Evening Star Newspaper, July 11, 1926, Page 4

- RESINTOSIN. POLTIES ON VS Withdrawal of Stickney From Senate Race Dispels Vermont Rumors. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staft Correspondent of The Star. WHITE PINE CAMP, N, Y., July 10.—Any flavor of politics that has been attached to President Coolidge's forthcoming visit to his old home at Plymouth Notch, Vt., has been quick- ly removed by the announcement from former Gov. Stickney that he had abandoned his candidacy for the United States Senate in opposition to Senator Dale. 5 The fact that the President is show- ing no intention of abandoning this visit to the Green Mountain country, since Gov. Stickney’s withdrawal from the Republican primaries, has served to convince political skeptics that the President’s visit to Vermont will be for purely sentimental Teasons and void of anything bordering on politics. Dale “Off” Reservation. Because Gov. Stickney and Attor- ney General Sargent are law partners, |, and because they both are intimal friends of the President, the latter was looked upon as a silent supporter of the movement to have Stickney displace Senator Dale, when it was first made known that Stickney ‘would go out for the Republican nomina- tion. Although natives of the same State and possessing other things in common, the President and Senator Dale are not close friends, and the Senator's visits to the White "House are very infrequent, and .::a always for purely business purposes. tl’AIn.p Senator Dale voted to 0\'!H1dfl. the President's veto of the soldiers’ ‘bonus two years ago, for which act, litical friends of the President say, g: has never been forgiven. -~ On the other hand, Gov. Stickney s not only an intimate friend of tl President's, but is a distant relative and they belong to the same school of Republican politics. Also Stickney and Attorney General Sargent, for whom the President has a high re- gard and_personal feeling, are part- ners in the practice of law. Conaidering all this background, 1t was not unexpected to see thePres- ident’s name linked up with the move- ment ir his native State to run Stick- ney against Senator Dale. As might have been expected, these inferences brought no comment from the White House. The President issued no de- nials. Therefore, as matters 3 it was not unnatural to suppose that the President approved the movement to supplant Dale, and that in some inconspicuous way he would do what be could to help the cause along. How Rumors Began. Some weeks ago, when the Presi- dent's plans for his vacation were be- ing discussed, he let it be known that it was his intention some time ‘during the Summer to visit his home in Ver- mont. This was fmmediately accept- ed as a signal from the President that he was coming to the help of Gov. Stickney's cal S Gov. Stickney's announcement of his withdrawal,” however, has put an end to all this form of speculation and’ insinuation, and it:is now .sup- posed that the President will be’cred- iteq with going back home for a few days purely out of sentiment and love for the old place, and not because of |t any politics, 5 ’ P ‘Although the. Stickney anfiounce- ment canle as something of & sur- rise, political leaders in Vermont and ew England never took his candi- aacy seriously. In the first place, the former Governor is known never to have had the support of the powers that operate things for the Republi- cans in Vermont. It is understood also that the Republican national commiftee, of which the President’s close friend and politi adviser, Senator- Willlam M. Butler'of Massa- chusetts, is chairman, frowned upon the Stickney movement. As a mat ter of fact, some of the leaders of the national committee are repre- sented as having deplored the Stick- ney candidacy. They let it be known that they thought the attempt to dis- place Senator Dale was ill advised. Whether this viewpoint had any in- fluence upon Gov. Stickney's sub- sequent withdrawal is not - known. But there is a feeling in some polit- cal quarters here that it carried some weight, notwithstanding the fact that Gov. Stickney, in withdrawing, an- nounced that he was doing so becatise of the embarrassment his candidacy might cause the President. Unable to Shake Politics. Although the President's journey to Vermont is now free of the tinge of politics, his vacation days up here in these remote mouhtains are by no means free of speculation of a polit- jcal nature. It seems impossible for @ President to shake himself entirely free of things political, no matter where