih the r^ar. f f t t '6lflficvault open and the place where thefilms were kept, full of steam pre-sumably from a leaky pipe. He wasunable to find the leak, however,find finally noticed a brown sticky

b t the ceiling from

suggestions in fire prevention andjprotection. He said Jbh&t our present'fire station, inadequate in size<

of I poorly located and outworn in age

Resolution To Send MeasureTo Conference

which steam seemed to be issuing.He used a fire extinguisher with

no effect and was overcome a fewminutes later by the gas. As he was

of the

WASHINGTON, May 16. {&}—A representative gatheringbusiness and professional men I was a disgrace to a city of our im- The way was ; opened today for a\by Professor Irving R.

"greeted Frank L. Brigham of thejportance and a city recognized for J conference between the House andUna Hip T n Mal?A faitriinff N a t i o n a l p i r e Waste Council at a jits beauty and its natural location. ] Senate to smooth out the differen-

was presented a t &% Bonaventure 'room, Bogg said, an explosion 11ft-college, near Olean, this afternoon j^d him through the door and hein the centuries-old romance Ian-j eventually reached the outside,g u a g e . J t ^ a s translated into Latinj^eming to be none the worse for

At DocksSTART SEASON LATE

Steamer Ticonderoga Will Go In-to Service on May Twenty-

Sixth

a i jmecting of the local Chamber of! He heartily endorsed Mayor Mc-,ces that have arisen over the in-

at the Gaulley's program for more ade-jsertion of the export debentureCommerce last eveningCumberland Hotel. quate fire protection.

Among the guests present were! In substance Mr. Brigham made' Senate.

J

jplan in the farm relief bill by the

[the experience.[. The blistered vault door which

NEW YORK, May 16, </P) — The, was supposed to close automaticallyl M t ti t d w h n th h t

announced its active participationin the aviation industry by the,purchase of 400,000 shares pf com-

the following fire chiefs: Herbert J these recommendations in fire pre-! The House Rules Comrriitte'e ap- H*01* stock of the,. Fokker AircraftSorrell of Morrisonville; H. C. Mar-j vention. A joint fire protection com,'proved a resolution to send the \ company of America, representingsha of Peru, R. E. Morhouse, assis- mittee representing the Chamber of j measure to conference, but bearing

Thomas j Commerce, the Rotary Club aneT-a reminder that it believed thereAusableithe Kiwanis club. This committee | was a quesiton as to whether theDanne-] wr<uld function continuously this; Senate had infringed upon the,

, tomaticallyGeneral Motors corporation today when the hjeat reached a sufficient-announced its active participti Ty high degr t lt

Building is at Euclid and E0& 9WrVstreets.

The state of Ohio toot a hand inthe investigation of the diSMttt- •when Wtffi&m T. Blake, stote direc-tor of industrial relations, MTC Co-lumbus for Cleveland. He was *c-,compariied *y fcfcfcs Hedges, chair-man of the sfate iriaflstorHtf com-mission.Governor Myers Obopei- #166 tn<-structed Captain I. L. Daniels,Cleveland branch manager of tteeindustrial relations, to cooperate Hothe fullest extent with local offl-

j cials in helping to cope with thesituation here.

While from 7 to 20 deaftis nr&eexpected among the victims !&

tant chief. Ausable Forks;O'Neil assistant chiefForks, Frank Dukette of

Lake Champlain has dropped a ' m o r a ; L i e u t e n a n t w - H. Lamberton i committee together with all busi-1 rights of the House under the con-bit trie past two or three days, even i f l r e m a r s h a l o f Plattsburgh Bar-1 ness interests should so stand back stitution to initiate revenue legis-

a 40 per cent interest in that con-

though there has been plenty o f | racks, and Eli" Seymour of this city,rain. The lake is still considerably! T h e B o y S p o u t s w e r e represented

1 by Scout William Goff of this city.The city administration was repre-

higher than usual for this time ofyear and is interferingtraffic. E. N. Goodsell,

withwho

of the fire department that fireinspections will be effective and ajbuilding code armed with teeth if l u t i o n w o u l d b e taken up in thenecessary. He further recommend-j house at the opening of tomorrow's

iion.Speaker Longworth said the reso-

planned earlier in the season tostart the steamer Admiral yester-day, stated that the water is yet too jhigh to put this boat into operationand it is not likely now that it willstart its regular trips on the lakeuntil May 23.

