Evening Star Newspaper, October 16, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER._ (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer tonight;_cooler tomorrow aft- ernoon or night. Temperature today; lowest, Highest, 74, at noon ¥ 57, at 5 a.m. tod Full report on page 17. ay. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Pa;e—:!;l ch [ No.., 29753. S timie Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. EX CHANPS BACK, BEREFI OF TIE, . BUTUNDSHAYE Wavering Spirits Restored by Greetings of Loyal Fans at Station. HUGE PILE OF MESSAGES FLOODS INTO CLUBHOUSE Griffs Gather to Divide Spoils. But Bucky’s Absence Causes Delay. Players Jovial. Washington's ex-champion base ball feam came home from the scene of their lost laurels in Pittsburgh today, not as fallen heroes, but as the Philosophers they are. Thelr spirits were beginning to waver, 'tis true, when they rolled into Wnion Station early this morning, but fhe greeting they got from a small band bf rooters, whose lovalty extended Yevond that of the average fan, was & tonic that seemed to reflect its mmeliorative qualities in their activi- ies later in the day. When_these doughty cohorts of Bucky Harrls and Clark Griffith as- Bembled at the strangely deserted Griffith Stadium this morning for a division of “the spoils,” a casual ob- server might have well taken them for two-time champions instead of Tunners-up in the big battle. Allotment Is Delayed. The allotment of the shrunken ‘Booty, the size of which was affected meriously by the loss of vesterday’s | thriller in the Smoky City, did not take place this morning as planned, however. Every member of the pennant-winning aggregation showed up as per Manager Harris, with the exception ©of Bucky himself, and since the lat- ter ought to have a thing or two to say about the way the money was divided, it was voted to post- pone the confab until the team man- ager had gotten his full sleep. ‘While awaiting, somewhat im- patiently, the arrival of their leader, the players waded into a pile of tele- grams and letters which flooded them from every State in the Union and from foreign lands, most of them con- gratulatory messages woven around the Nats' display of gameness and good sportsmanship in their losing fight for the world's base ball cham- pionship. s Johnson Gets Huge Pile. The largest pile of mail, by far, was that addressed to Walter John- son, supreme optimist and good fel- low in the world of sports. Walter's mail bore postmarks from every sec- tion of this country and Canada. He did not attempt to begin reading the letters, but did find time to glance at a score of telegrams, condoling him on the outcome of yesterday's contest. Those who had thought that Barney ‘would be bowed down with grief over his unsuccessful efforts at Forbes Field in the final game reckoned not with the man. He insisted that he had no excuses to make, and was lavish in his praise for the Pirate outfit and the potency of their bats. As he glanced over the sport sheet of a paper giving a humorous account of yesterday’'s game he laughed heartily as he read aloud to his team- mates a quip.taken at his expense by the writer. The remark that particu- larly amused him was to the effect that Walter had shown remarkable control during the game, “hitting bat after bat of the opposing players as they stepped to the plate.” “That's a good one,” he chuckled. Seeks Loan From Altrock. Nick Altrock also received a large batch of correspondence, and one tele- gram, which he read to the players, said: “I took your advice and bet on Washington. ~ Kindly lend me $50 on_my seven-jewel watch.” While also waiting for his young manager to put in his appearance, President Griffith had a few remarks to make about the whole series. “Where do they get that stuff about the Pirates having the best team?” he asked several players and news- paper men gathered in his office. “They've got a wonderful ball team, a1l right, but they were pitted against a crippled team. Our men were play- #hg with crippled legs and head and arms, but they didn't let that stop them and they put up a game battle. Who can say the best team won? That's bosh. All they've got is four real ball players—Wright, Carey, Traynor and €uyler—there's nothing wonderful that I can see about the other members of the team.” Bucky Deeply Hurt. Maybe there was a good reason for Bucky oversleeping this morning. They say the lad was deeply hurt at the telegram sent him after the game by Ban Johnson, head of the Amer- fcan League. The wire inferred that Bucky had done wrong in allowing Johnson to stay in the box “for senti- ntental reasons.” It was reported around the clubhoyse today that Bucky was not_only hurt, but down- right peeved at Ban Johnson's unusual message. Bucky contends that John- son was pitching good ball all through that game, but had the breaks and a