Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1922, Page 12

S b SHIPPING N PERIL - AS GALE DEVELOPS Craft Along North Carolina and Virginia Coast Send Distress Calls. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., January 28.—Heavy seas, whipped up by a gale of high velocity, accompanied by snow, jeop- ardized shipping all along the Vir- ginia and North Carolina coast throughout today, apd tonight the storm continued unabated. Prospects were, weather bureaus reported, that it would continue through tomorrow. Cape Henry weather bureau re- corded the wind velocity there at fifty-four miles an hour. Only a few ships ventured out from this port. Reports of distress of varying de- grees came from all directions by wireless, though no vessel was re- ported in+a precarious position. Barges Break Adrift. Two barges with eight men aboard bound from New York broke adrift from the tug Deerless north_of Cape Charles. The tug re- ported by wireless that it was run- ning before the sea and could not stop to search for its tow. The barges in distress were the W. R. McDonald and the Catonsville. Late tonight no report had been received of the Ca- tonsville, but this afternoon the steamer Munabro_reported that it was standing by the W. R. McDonald, five miles southeast of Capé Charles. Although both barges were within forty miles of Hampton roads, no assistance could be sent out tonight, tug owners being unwilling to risk their craft in the rough seas. Seven vessels in all were reported in distress. In addition to the two barges, they were the ooner Blanche C. Pendleton, the naval fuel ship Arethusa, which has been bat- tling the storm for three davs off Cape Fear: the tanker Robert E. Hopkins, the Ambrose Five, a gaso- line launch, and the coast cutter Manning. No word has been received tonight of the fate of the Blanche C. Pen- dleton, which the cutter Manning was forced to abandon yesterday when a tow line parted. The Pen- dleton was helpless at the time. Be- cause of the storm the cutter was unable to get another line aboard. Reports Hurricane. The Manning reported this after- noon_ that it was passing through the heart of a hurricane and was running short of fuel. Heavy seas had carried away two of its life boats, the cutter reported. In the vicinity of Cape Fear, the wind subsided enough for the coast guard cutter Seminole to get & haw- Fer .aboard the naval fuel ship Are- thusa. The Yamacraw has joined the Seminole, and together they are towing the Arethusa toward Hampton roads at about four knots an hour. No trace of they gasoline launch Ambrose Five has bden reported. The owner, Parker H. Kemble, his wife and son are aboard, The -vessel was bound from Beaufort, .. to Charles- ton. tanker Robert E. Hopkins, ashore on Wimble shoals Thursday, but succeeded in work- ing free, miraculously escaping be- ing pounded to pieces, and reported tonight that is was making for Hamp- ton roads under its own steam. STORM GOES SEAWARD: LEAVES TRAFFIC TIE-U AND 26 INCHES OF SNOW (Continued from First Page.) went the snow increased were decimated by the drifts., Overdue Trains Clog Tracks. Officials of the Atlantic Coast Line and the Southern railway lines an- nounced last night that there was lit- tle or no likelihood of any trains be- ing operated out of Washington until today, as the tracks between here and Alexandria are clogged with long overdue traffic. Officials of the Sea- board Air Line announced their schedule similarly affected. Departure of train No 89 of the Coast Line, due to leave here at 3.15 am, was delayed more than seven hours. Other Coast Line trains at- fected were: ' Train No. $2, due here at 8:35 am., Is Indefinitely delayed between Alexandria and Washington. to Norfolk} {from the TUnited States, where inef- ACTRESS STAYS IN PLAY | U7, S, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ISSUES |UNION LABOR MAY DOOM FOR 2 PERFORMANCES AS HUSBAND LIES DEAD RULES TO WARD OFF INFLUENZA By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 28.