Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1925, Page 9

MEXICANS WATCH TREASURE HUNTERS Wealthy Families Ready to Buy Heirlooms Lost in Merida Sinking. Special Dispatch to The Star and the North American Newapaper Alliance CO _CITY, July 7.—Many — O pooinment Mexican families, both here and abroad, are following with keen interest the progress of the New York “treasure hunt” expedition which is trying to salvage the gold and silver cargo of th The liner was wrecked in years ago on its way from Mexico to New York, and its passenger in cluded many of the most prominent Mexican names. Moreover. most of thes Mexicans were fleeing from home for political reasons, and were carrying with them their most val uable family tre ncluding at least a million dc worth of gems and jewelry Among the passengers was the en- tire Madero family, in flight from the revolution, whi had resulted in the E: nation of Francisco Madero. '\"hii‘ family was re; ded as one of the” wealthiest in X ico, nd their loss in the sinking of the Merida was perhaps the heaviest of any passen- gers one of these has any es which the the law had in since been doubt that to re. passen outlawed. many of will purchase certain treasures from the New York syndicate Sunk in 1911 The Merida was them vor sunk on May 12, dense f the er ship and there either ves afloat for seriously injured, of life aboar The Merida rem: hours, and a passengers taken off and transferred to other ships, arriving at nearby Amer- fcan ports a few hours later. L in the American ird of $107,000 of the Merida owners of the Farra Owing to the rapid settling Merf of the the passengers were taken off ickly as possible, leaving behind their personal belongings and ables, locked in the purser's two lage safes. These safes will be brought up intact by the New York salvagers. Other valuable cargo is in the vessel's strongroom, including about $3,000,000 in gold and silver hypllion. The spo all where the ship was lost, 40 miles from Fog Island, is one of the roughest in the Atlantic. The re in ceaseless movement, be- e outpouring of the waters the Chesapeake and the backwash of the Gulf Stream. The bottom where the ship rests is sandy, and conflicting currents cause the sand to form ridges that often become high enough to bury a vessel. This fact has apparently defeated the many pre- vious attempts 1o locate the wreck. ¥Famous Ruby Collection. Among the Madero jewels, in the 's safe, is @ colléction which is in two hemispheres—the rqwn jewels of Emperor Maximilian, including the famous rubies which the mad press Charlotte saved after Maximilian was executed. This ts sald to be the finest collection of rubies in the world. The Madero family plate and their art collections are also well known to connoisseurs. Forty-five wealthy Mexicans had de- ted valuables in the purser’s safes, ording to the records of the ship, among them the Bishop of Yucatan Car Zettina, leather millionaire: Miss Bolle, heiress of a great fortune uthern Mexico, and four N kers who were carrying larg ments of money and securities tc ork. The wife of first on an even keel and sank shortly afterward Prominent Me believe that the cargo of the Merida will prove to be worth nearly $5,000,800. It includes 22 tons of gold and silver “matt” or half-refined ore, gold bullion in bars worth nearly a million dollags and eight kegs of American $20 gpld pieces, in addition to the contents of the two safes. The general cargo in cludes mahogany, which is not af- ater; 2,000 barrels of rom Cuba and an st of copps e. by, Nort a News- 4.) sunken steamship Merida. | 1 courts | Crowded Federal Prisons Make Aid Of States Vital Only Three So Far Have Offered to Care for Ov, | | | By the Associated Press. Unless further offers are received from State officials to assist the Gov-, ernment in housing the approximately |8.000 Federal prisoners, Government | prison authorities expect little early relief of the overcrowded conditions in the Atlanta and Fort Leavenworth s far only three a to absorb some of the overflow. Meantime, plans are going forward a reformatory for woman Federal b W1dRbwan | O R ies of War and Interior survey of old Army cangonments for a site for the new $2,000.000 insti- tution to be built for man first of- | fenders. Money for the latter prison, | which will provide for between 4,000 {and 5,000 men, is yet to be requested of Congress. Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Assistant Attorney General with supervision over the Bureau of Pris- ons, expects the woman's reformatory to be ready by next Spring to receive about 350 woman prisoners now housed in State and county prisons. Dr. Mary B. Harris, formerly in charge of the New Jersey Industrial Schools for Girls, will be its superin- tendent. Special attention is expected to be | glven to facilities at the reformatory | for treating narcotic drug users, it | being pointed out that 80 per cent the women arrested for violating Fe | eral laws are addicted to the use narcotics. PUBLISHERS FACE AETVE SESSION Southern Association Newspaper Men to Elect Officers Today. of of By ths Associated Press. ASHEVILLE, N. C., | gates to the S |lishers’ Assoc | entered the sec with many settled. Officers of the association for the en- suing year were to be elected, and next | year's” convention meeting place will be selected. | The committee of the code of ethics will be heard this morning, as will numerous other committees. Adolph Ochs, publisher of the New York Times, was on the morning pro- gram for an address, and Kent Cooper, general manager of the Associated Press, will speak this afternoon. Yesterday's sion was taken up with an address from the president of the association, Arthur Newmyer, and reports of othter officers. It was also the opinfon of the convention, after much discussion, that some | changes should be made in the postal legislation. The convention will last through to- morrow. Every Southern State is represented. A golf tournament will teature this afternoon and tomorrow July 7.—Dele- nd day’s session today, important matters to be SN~~~ % Sour Stomach “Phillips Milk of Magnesia” Better than Soda AN Instead of soda hereafter take a | little “Phillips Milk of Magnesia” in | water any time for indigestion or | sour, acid, gassy stomach and relief | will come instantly. | For fifty years genuine “Phillips [Milk' of Magnesia® has been pr !scribed by physicians, because it | overcomes three times as much acid |in the stomach as a saturated solu- | tion of bicarbo of soda, leaving | the stomach sws d free from all ases. It neutralizes acid fermenta- tions in the bowels and gently urges the souring waste from the system | without purging. Besides, it is more pleasant to take than soda. Insist upon “Phillips.” Twenty-five-cent | bottles, any drug store. ? ) ( NIAGARA FALLS EXCURSIONS July 9, THURSDAYS $16.80 FROM ROUND TRIP 23, August 6, 20, September 3, 17 and October 1 WASHINGTON PROPORTIONATE FARES FROM OTHER POINTS LEAVES Union_Station THE IDEAL ROUTE T0 NIAGARA ROUGH BEAUTIFUL SUSQUI Tickels good for 16 d of usual charges for s Ask Ticket Agents for Descriptive SPECIAL TRAI Eastern_Standard Time ... ...7145 AM. FALL . GIVING A DAYLIGHT RIDE EHANNA VALLEY on payment rlor or sleepis enars '+ “Bining car ‘atiached ted Folder. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD THE STANDARD RAIL LROAD OF THE WORLD THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1925. NEW WILL ADDRESS POSTAL WORKERS Will Open Convention of Colored Employes of - Post Office Department Tonight. IELKS PLAN 0UTING . FORT,o00 ORPHANS Plenty to Eat and Varied i Amusements in Glen Echo Park Tomorrow. Postmaster General New will open the eighth biennial convention of the National Alliance of Postal Employes, composed of colored workers in ali branches of the postal service, at the Dunbar High School auditorium to- night. The Postmaster General will extend greetings to the delegates. Sec- ond Assistant Postmaster General Henderson and Walter H. Riddell, general superintendent of the railway mall service, also are scheduled to speak. The business sessions will be held during the week at the Cleveland School. Tomorrow night a reception will be given the delegates at the Dun- bar armory, and the following night John D. Gainey, assistant