The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 9, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and probably Sat- Warmer. urday. ESTABLISHED 1873 By Mistake? _ TWO KILLED, OTHERS HAVE CLOSE CALLS Flames Have Ceased Spread, But Oil Will Burn For Several Days ARE WRECKED Artificial Wind Machines) a New Method of Fire Fighting, Used San Luis, Obispo, 1 9.—UP) Men today ‘continued their two day); battle against flames that were con- suming about 8,500,000 barrels of oi! stored by the Union Oil company on two tank farms in California. The fire ngar here apparently had ceased to spread, but officials of the com- pany said it would be three or four days before the six million barrels of petroleum in the field were com- pletely burned out. At Brea, 260 miles ‘southeast of here, 3,000 men were battling the | flames to save three huge reservoirs and a number of surface tanks that were threatened. The damnge being done by the fires was estimated at $18,000,000, which officials said was largely cov- ered by insurance. Explcsion Kills Two Two lives were claimed by the dis- aster here when a reservoir explod- ed yesterday. A miniature tornado, generated by the heat, tore apart the farm hot}o occupied bY the victims. Along tue length of the two-mile area, successive boiling over of the! six great storage reservoirs of srom, 760,000 to 1,250,000 barrels cach, and | the smaller surface tanks had spread | flames that destroyed farm houses and lines of trees from the lands- cape. The village of Edna, occupied prin- cipally by the 400 employes of the company and their families, remain- zed intact although windows were shattered, and there was other evie{ dence-of the foree :ofythe expiosion ? of the oil containers. Parts of the district appeared to- day as if str by a tornado. At lenst two houses were wrecked. The roof of the one in which the two voehes met a ath was ais ‘ert the porches demolished, and the furni- barn was a heap of broken timbers, ! bata smaller building 100 fect near- ar state of ned cut made er the fire was untouched, Telephone | (yeoman for the murder of a New poles and trees were blown down: luritain policeman. ‘They insist Chap. In the lee of the burning reservoirs dann Satay mith. then tran Oct. there flowed waves of flames as the) Tye *'g lose the murder w reservoirs boiled over and erupted. [0 Oct, 10, 19s). The murde ve The reminder of the tank farm They say they recognized his lies to the windward; where it was tures in a Dayton newspaper RG ‘' week, They are George Phillips (be- prcetren: be: the sie eae and by tow), bis son Herman Phillips (top), new methad of re figh ee and Mrs. Margaret Heitzman (center). More Cigarettes, Less Gas Used in Month Just Past | | | HOUSES as to the tank farm to keep the draft away from the remainder of the storage. The fires were caused by lightning. The Brea tank farm’s refining plant and an unknown number of large gasoline and distillate tanks late last ht fell before a flaming ‘ wall of fire that erupted from re- An sé of mo servoir numbdr 10, the most north-| shown in cigerette | ern of the three burning. llections for March as Just prior to the overflow of the| State Treasurer (. A. Fisher. reservoir, a force of between 200 and| amount collected totalled, $17,182.07 300 men was working’ between the re- fining plant and reservoir number! ary an 10 building the dyke. Without \¥-n- State gasoline tax* collections fell ing the reservoir erupted and it was} off during March, the total reported only by super-human’ efforts that being 643,543.07 as compared with $58, they ou’ abetan ced the rapidly moving | 061.28 in February and $15,367.41 wave. of | January. So rapid eat the advance of the Foss CME RED PEN " r reservoir when overflowed, was} Weather Report unable to escape. The animal at-; a tempted to out-distance the flames,| | Lowest last night Precipitation to 7 a, | Highest wind velocit Weath than $3,000 is $16,908.26 in Januar, burning of] that an over-curious dee. ich Wi the edge of the} but was caught before it had traveled | Temperature ut 7 a. very far. | Highest yesterday jor 24 hours ending ‘ | kota points for the 2 ain, today: ‘Temps. MELLON FOR PRESIDENT. FAILURE OR CALAMITY? REFUSING $10,000,000. WITCH DAYS' RETURN. rf in inches mState of chther & Precipitation. zw menia . Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear | Devils Lake BY ARTHUR BRISBANE | Pickingus (Copyright, 1926) Dunn Center President Coolidge’s New England] Ellendale . economy and Secretary Mellon’s know-| Fessenden ledge of business and finance, make| Grand Forks - a valuable team for the United States, | Jaméstown “= Taxes have been cut, yet the Fariniere 4 of the year will find the ‘government | ishon; with $270,000,000 surplus, all ex-| Minot’ Penses paid, and the eign gett panbin : rs fat Se : etticlency. ne: 2 T Williston Moorhead, Mina.. Mr. Mellon doesn’t now it, but he may find himself the leading presi-; WEATHER FORECAST dential candidate in 1928, if Presi-| dent Coolidge should Mieclde not t succeed himse' resident. te thé and tl If the jqb, will have here man gr ihind-tarmes queation. posite been el had and fe enti ‘a second el ice undoubtediy A eet hig countty, wii Yes billions fos huge: Dusi- ition, and: needs its billions ness pro com: potent, business man; E The cabinet of Zi Clear Clear | Clear | Clear| ear le | Clear A¥or Bismarck und vicinity: Fair | tonight and probably Saturday; warmer. he For North Dakota: -Fair tonight | and probably Saturday. Warmer to-! night and east and south portions Tis BEN ENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS | High pressure, ea nea by weather, cove! issippt va dey and | wonaiee ai 8 Fe se Bon beh totby 4 ntain. ion and considerably ofaatng wei cnadiat rovin over Oy western Provinces. Preci- Bock=) pitation oc die to! southern ag effected, Ain worth dropped from the) © compared with $14,073.04 in Febru- | “® suid that 1THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ~ \ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1926 1) 35 SAILORS MISSING IN TWO RIVER DISASTERS MEN STILL FIGHT OIL FLAMES—-DAMAGE ESTI ESTIMATED AT 18 MILLION STEAMER AND | CINCINNATAN IS KILLED IN | = PALL | Head of St. Paul Tailoring Firm Commits Suicide’ April 9.) Charles » head of a tailoring firm found shot to death early , atch room of his shop. lay beside, the body. The returned a verdict. of sui-/ vel coroner * | cide. ‘TO SUPPORT REFERENDUM | Legal Making of Mild Beer, { Would Bring Temperance, Roberts Says | RESCUE EF‘ VORT FAILS Man Clung to Window Ledge’ Five Minutes After Find- ing Room Aflanic Chicago, April 9—@)—Two men,} jaided by a woman, risked their iived There early today in a daring but! Washingt Apri’ | futile attempt to reseue Leo J. Ains-|lenge to dry le: i apts | movement for de referen- [a of Cincinnati, while he clung’ Gum on light wines and beers war ta: from the window ledge of his f before the senate prohibi swept hotel room 300 feet above the committee b ik. American Federation of Labor, The men formed a human ladder| | Appearing as a witness for the wets jfrom the window below the hanging! 8d speaking as personal representa- Tae hUE Wetore ue could be! tive of President William Green, of; he federation, Wm. Roberts told the no {Committee that “the p nt uprisil He! to the Velstead act is a stable, solid in aj 19th floo burned fingers longer able to hold his weight. was instanly killed. Scores of loop cable pedestrians gazed in horror on the! “I sincerely believe that those who! iene, powellone 674 foppose light wines and beers rea Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Melville of Chi-| that a referendum would declare. in cago, and F. A. Guilleaume, of New) t#¥or of fication of the Vol- York, all guests of the Morrison Ho-| Stead ac said. “If this were not jtel, tallest hostelry in the world,: tue, why do th where the tragedy occurred, were the | 8°, strenuou |three who gought to save Ainsworth,| “The defender: a pioneer in radio manufacturing and | parently pr j broadcasting in Cinetnn: lohan canner 1 my wife.” began ‘Ainsworth st before he dropped. But the re mainder was not heard by the two! by men on the ledge below. , beer: It #8 supposed Ainsworth fell asleep on his bed while smoking and awaken- ied to find his room in flames. of the Volstead act to see the people seriously affected by, us conceptions of liquor rather| than to make it a temperance country ng the manufacture of n Mr. Roberts was the fii {i | i senate hearings. The drys will begin; the presentation of their side of the! prohibition picture next week: Describes Trip Telling of the 30,000 mle trip that) he and the late over the country in 1923 and 1924, the witness said that “everywhere went there was plenty dis liquor, but seldom rea! beer. We found that the homes ot people had been turned into breweries and distilleries which turned out dan- , serous decoctions that if drunk to any} jextent would ruin the health of those! twho drank — th he continued. “Wher ked why they drank such stuff, y said there was nothing! else to be obtained, and they