Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1925, Page 1

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By the Associated Proes CHELSEA, Mass., Little hope remain the 34 missing memb the submarine S-51, sunk off Block Island last night in collision with the steamship City of Rome, in the opinion of the three survivors who are under treatment at the naval hospital. Six men trapped in the engine room when the submarine went down, may have side chance.” the survivors use the water r compartment last. controlling ve removed September for the s said. ach that of the batteries pressure may Failure the air | that faint hope, howeve HEARS NO SIGN OF LIFE| Captain of Steamer States He Circled Sunken Vessel for Two Hours in Reply to Wilbur Belief | He Should Have Stayed Until Navy Came to the Scene. By the Associated Press FON, September The $-51, struck and sunk by City Rome, 14 miles night, sl the warine steamer of Block 125 feet of nd last of water e failure so far the outcome attempts to rescue the 34 men b o be entrapped within her hull highest hoper of Navy officials at ecene was that the men might live for | hours provided there was no leak- | age of water into the submarine. Others said that at least two days would be needed to raise the sub- marine to the surface. Divers favored by a moonlight night ! and a calm sea, failed in their at- tempt to force compressed air into the S51 and turned their efforts to passing a sling under the stern. Above them floated a lasye sroup of salvage vessels, mine swaupers and wrecking | craft, by four subma- rines. failed in all efforts to communicate with those believed | mprisoned in the wreck Little Hope for Sh The divers said the S Ing on her keel with a slight list port, with a large hole in her port- side abaft the conning tower The City of Kome arrived here this afternoon with three survivors on hoard, Alfred Geier of New Bedford Michael 8. Lira of St Louis and Dewey Kile of Peorla, Miss. They were taken to the Chelsen Hospital with minor injuries. They told of their narrow escape from death and | declared they had little hope that their comrades still aboard the S8-51 would be found alive. The diving operations were con- ducted from an outfit sent out from Newport, where there is a deep sea diving school in connection with the naval station. The vessels were the tug Triton, the diving boat Crilley and two range boats. Work was car- ried on under the glare of search- lights from « fleet of naval and C Guard craft assembled about scene of the o« ion An underwriters’ survey held to- it on the City of Rome disclosed no rent dumage from the col- Jisio A temporary certificate was issued and the vessel will be allowed to make her return sailing to vannah tomorrow. More than passengers hooked for the trip. v 100! Called to Inquir; "apt. Diehl, those of his officers who were on duty at the time of the col- lision and members of the crew have | heen ordered to report tomorrow mornin; 1t the office of the United ates steamboat inspectors to give | testimony 1 ling the accident Coun: for the Ocean Steamship Line. owner of the City of Rome, to night made public a statement by | Capt. Diehl, in which the captain de. clared that evervthing possible was done to rescue survivors of the S ¢ state nt follows : of the City of Rome shows collision occurred at 10:24 lifeboat No. 7, in ch: e of | officer, had heen launched and was hing for survivors. Lighted ring buovs had been thrown overboard. A ladder had been low- ered to the water's edge nd seamen | with ropes were standin; All | the other lifebc we! ready for launching. The lifeboat which had nched found three men and ere brought in. " survivors were found or as seen on the surface pot where the subma- seen markin rine sank “The location of the plotted and sent to the ¥ Depart ment. After standing Ly and seefnz no sizns of life the ship proceeded.” the ollision was Captain’s Message. “The £.5 the zraphic John H. Diehl of the City “with no side lights showing. nearly into ship when side lights were | switched on. Backed full spe sub did not change ruck forward conning oy < Nk at once Only thre Being taken care of. and crew of | Rome O. dented.” In an e *Dichl had s went down sht 14 miles fhom me from th little circumstances the City of Ron berth in the ¢ < warped in - district late this afternoon 8-51 left the sub- | marine base New London, Conn., | on