he goes. It is much easier to remove the burden of his official cares temporarily, but mot so with quent commendation of his jeadership in both branches of Con gress is mainly responsible time for some of the political buz- zing up here. The 'opinion being ad- Tamced is that the President is grad. [Qu ually but deliberately laying the groundwork® for his particl even if only in a mild form, in the coming Congressional camj 3 There now exists a feeling that the President may, after all, do something to help some of those loyal party men in the Senate and House who are known to be’facing serious difficulty in_the coming election: In this connection it pointed out that the President could not remain quietly enjoying himself at White Pine Camp without making some ef- fort to assist some of these men who have stood so solidly and courageous- ly_behind him. 1t does not seem natural, it is added, that the President, for instance, should do nothing to help Semator Butler, his close friend, and the man who personally dil his pre-corn- vention campalgn and who was the fleid marshal in charge of the na- tional campaign in 192¢ that resulted é: Mr. Coolidge’s’ election as Presi- + dent. dent decides to leap to the rescue of Senator Butler, possibly in the form ‘ of a visit to Massachusetts, witlhan accompanying speech or two,. it does Upper—General view, Naval Ammunition Depot, Lake Denmark, N. J. Lower—Powder storage houses. ' this Summer as having a good effect upon the party ticket this Fall, and particularly upon Senator Wads- worth's chances to overcome the dry opposition. hough no date has been set for Senator Wadsworth's first visit to the Coolidge camp on Lake Osgood, it is understood at the White House executive office here that he will present himself very shortly, pos- sibly immediately after the Presi. dent’s return from Vermont, and un- questionably in advance of the visit Gov. Al Smith is scheduled to make within the next fortnight. Tlt “l- un- jorris, York, will come to confer with President. It is thought he will ac- company Senator Wadsworth. Their visit to White Pine Camp, no doubt, will be primarily for the purpose St s b e S n! on_at 3 zation in New York l&u. Senator Nt question at this early thought the President now does not want to convey the impression t he is playing politics while on vacation. But he is in the business right now of pralsing and boosting the men who have helped him make a proud for his administratio and it is argued that there is no rea- son why he should not do something helptul for Senator Wadsworth, In the meantime the President is withholding bis plans, if he has any, and is no doubt enjoying the specula- tion as to his possible political activi- ties this Summer. i EGYPT’S QUEEN HAT IS RECONSTRUCTED Study of O0ld Mummies by Woman Artist Aids in Better Knowl- edgs of Female Warrior. LONDON, July 10 (#.—Queen “Hat,” who was the Queen Bess of ancient Egypt, has been reconstruct- ed by Mrs. Winifred Brunton, and }aondu;u{;‘ now are able !tomnz some ea. of appearance of o strong- inded ruler who dressed as a man armies. . The 1 queen was . Hatshepsut. Egyp: tologists have nicknamed her *“Hat.” Mrs. Brunton. worked for months among the:dusty mummies of Egypt studying the shrunken features of the pharoahs that she might make miniatures sk ‘what T owing Put his royal relatives really looked |Arse and like when they were on sarth. 1 difficult < for Mrs, mummy was not ¥ and had to be removed view years ago. " i J Queen died nearly 15 centuries era. She was the daughter of Tethmosis I, who assoclated her on the throne with him before his death. She was suc- ceeded by her husband, who was also her half-brother, and upon his death ruled alone. Upon monuments Queen Hat is generally shown in 3 but in inscriptions the féminine gen- der is used in referring to her. DOGS HAVE OWN BEACH. Facilittes for Canines. . July 10 0P BERLIN, July 10 (P.—Dogs are not to_go and rubber balls on the bathing beaches of Alster Basin, reserved for human Therefore, in the event the Presi- | el not seem likely to those who know | . the President's way of doing th that he would stop there. He sur wouldn't help Senator Butler without doing something for the other sena- torial candidates who are calling loud- ly for help, and whom he considers 28 being deserving. Case of Senator Wadsworth, Just what form 1hé 'President's participation in behalf of others than Senator Butler would assume i3 now | Prince only a matter of conjecture. of | the” the local Republicans are if the President is going to do .