—Eflle Ellsler played her trying role in one of New York's stage successes through two performances today, though her husband, Frank Wes- - ton, retired actor of Shakespear- ean roles, lay dead in their home. r. Weston, who was seventy- two'years old, died this morning. News of his death was broken 1o hig wife after the afternoon per- fofmance of the play. “There is no understudy to take my place,” she said; “my husband Wwould, tell me to go on with my o The marriage of Miss Ellsler and Mr. Weston was a stage romance of thirty years ago. Her father s was a partner of Joseph Jefferson, Mr. Westod became a member of their company. PREDICTS PORTO RICO CRISIS OVER GOV. REILY By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. Japuary 28.—Antonio R. Barcelo, president of the Porto Rican senate, sailing poday for San Juan, on the’'steamer Ponce, said he had ‘received advices from his fel- low members of the unionist party, which he claims is the majority party, that unionists had abstained from participating in the reception accord- ed Gov. E. Mont Reily on his return fectual efforts to obtain his removal had been made. The demonstration, according to Mr. Barcelo, had a par- tisan and nat a ional character, republicans and socialists participat- ng. Asserfing that Gov. Reily’s return had aroused keen displeasure among | ., Porto Ricans, Mr. Barcelo asserted that it would give rise to a different situation, for, he said, without sup- port of the unionists he probably could not obtain the approval of the Porto Rican senate for appointment of the heads of the departmentd now vacant. HAITIAN COMING HERE ATTACKS U. S. MOTIVES NEW WORK, January 28.—Pierre Hudicourt, who was Haiti's delegate to the second Hague conference, here on his way to Washington to protest against American occupation of his country, issued a statement today at- tacking' the government's motiv “I consider an odious hypocrisy pretext of humanity and inter the Haitian people invoked by the United States government in_ perpe- trating upon Haiti a reign of terror and_extortion continued from 191.,” he declared. Florida—Atlantic Coast Line. Ful information at office, 1418 H st. n.w.—Advt. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Clearing to- day; tomorrow probably fair; little change in temperature; strong north and northwest winds. Maryland—Fair in west, snow fol- Jowed by clearing in east portion ‘today; tomorrow probably fair; no change in temperature; strong north and northwest winds, gales on the coast, Virginia—Fair today, preceded by snow on the coast; tomorrow prob- ably fair, rising temperature in the their numbers] ! interior; diminishing northwest gales. West 'Virgi air today; tomor- row cloudy; no change in temperature. Records for Twent; Temperature—Midnight, 25; 4 am., 25; 6 am., 26 10'a.m., 27; 12 noon, 4 pm § pm, 10_p.m., 29. Highest, 2 s Relative humidity—8 a.m., 96; 2 p.m. 92; 8 p.m., 99. Rainfall’ (8 p.m. to 8 p.m.), 1.84. Temperature same date last year- Highest, 45, ; lowest, 20. Tide Table; (Furnished by United States coast and geodetic survey.) Today—Low tide, 3:20 am. and 3:36 p.m.; high tide, Tomorro 418 p.m. 5 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sin rose, 7:18 am.; sets, 25 p.m. Tomorrow—Ssun rises 7:17 a.m.; sun sets 5:26 p.m. Moon rises 7:54 a.m.; sets 7:16 p.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. ‘Weather in Varfous Cities. 10 a.m. and 9:26 p.m. —Low tide, 4:01 a.m.-and high tide, 9.30 a.m. an sun Precip- Max. itation, BHI,!- ¥ Hr; urday, night, 8 Asbury Park, N. .36 30 Asheville, N. Atlanta, Ga. Atlantic City, Baltim M Birming) Bismarc] Boston, Buffalo, N Chicago, Til ‘incinnati, Cheyenne, Cleveland, Darenpor, L 32 Ohlo.... 42 L 40 Train No. 81, due to leave here at|De 9:30 a.m.”is still in the local yards. Train No. 88 (Florida special), due to arrive 9:45 a.m., Is indefinitely delayed Dbetween here and Alexandria. Train No. 86, due to arrive at 12:55 p.m., also, is del Train due to leave here at 3:15 p.m., is still in the local yards. Train No. 84 (Everglades limited), due to arrive at 7 p.m., is stalled be- tween here and Alexandria. Southern railway through trains Nos. 30, 32, 38, 42 and 18 are tied up between here and Alexandria, and of- ficials announced the only chance of | operating a train tonight was through a local out of Alexandria to New |t Orleans. Trains on virtually all the lines which did reach Washington were de- layed, principally by the snow-covered | switches in the tracks in the Wash- ington terminal, which prevented the trains on the outskirts. of the city from coming in, Hotels Are Crowded. Although government employes, clerks in the department stores and other