Evening Star Newspaper, June 16, 1924, Page 9

MANY HUNT VICTIMS OF HUGE CLOUDBURST Recover Bodies of Five Who Drowned—Seek Seven Others. Repair of Railway Begins. RED CROSS AIDING STRICKEN Yills Washed Away, Survivors of Flood Report. BY the Associated Press, JOHNSON CITY. Tenn. June 16.— Search for the remaining seven bodies known to be in the debris along the Wautauge River and work of recon- Struction of railroads and highways are following Friday night's devastat- ing cloudbursts in Carter County. The five bodies recovered being those of Mrs. Lum Smith and her son, Willard; Mae Lewis. six-year-old daughter of Neal Lewis, and two chil- | dren of Ceeil Lewis, six years and four months old, were buried at once on the mountain side near their homes. Al were found within half a mile of their home, lodged in | debris near the river, which is now | piled to a depth of twenty feet and the remaining = bodies thought to be buried. The scarch continues down the river, however. Crews of railroad. telegraph and telephone workers are on hand. an- | nouncing that the railroad | the Southern may be ready for oper in about two or three wee In the meantime, schedule tained from Bristol to Elizabethton The track from Hunter to Butler is impassable. about fifteen miles being ruined. Telephone and telegraph communication may be established in | a few days. Reconstruction of the Laurel Fork railway may require several months, as will the repair of highways. The waters have receded to almost normal, but logs buildings still are surface. Provision the care of about whose homes were destroyed., and funds for this temporary material relief constitute the only aid being asked from the outside. Red Cross Aid Arrives. The storm is now known to have centered with unprecedented intensity near Cardens Bluff and Siam, the deluge being funnel-shaped and of death-dealing fury at its center. The total amount of water reaching the river at lower points was not as large as previous floods and little flood damage occurred below the stricken area. Reports coming in from the flooded area, which is about cight miles wide and fifteen miles long. indicate that A score of houses, barns and mills were washed awa; Most of these buildings were at Cardens Bluff and Fish Springs, villages on the bank of the Watauga. Maj. Dix of the southern _division ©f the Red Cross arrived at the scene yesterday. Most_of the affected families are poor. Headed by the Red Cross chap- ter of Elizabethton, citizens of that place are giving aid. A campaign for funds to relieve the stricken already has been started. BUTLER PLANS CAMPAIGN. Will Keep G. O. P. Headquarters at Chicago—Dawes to Aid. CHICAGO, June 16—William M. Butler, new chairman of the Repub- lican ‘national committee, conferred here today with party leaders pre- paratory to starting the presidential campaign in earnest. He arrived last night. Plans to place the new na- tional committee in good running or- der also were discussed The headquarters of the committee, which will be in Chicago, is expected to include the pre-convention Cool- idge headquarters, with much addi- tional space in the Wrigley buflding. Mr. Butler is expected to spend much of his time at the headquarters with the vice presidential nominee, Charles G. Dawes, and Roy O. West, the new secretary of the committe: trees and bits of | floating on “the | is being made for| twenty families | P Fas ” S ) Via the smart “City Club Shos’ hionable Washington_ Society _{Continued from Eighth Page.) Royal Crusaders,” as founder of Descendants of Crusaders. The American Association of Uni- versity Women will hold its last informal Wednesday atternoon tea for the season at the clubhouse, at 1634 1 street, Wednesday afternoon. The guests of honor will be the year's new members, about 100 in all. Mrs. Frank White, acting as hostess, hopes to make this something of an experience meeting, in which members will dis- cuss freely the present and future possibilities of the club as a meeting place for college women. Miss Mildred E. Middleton enter- tained a group of ladies at a Sunday morning breakfast at the Grace Dodge Hotel yesterday in honor of her moth- F. S. Middleton, and her sis- | Frances Middleton, of Ames, lowa, who are visiting in Washington en route to Palmetto, Fla. The guests were Miss Emma Tyler. Mrs. Sara Turner and daugh- iss Bdith Esgate, s Bess Voris. Miss Ruth Morris. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Morris of this city, and Mr. Almon S. Nelson of Ta- koma Park, Md., were married at Rockville. Md., Saturday afternoon by the Rev. Dr. Goode. Mr. and Mrs. Nel- son left for a trip to New York and return by way of Atlantic City. Dot Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses bave been issued o the tollowior John W. Alberta W. ey of Baltimore, Md., and acks of this city and Queen Bankhead Hirlinger and Elizabeth M Darl R. Philip E. Barber of York. Pa., and Viola A Neff of this city, ) Garnett Warbington and Chariesetta Wiley. Henry C. Wise of Munsing. Mich., and Ger rude A. Berens of this city. "Frank Rullan of New York city aad Kath ryn M. Garver of Hagerstown, Md. Births Reported. The fallowing births have been reported to the health department in the last tweaty- four honrs Thomas A. and Jessie E. Rohertson. girl. Joseph P. and Emma F. Phillips, girl Tewis 3. and Marion M. Wateon, girl. J5hn H. and Amelia E. Taylor. boy John F. and Murial G. Gilchiese. girl John &. and Katherine C. Minns, girl. Samnel and_Ruth Witt. girl Harry and Bessi Taishoff, girl. Raymond FI. and Kathieen Decator, boy. Fiyman and Tertha M. Arenson, boy. Robert J. and Fannie Rothatein, boy Harry and’ Nettie Cohen, Joseph 8. and Bessie L. Corbe, girl, Otto H., jr.. and Alice L. Syivester. boj Kurk 0. and Frances E. ntzel. gl Joseph L. and Clarice E. Soper, girl. Harves T. and Florence K. Fox. hor Charles M. and Carrie . Jancar, bor d Mary V. Talbott. bor i W o ’B‘n'lzn‘ rdiner, girl. Gt R Sle Deaths Reported. The following deaths bave been reparted to the et dena et T the Tare ety . 20, Home for Incurables. cn . 1008 M st me Josephine B. . 84, 1304 Oregon ave. Annie E. Mooney, 67, Sibles Hospital. Delia H. Wright, 59, 705 Quincy_ st Sister Mary Genevieve Holbert, 73, George- town University Houpital Tonald MclLeod, 79. 1333 Euclid st Georgetown University Horace Mills, 32, Hospital L 600 T st iley. 15, reedmen's Hompita L' Tyndeli, 15, 107 Mouat Oliv ne. Nelson, 49. Wallach place. Hones Sapmcs, 15, 1513 Colombia st - | Cnrley Glascow, 59, Home for Aged, Blue | P fant Charles and Lillian Clarke, 9 hours, | Frecdmen's Hospital. e an holds first place among world eo::gnu in the value of its fishing products. STUDEBAKER | Just Drive It; That's All THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JUNE T6, 1924 COUNT ZEPPELIN IN U. S. TO GREET NEW DIRIGIBLE Says Giant Airship Should Cross Atlentic in About 60 Hours at 75-Mile Speed. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 16.—Count Ehrich Zeppelin, nephew of Count Otto Zep- pelin, inventor of the first practicable dirigible, arrived here yesterday on the liner Albert Ballin. This is the count’s first visit to America since 1892, when he attended the world fair at Chicago. Count Zeppelin comes as a representative of the Zeppelin Company 10 greet the arrival of the new dirigible, Z-126, which is being built for the United States in Ger- many. While in this country he will study the possibilities of commercial aerm! navigation between America and Euorpe by means of airships. The count sad the total lifting capacity of the Z-126 is about elghty tons and that dirigible's power plant consists of five motors aggregating 2,000 horsepower, which will give the ship a maximun speed of seventy-five miles an hour. Under favorable Weather conditions the Z-126 should be able to cross the Atlantic in two | and a half days, Count Zeppelin de- | HONDURAS QUIET AGAIN. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras. June 16. Tkife in Honduras, upset from early February to the beginning of May by a revolutionary qutbreak, is rap suming its normal aspects. property confiscated citizens While the revolt was in progress has been returned, schools have been re- ang political leaders who were associated with the dictatorial government, to oust which the revo- lution was ‘started, are returning to their homes. Preparations have be- the presidential clection gun for campaign Basilica of Agony Consecrated. June 16.—Cardinal assisted by the Patriach of Jerusalem, two bishops and other members of the clergy, consecrated the newly constructed Basilica _of Agony at’ Gethsemane Sunday. The basilica was built by the Franciscans on the site of an ancient Byzantine | church of the fourth century, the foundations of which were unearthed during the excavations for the new building. FRIENDS WITH YOUR COMPLEXION| Do you want a clear, fresh, glow- ing skin—free from even the | slightest trace of pimples or| | blackheads® You can have it casily. And so quickly that your friends will be amazed at the change in your appearance. Simplv |take Ve-Lak—two tablets with | Then watch the re- || Before you know it. every | pimple and blackhead will have | | disappeared and you will have a| clean, youthful, velvety skin—the | | kind that is envied by every one | Ve-Lak supplies your system with | {certain vital elements—the very| | elements needed to keep your skin beautiful. 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Various reports have been in circula- tion, one of these to the effect that the mutilated body of the deputy had been found and secretly brought back to Rome and hidden. Judge Grossi, after investigating the disappearance of Matteotti, yes- terday summoned Signor Filippelll, editor of the Corriere Italiano, to his office and interrogated him. pelli, after he left the judg bers. resigned his position and mediately left Rome by train. Mean- time an order for his arrest had been issued and police in fast motor cars| | sped after the train and succeeded in_overtaking it at a station fifty miles outside Rome. He was arrested and brought back to the capital. The details of his interrogation by the judge have not been made pubiic. Mussolini Meets Committee. Premier Mussolini today received a committee representing the majority in the Chantber of Deputies, who pre- sented him with a request that the government continue its efforts to locate the missing deputy and to run down those responsible for his dis- appearance. The premier replied that the information gathered by _the police led to the conviction that Mat- teotti had been murdered. Wheat axports from Vancouver for the month of April reached 6,302,670 bushels DEGREE TO MRS. HARDING ‘Widow Awarded Honor Intended for Late President. GAMBIER, Ohio, June 16.—The de- gree of doctor of laws conferred on the late President Harding, but never actually received by the President, was yesterday conferred upon his widow, as a part of the program in the obu(r:vmce of the centennial of Kenyon College here. In’ the presence of noted educators and alumni from many places Presi- dent William F. Peirce of Kenyon College criticized in his baccalaureate sermon the tendncy toward “softness in educational corriculums. % AR ROCKEFELLER IS THANKED RHEIMS, France, June 16.—A dele- gation of the convention of French architects yesterday, after having paid a visit to the Rheims cathedral, passed a resolution thanking John D. Rockefeller, jr., for his recent do- nation of $1,000,000 for use in the re- construction of the cathedral, which was so badly damaged by German gunfire during the war. The resolution expressed the hope Mr. Rockefeller's action would be imitated by others. KAPLOWITZ BROS., INC. 721 NINTH STREET, N. W. FEATURING DELIGHTFULLY COOL SILK GOWNS $15 SPECIALLY LOW FEATURED PRICE. PRINTED CREPE DE CHINE, TUB SILKS, NEW PRINTS AND NEW COLORINGS; KAPLOWITZ QUALITY AND | DISTINCTION. FOR TOWN, SPORTS, | COUNTRY CLUB, OR BEACH. 1 Iil.;gn and ts 1g: Carp:d, Repaired FIREPROOF STORAGE Orienta * Nazarian Bros. 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