Meanwhile Captain Goodsell's Le-gonia is plying between Burlington

sented by Mayor McGaulley, Alder- | ed the cooperation of the Boy j session under the rules one 'hour'smen Anderson, Bourdeau, Frazier, [ Scouts, a Junion Fire Patrol, a sal- debate would be permitted on theTierenl and Corporation Counsel; vage corps, with salvage blankets, j adoption of the rule and it WouldBoire. j a bureau of inspection, jointly of) fce subject to a majority vote.

The meeting- was presided over j the chamber of commerce, the ro-) Representative Garner of Texas, j

UTICA, N. Y., May 16, (/Py-Dr.Donald Edwards, 35, physician and.surgeon of West Leyden, lost his

j life today in a fire which damaged| the Dutch Reformed church par-sonage, where he made his home.Dr. Edwards had returned aboutmidnight from a long trip into thecountry. His body was. found ttusmorning. He came to West Leyden

en the hjeat reached a sufficient-Ty high degree to melt a link of' h 0 5 P i t a l s - » W 8* explahxetf tonightmetal, held the attention of that many who thought

of the investigators. Had it been I c s c a p e d a n d h a d n o t

closed, authorities agreed, the trag-j h o s p i t a l s f o r k " ' ^edy would have been averted Fire! a f f e c t e d l a t e r -

; Wardens Ferrie and Gross made a T h e w h i t e ta

minute examination of the door w a s r o p e d o f f txtday to k e e p " " b u t

and decided definitely it was wide i ° f f l C i a l S a W a y * tt W a s f e a r e d t h e r e

open when the explosion occurred I m i g h f c ** s o m € Of thB g f t s l u r k l h *as Bogg related. They were i n ' 1

doubt, however, whether there had;been sufflcient heat in the roombefore the explosion to melt thefusible link which should haveclosed the door. Bogg was held in !

technical custody until further in-

about the structure.

TOEXMPUFYvestigations have been completed,

steam pipeIn addition to theI last January from Culver, Indiana. | theory, authorities began their in-

vestigation with two other ideas ini by Frank C. Chapman, president I tary and Kiwanis clubs, frequent! the minority leader, said he was MONTREAL, N. C, May 16, {/?)—of the chamber of commerce who 1 inspection of fire alarm system

I at the close of the supper introduc-1 an increase of flre hydrants.ed

ind • opposed to the adoption of theHe rule, preferring to see a straight

the fire chiefs who w£re the J lead great emphasis on the im-1 vote on the incorporation of thei l t thi i t h l d J

• The Rev. William R. Dobyns, pas-tor of the South Highlands church,Birmingham, Ala., was unanimous-

CABS ARE BERAEEDCars Crash Into Tool House Along-

side Track Where Men HadTaken Shelter from Rain

BATH, N. Y., May 1.6, (/Ph-Six-teen cars of an east bound Dela-ware, Lackawanna and Western

eaugay ferry of the ChamplainTransportation Company, is operat-ng between Burlington and Port

Kent, with one trip a day to Platts-burgh and return.

The steamer Ticonderoga of theihamplain Transportation Com-

freight train wereCampbell, ten miles

derailed ateast of here

our fire department showing the r Mr, Chapman called upon Cor-j marked the culmination of a dis-urgent need of a new fire station j poration Counsel Boire who spoke position to arbitrate the differenc-with added equipment and neces- j in behalf, of the city showing what; es in conference which has beensary man power. Mayor McGaulley; had been dpne in fire protection! growing for the past two days

pany will go into service May 26, j m a d e c l e a r t h e f a c t t h a t t n e fire J a n d prevention recently. i

today. Twelve men were injured,one fatally and property damageof $25,000 was done.