places of business were excused early in order to reach their homes, many of them living in the surburbs were either forced to walk home or remain in the city, Consequently, a number of the hotels’ were crowded with persons who were unable to sembled a barracks, the quartermaster | to make the main afteries of the city reach their homes due to & complete tie-up of the car service. The Union station last night re- corps of the army sending 1,000 cots there as well as blankets and pillows | street cleaning and city refuse, re- The |newed the announcement last night for the marooned passengers, beds” were quickly made and the travelers spent a comfortable night, motwithstanding the somewhat novel ‘conditions. A number of the blankets also were sent by the Quartermaster Corps to the_ telephone com; overnight. A number of the tele. phone operators were quartered. in hotels near the respective exchanges, the company officials fearing ‘that if they were sent home they would be unable to return to work today, As a result of the storm traffic over .the telephone lines overtaxed the capacity of the system. Reports last .night showed that 800,000 calls were ‘company urged the people of Wash- midde vesterday, or almost twice as many as the former record of 409,000 calls. Subsequently, the telephone ington to use the nhogq as little as 1 i Gulveston, Tex. Helena, Mont. { Indiunapolis, In 13 onville, Fla. Kansas _Cit. Mo. Litt Los Angeles, C: Loutsville, Ky. Marquetté, Mich. Memphis, ' Tena, Miamt, I st st San_Diego, 8. Francisco, C: Seattle, Wash. Springfield, » T1i. v possible until normal conditions re- turn. 3 Another Storm Headed East. According to the weather bureau, Washington will have fair weather for at least several days. Forecaster Bowie pointed out that there is a storm over Colorado which is now heading for Washington, but it may deviate from its path and pass over the great lakes. If this storm con- tinues in the dirlction of Washing- ton, he said, it will not reach here until Tuesday or Wednesday. . The entire District street cleaning force, augmented by employes from the surface division and extra labor- ers, will ‘e put to work this morning passable for Monddy morning, Morris Hacker, superintendent of that able-bodied men who want to wield a shovel will be put to work if they report at the District stables in the alley between 9th and 10th reets‘in the rear of N street north- A special squad will be assigned to the task of clearing spaces in front of fire hydrants. n connection Fire Chief George Watson appealed to the busi- ness men who clear their sidewalks to open a space around fire hydrants that are near their establishments. The remarkable phase of the storm mroufil‘ll the middle Atlantic area was that it interfered but little with telegraph and elephone communica- tion. The lightness of the snow and the absence of moisture operated to revent it sticking to wires and ther- Ey disrupting service, .| taken SUNDAY Every possible precaution should be taken by persqns who have a cold | or thesgrip to prevent influenza, ac- cording to the United States public health service. Here are the sugges- tions of the service as to how to proceed if you have reason to suspect you have the dsease do at' once the following: 1. Report to the doctor or nurse or 0 to bed and call your physician. 2. See that the bedroom at all times is well flooded with fresh air by having the windows open. 3. Use plenty of bedclothing to keep warm. CARDINAL MERCIER T WITH CARERS Trip Across Italy Marked by Enthusiastic Regeptions. Triumphal Trip. | By the Associated Press, ROME, January 28.—Cardinal Mer- cier, primate of Belgium, arrived in Rome today after a journey across Italy that resembled a triumphal pro- sion. His reception was especially | enthusiastic at Milan, where large crowds grected him at the station with cheers of “Lons live Belgium!" | “Long live Cardinal Mercie Reports that the cardinal had been ilL preceded him from Milan. | The cardinal seemed distressed over this and asked that his friends in America be told that he was feeling {well. “Only my modesty suffered from the wonderful reception accorded me,” he added. ‘ train was an hour and large throng awaited the cardinal's arrival at the Rome station and cheered him when he -emerged from his sleeping car. Cardinal Mercier reached the Vati- can