gang of red-eyed Pirates against him. Furthermore, they do say that Bucky wouldn’t have had anybody to put in the hox if he had taken Walter out. Marberry was incapacitated by a sore arm and the other members of the pitching staff were not ready for re- let work. Comedian Cheers Mates. The spirit of the Washington team today was given full expression by the inimitable Al Schacht, co-partner in comedy with Nick Altrock. Al kept his mates roaring in the clubhouse with an impromptu vaudeville act, en- titled “The Flapper.” He dressed him- self in a wide picture hat of pink crepe paper, tied Bucky Harris' dress- ing gown around his hips for a skirt, put his famous base ball bag over his arm and proceeded to vamp the “snelks” of the team—Goose Goslin, Curly Ogden, Muddy Ruel, Buddy Myer and Ossie Bluege. Al paid particular attention to the *Goose™” and Bluege, announcing that he didn’'t want them to get married and break his heart. Al evidently had heard the same rumors about this pair that & lot of other persons have. There was one other member of the “(Continued oh Page 3, Column 6) | (Continued oh Page 4, Column 1) schedule arranged by | [FLORIDA BOOSTERS INSIST ACTIVITY IS CONSERVATIVE They Intoxicate Writer With Statistics on Unscratched Wealth of State at Rainbow’s End. | BY BEN McKEI Staff Corresponden | JACKSONVILLE, Fla., October 14| §5ud onville because of its advanta location. In June, for instance, automobiles with' forelgn tags bearing about 16,000 peopie is a great | passed through Jacksonville. In July, horde of | 6,537 automobiles came through, bear- eers and|ing 25.597 passengers. In ~August, \v. Be-| 12,550 cars, bearing about 49,118 peo- ortune | Dle from nearly every State in the of seeing many of the itinerants pass | Union. entered this city's portals. on, but enouszh of them stop here to| While the automobiles are doing make things lively. The streets around their part, the steamship lines are dis- midday remind one of the corner at | charging hundreds of passengers at | Fifteenth and New York nvenue when | the docks. At the same time three {the Treasury quits work for lunch.|trunk lines have their terminals { Automobiles dash up one and down | here— the Southern, the Seaboard, another, tooting their horns boister- | and the Atlantic Coast Line. Each of ously at the fleeing pedestrians.|them has been running heavy trains abs of every color and hue of the | all Summer, with through Pullman | rainbow cut the corners on two wheels | Service from every city of importance {and draw up to the curb screeching |in the land. Many of the trains are of [meir brakes with a Parisian sang-froid | two sections, and every road is con- | not shared by the occupants. Lights ?lfl:l;lysepu‘lcteins on additional and which would bring joy to the heart of | faster service. Mr. Eldridge flash thelr little blue,| Automobiles which come through | green and yellow signals gayly, regu- | Jacksonville usually head for the east !lating traffic with metropolitan ease, | c0ast. They have been keeping the efficlency and speed. Jacksonville, | hotels crowded. ““We have no Winter though they say it is far removed from | 8ason any more,” one hotel man said. | the real booming areas, has hit a| ‘This past Summer has been a Winter i boom stride and looks it every inch. |season here- i Jacksonville's bposter organization| Those who do not patronize the goes under the optimistic, big-hearted, | hotels and rooming houses, of which red-blooded name of the Bellevers in | there must be hundreds, as they dot Jacksonvilie. Its officials have figures | every block, sléep in their cars or in {at their finger tips to inform the curi- | the open. Until now Jacksonville ous of the number of their fellow hu- [ has been able to handle the situation man beings swarming through their | nicely. It is not hard to find a room fair city—in one gate and out the|and bath at reasonable rates. What other. They proudly tell of how this | Will_happen when the present migra- | swarm is increasing daily, and that| (Continued on Page 13, Column 1) MYSTERY SHROUDS SHAKE-UP OF DRYS Personnel Changes Kept Se- cret as Move in Proposed War on “Higher-Ups.” Mail).