September 20, on a practice cruise | in command of Lieut. Rodney H. Dob- | son. The City of Rome, scheduled to leave Savannah for Boston on Mon- day, was delayed for 24 hours and sailed on Tuesday. On board were 29 passengers. As soon as word of the collision was flashed on the air in the early hours | of this morning naval vessels iwere | hurried to the scene from every port within reach. Aircraft also rushed to the rescue and it was a naval sea-| plane, piloted by Lieut. C. S. Haw- | kins, which located the submarine early this afternoon through air bub. | bles coming to the surface. The sub- | marine $-1 quickly marked the posi-| tion and as soon as possible diver were sent down. The destroyer Putnam from Newport and was first vessels to reach the the 8-51 had gone down. The Camden, flight sh (Continued on Page went out | one of the | place where | i of the Al-l Column 4. | Alfred Geier, | relatively | quarte {to the City of Rome Geler and 1 became en- |, tangled in the radio antenna and were | 1 felt that | submarine | probe thoroughly i | Club Saved from death almost by miracle, electrician’s mate, sec- ond class, of New Bedford: Dewey Kile. engineman first class. of Peoria Miss., and Michael S. Lira, fireman first cl of St. Louis. Mo., suffered slight injuries, and were to leave the hospital soon. spokesman for the party. said none of them knew how the accident urred and that their recollection of nightmare moments followed the the kened by the crash at 10:30." aid. 'he three of us had been sleeping in the battery com partment forward. The first thing [ heard was Lieut. Dobson calling to We rushed for the deck and reached the conning tower from there reached the outside in some The ship was well sub- and went down almost im- diately. “The last thing 1 heard as she plunged was the commander shouting ‘Please throw us a line.’ carried down as she sank. Lira, as | that | and | | | I came up nd drifted ced up by nd Kile. | I dived a great distance, u v of Rome until the same he 1 think the commander was carried down by the antenna, too. That may have happened to others who got put to the deck. The shock was so great it must have thrown overboard the flve men who were on watch. “The searchlight of the Citv of Rome was not working, and that made it hard to see anybody floating in the | sea. I heard shouts as I drifted about, but do not know where they |came from. The S.31 must have |been badly damaged. ' 1 believed the only men who had a chance we those in the engine room. and that i |an outside chance. The water would | reach there last. But it is almost certain that the Datteries controlling the air pressure were put out of com | mission Dby the collision. Even then | | they might last 72 hours if they man aged to close off the compartment | 1Us a chance.” | The six men included in the “out | side chane: the survivors referred. i i * to which Thomas. | . Tex. hoemak- | motor_wma- | Klein nes, chief ' Stratford. e in the the en . second . Berk. eng mate, firste and Franklin machinist’s Conn. Firm hd Ja motor room and the others gine room. Lira said. |7 Although almost drowned when taken from the water by a lifeboat from the City of Rome. Lira and h two companions escaped without s ous physical effects from the disas Kile and Geier received n few cu and bruises and will leave for New London shortly. Lira, who sustained cut ahove his left knee. in addition neman, | Mont | motor (Continued on Page 2, Column 8. NAVY WILL PROBE SUBMARINE CRASH ‘Wilbur Denies Criticism of | Ship’s Master in Absence of Full Report. By the Associated Press Questions concerning the ¢ responsibility for the sinkin 51 off Block Island were the Navy Department vesterday while all efforts were bent toward rescuing any who might be alive on the crafi. There was evi- dent, however, determination to into all aspects of passed over by the disaste Secretary Wilbur, although he made clear that he was not criticizing in the absence of definite information, said only most unusual circumstances would have warranted the City of Rome, which struck the submarine, in | ving the scene before naval rescue | Te: craft High officers at the same time indi- cated a belief that the submarine had not been given the right of way to arrived. i which she was entitled by her position | under the laws of the sea. and may | have in effect been run down. Probe Will Be Madie. A board of inquiry will