chief clerk at large, will entertain at a smoker in the Whitelaw Hotel, District presidents in attendance are: James M. Richardson, R. E. L. Hutton, W. M. Montgomery, Willlam Welch, E. F. Morrison, J. O. Gilliam, Robert I. Jones, Irving Butler, R. O Wright, J. H. Nelson and V. H. Spar- row. Delegates | A-plenty to eatand various forms of |amusements will constitute the attrac | tions for 1,500 Washington orphans at |the twentieth annual Elks' orphan outing, under the auspices of the Washington Lodge of Elks in Glen Echo Park tomorrow. Twenty special cars will be furnish- €d by the Washington Railway & Elec 'tric Co. to take the children to the park in the morning and bring them back in the evening. Th run near the various meeting at Eleventh and I 10 o'clock in the morning and proe ing from that point to the park, two-minute intervals All of the riding devices ment features will be free to the orphans all day, and General Manager Leonard B. Schioss of Glen Echo Park, himself an Elk and a member of the Washington Lodge of Elks, will be on hand to assist in making the children happy. There will be a-plenty of “hot dogs,” ice cream cones and “pop” for the children. Members of Outing Committee. The following compose the phans’ outing committee Frank Baum, chairman: P. J. Cal- lan, vice chairman; John Lynch secretary: F. J. Kersheimer, man transportation; Willlam G meyer, chairman commissary uel Richards, chairman toys! Roby, chairman public order Frick and Arthur Whitcomb, mittee on music, and Dr. William F. Walter, chairman physicians. The following members wiil be in charge of the children from the different or- phan asylums: P. J. Foley, St. Jo- seph’s; E. T. Simpson, Bruen Home: Julius’ Wenig, St. Vincent's: R. F. Crowley, St. John's; Martin Wiegand, Good Hope Orphanage: G. E. Beck- man, Washington City Orphanage; “harles J. Montgomery, St. Rose's School; F A. Brown, Gospel Mis- sion; A. Zimmerman, Home In- dustrial School; George D. Kehoe, Jewish Foster Home; A. B. Evans, Baptist Home: George Pumphrey, Bell Home, and Robert Hoy, Centrai Union Mission. at nd amuse include: rict, E. Thompson, C. E. Norton and J. B. Tay- district, Oliver, Rieras, R. J. seph \V. Mason, John Crawford and James W. Wilson; third distriet, J. E. Hutchinson and 8. A, Hull; fourth dis- trict, J. H. W. Simmons and L. L. Me- Dowell: sixth district, John D. Booker, R. J. Salisbury, C. A. Palmer, J. W | Goldsberry and E. A. Bryant, jr.; sev- enth district, John L. Pritchard, Wil- |tiam T. Hensley and G. N. T. Gray; |eighth district, M. D. Anderson, H. W. | Beecher, W. H. Owen, Arthur Cole, L. J./ Lee, C. Hawkins and J. A. Wheatley; ninth district, W.' F. Buf- |kin, J. H. Cochran, E. L. Keene, J. R. Lansing, C. G. King and R. O. Wii- hoit; tenth district, P. A. Coleman and R. A. Bailey. second George L. Lemue! John com- R. The ORIGINAL Malted Milk . ForInfants, Invalids, The Aged Nourishing — Digestib No Cooking. 2 Avoid Imitations — Substitutes Chair Caneing Porch Rockers Splinted Low Price. Quick Service. NUF-CED Clay Armstrong 1233 10th St. N.W. Franklin 7483 MRS. MILTON SAVES LIFE. Miss Helen Davenport From Drowning at Beach. Mrs. Samuel B. Milton of Washing- ton has again been the central figure in a life-saving at Chesapeake Beach, going to the rescue and saving from drowning Miss Helen Davenport, 1 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mr: Henry B. Davenport of 3216 Fight eenth street northeast. Mi: Daven. port was swimming in water 10 or 12 feet deep along with a number of others when she called for help d was seen struggling in the water. Mrs. Milton, who was some little dis tance away, where she had been in. structing her class of juveniles in swimming and life-saving, sprang back into the water and went to the rescue. Miss Davenport had gone down twice when Mrs. Milton reached | her. Rescues 'FOOD EXPERTS TO GIVE FREE HEALTH LECTURES Dietitians of national reputation to speak and demonstrate the value of good cooking in Capital- Memorial Church Lecture Room, 5th and F Sts. N.W. First lecture tonight (July 7) at 7:45 o’clock. H. S. 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