Nearly all of the dozen injuredmen were painters and laborers,and were in a tool house alongsidethe track having taken refuge therefrom a rainstorm. As the cars jumped the track they crashed againstthis building which was demolish-ed. In the building were stored oiland paint. The wreckage took fireand several of the victims werebadly burned. Leroy Rogers died ata hospital.

service June 23, when the full fleet j a n increase in the tax rate because j formal idscussion of the subject of

WEATHERFair with slowly rising tempera-

ture Friday; Saturdaycloudiness and warmer,.followed bv showers.

increasin,probably

£ J g p 1 vote on the incorporation of thespecial guests on this occasion, j portance and the splendid work be-J. debenture plan in the legislation. I ! y e l ? c t e d moderator of the assem-

from the house! L l y o f t h e P r e s b y t e r i a r * Church inEach fire chief as he was announc-! ing done in all schools in the edu- ;

by an applauseThe resolution

The first speaker of the eveningwas Mayor McGaulley who spokeof the present and future needs of

h a m

rules committee ended- the argu-ments that have been heard dur-

,t the close of his stirring ad- j ing the last, week or more over

the United States here today.

LOS ANGELES, May 16, (/P)-

dress was greeted with prolonged j whether the house should send theapplause. , bill back to the senate. Its approval

while the steamer Vermont begins station could be realized without j The meeting closed with an in-

of the Champlain Transportation; o f t h e retirement of bonds

the next few years.President Chapman

during [ fire prevention, thej those present taking

mind as to how the films might1

have been ignited. Crossed wires on'the X-ray machine might haveprovided the spark, they believedor some one might have been burning rubbish in the nearby furnaceand a spark had been blown in

After the films began to burn, it; is believed, the entire stock explod-

jthen intro-! meet with Mr

majorityoccasion

Brigham.

MORE GUARDSMEN ARECALLED OUT IN T E N N . ; E L E V A m CHARfiECompany will be in operation.

As to other ferries along the lake, | jfresiaem unapman uien iniro-: meet wnn ivir. isngnam. | itTfl I WP P I FIJtttI 1 T r i Vthe only ferry now operating be-, duced the principal speaker of the1 The meeting proved one of e x c e p - ! R e m f o r c e s t a t e M i * i t i a on Duty in , VflLL fit LUIHlNAlEUtween the islands and New York j evening Frank L. Brigham, repre-j tional interest and

National Fire Waste' that much benefit will be derived'.state is that from Isle La Motte to j senting theChazy. j council. Mr. Brigham

The Plattsburgh-Grand Isle ferry, commanded the closeprobably will go into operation next) his audience and in a most graphicweek. High water has kept it from i and forceful manner impressecbeginning service up to this time, j upon his listeners the menace ol

May 18 is the date set for be- j fire waste and the vital importanceginning the trips on the ferry line •. of the present nation wide cam-from Charlotte, Vt. to Essex, N. Y. j paign

The ferry line from Westport to, He reVergennes will not be put into op- j ous l\eration until Memorial Day. i cause:-

East Tennessee's DisorderlyStride

Alma Reubens, motion picture ac-1 ed and sent clouds of fumes rollingtress, was removed today to the [ upward through the stairways andSouthern California Hospital for j ventilators. With the space betweenthe Insane at Patton on complaint j the roof and the ceiling of the up-of her mother, Mrs. Theresa Ru-jper rooms and thev entilators fullbens after another outburst which | of the sickening yellowish-brownphysicians attributed to her addle- gas, the second and heaviest ex-tion to narcotics. | plosion occurred.