this afternoon and at once went to a chapel and said mass, having! purposely abstained from food all the morning in order to_celebrate the on his first day ih Rome. None of the foreign cardinals has attracted such attention from the popu- lace on arrival as did the Belgian prelate. Cardinal Mafi himself, the most popular of the Italian cardinals, received no such welcome as that which greeted Cardinal Mercier. Last Foreign Pope Belgian, ! Cardinal Mercier's arrival led this| afternoon to the fact being recalled llhn& the last non-Italian Pope was; the Belgian Archbishop of Liege. born echt, and elected as Adrian VI in With the arrival of Cardinals Mer- cier, Kakowsky, Dalbor and. Cser- noch, arch’ of Brusse pectively, | ! late Pope Benedi ! represented in Rome, with the excep- tion of Ameri. | Cardinal onnell of Boston and ! Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia are now the only missing prelates re- it clat ot B La Xl s s abbal s Kt St phi 'STAR, WASHINGTON, 4. Drink plain water freely. 6. Take a laxative. ‘ 6. Eat plain bland foods, such &s eggs, broth, soft toast and milk. 7. Have at hand pleces of cloth or soft paper to hold over your nose or mouth when you cough, sneeze, or spit, and put these cloths containing the secretions frora the nose or throat into a paper sack to be destroygd by burning. 8. Stay in bed at least forty-eight hours after Vou think you are well Getting to bed promptly and staying in bed until you are well is very im- portant. If it turns out that you have had only a common cold, staying in bed is the best treatment for it. HOUND DOGS ARRESTED ON LIQUOR RAID ARE FREED UNDER $50 BOND By the Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, January 28.—Red and Ring, hound dogs, held in connection with a-raid on a distillery near Pelham, Shelby county, on January 3, were today released under bond of $50 each. Their owner signed the bond and the dogs wagged appreciation, federal officers said. Prohibition enforcement officers who confiscated the dogs charged that they were guarding a dis- tillery. / A powerful fuss was raised by |l the dogs when officers approached the forbidden liquor plant, the government men said Red and Ring resisted “arrest,” but were overpowered and brought to Birmingham, along with threc alleged moonshirfers. The owner of the dogs insisted || that they should be released on || bond pending disposal of the case. he court approved and the bond was executed. i i | i Il 1 i | | _— garding whose movements the Vati- can authorities are so far uncertaln. Cardinal O'Connell sailed from New York last Tuesday and Cardinal Dougherty sailed today. The death of Cardinal Almaraz ¥y Santos, archbishop of Toledo, a few days ago has reduced the number of foreign cardinals to_ twenty-nine, if one includes Cardinal Merry del Val, who is considered as Spanish by the foreigners, but whom the Italians re- rd as Italian, because of his long sidence in Rome. Cardinals Cavalcanti of Brazil, Begin of Canada, Herrera of Santiago, Spain, and Bello of Portugal have informed the Vatican secretariat that they would be unable to attend the opening of the conclave. Cardinal Prisco of Naples and Cardinal Francisca-Nava of Cd- tania, both Italians, will be unable to come to Rome on account of ill health. Thus the conclave is likely to be com- posed of only fifty-two cardinals. —_—— TELLS OF EXECUTIONS. SACRAMENTO, Calif., January 28. —Three American soldiers, two of them negroes, were executed at Is- sur-Tille, France, during the seven months following the armistice, it was declared here today by George Klumpp, Sacramento undertaker, who said he was in charge of the Amer- n expeditionary morgue at that place. | THE BUSY CORNER" | WIZARL i | The Wizard Our special Economy price .. Kann's—Third Floor. 15, Bavn Hovs Co. Per cent of possible sunshine, 07.! 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WW., Goergetewn. weather lms tied up would try to take 1th end G Sta. 2121 1 st.N. 2010 14th 88, N. W. D. ¢, JANUARY 29, Nearly Seventy Held Up in Senate Committee as Result of Fight ' Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., January 28.—The senate which Is considering the nominations made by Gov. Davis, held a meeting this afternoon and agreed to meet again Monday. 