Evening Star Newspaper, June 6, 1923, Page 20

Life Guards Rescue Two Women |ASKWRECK PROBE, - In River; Four Others- Saved Ever-watchful members of the United States Coast Guard, by thelr promptness in answering calls for help, preventing what might ha have been two drownings late yest! day, when they dragged from the water under the highway bridge, Mrs. Walter E. Fowler of Clifton Terrace apartments, and Mrs. Willlam Smith of 530 Tennessee avenue northeast, two “ colonists” Smith's ship the Sara Constant. Another serlous accident was pre- vented, when bystanders jumped into the river and a a whole family who had been nding on 2 landing at the foot of 34th street northwest, and were precipitated into the water when it collapsed. Those who went down with the landing were F. A. Simmons, twenty-five; his wife, Charlotte Simmons, twenty-four; and thelr two children, Roger E. Simmons, two years old, and Donald E. Sim- mons, six months old, all resjding at 42 Foxall road. A fresh cross-stream breeze Wwas blowing, when the pageant ships, in tow, were attempting to megotlate the draw of the Highway bridge. The barges in tow of the powerful Navy tugs negotiated the draws with ease, having power enough'to prevent the wind from catching them. The Sara Constant, however, was in tow of & When' close to the draw breeze caught her and stern heavily against the pler of the draw -span. The impact threw the two women and two coast guard men into the water. Guards to Hescue. They had hardly splashed when two surfmen. of the .coast guard, aboard the hon-capsigable, ~ non-sinkable, coast guard- Mfe-saving boat, went into the water, not stopping to throw off their uniforms. One of them promptly caught Mrs. Fowler, but it as a few seconds before Mrs. Smith located - under the water, she. ng gone down. for the second time. The two surfmen were A. Coombs and G. Thomas, both of whom laosened their clothes for swimming after they had taken to the water. Less than a minute had pagsed be- fore both women and the coast guard seamen had .been taken aboard the life-saving motor boat and given first aid by Cléef Machinist John Miller from a madical kit always carrled in these boats for such purposes. As soon as the women had been relieved from all danger they were immedi- ately transferred to the United States coast guard cutter Rellef, one of the boats patrolling the course, and sent ch. vessel itself was but slightly damaged by the impact, but the pageant trimmings were badly torn. The pageant was not delayéd in any by the incident, although later t guard cutters Relief and ood by” the draw and the floats safely through to prevent any further accidents of this character. Neither of the women suffered any aboard Capt. John ! WITH FIVE KILLED Spreading Rails Thought to Blame for Michigan Disaster; Twenty-8ix Hurt. “| By.the Associated Press. Jdearned’ tonight. | raent MRS WALTER FOWLER, Soon after being rescued. Mrs, Fow- ler resides at 504 East Cliften Ter- race. than receiving a drenching. They were able to go to their homes unas- sisted. —_— From the Birmingham Age-Herald. 7hdt does the professor of Greek “Oh, about $3,000 a year. d you ever hear 40,000 DURAND, Mich, June 6.—An In- wvestigation by the Michigan public uttlities commission into the wreck of the Knight Templar special on the Grand Trunk. rafllway near here -dsy, in:which five were killed twenty-six .otherk injured, will bp dsked by county authaoritles, it was A spresding rail 1 belleved to_ have ¢auséd the deral of the special, bound from Grand Rapids to Fiint) and earrying 200 deles tes to the state tomvention. Frank Peluph, ennnLr, forty, Du- ¥and; M. I. Weldon, /donia; Joseph -flve, D\lrlnd. long-time employe of the ‘was fireman for' the day nl\l)’. having been made a member of entirely manned by members of the orddr. Severgl of the injured were :Ipo"ted in a ondition at lo- e and Flint 1s_tonight, al- though the only son_ belleved dan- gerously hurt n McSween, com- mander of on Commandery, whom skull wn tuctnretl engin over on its side ‘Nl plowed |nto the muud. The steel u'nr car snap- Rd uplings, one end of the car ing\ itself -Into the bank and: the other telescoping the wooden passen- ger coach behind it. Fanning and ‘Weldon were in the passenger coach, as were most of the injured. A coro- ner's jury ' was impaneled late today to'Investigate the wreck. KEYSTONE SENATOR ILL. TITUSVILLE, Pa., June 6.—United States Benator David A, Reed was last night forced) to abandon a tour of the state he had| been making with his col- league, Senator George Wharton Pep- . and entered a hospital here. Sen- ator Reed has been suffering with a garbuncle on his neck and will eubmit an opermtion. Senators Reed ' and Pe?ser started their swing around the Monday for the purpose of: “get- ting acquainted with the people:” Knew the Conténts. Frow the New: York Sun. Maid _(emtering)—A your mon, mir. 014 Man_Rockmorgan‘—Thank you. Put it with the unpaid bills on' my letter from the crew so that the train would be desk. WILL MNOT. 37"” Youcan’t“scare”’moths away. Enoz kills them— The U.S. Department of Agricul- - ture in speaking of moth balls, cam- hor™ flakes, cedar chips, etc., sa s- odors have no effect on development of the eggs and tbe destructive work of the worms will be little, if at all, restricted.” ; Enoz is more than a repellent 3 It kills moths instantly. And what is moore important, it TEN BANKING GROUPS OFFER CHESTER AID gind Identity of Financiers Proposing to Back Turkish . Conoessions groups have.offered W flflln ter concession InForkey, :’? of the Ottoman-, Company, - organiz :wld ings, - were-'told erday. Tha Dmmflq If 'u'nld, thcluded dfrers to. cal r dertak- in x'nllmd- d?l?linx Ml wells .nd develop i enmy of t lgmflnwul not d POLICE COMMISSIONER BRAVES FUGITIVE’S SHOTS Baright of New York Stands in Tenement With Two of His Men in Rain of Bullets. By the Asscelated Press. NEW YORK, June 6.