be appointed i to go into all questions in an effort to determine the reason for the dis- aster, but pending determination of the fate of the mi ny this direction is being withheld. Anxiously and sorrowfully the de- rtmentg received dispatches from the scene la night :and pieced gether the story of the traged; In a brief visit to the White House Mr. Wilbur acqnainted President Coolidge with the sitaation. than those of other powers, serfous accident from the standpoint of heavy loss of life heretofore being that of the sinking of the submarine ¥-4 off Honolulu in 1915 with the loss of 26 officers and men. In subse- quent years there have been eight sub- marine accidents, but none with great 1 of life Foreign navies in the same period have experienced 17 fatal submarine accidents, several with great loss of life. Hope Still Held Out. proceeding on the the- The Navy and ory that many of the 34 officers men unaccounted for on the "Alive and are within the craft ! helow the surface. When word was received, however, that a diver had been below and had been unable to communicate with any one in the in- terior, Mr. Wilbur admitted that this was ‘‘rather discouraging.” Tt was pointed out, neverthele: that when the S-5 sank off the Delaware Capes in 1820 all hands were saved after being submersed 37 hou My, Wilbur, in_discussing the de- (Continued on Page plumn 1.) step in| ROTATION IGNORED INLEAGUE COUNGIL Same Nations Get Elective! | Seats: Change in 1926 Or- dered—Final Session. By the Ass GE entember 26. | assembly of the League of Nations adjourned tonight in a flutter of ex- citement, caused by the election, con- | trary to custom, of the same six coun tries to the non-permanent seats in ' the council as last year After Belgium, Sweden, Czechoslovakia and Uruguay | had been thus chosen by secret ballot | —Ch: | Belzium for the sixth seat—Senor Lu | meta of Venezuela demanded the <ht of speech. trum amid profound silence, he clared that evervhody understood it was the legitimate desire of the a sembly to maintain the status quo in filling the non-permanent places In the council, but in his opinion this situation could not be prolonged. He then moved a resolution whereby the rotation principle would be effective i from the election of 1926. The sixth Refuses to Vote. The delegate from Spain. the coun- | try whose failure to ratify the cov- enant amendment enforcing periodic distribution of council seats makes that amendment inoperative, then announced that while he was not op- posed to the resolution he must con- sult his government and must there- ! fore abstain from voting. President | Dandurand declared the resolution adopted. Before the balloting the Chinese | delegate called the attention to the as- | sembly to the fact that it had recently | adopted a declaration that in selecting | non-permanent members of the coun- | cil the great world geographical and | racial divisions would be taken into consideration. This reminder won 26 votes for China, but faileg to restore | her to the place on the coancil, which | she lost in 1923 to Czechoslovakia, | Brazil received 43 votes, Uruguay 20, Spain and Czechoslovakia 35, Sweden | 34 and Belgium 32 Great Britain, France, Italy and Ja- pan have permanent seats in the | council and Germany will 8ccupy the | fifth seat if she joins the league and a place is always held before the| United States. | Mrs. Wilson at Session. | Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, who will | proceed to Paris by motor tomorow | and endeavor to cover the distance of 1323 miles in one day, was an interest. | | ed auditor of the closing proceedings | awd many of the statesmen said fare- | el to her. | | : ‘washington, D. C., Must Change Its Name, Say Hl;miliale(l Washington, N. C., Folks Washington, N. C., has been humil- iated long enough by being referred to as “Little Washington,” and the Rotary Club there lays it at the door of Washington, D. C. It's bad enough to have the mem- bers’ mail and parcel posted eggs ar- rive a week late by reason of having first been sent to Washington, D. C., but the worst part of it is that every time one of those good North Carolina Democruts goes away and says he’s from Washington. some one chirps up and asks: “Well, I reckin’ ye see the President every day up don't yuh?"” and then he has to ex- plain ‘that he’s from Washington, o the Washinston, N. C., Rotary has decided that