—This city of some 95,000 men, women and children gateway through whict eager-eved _tourists, fortune seekers passes eve Ing a gateway, it has the mi i i | Griff Regulars Get $3,736 Each For World Series | Each of the 21 players la- | beled as ‘“regulars” on the Washington ball club, and that includes Al Schacht, Nick Al- trock and Mike Martin, will re- ceive approximately $3,736 as | | their shares of the world series spoils. Eight others were voted par- tial shares in the division of the i coin that was made at the office of the club at Griffith Stadium this afternoon. Veach will get $1,320; Ballou and Ogden, $1,000 each; Jeanes and Myer, each $500; Baxter, clubhouse boy, and “Reds” 0'Day, the groundkeeper $500 each, and Joe Engle, scout, a | $150 gold watch. | The total ;xn‘tmnt“dhtrlauud among ington players was $95,130.87. BEVERIDGE IN LINE FOR RALSTON SEAT ‘Appointment Now May Pre- vent Fatal Split in Race in 1926. Mystery still shrouded details of the big prohibition shake-up in field forces, effective at the close of busi- ness last night, throughout the Nation, but it was learned this morning that there had been sweeping changes in the Washington enforcement unit. The number of old men dismissed, as well as the number of new -men named as agents, was zealously guarded as a state secret by all offi- cials concerned. . There was unusual activity, how- ever, around local prohibition head- quarters, where Gerald P. Murphy, deputy prohibition administrator in charge of the National Capital, was going over plans and conferring with his new corps of agents. No names were made public by the prohibition authorities. in connection with the change, but it was learned that among those who were let out were some of the best known and most active agents in the local force. The system of dismissals and reap- pointments, which brought such a big shake-up in the force expected to dry up the Nation's Capital, under the President’s new enforcement drive, was based on an order isued months ago, which provided that all persons in prohibition, not under the civil serv- ice would be dismissed at the close of business October 15, and only those reappointed at that time would remain on the rolls. This obviated the necessi- ty of individual dismissals. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The death of Senator Ralston of Indiana gives to the administration another Republican vote in the Senate during the coming session of Con- gress, weakening the Democratic op- position. It also changes overnight the situa- tion which has confronted the Re- publicans in Indiana, where they must elect a Republican Senator next year or lose a seat to the Democrats. Two Senators will be elected next | year in Indiana, and it appears that | the Republicans should have un easier time electing both Senators than if | they had only to elect the one, para- doxical though guch a proposition may seem. Senator Watson comes up for re- election next year. Watson, while popular in Indiana, has a considereble number of enemies. Former Senator Albert J. Beveridge, it is understood, had planned to announce his candi- {dacy for the Republican nomination against Senator Watson after the city elections in Indianapolis November 3. Friction May Be Eliminated. ‘With two Senators tg be elected, Beveridge and Watson may both be candidates, and work together to bring victory to the Republicans. This would make a vastly different situation for the Democrats, who were hoping for serious friction in | the Republican ranks to be able to | win the Senate seat now held by Senator Watson. It will be remem- bered that both Senator Watson and Postmaster General Harry New rode into the Senate following the death, in 1916, of Senator Shively, a Demo- crat, by just such a union of the Discharge Terms Protested. Several agents, not reappointed, gave up their guns, badges, pocket commissions and travel orders last evening at the close of business, and others appeared this morning to con- clude their connection with the Gov- ernment. All were pald as of October LZ, ‘which is a regular Government pay y. There was much dissatisfaction evi- dent among some of the agents who were dismissed, as they said they had been given no other reason than that it was for the good of the service. One of the explanations for dis- missal, as given by an official today, was that some of the agents, in fact, had become too well known in the vicinity of Washington. When the identity of a man as a prohibition agent is disclosed, in the opinion of one officlal, his effectiveness as a prohibition agent has been largely reduced. ‘“We intend to keep our new agents under cover as long as possible, both from the general public and the boot- leggers,” said one official. “We are going after the source of supply, more than ever. To catch one manufacturer or big importer of liquor means more than to catch many hip-pocket dealers.” . This does not mean, however, that there will be any let up in the drive on all violators, it is believed, as the police, many of whom are commission- ed as prohibition agents, are still on the trail of rum, and are under orders from police headquarters to keep after WASHINGTON, D. C, ¢ Foeni * WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION EURDPEOUTLAWS WAR IN SECURTY PACT OF LOEARND Chamberlain Sees World Peace Growing Out of Ex- ample Treaty Sets. SLASH IN ARMAMENTS IS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW Mussolini Heckled by Correspond- ents, Who Boycotted Press Conference. By the Associated Pre LOCARNO, Switzerland, October 16.