Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1924, Page 21

_— 5 LOST, 6 INJURED, TOLL OF SHIP BLAST Investigation of Explosion on 0il Freighter at Brooklyn Shows Big Loss. CAUSE STILL A MYSTERY Longshoremen Shot 35 Feet Above Floor—Hold Flooded. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 25.—Authorities today continued their investigations of the explosion aboard the Standard Oil Company freighter Egremont Castle at a Brooklyn wharf yester- day in which five men were reported missing and six others were perhaps fatally injured. The missing men, one of whom was Charles Keller, an | inspector for the Standard Oil Com- pany, are thought to haye been burned to death or drowned in the flooded hold of the ship. The Egremont Castle, of British registry, was beached at Gowanus Flats. It is estimated that the dam- age will exceed $300,000. Men Hauled to Satety. The origin of the explosion on the ship, which was loaded with 250,- 000 allons of naphtha, kerosene and from a lighter into an aft hold bursy with a sharp flash. This was followed by a series of minor explosions in the hold, culminating in a thunder- ous roar. The last blast shot sev- eral longshoremen from the hold to the deck, thirty-five feet above. Slings were flung down the hatchway to the men below and one by one they were hauled up, bleeding from their wounds. 2 Ambulances and police reserves were summoned and at the samé time a fire alarm was sounded. After had been given to the injured, tugs rushed to the scene and to the KEgremont Castle, which was menacing shipping, from the wharf. - MYSTERY OF INFANT’S "BODY IN MAIL SOLVED Mother. Says Baby Was Born Dead and She Decided to Send Remains to Her Parents. By the Assocated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky, June 25.—Mys- tery surrounding shipment by parcel post of the body of a baby Mrs. E. Leitch, Chicago, from Lake- land, was cleared last night when police said M Merrit Cottrell, a daughter of Mrs. Leitch, told them , she was the mother of the infant, born dead Thursday. Mrs. Cottrell and her husband are attendants at a state hospital for the insane at Lak land. Mrs. Cottrell told them, that she did not know what to do police said. with the body of her child and final- | ly, late Thursday, mailed it to her mother: The woman, according to Dr. W. A. Jillson, uffering from what appar. ently is a s shock, ous collapse. e mental and phy: on the verge of a erv. FLOGGING CHAHGE MADE. State Farm Prisoners Wlupped end Shot, Texan Says. Tex., George W. June 25.— Dixon, candi- girl to | MAUGHAN PLANS STOP .IN CAPITAL ON RETURN Flyer Will Leave Coast in Few Days, Making Air Trip by glsy Stages. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, June 25.—Lieut. Russell L. Maughan, dawn-to-dusk, coast-to-coast aviator, declared yes- terday that with a good night's sleep behind Kim, he was feeling fine after his record-breaking trip. ‘Hh flight, which began at Mitchel Field, N. Y. at daybreak and ended at Crissy Field here just after twi- light, Monday, establishing the new record of 21 hours, 47 minutes and | 45 seconds, left the Army flyer with | no fill effects. Although he accom- plished the feat alone, handicapped by an air sickness, he got up yesterday saying he felt fine. Lieut. Maughan for several day: will be the guest of Lieut. Col. W. Gilmore, aviation officer of the Corps Area. He attended a luncheon yesterday given in his honor by the American Legion. Last night he ap- peared at a banquet of the Army and Navy Club. Lieut Maughan said that he expects to fly back, making the trip by easy stages and 5topping perhaps in Wash- ington for a time. Among many tele- grams of congratulations received by the aviator was one from President | Coolidge. Lieut. Maughan said last night that he would start his flight back within four or five days in the same plane he used Monday. $40,000 FINE IS LEVIED + ON TAX-DODGING FIRM By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn., June 25.