the simplest solution is to have one of the Wash- ington’s change its name, and insists that it's up to the Rotarians of the Natlonal Capital to make the change here. “Our town was the figst Washington there, | in the country to be designated as a | post _office,” declares Rotarian I mund Harding of Washington, N. C. and we're entitled to our name, ‘Washington, D. C., isn't. It's up to | them to make-the change.” So President T. Harvey Myers of the Carolina Rotarians has appointed ' a committee to take up the matter with the District Rotarians, and the | following resolution has been duly dis. | patched: “Whereas, our people have been oc- casioned more or less humiliation | through this city being referred to as ‘Little Washington’ to designate it from Washington, D. C.; and, “Whereas, our own town holds the | distinction of being the first post office in the country to bear the name of | Washington: “Be it resolved: That the Rotary Club of Washington, N. C., beg the" Rotary Club of Washington, D. C.. to lend its influence and assistance in {bringing ahout a change In the name L of our Capital City.” i reply lof | conraged ! commissions had not come out in the L open with their two widely divergent { inal | rejection of that offer, with construe. | er, | was understood cordi 2 being only six votes behind | F | formal | themselves i been together informal DEBTSURGESTION Atmosphere Will Be Cleared by Four Social Gatherings Before Next Session. DIYERGENT VIEWPOINTS ARE STILL FAR APART| Experts Hard at Work on Nature of Answers to American Arguments. | ! i | full days ions De- | an debt time the | After an interim of two without formal business Aween the French and Ame commissions, during which French have heen seriously consider- ing the American rejoinder 1o France's first offe negotiations will be rvesumed at the Treasury Depart ment tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock But in the meantime, since au brief ession Friday, when I e 1ded the three-page “Mellon memo- wdu proy that Prance 1t well follow closer the lines laid | down by Great Dritain in her fund ing agreement, theve b beeen nu merous informal ther neet ings, and the French experts have | been hard at work on phases of their to be ow. Both Hope for Suc Although still admitted: on many points of the ne: with serious differences both French and Americn sioners last night again w sing NEWS NOTE: GOV AT THE ANNUAL FALL Pl TODAY. SCHOOL ITEMS LAST IN BUDGET HEARING, Are Likely to Come Before Bureau Tomorrow, With Some Increases Possible. made tom btiations, existing, 1 commis- professed | hope for o successful conclusion. e difficult problem France's $4,000,000,000 to the United States feel en over the effect informal! including those at luncheons have had in reconciling | Both sides funding debt meetings, and dinners, differences. The bread-breaking actually | at the White House on the first n! Hearings before the Budzet Bureau on the District estimates for the next fiscal vear are expected to he cluded tomorrow, when the needs of | the public school svstem will be taken up. { While it will not be publichy known until the entire budget goes to Con gress in December how much finally is to be recommended for the m | tenance and development of the Na t al Capital, District officials lm\a; Secretary Mellon and indicated that they are hopeful of ob- thered in the home of ( taining some incre: thove the tenta Winston. There cold formal-| tive limit of $36.230.000. which way to informality, and it placed on the local estimates. 1 sceussiol ol Sicimsion: of Total of $10,000,000. place. sy If all the Commissioners asked for - : hould be approved by the Budget T st M| Bureau the District extimates would H T £ the Iorench com.| The school estimates, slated for dis e O e funenocn, “In. | cussion Monday, represent a large per- | O O cotl. | centage of the total budget, since they nversations on the negotl!j;yje another installment of the | were understood to have heen] gielude SRS TI TN | still further’at the emba S | O atorie] In bringing the estimates down to | e e foTlon tn i the tentative limit fixed several weeks e r o = : E it i ders t city ads this city will see the informal getting | 350: 1t 1 understiod the it heads together of these two groups of diplo-| f2Und It mecessaty 16 romsier Some B | mats,: who .:",x"‘ff;‘ ‘:,'f'f'.