—Unarmed «nd unable to defend himself against Police’ Commissioner Enright braved a dark hallway of a tenement house last night and stood with two of his t | men while they fought a duel with a fugitive who finally was taken " | with bullet wounds in his abdomen and right arm and a cut across his face. _, Commissioner Enright was motor- ing home when he noticed a com- imotion on the street. He and David the bullets that whizzed about him, | i Efsel, his chauffeur, saw & man run into a hallway, discharging a pistol at an adversary. Eisel drew his weapon and plunged after the two, the commissioner at his side. Ei grabbed the second runner, who d played a shield and introduced hi self as Detective Bradley. The tric hurried into ‘the doorway and were met by a fusillade from the dark recosses. The detectives directed their fire at the spot’ whence the other flash oame. Thelr ammunition exhaust they retreated, but returned into with the commissioner to other volley & minute later bystander handed Bradley . 46. The fugitive ran uj stairs and barricaded himself in his apartment. Breaking into the apartment, the officers overpowered the fugitive ave his name as James Lam- a laborer. The trouble started when Bradley attempted to stop & flght between Lambatta and another Lambatta fled after firing at Hrldley, lhlnkln‘ him frien his adversary. CONN Band Instruments HE celebrated Conn instruments are everywhere in evidence during this session of the Imperial Council. In most every band you’ll find Conns. Many of them have complete Conn equip- ment—some in the silver and some in the all-gold finish. Shriners believe in the best. Money is no object—when it comes to equipping a band, the first consideration is highest quality instruments. Having chosen Conns, then, for their supreme quality, they find the cost no more than for others. The world’s greatest bandmasters, con- ductors of all geat symphony and opera orchestras, and the masters of popular music use and indorse Conn instruments. Watch or the bands with complete HULL ISSUES DENIAL. ~~ Declares Mr. Wilson Made No Con- tribution to His Committee. Chatrman Hull of the democrat] national committée today denfed t accuracy of a statement publishe; New York paper that former Presf- ‘Wilson had writte: letter to the democratic national commiitiee tn- osing a contribution and offering services to the committee, which ter had thus far bden suppressed. “No such letter and no such contri- bution has been received, and I know of no fact or circumatance upon which such a !Mll.--lk(nl' story could based,” sal airman Hull at democratio hesdquarters. Popular Cuts. ~ From the Boston Heraid, The chocest cuts are tax cuts. riners Play ® SOUSA The great March King, who conducts the massed Band Concerts of all bands attending the Shrine convention, says: “I consider that comr- plete equipment of Conn instruments enhances the musical value of any organization at least 50 per cent.” Sousa’s own band, of course, uses Conn in- struments. 4 destroys moth eggs and kills moth worms before they have a chance to do any damage. ‘Thoroughly spray with Enoz any clothes you packed away! Spray the clothes hang- ing in closets! Spray your rugs, carpets and upholstery! Then you can be sure you have.destroyed every vestige of moth life. "Enoz penetrates into the hidden places where moth eggs are always laid and des- troysthem before theyhatch into mothworms. It makes materials moth resistant. ‘Look out for cheap imitations of Enoz which only fook the same. " A pint of Enoz $1. Sprayers $1 and 60c ill effects from the incident, further Deople cheert Greek recitation Conn equipment. You'll hear the differ- ence! A complete display of the famous Conn instruments may be seen at the Homer L. Kitt Co., 1330 G St. N.W. in these Mason Cords We know! For we’ve tested and tried scores of makes of tires—and we’re convinced that for frue value in everl); way Mason’s are the buy today. : True value is built into every Mason Cord and it shows in their remarkable long wear — their sturdy, clean-cut looks, their uni- form, unvarying, depend- able quality. Do you wonder why we s0 whole-heartedly urge . our customers to buv Mason Cords? 'THE MASON TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, Kert, 0" Philadelphia: Branch: 1427 Spring Garden St. Du Pont Tire Shop, 2002 M St. N.W. Phone Franklin 4286 World’s Largest Manufacturers of High Grade Band and Orchestra Instruments -~ HomerL KlttCompany - TPnabe Warerooms 1330 G Street Elkhart Indiana ENOZ CHEMICAL CO., SEusoRsyaies West Coast: Goe. W. Smith & Sens,dnc.. 554 Howard St, Sen Frascisse _w,ashingfon’s, Largest an_d Greatest Market Center Market Welcomes: America’s Largest and Createst Conventlon' Such is this mammoth institution operated under the supervision . - THe visitorr in Washmgton, so 1mpressed by its many imposing edlfices, mlght not be attracted by so commonplace a building as a -market. But after all, a market is the backbone of a city and Cen- ter’ Market k no exception. o -‘occupying\ two entire city blocks, housing unden one- roof 176 duleuin oveqy ‘line of foodstuffs and household' sindries. ' "Annually “doing a.“’busm#s of over fifteen million dollars, both ‘wholesale and “retail, Bl "(THIS ADVERTFSEMENT PUBLISHED THROUGH THE CO-OPERATION OF CENTER MARKET DEALERS) CARRE S LR of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Government ownership assures the most rigid enforcement of the meat and food mspectlon laws. Conveniently located at the very hub of the cnty—approachable via all main. thoroughfares and every traction line in the city. Collectively, we extend a cordial invitation to every Shriner to} visit this master market. u.-_....-..u_.. i ikasn imicttianin | PO SPPEPLLTILIPPLIIIOLBIVOIPILVCTC I LI LG IO 3 RIS