—Fines totaling $40,000 and a chec 148,000, representing taxes du. by three officials of Brown | Bigelow, St. Paul specialty man- ufacturers, who pleaded guilty in fed- eral court to charges of defrauding the government of income taxes. Bigelow, head of the firm, paid a $10,000 fine. In addition he was sentenced to serve two years at | federal prison at Leavenworth, with a stay of sentence granted until No- vember 1. William F. Preister, con- troller; Robert Galloway, tfeasurer, and . the secretary corporation vernor, that a prisoner at | e Ramsay state farm was shol to death by a guard on April 17 and that prisoners at the Eastham farm recently were flogged are being in- vestigated today by membérs of the state prison board. Dixon’s charges are supported by an affidavit of C. C. Newton, a dis- charged prisoner, three men at the beaten, one ‘so severely that he was confined 4o a hospital for several months. Dixon said he had some of the bloody tlothing worn by one of the convicts, He declared that the prisoner killed at the Ramsey farm was shot because he “lagged a bit behind his squad.” None of the facts regarding the shooting have been made public, he said. _— HELD FOR HOTEL BILL. Lillian Russell’s Daughter Arrest- ed for $485 Debt. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. June 2 Mrs., Dorothy Russell Cal of the late Lillian Ru celebrity and stepdaughter of xander P. Moore. Pittsburgh spaper publisher, was arrested harged with non-pa: Is amounting to $485. 5 brought to police headquar- ers, the was accompanied by John Daniels, nineteen, 1 he was her secretary. 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REGISTRY CHANGE ATTACKED Federal "Officials Say Action of Ship Owners Illegal. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, June 25—The Panaman steamship Taboga, which was captured last week by the coast guard cutter cushnet and towed into this port Sat- | urday, was released yesterday on or- ders from Washington. Although coast guardsmen had searched for the Taboga for months | until the vessel became known up and |down the coast as the “phantom rum- | runner,” last week’s seizure, made fif- | teen miles off shore near Block Island, was not in connection with a rum- running charge. Federal offictals said the Acushnet had orders direct from ‘Washington to bring the Taboga in. s explained that the vessel had zed from American to Panaman ry without authority. Later it became known that a man sought in New York on a federal in- dictment was on board the vessel Taboza was in port a strong s maintained on her. but the identity of the person under survell- lance was not disclosed, and he sailed with the steamship today. ‘When selzed the Taboga had 1.900 cases of beer and 220 cases of cordlals on board, but the skipper, Capt. Hart- man, explained that he had sold most of his cargo. When brought in here she carried a large crew, mostly German matlonals, according fo coast. suard officers. 8-HOUR DAY FOR WOHKERS IS APPROVED BY: FRANCE Minister of Labor Announces Gov- ernment Ready to Ratify the Washington Convention. By the Asaciated Press. GENEVA. June 25.—Justin Godart, French deputy minister of labor and health, announced to the Interna- tional Labor conference yesterday that France now was ready to ratify the Washington eight-hour day con- vention. M. Godart explained that the eight-hour day has been effec- tive in France gince 1919, and that it has diminished’ alcoholism and in- creased the output. Belgian and British workers spoke in favor of the maintenance of an eight-hour day in Germany during the period of reparation payments. Dr. Herman Leymann, representing the German government at the con- ference, said that a prolongation of the day's work in Germany was nec- gssary on account of the economic crisis caused by the war and the oc- cupation of the Ruhr. Germany, he said, would observe the eight-hour day 'as soon as economic conditions made it possl\:le -— In Pondoland, in southeast Mfrica, wives may be bought on the install- ment plan. 72277227, CANADIANS REPLACING STRIKING POSTAL MEN civ# Service Tests Held—Enor- mous Amount of Mail Accumu- lated. By the Aseociated Press, TORONTO, Ontario, Postal officials in Montreal, Wind- sor, Toronto and other communities affected by the strike of Canadian Juné 25— postal workers are perfecting plans | for distributing the tremendous amount of mail that has accumulated during the past week. In Toronto, civil service examina- tions were held yesterday and 400 men qualified to take the places of the striking employes. A report that a number of local workers returned to their jobs yes- terday and that letter carriers in Mon- treal, have offered to resume work was denied by A. E. Hull, chairman of the strike committee. At mass meetings yesterday local strikers reiterated thefr intention to continue the strike until their de- mands were met. Mail service is improving here, post office officials assert. e Mrs. Mary E. Adams and Mrs. Martha J. Camperson of Wilmington, Del., who have just celebrated their elghty-sixth birthday anniversaries, are said to be the oldest twins in the United States. 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