‘f’d 4 plemental list. The purpose of the | e T ISR {hearings now being held is to deter S ine iwhether those supplementals | Thus it appears that there will have | ™ g eular en | been at least four occasions when the | Should be put back in the regular es heads of the two commissions have | {Imates. Franco-American negotiations, But at that time the two, of the Thursday con positions, as now revealed in the orig- French offer and the American i with M. Caillaux suill | the nature of the Amer which is understood to stions that France follow more in the footsteps of Great Brit- ain in her fundin 11 exy was | | ‘he problem took Lunch at | the hearings on the budget | between th " 3 P D R he | over this week, Engineer Commis- | » formal session Friday|goner Bell expects to turn his atten- | and the one set for tomorrow morn- | xpects | e 5 i at 10 o'clock, when the French | tion to the preparation of a list of lex Ing st i islation needed by the District, which S he plans to submit to the Citizens Seem Vital Factors. Advisory Council for consideration be ¢ 1 3 e openi f Con- Luncheons, dinners and sightseeing | L¥een now and the opening of Con tours thus become imbued with w5 | gress in December. ance far beyond their usual port, and what would otherwise be de- im- S - tailed arrangements assume the dis- tinction of what may be vital factor: DR. HOWARD, PRISONER s serious s o otia in this serious stage of the negotia i OF BANDITS, IS RESCUED Both the French and American | FERE | commissions will leave Washington| about 10 o'clock for Mount Vernon.|Notifies Wife of Release From Returning they will go direct to Mr. Mellon’s _apartment _ for furheas,| ~ Manchurians, Due to Close After luncheon in the Sunday after- Pursuit of Soldiers. noon atmosphere -there will be oppor- tunity for more discussion over the|BY the Associated Press. great question between the two great| PEKING, September 26.—Mrs. Har- governments. vey J. Howard, whose husband, eye M. Caillaux let it be known last night | specialist of the Peking Union Medical how pleased he is with the personal|College, was captured by Manchurian reception accorded the French by the ! bandits on the Sungari River July 20, American commissioners and with the | today received a telegram from Dr. composition of that commission. { Howard saying that he had been res- He has formed, it was said, a_great | cued. respect for the entire membership of | The telegram was dated Hwachuan, the American commission and for their | Manchuria, near the scene of Dr. sur- attentiveness to the French position, | Howard's capture, and said that seven although the first French offer was|Chinese captives held by the bandits rejected. ! had been rescued with him. He said “Now that I know these gentlemen | he would leave. Hwachuan for Harbin of the American commission,” M. |Sunday by a Sungari River boat. Caillaux was quoted by one close to; Dr. Howard informed his wife that him as saving, “I have found them |he is emaciated from hig nine weeks’ to be gentiemen of judgment, knowl- | captivity in the hands of the bandits, edge and fairness. "It is upon that | but otherwise well. ground that my optimism is based | His rescue is ascribed to the activ- and I have the best hope in the world | ity of troops of the Manchurian prov- that what is fair will come out of it.” | ince of Holungkiang. who have been i {in close pursuit of the bandit gang Caillaut in Good Spirits. | since shortly after the capture, forc- The French minister saw corre.! ins it to divide to avold being spondents again last night at his usual | rounded. hour, but xE\'nalefl little information . heyond his bare plans for today. e cemed in good spirits, nowever, COW HORSE WINS HONOR. laughed and joked with his question’ i ers and reiterated his confidence in | eventual success of the parley. | Humbles Haughty Arabs in Test A luncheon engagement with the Overseas Writers for today was can- | Badursnce. celed with regret by M. Calllaux, in| (COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Sep- view of plans for the two debt com-|tember 26 (#).