—The Treaty of Locarno, em- bodying the security pact between the western European powers, was formally initiated by the powers’ delegates late this afternoon. By the Assoclated Press. LOCARNO, Switzerland, October 16. —Peace between Germany, France and Belglum at last is assured. The long sought for security pact out- lawing war finally has been approved, and the signatures of all the contract- ing parties will be attached to it to- morrow. Not only has the Rhine pact been agreed to, but the troublous question dealing with security for France's allies in the east—Poland and Czecho- slovakia—likewise has been resolved. Under the western security pact the signatories—France, Germany and Belglum—engage themselves not to attack or invade the other’s territory and to abstain from war. Standing in the background as guarantors of the fulfillment of the terms of the agree- 1 ment will be Great Britain and Ital: ready to use their might against any of the signers of the tripartite agree- ment which violates its terms. Arbitration Obligatory. Should disagreement arise, arbitra- tion between the dissatisfied states is obligatory. The Permanent Court of International Justice, boards of con- ciliation and the council of the League of Nations all are possibilities for set- tling disputes. There will be collateral arbitration treaties between Germany and France and Germany and Belgium, which will interlock with the Rhine pact itself, and also arbitration treaties between Germany and Poland and Czecho- slovakia. . Separate conventions will be drawn up between France and her leastern allles guaranteelng France the right to aid them if they should meet with unprovoked or flagrant at- tacks. After initialing the Locarno agree- ments, the various treaties probably will be signed two weeks hence in London. Under the Rhine pact Ger- many is to join the League of Na- tions, and the officlals of the league are anxious that she do so at the earliest moment possible and par- ticlpate in the preliminary studies for the proposed disarmament con- ference which the league will convoke when it belleves Europe has reached the point of real security. It is no secret that Germany desires a lessening in the armaments of her neighbors, and that she believes, with peace secure, this will. be attainable. Sees World Peace Assured. Optimism prevails on the part of at least one of the main delegates to the conference here, Austen Cham- berlain, the British foreign secretary —that not only is good to come from the Locarno conference to Europe but to the nations of the world. “Relations have been established,” said Mr. Chamberlain, “which will have their repercussion and repeti- tion in the near future in the rela- tions between other nations, and there will emerge for Europe not a peace pact imposed, but a peace con- sented to by all.” Benito Mussolini, the Fascist pre- mier of Italy, is here to affix his sig- nature to the Locarno agreements, as, with Great Britain, one of the guarantors of the Rhineland pact. Fearful of some possible untoward acts against him by Socialists, from whose banner he seceded to become a Fascist, Swiss police officials and a bodyguard of Fascists are guarding him in the villa of a personal friend with whom he #staying. Police have requested Mussolini to make in Lo- carno as few public appearances as will be compatible with the role he is assurring as a member of the se- curity conference. Meeting Boycotted. Allegations that Premier Mussolini was muzzling the Italilan newspapers caused a majority of the British and French, together with some of the German correspondents, to boycott a press meeting arranged by the Italian delegation today to permit the Fascist chief to give his views concerning the security conference. Nevertheless, the hotel room set aside for the purpose was filled when Mussolini entered. His appearance was a distinct shock Republican factions as now becomes, _(Continued on Page Z, Column 8.) (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.} possible. Senator Watson defeated “Tom™ Taggart, who had been ap- pointed to fill the vacancy caused by Shively’s death, and Mr. New de- feated Senator Kern. The fly in the ointment of such a happy political line-up for the Re- publicans next year may be the am- bitions of Gov. Ed Jackson of Tn- diana, who is suspected of having senatorial aspirations . himself. He has the appointing of a Senator now to fill the vacancy created by the death of Senator Ralston, until the next general election is held, which is_November, 1926. If Gov. Jackson foregoes his own aspirations to enter the Senate and appoints Senator Beveridge, as it is predicted in many quarters he will, the plan of the Republicans to capture the two Senate places next year may move along smoothly. Beveridge Sure to Run. If the governor, on the other hand, should appoint as Senator former Gov. Goodrich’or some other deserv- ing Republican who would step aside in favor of the governor’'s candidacy for the nomination next year, that would be still another thing. His failure to appoint Mr. Beveridge, how- ever, would not eliminate that very By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa. October 16.