invari. Hy congress going to realize that the manufacture and sale of beer would ARSON N CHARGE = = for true temperance. Women a3, w ' questioning. “As time passed, the resentment ap- peared to grow in intensity traveled about the country from coast to coast and from Canada to the Mex- ican border. The greatest pigeon appeared to be that the people w forced to drink all kinds of con tions sepeind to be whisk Given Little Publicity “But the resentment did not find! much publicity, as newspapers gene ally supported the Volstead act be- cause the dry element spread its propaganda unceasingly in every part of the land. — The opponents of the act, so far as it prohibited the manu- facture of beer and light wine, were only permitted to voice their oppos tion among their friends and acquain- | tances.’ ROADS TO GIVE LOW RATES T0 CHICAGO MEET Substantial Reductions Made! For International Eu- charistic Congress for of the: ea persons who heard it thought an explosion had ee widow and one_daughter live in nd, Ohio, where the family Jmade its home, | was si th | | Pleads Not Guilty and Denies Authenticity of an Al- leged Confession Charles Mutschl surance agent, was bound over to the unty district court on a charge of second degree arson, Deputy State Fire Marshal S. Peterson said today. Mutschler pleaded not guilty when arraigned in justice court, denying the authenticity of a confession which Peterson claimed he nwde on March 31 The case de' ped out of the de- struction by fi if a house owned by Mutsehler and insured by him with the. Evangelical Mutual Fire Insur- ance company, for which he was agent. The house was worth only $200 but was insured for $1,000 and the contents were insured for $500. In his alleged confession Mutschler he had entered into an agreement with his tenant whereby the latter was to burn the property. He retracted the confession when the Goodrich in. 3; tenant was arraigned, however, and the latter was released. The tenant denied all knowledge of the alleged plot or that he set fire to the house. ‘The blaze Sccurred on vind night of February 23, Meisisadinksad -Senate Committee to Close Hearings on Farm Relief Monday. Washington, April S-()~-The rj Senate agriculture committee today agreed to close hearings on farm re- lief legislation next Monday with the expectation of reporting a bill during the week. ‘Chicago, April 9- reductions in raitway passenger fares for the international eucharistic con- rene next June were announced to- | jay. i According to o statenient the Western Passenger associatio one-way fare for the round trip will} be accepted, good in coaches onl, where the regular one-way fare is not’ more than $20. For travel in Pull-j man ears the rate to be charged where the one-way fare does not exceed $20, is one fare and a half, plus: the Pull- | ;man charges and the railroad surtax. Tn such cases, however, the maximum harge for railroad fare is not to ex- coed $25. Where the one- -way fare from they point of departure to Chicago ex $20 a rate of she fare plus 15 per fd will be accepted for the round trip.’ with a minimum charge for rai fare of $2: (Substantial rates” which means that no identifi cation certifica' passengers jour Woman Uses Beer . ‘ing to Chicago. Campaign Publicity, ‘ol hicago, of # beer del which ceas-' } committee proceeded toduy with | Senator Smith,, Democrat, Soutl opesative marketing ‘bill. He de- | eredit and be marketers of their oF at Grand Pacific vention, to be hel Bismarck early ‘he | Gldpons: and associate members, The iirc ‘wagon, | tel at 6:80 o'clock, with the confer. Sey ehiane of t the old: | out {hearings on the subject with the end Carolina, testified before the sen elared the farmers should have. di- if pfodusts through u cooperative mar- at 6:30 Tonight, cool | in May, will be discussed this e \ be served in the “sound | ¢ ence im! its, piled hi With kegs pastor of the} D capeehe ale’ peared peat meeting Ronight ast sal sing ng nig ' Meanwhile the house agriculture not in sight. | ate committee in favor of his eo- | rect credit and ‘not intermediate eting organisation. Gideons to Meet Plans for the wan sob ad Gideon / con- jag at a dinner and conference of 1 table” ee ‘ofthe Grand Pacific ae] | | heard in Chica, os rie ae i te on Reet ‘he: empty. barrels sup-| jan sed sign arene punters ates light wines: an bee re and! mane | sens Al Hani Wed ce atccey ‘T BUSINESS | Coolidge Easter Style—Economy! BUILDINGS AT AKBLEY BURN Victims of Last Night’s Estimate Blaze Loss Will Reach $100,000 E DY AMITE Water Supply