—United States Army missions. ! mounts, Arab strain and millionaire Should France successtuily conclude | horses alike, were humbled in the an agreement with this Government, , fourth annual Colorado endurance ride more than three-fourths of the war|by Ranger, a humble cow horse, debts owed the United tates by Eu-|which today was adjudged winner of rope will be funded. the contest with a total of 97.5 points | With Italy .and Czechoslovakia al-|{out of a possible 100. ready on the list as having sct dates| Condition counted for 60 points and for early departure of their debt com- |speed the other 0. Ranger, half missions, prospects are good ‘for the | thoroughbred, is owned by Ed Pring, American debt commission to clear up |local ranchman, and was ridden by by far the majority of the task Con- Ted Flynn, cowbo! gress assigned to it, before the next | B o b session of" Congress rolls around in | | December. i ; Great Britain, which funded first, | Rumania to Pay Italy. i was the largest debtor, with France ROME, September 26 (#).—A Ruma- | second, and Italy third. Al other |nian mission headed by Oscar Kiria- debtors fall into " a class below the | cescu, director of the Zumanian Na- biltion-dollar mark. tional Bank, arrived here today to ar- To date, funding agreements have | range for the funding of the war debt been concluded with six natiéns, for |to Italy, amounting to about 180,000,- (Continued fin Page 4, Column 1) ' 000 lire. SMITH OF | trict, CALIFORNIA § HEARS OF § NEW "¥ORK IS TO | CNIC OF THE COOK COUNI1 Y | ] | | from BY SHPPINGBOARD Recommends to Budget Bu- reau That Admiral’s Salary Be Cut to $18,000. WOULD ALSO LOP OFF EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS Suggestions Made in Estimates for 1927—Rates Fixed for 1926 by Congress. The United States Shipping Board, It was learned last night, has included in its recommendations to the Bureau of the Budget for the fiscal year 1927 a reduction in the salary of President Leigh C. Palmer of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, fixing his salary $18,000, instead of $25,000. The board has also recommended that the nun ber of his executive assistants be cut seven to three and that the | salaries of these assistants, vice presi E THE GUEST OF HONOR | 1LLINOIS" DEMOCRACY | 1 | TODAY’S STAR. ART ONE—36 PA( ES. | National and o 20, Gene: ews—Local Foreig News of the Clubs Around the City Schools and Colle Pag. R District Activities ational Guard—P; The Night of the Weddi lio News and Pro ) and 31 Financial News—P ART TWO—12 and Editorial n and Othe: Editorials Features Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- | play Music in Washin Motors and Motol and 11, ternal News villan Army Veterans of th Army and Navy Reviews of New Spanish War Vet PART FOUR—1 PAGES Pink Sports Section 'ART FIVE—S PA( Magazine Section—Fiction tures. The Rambler—Page 3 PART SIX—10 PAG ied Advertising. GRAPHIC World I COMIC SECTION—1 PAGES. Betty: Re; Fellers: Mr. and Mutt and Jeff. PEDESTRIAN IS KILLED UNDER ‘ONE-MAN’ CAR Victim, Man About 35. Unidenti- fied—Laundry Mark “R-732" and C. H. R. in Hat Clues. m—Page 5 ng—Pages T Books- ns s An unidentified white man. about 35 vears old. was injured fatally L night when hit by 1 one-man street | v on I' street between Fifth and Sixth streets, dying before am ambu- | lance could bring him to Freedmen’s | Hospital. Theodore Adams of 304 W street, who saw the accident. told the police that the car was traveling at a mod- | erate rate of speed when the man | was struck. The front truck of the| car passed completely over the vic- tim. A slip of paper with beth’s” marked on it, it thought might lead to identification, but police inquiry at St. Elizabeth's Hospital de- veloped no clue. { Today police will attempt to estab- | lish his identity by tracing a laundry | mark, “R-732." found on his shirt. | The initial “M" appeared on a corner | of & handkerchief found in the pocket of the deceased, | The man was about 5 feet 7 inches in height, of very slender build and had a black mu: he. He was wear- ing a rather dirt gray nit, tan oxfords and a blue-striped shirt with a collar and black four-in-hand tie. The initials “C. H. R.” were found on the band of a soft felt hat. Lieut. Morris Collins, Sergt. J. B. Thompson and Private J. K. Flaherty, precinct - detective, who investigated the case, arrested Motorman-Conduc- tor John C. Rozier of 304 W street, operator of the street car, but Coroner J. Ramsey. Nevitt released him with “St. Eliza- WIFE SHOT, SPOUSE. HELDAS ASSAILANT | Woman in Critical Condition. | Man Found in House Near- | by. Slightly Wounded. i Lulu Garner. 