I The cigar-box-like structure wasI shaken from the top of its fourth' floor to its foundations. MedicineI cases mirrors, pictures were blownI from the walls which were cracked.1 art ofthe roof caved in and thej lown out.

at once ; from this discussion of fire protec- jlUention of tion and prevention. ',

j skylight and windows blOccupants f th th id

j n out.• I ALBANY, N. Y.̂ M'ay 16, {/P)—Ef-1;Occupants of the third ofior stam-

ELrZABETHTON, Tenn.. May 16 j fective tomorrow, May 17, and un-j'peded toward the elevator, attempt• " additional companies of: til Sept. 30 of this year. New York j ing in vain to attract the operator.

LOCAL MAN GETSi the Tennessee national gtiard were'• ordered here today to reinforce the

State will eliminate the half cent! Firemen found a heap of thea bushel elevator charge on export i bodies before the elevator door on

^ . . . . . Gowanusj that floor.

reduce this fire hazard,/iewed particularly the vari-•e losses and the differentbringing on these losses, 68

TlUr n*UC III I i l l f0U1* a l r e a d y o n d u t y i n ^ ^ T e n - : wheat the state-ownedH V t DAYS IN J A I L ! nessee's disorderly strike after riot-; bay and Oswego grain elevators.!. Scenes in the corridors and upper

! ous day in which the town's water | Major Thomas F. Farrell. state,! floors were heart breaking.• : mains WCJT cut, tear gas was used j commissioner of canal and water- ! Men and women, suffocated by

i by tho troops and about 100 strik-j ways, announced today. ; the gas dropped in the hallwaysm Rivers of this city was j ers were arrested. ! The action was taken the com-[while other dragged themselves to- '

Local K. ofted To Participate in

Ceremony

Plattsburgh Council, No. 255,Knights of Columbus has'received'an invitation from AuSaTiTe PorksCouncil to participate ih' tfifc AteiK-pllflcation of the Trttfd ' D&ree1' dfthe order at AuSable P6fks" Stihdayafternoon, May 19th.

The candidates of Pl'attstiurghCouncil are requested' to nie*et attheir rooms in PlattsbUfgh at" eleveno'clock Sunday mo*K1n$, imriieHl-ately following the (^mimlMttinservice and breakfast, when ihcVwill receive final instructions.

All visiting Kiyghts ,and candi-dates will assemble at the rooms ofAuSable Fork's Council at' 1 o'clockprepared to participate at the par-ade to Holy Name (ih'unSh and thereassist at tferiedictlon service's.

Lines further south on the lake! per cent of which were due to in-arraigned in city court before Judge; Tonight after a noisy court ses-; missloher said, in view of the na- j ward windows and doors as thoare understood to be running, with i difference and carelessness. It was R- c - Booth yesterday morning on sion all jails were filled to capacity j tional grain emergency declared by [ flames licked ti-the exception of the Benson ferry, i Plainly shown that the United a charge of being a disorderly per- • and a number of others

which is to be discontinued thiseason afteroperation,

woodwork'ho could! President Hoover to expedite the j shot toward the top floor. Many I

Members of ttie Fourth Degreeare requested to attend with in-signia and act as escort to the col-ors in the parade.

Members of Plattsburgh Council•ho plan to attend 'sErifr will have

,room in their cars for atftUtlttnali1 brothers, are requested t» conv-

Lml |niunicate wi£h the ofaceVs of &e

States at this time sustains the s o n - He pleaded guilty to the not make the $100 bond set were.1 movement to Europe of wheat nowblocking the elevators at the lakentury of"! greatest fire loss of any nation in charge and was sentenced to serve I under guard of the troopers in the

I th ld l i li d fi d i j i l | th!I the world, oar loss in lives duo to five days in jail. i

oi iu i , w w m u 11iv t u y S.XUUI. j . v i a n y , . , . ,1,1 i i i

be crushed by the weight of fallingbodies from behind,

thosewish to go to AuSable Forks.