Crippled When Transformers. Burn Out at Pump Station business reach Dy: tna ere spokesman for the | ply w stati he establishments destroyed were: Produce hous Ak $10 namite from Pa: nn. nd rk April fire that destro: ud establishments A chal- {tei estimated today the 000, nsformers at the pumping gy Biss ge neral store. it and elevator ywned by Mr, nkelmin meat market, ant owned by Os Heri eley ald The fire edi un ‘idly. y fight « referendum! ing in the L. vertained earl . Bliss of Louis ibune, in to 1 spread rap- a Vie- seven last ould s for fire appara-! Rapids and Walker sorted to after the water sup. crippled by the burni jof two tr rs. Calvin ‘Coolidge carried out ving to her last year’s wardrobe da charming in white—coat, shoes, hat and white ros: ing church with the president and their out Mrs, th for her stume. She was | he is enter ‘THREATS OF DEAF MUTE BROTHER TO - ENDLIFEBLAMED FOR FORGERIES BY DR. MAX R. SCHNELLER IN ST. PAUL Krause, edited by n the even- re from an fter the water supply failed, citi- ns Tuite fire in | sized fo dynan swept o| Id; for half’ a bloc! tion, An 0, at toda: ted kK th i ‘e ril 9, early session of the as we! fourth annual convention of the | Walton League of America, ation of the fire consi ervation issue Osborn of Oshkos He recommended that e bu: flames and tl e of Main stre ¢ apparatus from sand fs rst witness citizens brought the fire under con- for the wets at the fifth day of the! trol at mid) 4 ‘SOLUTION OF FIRE PROBLEM © ISIMPORTANT: First Sten in Forest Conserva-! mit suicide,” Izaak Walton Convention Told ( ard federal governments j dividual in prote duce jon and growth of trees and said timber must be trea a crop, not as a d. “The destruction ble bem for economic said. yed and, net pro- nd trees in our vast forests were inevita- eiisons,” M. “The crime | ting the trees but in what happened after the trees were cut. ‘ful waste wa: | harvest. Causing Fire In Forest A Crime “It must, be drilled into the mind ng soul that causing a of e fire in u forest is a crime, Ab | two and a half per cent of the fires lumbermen, 40 per cent very li are started by by campers and smoke! cent are of ine Tonight champion fly casters compete in a contest sponsored by the -sportsmen’s show being held ; connection with the league tion. The convention ope and will close tomorrow night with ‘a banquet at which Judge K. Landis Will be toastniaster. lightnini in the burning of tim- ber cl maential. value lath after the cutting of trees ripe and ready for and 27 pe Eleven ndiary orig ed Distribution of American Mercury. Halted at Lansing New York, April 9. -(#)- April issue of the American Mercury officially barred from the mails, aa ter it had been mailed, editor, is hearing on the matter. successfully Met charges of impropriety made in Bos- ton against un article entitled rack” appearing in the issue. New York newspaper- of the bert | man, | Mencken, the neken Asbar: ig the author which deals with small town metals. Distribution of the | been stopped in Ingham count igan, by Harry F. Hittle, pr These fares are classified as “open | attorney at Lansing, on the the article objected to did not con-! ill be required by | tain a “decent sentence. Mencken said that the had been submitted to the postal au- | thorities prior to mailing, and that | no complaint had been received. He Delivery Wagon i fin | said he would demand o hearing. DOG 1s CHURCR | MEMBER Woodmans Jennie, H. L. Jacksons dog, Ht 9.—UP)—The clutter, ting famous for attending chareh | ‘When she hears the church ith prohibition, is dgain being | bell rings she starts off, and if Ji eon is not with her when the door is -time | opened she goes in, look: an a her here. Mill Sel ll as men were interested in such the fira problem as the first step « personal fortune of $60,000 during {| st conservation was ¢ declared v y not in cut magazine has around. and place in one of the pews./ ne. Sunday she attended without her master, uid when it was time for Sunday school, Fed ie ie ennk te the jown. 0 iu “whi "ibe echoot Tied, she stretched and! ence Gilmour, chairman of the Texasi dren and thelr. s Wan ready for home, 4 ya Ds ow see petsaen eo pe ilding but Doctor Claims He Sent Money to Destitute Kinsman to Prevent Sui- cide—Wife and Family Pen- niless—Auto Stolen — Ac- counts Uncollectable. rman TODAY IN WASHI rON Prohibition ing continues. gran is before the help of Steck- Brook. agricultural © with farm relief DAUGHTER OF THE COMMONER IN POLITICS! | Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen to Launch Campaign For Con- “ gress Seat Tonight St. Paul, Minn., April 9. -It was for the love of his brother, a dea ute living in Germany, that caused Dr, Max *R. Schneller, late of the°German Red Cross, to pass $500 worth of worthless, ¢ here, he teld court \eheaee when arraigned on gery | charg } “1 ou don't send money, I'll com his brother threatened jin a letter which told of his life of | strife-and poverty in the fatherland, ‘due to his affliction. j And with his own family in * | Mott, D,, destitute, and his broth. [er beseeching his aid, Dr. Schneller | n fj turned forger. He claims to have lost the world war in which he strved as a doctor with the German Red C Represented by his attorn Uhl, he entered guilty, waived sak Miami, F daughter of William J Who studied state of her distinguished raise the standard of Brya national politi night, S$ Beach Ruth Bry launch he: Ww m f not js the real AOL. A wnings Bryan ft at the knee Wath an neke ae ach eingstain fa in the medical profession in America shattered, temporarily at leas Schneller told a grim story misfortune had trailed him ever since he came to this eountry state and ith the in- Commeres natural re- will form lly Patients Unable To Pay “1 didn’t want anything for myself it was only for my brother, and my ” he said removal of Owen, for sew cious figure in life of Miami, ¢ his automobile | her. platform foe practice | ject to the Dem as a country doctor was stolen, and dine 8: The ade how he hadn't sufficient money to get Augural of another. ‘ He told how, in spite of an exten- sive practice among the farmers in his community, he was unable to make money because his patients in the prairi re too poor be- cause of crop conditions to pay him, Offered Hospital Post president of the n we His fan as suffering for'want Miami and member of of food, and child wus sick boards, and he . going finally to ae sive eke Me cuales Recently, Given Citizenship xin hospital for ,,ONe of the three children of the late Commoner, Mrs, Owens only cently became ‘an American for the second Sune. In h riage to a retire vate n year the and will pronounce nination —sub- tic primary of will be the in- speaking campaign irried to the entire ict composed of all the counties along the east coast of Flo: Aside from her socia Owen has main est with varied fare organiz: s here. social Os- “The woe- > inte: About ducational and. wel: university by several civie per cont will j conven: ld, check spe- yesterday charge he has least $500 worth of worthle Dr. Schneller claimed to. ha cient assets to convert into make ail the claims against hin He is alleged to have sent the total amount to his brothe: He is wanted in Minneapolis, Far- Wahpeton, Bism: and other ies also for forgery. | 1 Killed, Another fatally Wounded in Revolver Duel passed at checks. F uffi- a her Asher cash to ntly, howeve “oad:| she. abtained her citizenship papers 00 of and soon afterwards d intention to seek the ¢ t the urgent friends. From e: M. of ly childhood, Mrs. her side, maintained an intimate grasp onal and international affairs. The fourth Flo now held by Joseph Sears, Auxiliary Head Names Chairmen Owen ad for sh -With the te Henry L. seeking 4 defended Craig, Minn., April 9.- (®)- Frank McGinty of Bemidji is dead and Mike Cunningham is dyine ae the! result of a shooting affray in the Gem cafe, 4 restaurant and hotel here, lastnight. Cunningham, for whose arrest on a quer. charge a warrant had been d to have entered the “Ha Her- ‘urticle April’ 9. (P)--Ay ich- Mary E. Dwir cuting round | D., M magazine hot words, opened fire; Minot, as chairman of the gold star y who\returned the fire | ommittee of the state American while ai wounded. Legion auxiliary and of .Mrs. Ivan eGinty iarsurvived byw widow! Metager, Williston, as echarmancot tte) and two children. } guar lianship committee has been an- t : Mrs. Anna L. Hazen . e department president, Milhollan Will Je gold Star committee is for the 5 * purpose of honoring the gold Sit With the ICC menses oe east EGid r jelude the mothers, wives, daughters | Frank Milhollan, chairman of the and sisters of men who died in the! i get-| North Dakota state railroad board, | service or who have died since thei! will sit with the Interstate Commerce , honorable discharge. Commission at Washington May, 19' The guardianship committee works ewhen oral arguments are heard by in connection with the’ American Le- pat body in connection with the in- gion’s activities in caring for the igation into freight rates appli- orphaned children of deceased