45, of %01 L street northeast in a critical con. lition at Casualty Hospital from bul let wounds in the abdomen and ne ind her hushand rner, 47. of | 7 L.street northeast is at the same hospital under a ard, suffer- ing from a bullet wound in the temple following a shooting at the home of Mrs. Garner ladt night. Little hope held for Mrs. Garner's recovery. Mildred Marshall, colored servant of Myrs. Garner, who has been separated from her husband two weeks, told ectives O'Brien, rfield, who investizated the case. that she was in the cellar at the time of the shooting and came upstairs when she heard the firing to find Mr: rner lying on the floor and the hus- band with a revolver in his hand Mrs is Jesse police Husband Under Arrest. rner was arrested after the shooting northeast, where he ha for the last two weeks. Detectiv found him on the floor at this dress with a bullet wound in his head. He was immediately removed to ¢ ualty Hospital, where it was found that the bullet had only sgrazed his head. in his left hand. serious. Detectives that Dorothy w bout an hour L street d been living His condition s not investizating _learned mish of 1108 Ninth street northeast, a friend of Mrs. C had been visiting her shortly re the shootinz. and it is alleged that Garner. on his arrival, ordered her out of the house with a pistol. Pleaded for Mother. \ dramatic development of the case | s the dis: * by police that Drew ! Goodwin G 1l-vear-old son of | the couple d pleaded with his her not to harm his mother, shortly be- fore the shooting. At the time of the shootnig, however, he was @ nearby store on an errand. Detectives were unable to learn led to the shooting, the man| maintaining a reticent attitude and the woman not heing able to talk. They learned. however, that there had been a definite split some two weeks ago, when the husband left the home at 901 L street northeast, which is owned by the wife, and went to live with his northeast, where he was found by the detective Last night, it is alleged, was the first time that he reappeared at the residence of Mrs. Garner since the separatic The Garners have two children, Ed- ward, 17 vears old, who was absent the time of the shooting, and Drew Garner is emploved at the Gover: ment Printing Office. THREE KILLED IN -MINE. Fourth Is Probably Fatally Burned Near Herrin. HERRIN. TIl. September 26 (). Three coal miners were killed and a fourth probably fatally burned today in a _gas explosion in mine No. 7 of the Consolidated Coal Co., near here. The bodies of the dead miners were recovered after they instrue o appear at the inquest. tombed several hours. Rum Runner’s Wife Reveals Huge Plot To Win Husband F By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 26.—The Brooklyn Eagle today tells how the short-sightedness of the “higher-ups' of a huge New York bootlegging ring in failing to provide for the needy wife of one of their rum-running captains led to the smashing of the ring and the drrest of its leaders. The woman, says the story, made | possible the raid last Wednesday on | its offices in the Times Square dis- Her primary object was to get her husband out of the rum-running busi- ness. She won the praise of Mrs. Mabel Willebrandt, Assistant United States Attorney General in charge of liquor prosecutions in Washington, and an appointment as special officer on the rom Control of Ring Five months ago, says the story, Mrs. Annie L. Fuhrmann, wife rzt Hans Fuhrmann, then the captain of a rum-running vessel, started out to get her husband out of the illicit trade, or, falling that, to “get” the r"]‘\? lfl;de)l;s who kept him in it. rs. Fuhrmann on May 10 wrot Mrs. Willebrandt: Y i “When he goes out on one of his trips T do not see him for months at a time, and when he does return he has spent all of his money and must again hire himself to earn more."” When he left on his last trip Mrs. Fuhrmann asked leaders of the ring for part of his wages. They refused. She gave the Government detalls of deals, names, addresses and telephone numbers. Capt. Fuhrmann, convert- ed to his wife's views, as each pris- oner was brought out identified him prohll‘mn forces. by name and occupation. ’ ally, Brodie and | Another bullet had taken effect | father at 717 L street| had been en dents and other officers of the Fleet Corporation, be reduced from $18,000 10 $15,000. In view of the well understood con- troversy between some of the members of the board and Admrial Palmer over the operation of the Government mer- chant fleet, this action on the part of