— That the happiness of children should be turned into fright at his appearance seemed to be the thought uppermost in the mind of Paul Blose 40, civil engineer, mysteriously miss ing since last July, and found in & cave near Pitstburgh yesterday, when he regained consciousness in a hos- pital hours after having been ad- mitted. His first words were of the children, then he tcld hospital at- taches that he had wandered into the cave a week ago and had existed on a dlet of berries and herbs, but did not throw any light on where he had been prior to entering the cave When discovered by a man in search of mushrooms, who was at- tracted 'o the cave by moans, Blose unable to talk. was in a very weak ened condition and unable to stand He was huddled in a corner of the cave and his body was almost devoid of clothing, an old sack being his only covering. His hair was leng Long Missing Engineer Found in Cave; May Die From Exposure and Hunger and his beard shaggy and matted The cave is situated in a densely- wooded section. According to relatives, who arc unable to aid authorities in a solu- tion of the mystery, Blose.was last seen on the morning of last July 20, when he left the home of his brother- inlaw, at Delmont, Westmoreland County, not far from this city, pre- sumably for work. He did not arrive at his office and an extended search failed to revea) any trace of his- whereabouts, and now those interested in the case ap- pear at a 1088 to know where he hes been. Authoritles of Allegheny and West- moreland Counties, as well as the police of Pittsburgh, are investigat- ing. At the hospital it was said that Blose's condition is critical, due to hunger and exposure. Radio Prggrams—Page 34. SEESARMY RUNE BY AR PROGRAM Conner Says Cost of Pro- posed Service Would Rob All Other Branches. Armed with a mass of data on the financial situation in the Army. Brig. Gen. Fox Conner, assistant chief of { staft in the Supply Division, appear- | ed before the President’s Alr Board | today and declared if the Lassiter board program providing for an ex- pansion of the Air Service was brought into effect without Increasing total | appropriations “there would be little left of the rest of the Regular Army." He also declared if the plan of Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief of the { Army Alr Service, for a separate air | corps s carried out it would mean an | additional expenditure of $1,000,000 in | overhead and duplication. | The board devoted the morning ses- {sion to the Army and plans to give |the afterncon to the Navy, after | which it hopes to adjourn sine dle. Chairman Morrow was of the opinion hen the board met today that all the remalning witnesses to be heard could be disposed of. “It is well known that the Air Serv- ice 1s a most expensive arm,” declared Gen. Conner. ‘“‘Nevertheless,” he sald, “the War Department favors the service at the expense of many neces- sary items.” As zn {llustration, he pointed out that the general staff has “real fnfluence” only over $24.778,402. Of this amount, he said, $14,700,000 was appropriated directly for the Air Service. In addition, $787,000 was ap- | propriated for the Ordnance Depart- {ment and was expended on material for the Afr Service. Cost Considered Later. The one difficulty, continued the wit- ness, in putting into execution the pro- visions of the Lassiter board is that of finance. The board calls for a pro- gram of 4,000 officers, 2,500 flying ca- dets, 25,000 men, 2,500 panes and cer- tain’ lighter-than-air equipment. In the report, he explained, no attempt was made to estimate other than di- rect air service costs, but in a later revision such effort was made. “My division of the general staff,” he said, “has attempted to make a somewhat detailed estimate of the costs of putting into effect the provi- sions of this project during a period of 10 years. The results show an aver- age money requirement of $90,298.. 784.50 a year during a 10-year period. This must be regarded as a minimum rather than a maximum. Full ac count is not taken of the effect of (Continued on Page 2, Column 5) PRINGE OF WALES BACK HOME AGAIN Thousands Join King and Queen to Welcome Him on Arrival in London. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 16.—London gave the Prince of Wales the most affec- tionate welcome of all his homecom- ings this afternoon, when he return- ed from his 25,000-mile voyage to South Africa and South America. He was greeted at the Victoria Station by the King and Queen, other mem- bers of the royal family and thousands of spectators. Lands at Portsmouth. PORTSMOUTH, England, October 16.