1922_PART 1. ° labor unions have taken a hand in the fight and are striving to pre- vent the confirmation of the peni- tentiary board, which installed and is training the convicts in the art of printing. The plant is & big affair and men who have been sent to prison for stealing, murder and all sorts of crimes are trained to compete with free labor. There are nearly seventy nomina- tions awaiting actlon, and if they are not confirmed by Tuesday all of them will have to be renominated by the incoming ‘Bovernor. The belief is that the list will have a hard time getting by, for there is so much ob- jection that the committee will not, it is believed, be able to make a re- port in timé€ for action. " GETS COPY OF DANTE. New York University Given Fac- Simile of Divine Comedy. NEW YORK, January 28.—A copy of the celebrated Dante manuscript known as the Codice Trivulziano, the original of the “Divina Commedia,” has been presented to New York University by Luigli Carnovale of Chicago, it was an- nounced today. The manuscript is one of seventy which will be given to the White House library, the Congressional Library and universities throughout the country. It Is of parchment, reproduced in_exact fac-simile by means of the helio chromatic art. VIRGINIA NOMINATIONS at on Penitentiary Board. committee on nomination: It developed that the base. The Storm - and "Your Telephone ~ Service With Washington practically buried under the heav- iést fall of snow since 1899, there has been thrust upon the telephone service the most. gigantic volume of traffic known in the history of the city.. As a result of the storm, Washington’s local telephone traffic yesterday leaped to nearly 600,000 calls—practi- : cally double the normal daily number. . Many business men remained at their homes transacting their business by telephone. This involved a tremendous number of calls from the residential sections to the downtown cen- tral offices. ' = Our operating force consists of 1,250 young women, many of them living in outlying sections, from which it was impossible to reach the exchanges. But many of our former operators and some former operators of other Bell System Companies, fortunately were able to present themselves at our offices as volunteers to aid in handling Washington’s traffic. The company’s fleet of motor trucks was turned to the task of bringing operators to and from, their work. Many of our young women early anticipating the condi- tions which would arise, walked great distances and ar- rived at the switchboards before they were actually due. One young woman walked six miles through the snow and reported for work on time. The men of our traffic supervisory forces were at their posts throughout the entire night planning for the emergency .which they knew would come. The devotion of our entire personnel to the service of the public has been splendid and it was due to this fact alone that it was possible for the service to meet the tre- mendous demands of yesterday. * We realize that in the face of these conditions it has , not heen possible for our operating forces to render a service of our usual high standard. We are endeavor- ing to give special attention to messages involving public health and safety. ; The efforts of our forces to render the best service possible in the emergency will be continued. Operators whose homes are distant and inaccessible are being ~ housed and cared for in the company’s buildings or in : nearby hotels. ’ - The co-operation of our subscribers, in this emergency, is earnestly solicited. Our wish is to give you the full- est measure of service. At the same time if certain calls can be deferred or avoided it will aid greatly in our : continuing to meet the emergency and such recognition : ~ of the efforts of our forces will be thoroughly appreci- ated by them and the management. . . The Chesapeake and Potomac ' Telephone Company C. T. CLAGETT, . Divisjop Manager. U. S. T-2 REPORTED SAFEY Submarine With Damaged Rudder Making for Port. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., January 2% —The submarine T-2, which arrived the Delaware Breakwater late lust night with a damaged rudder, was safely weathering the storm at the Delaware Capes today. little damaged and come to the Philadelphia navy yard when the weather permits. mersible reported she was a litt; short of food and supplies were sent to her from.the Cape May naval She was is expected 1,