the board was interpreted in some quarters S an attack on Ad- miral Palme Under the exist ing appropriation law, the salary of the president of the Fleet Corporation is placed at ,000 and his executive assistants at $18,000 e , and this aw operates until June 30, 1926. There is no cut in salary immediately in sight therefore. Proposed Salary Cuts. When Admiral Walker was called upon in 1924 to make suggestions re garding salaries, it was his own pro- posal to reduce the salaries of the executive assistants from $25,000, which they had been in the past, to $18,000, and that the salary of the president. of the F Corporation | should be limited to $25,000. This was {in line with his desire to bring aboi ! economy in the operation of the fleet. The Government’ is a $100,000.000 business annually, operating ships to every part of the world, a business that requires high executive ability and technical knowl- edge. The salaries paid the presidess 1of the Fleet Corporation and his as- | sistants have been regarded as not { too high by Congress in the past, in | view of the character of the service | rendered. - Patiencé Is Exhausted. With the opening of Congress rap- President Coolidge { is known to be giving the Shipping Board affairs _increasing attention. JFriends of the Executive contend that he has about reached the limit of his | patience. During the long period of | disagreement the President has Leen keenly disappointed. but tolerant. Ile | was hopeful that these differences of | opinion would be ironed out and that there would be harmony and_united action, but as there is little indication jof such a condition now his patienc iand tolerance are exhausted and he intends to force the issue, according | o those who are close to him. Already the President has had as | surances from members of Congress that any recommendations he ma | make regarding the Shipping Board no matter how drastic they may ap- pear upon their face, will be recelved in a most friendly manner. During | the past week, while the Shipping Board situation has been in the lime light, more than one prominent mem ! ber of the SBenate gave the President to understand that he would join him in any fight ke determined to make in Congress. Will Ask Abolition. Senator Edge of New Jersey went {further than to assure the Executive hipping business | | {idly approaching, out at |of his support if the latter forces the |issue by taking the Shipping Board controversy to Congress. He in- formed the President that he has pre- pared a resolution which he will intro- duce shortly after the opening session iand which will call for the complete abolition of the Shipping Board and for the transfer of its functions to one of the existing Federal depart- ments. Those close to the President have let it be known that Mr. Coolidge has i been greatly pleased by the attitude on the part of these Senators and that éhe was deeply impressed with Sena- i tor Edge’s proposal. These are known to have gone a long way in prompt iing the President to assume the aggressive when the time comes and to fight this thing out to a finish this | Winter. Unless there is something definite | the President can do before the con- | vening of Congress, it is believed he | will begin his attack upon the board by including an appropriate amount of space in his annual message to | Congress setting forth the conditions ithat exist and asking for relief he | may think necessary. T e e | CARL MAGEE, JR., KILLED. Son of Albuquerque Editor Dies in Plane Crash. | _TULSA, Okla., September 26 (#).— Carl C. Magee, jr., son of Carl C. Ma- |gee of Albuquerque, N. Mex., secre- | tary of the Noble Oil and Gas Co., was killed- in an airplane crash near Broken Arrow late today. Dick Phillips, Tulsa aviator and proprietor |'of the Phillips-Bowman airfield, was killed in the same crash. | DANCING BEARS EXILED. K'l.‘lxrkh)a Prefect Holds Animals Made City Ridiculous. CONSTANTINOPLE, September 26 ! (®).—The prefect of Constantinople | has banished from the streets of the {city all the dancing bears and per- forming monkeys, who, with their | Eypsy masters, have delighted count- {less children in the past. One rea- son given for the dict is that the an- imals have bitten many of the young admirers. Another is that the custom of blocking the traffic with dancing animals tended to make the country, ridiculous in the eyes of visit- ing foreigners.