sery- Cable’ wont OF the Mississippi river.! ice men who are receiving compen- Other state railroad commissioners. sation through guardians. who will sit with the federal body | intention of the veterans bureal with mre Amos Betz, chairman oe the Ari-| the assistance of the Legion, Ne i When} zona rajlroad commis: Clar- | individual attention to a. ¢ urroun Mu [pete commission, | Hazen said, res will sis a con- + She is vice! of! » of | Ish of 2 Committees « FINAL EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS | OIL TANKER IN A COLLISION {Thirty Members of Dutch Steamer’s Crew Are Still Unaccounted For {HAD CARGO OF BENZIN ‘ive poco and 44 Injured in Explosions Aboard Another Tanker | New Orleans, April 9—(#)—Search- {ers today continued their task of lo- ; cating bodies of more than 35 sailors {who are believed to have lost their Hives in two. Mississippi river disas- ters in the New Orleans @istrict yes- jterday and last night.“ “Anithori | believed it possible that the death | jwill not be as large as had been ex- | pected. | Several bouts today centered their | La Hache, La., Dutch night collided w Oil company tanke: were anothe . and two critically hart of five oil explosions Standard Oi! tank steamer in a dry dock here 1 were residents of New Forty-four other members p hurt : and Amer- n ships collided a severe explosion ed aboard the foreign owned r. which was bound for London \with a cargo of be utes later impact. with. the tanker back inte was caught in the eu arth plunged the stream. | It ent and ied the wate nd sinking. nwhile, members of the crew of ithe Thomas H. Wheeler were success ‘ful in their efforts to extinguish a {blaze which origigated in the acci- jdent. The Thomas H. Wheeler was ‘beached. ; ' Sailors Rescued Fifteen sailors rescued from the ares mere brought here and were held for immigration authori- ee MSs of this number, a badly burned Chinese, gave a vivid account lof the collision today. The Silvanus was cut nearly in half in the crash, Ihe related. {The sailors aboard the Silvanus jrapidly gathered to discuss their jcha of escaping ‘death. They | d that a large quantity of bla ing benzine gave the water a danger- jout appearance. He said that of nis 35 countrymen on the vessel, but 12 were powerful enough swimmers to clear the burning oi] without rising jto the surface and each of that num- ber reached shore safely without as- SAMA rege i Ho cou LD SWIM UNDER ER WERE SAVED New ‘Ovean 19 jwho could swi avoid the sheet of blazing oil that w: thrown over the Mississippi river were the ones who had t best chance of escape last night when an oi! tanker and a benzine loaded sieamer collided ‘down the river. The explosion @hat followed the contact of the two vessels sent out jburst of fire that burned, the Dutch steamer Silvanus to the water's edge jand damaged the Thomas H. Wheeler, ‘a Standard Oil tanker. The members of the crew of the tanker escaped injur of those aboard the $ ing sought for today four engineer on the lie at least 24 Chinese seamen per- ished. Most of Missing Arg Chinese fteen of the officers and crew of the Silvanus e paws to have been rescued and five Chinese seamen and two engineers were in a hospital to- Brine Most of the missing sailors are Chinese. The collision occurred 40 miles be- low New Orleans and came within a few hours after an explosion aboard another Standard Oil tanker, the O. T. Waring, in which 44 workmen were injured and which it was feared cost several lives. The vessel had gone into dry dock here for repairs and’ some 200 men were busy aboard her when a si of explosions wrecked the ¥ fire to her and to nearby docks and ; damaged the British steamer Manx ive workmen from the Waring listed as missing today. Last Man to Leave tory of how men leaped from ‘the Silvanus, dived and swam t ‘ty was related by Albers and William Vanbeck, fifth engineer on the the Dutch steamer. Vanbeck said in a j hospital here today that he believes ‘he was the last man to leave the ves- (P)--Sailors “When I came to the rail” be said, i “there was no one in sight and oil‘ was burning in the water all around the ship. I threw myself into the wa- ter and I think I swam about 25 yards, | most of the time under water, for ‘when I came up I would breathe fire and it seemed to be that there was fire everywhere.” He said he wax “reasonably certain | that several of the Ahip's officers also ; Were lost | Police Chief Is _ Regaining Health f. of Police Ch Chris Martineyon Sper bay a in that he is. int ibout the siete a tow bp youre eee jhe ne