—The Prince of Wales, heir ap- parent to the British throne, came home today after a six-month jaunt which took him through a large part of the British possessions in South Africa and to the capitals of-South America. The battle cruiser Repulse, ‘which carried him on the 25,000-mile voyage, came in from the sea this morning to find a damp, drizzling and typically English Autumn day. The great war vessel was met by destroy- ers and seaplanes and escorted to an anchorage off Spithead. Shortly before noon she steamed into the dock yard here and the royal traveler set foot on his home soil amid the cheers of a welcoming crowd. The prince was greeted by the Duke of York and Prince Henry, who came here on a special train to meet thelr brother, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1925—FIFTY-TWO PAGES. BACK TO NORMALCY. Glasses to Match Frock Latest Fad Of Chic Parisienne By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 16,—Dame Fash- fon's last vagary in this, Europe’s “City of Fashions,” has been to set all the women to wearing spec- tacles. The pretty eyes of the 1925 Parisienne are not weaker than those of 1924, but the cellu- loid frames of the eyeglasses, made in any varieties of colors, are novel and chic when they match her dress. A Paris opticlan in the Rue Riv- oli, who advertises himself as an “American opticlan.” displays in his window a large tray filled with celluloid frames in mauve, green, beige, blue, rose and, in fact, al- most any conceivable hue that might be required to harmonize with mademoiselle’s suit or frock. “I sell about 100 pairs of spec- tacles with plain glasses, through which any one can see, day,” said the optician. ‘“The cor- rect thing 18 to have the frames made in colors to match the dress.” “DEAD” MAN BAC; HELD AS SLAYER Supposed Victim of Mine Blast, Accused of Starting Fatal Explosion. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, October 16.—Wllliam H. Turner, former coal mine foreman of feudist Pike County, Ky., tired of being “dead” in Germany, is back in this country to face charges of murdering the unidentified mine worker whose tombstone bears Tur- ner’s name. He also is accused of the murder of Henry Wilson, another mine worker killed in a mysterious explo- sion in a coal mine at McCarr, Ky. The fatal explosion was’ considered an accident until Turner, who blames others for the affair, got homesick in Hamburg and wrote to a Ken- tucky friend a letter that reached the authorities. ‘When Turner, under weight from short rations and with his belongings in a papler mache sult case, stepped off the gangplank of the liner Reso- lute, arriving from Hamburg yester- day, he was greeted by Taylor Hat- fleld, one of the famous feudist clan, and a deputy sheriff of Pike County. Hatfield showed Turner a warrant for his arrest. Mrs. Turner, who has been living in Trenton, N. J., with her five chil- dren since she and Turner's sister, Mrs. F. F. Farley of Coral Gables, Fla., collected $85,000 insurance after Turner's supposed death, said she had thought her husband dead and had been bringing her children up. in that belief. She said she had no part in the identification of the body. Father-in-Law Held. In Willlamson, W. Va.. Joe Jucks, Turner's father-in-law, who was an electriclan for the Auburn mine at the time of.the explosion Jlast Jan- uary, hes been on ‘a murder charge also. ““We were blasting through gravel to- a new cut,” Turner began his story to Hatfiéld and New York po- lice yesterday. “Henry Wilson and some other men were setting dyna- mite charges. I was in another part of the mine.” Ordinarily, according to Turner, it is a safe and simple thing to attach wires to a dynamite charge, then go back to the electric battery and plunger and set it off. But on the fatal night in January the circuit must have been closed and the ex- plosive went off as sbn as the wires touched it. At any rate, Wilson and his companion were blown to pleces. | “I didn’t know anything about it,” continued Turner. “That night a brother-inlaw of mine took me out to. drink some white mule. He wouldn’t rlet -me -g0 where any one .could see me. He kept making me drink, and when I was good and drunk he pulled .a gun on me and said 1 would have to get out of town and stay out. He told me where to 8o and what to do. I went.” Body Identified as Turner. In the meantime an investigation was held in _the little mining town of McCarr, in Pike County. Wilson was identified without difficulty, and, when Turner’s absence continued for several s, the other body, mangled, (Continued on Pdge 3, Column 1) “From Press to Home The Star's Within the Hour” carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as th, e papers are printed., Yesterday’s Circulation, 104,027 UP) Means Associated TWO CE} Pre: vl fsiv SAYS CITY OF ROME CUT RESCUE SHORT |Survivor of S-51 Declares; Hunt for Crew Lasted But 20 Minutes. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, October 16.—“I don't give a damn about the ship, but I am sorry for the boys.” Capt. John H. Diehl, commander of the City of Rome, said to Michael Lira, the first of the three S-51 survivors to be taken aboard the steamer, the latter testified today before the naval board of inquiry when questioned about his conversations with the Rome's offi- cers. Lira said that the crew of the City of Rome's lifeboat almost swamped the craft when they picked him out of the water after the submarine sank. The witness said that the life- boat’s search for survivors lasted only 20 minutes. Only three of the 36 members of the crew of S-51, who were asleep when she was rammed by the City of Rome off Block Island on Septem- ber 25, got out before she sank. Asleep When Struck. Kile, an engineman, first-class, said he was asleep when the steamer struck the submarine. He thought the submarine had grounded. He said that a piece of cork, part of a bulkhead lining, woke him, and he leaped from his bunk into water up to his knees. His first move was to attempt to lock the watertight door leading from the battery room, where he slept, to the forward torpedo room. Before he could release the “dogs” which locked it open, he said, the ‘water poured in. Then he ran to the other end of the battery room and tried to lock the door leading into the central operating control compart- ment, without succeeding. He said he then climbed to the bridge through the conning tower hatch and was swept over the port side in 15 seconds. He was the last to leave the submarine, he said, and only two others preceded him. ‘When thrown into the water, which he said was not cold, Helmsman Wise- man, on duty on the submarine’s bridge when she was rammed, was swimming beside him. They were then about 30 yards from the steamer. Within a few seconds Wiseman dis- appeared and he later heard him call for help. The sound seemed to come from a point 100 yards away, Kile unfi, e testified that he was rtly clothed and’ that he remained Eg'lm}- ming and floating for 45 minutes be- fore a life boat from the City of Rome picked him up. While he was in the water, he said, he saw no life preservers or search- light playing from the steamer. The submarine’s lights, he said, were burning when he left the battery room to mount to the bridge. Two hours before, he testified, he was relieved from his engine room watch and went to the bridge to smoke a cigarette before turning in. At that time, he said, he noticed the submarine’s stern light burning: He did not look at the lights forward. Chief Torpedoman James W. Fra- ser, a naval diver of nine years’ ex- perience, testified he dove twice to the sunken submarine during the rescue operations. He said he found the sub- marine’s vertical rudder in a hard right position, indicating that her bow ‘was pointed right when she sank. ‘When he was released and ordered to return to duty on the mine layer Falcon, Capt. Orton Jackson, presi- dent of the naval board, instructed him to request that a thorough search be made for the S-51's rough log. This document, the court believes, was on the bridge when the submarine sank. It it is recovered, much valuable in- formation concerning the submarine's movements on the fatal night will be available. BQMB-DAMAGES CHURCH. Negro Community Center in Chi- cago Twice Attacked. CHICAGO, October 16 (#).—The Bethesda Baptist Church, large com- munity center in the South Side negro district, was damaged in an explosion of a dynamite bomb early today. The loss is estimated at $100,000. A witness told the police that short- 1y before the explosion he saw a man leave an automobile containing three men and approach the building. A moment later he ran back to the car, which was driven away. The church, purchased by its negro congregation after it was abandoned as a synagogue, was bombed a year 0. At that time the police attribut- the altack to racial prejudice. | Plane's BROUGHT FALIRE OF FAWAIANFLEAT | Report to Show Wrong Posi- tion Given When Goal Was Within Range. ONLY TWO VESSELS GAVE REAL AID TO PLANES Chief Kept Expedition From Greater Failure by Own Navigation Skill. Comdr. John Rodgors and his crew of the PN-9 No. 1 would have been spared the hardships of floating adrift on the Pacific Ocean for nine days and would have flown gloriously into Honolulu if somebody on the Aroostook had not made an error in giving radio bearings to the Pacific Coast-Hawailan flyers. This fact will occupy a prominent position in the report of Comdr. Rodgers to the Navy Department, it was learned today on reliable author- ity Comdr. Rodgers, according to his friends here. is content to let the statement that the Aroostook was re- sponsible for failure of the flight's ultimate achievement to stand for jwhat it is worth. While he has dis- missed the entire expedition from hix mind, in a general way, it is known he has given some thought to that error which cost naval aviation the victory after it was virtually in sight It was also made plain that Comdr. Rodgers has not sought to shift re. sponsibility, but merely to emphasize the lack of dependability of radio bearings. Only Two Reports Right. From the same authority it was learned that every ship stationed on the line of flight with the exception Jf the Langley and the Doyen gave erratic bearings to the PN-9 and these averaged 50 miles off the base course. Comdr. Rodger’s skilled knowledge of navigation, however, kept him on a ! course irrespective of the positions of these station ships. After he had | passed the Farragut, however, and it jwas ascertained that the fuel supply | was low, it became necessary to find | the Aroostook in order to land, refuel and continue the flight for the re- maining 230 miles. Comdr. Rodgers, it is known, had i the deepest confidence in the Aroos- { took to bring him in because the com- manding officer of that ship was his | classmate at the Naval Academy and a close personal friend. He had been in correspondence with the ship's com- mander for many weeks prior to the flight and had learned that that vessel's radio was very enthusiastic {and diligent in its practice work. The captain of the PN-9 No. 1, however, endeavors to recognize the lack of complete development in plane-ship radio communication as an outstand- ing point of the entire project. Revealed Error When Found. When Comdr. Rodgers arrived in San Francisco aboard the U. S. S. ldaho from Hawail he and his crew | were tendered a lunchen by the cit- | izens’ committee at the San Francis- co Commercial Club. Seats were re- served, and it is understood it was in the nature of an ‘executive ses- sion.” The captain of the PN-9 No. 1 in a brief address before that body stated the ultimate failure of the flight was due to incorrect bearings received from the Aroostook. This | information was brought to Washing- { ton a short time ago by one who had been in attendance at the function. Comdr. Rodgers’ pilot, Lieut. By- ron S. Connell, told the President's Air Board that the faflure was due to a “misunderstanding of the radlo bearings” from the Aroostook, but be- yond that statement he offered no elaboration. | While the flight originally was de- signed to be non-stop, Comdr. Rodg- ers had taken precautions to refuel at sea in the event he ran out of gasoline and_conclude the flight to the {slands. He still is confident that had not the tail wind, on_which so much was depended, failed him, he would have set his plane down at Pearl Harbor for the greatest non- stop seaplane flight in the history of aviation. Even when he went down with empty tanks, however, he achieved this honor, having landed a little more than 200 miles from the objective. Accuracy Impossible. i i With present radio compass equip- ment on ships of the Navy it is im- possible to tell accurately a bearing given by radio. With mobile stations such as are placed on ships of the Navy they would receive a compass signal, but there is no way of telling whether the signal is coming from one side or the other of & compass quad- rant. For instance, If a ship picked up 2 bearing of 180 degrees it might be the reciprocal for 360 degrees. The only accurate way of determin- ing a position at sea from mobile sta- tions is to get nearly simultaneo | signals from two ships. These may i plotted, and where the two bearings cross would be “fix,” or the position of the ship at the time the bearing was taken. One bearing merely gives a line of position, which shows that the vessel is somewhere along the line. The last bearing that Comdr. Rodgeds’ ship is understood to have re- ceived was a bearing of 181 degrees, which was just south of the Aroostook. Could Have Found Position. ‘This bearing might have been a re- ciprocal, or 361 degrees. In that event, with only this line of position, the proper thing to have done to test it out was to change the heading of the ship and get another bearing. In that event, the changing: angles from the original bearing would have shown the navigator whether he took the true bearing or the reciprocal. It is admitted by experts on radio compass that In the event another such flight was held they frankly could not in any way improve on the arrangements that were made. It de- pends entirely upon the navigator of the ship as to how many bearings he takes and where he takes them. There is a radio compass being developed which will give only a true bearing, but it was said that its operation is so complicated that & waild be more dangerous to use than i3 Jwesant, compass, which does not pick out the true directi