‘.ny. to assist York in his campaign to_ succesd himself. Some New York State Re- pul are et the presence of the Empire n, | the Army. RADIO AND WIRES BRING HAVOC NEWS Message From Picatinny of Sight of Pyrotechnios First Inkling of Disaster. News of the disaster at Lake Den- mark, N. J., where the Navy's larg- est ammunition depot was struck by lightning, causing explosions and burning of the entire depot together with vertual destruction of the adja- cént Plcatinny Arsenal of thi "y came to the Navy in & series of telephone, radio and telegraph messages, which up to midnight had revealed the exact extent of the explosions reached naval officlals, they said, in- directly. through a telephone call which had come from Picatinny Ars senal to Brig, Gen. Cloden L. H. Rug- gles. of the Ordnance Department of This message, it was understood .at the Navy Department, haa tacular bursting reported a spec of sky rocket-like pyrotechnics and a great flery glow in the general direc- tion of the Lake Denmark ammuni- tion depot. Two-Thirds Reported Missing Shortly thereafter came & message that struck the depot under Chief Gunner Wi Albert Gerts bad safely arrived at Newfound- land N. J. Two-thirds of the person- nel of the depot, it was added, were missing, and Lieut. Comdr. Edward is rated as the largest in the country. In the absence of official records incorporat in depth bombs familiarly known in the Navy as “ash cans.” ‘When struck - by . lightning this would naturally explode with great vijolence, not only rising into the air, but setting fire to property. Entire Depot Ablaze. Intermittent reports continued to|PY trickle in during the evening that explosions were still going on and at midnight it was believed. that prac- tically the entire depot was still ablaze. Navy officers thought that from the nature of the depot and the kind of explosive there the disaster }:n:nlhmun h;;o wnw a spectacu- oW, e Navy depot, it was explained, is mvy oot Fu word came from Admiral Plunkett about 11:30, indicating that he had itched three medical offi- ! 1l Rapidly. Changing Reports of Blasts At Arsenals Received By Officers Here depot at Laks had been struck by lightning an uwmmmw-m of the per- sonnel was ng. i to the department said had. been First the Navy Department for hours, lnyd one of the first. messages ‘was garbled. - Blasts Block Firemen. At 9 o'clock last night the Navy Department was advised that explo- sions still were occurring at the depot, and that the fire department was un- p.m,, and had been com‘r out. The number of dea: jured was not known, the admiral reported, adding that medical aid and a Marine guard had been sent to the Maj. Gen. Clarence C. Williams, chief of Army ordnance, and Brig. Gen. C, L. Ruggies, assistant chief, for the Army arsenal been badly ‘damaged by projectiles, but that fire had not broken out, nor had there been any explosions there. A check-up of the personnel at the|, sy, Navy depot revealed that 59 marines, 1 captain of marines, 5 naval officers, 4 men of the naval hospital unit and 20 to 30 civilians were on duty there: Conslderable charge” form. Late last night the Navy Depart- & avised that Lieat. Comar, | “Aim, A. Brown, Navy Medical revil usly reported as killed, was previo re] 5 o Bougl It was not established | Cimsen n i Additional advices to Gen. Ruggles from Picatinny arsenal said that fire -| had broken out there in gun cotton, stored in boxes outside the ware- houses, but that'it was not believed TS| oxplosoins would result. While at that time nm of the ammunition at jectiles | Se: for fear explosions would occur. Gen. Ruggles was informed that ‘seri. | considerable damage had been done to buildings on the Army ruu'vz- tion, some of them having -] wrecked. He also was told that no estimate could be made on the loss ;1 of lie or property damage, as no, one by & ad been definitely established, al-|land, Ohi Allan Brown of the Medical Corps was | oo . Later reported. killed. in the night, ‘This message ‘Admiral fin‘nkeu bad been dispatched at £ p-m. g The next dispatch from -Admiral Plunkett indicated the hour of the lightning strike as near 4:30 p.m,, the |Fine depot had message stating that the pot been ‘“‘completely wiped out,” and it was not yet known how many were killed and injured. At the time of this | £2 messageat 8:20 Capt, Otto Dowling, in- spector of ordnance, was reported to have been seriously injured.: Later in the evening, however, Capt. Dowling called by telephone from Picatinny nal, nplorunz over _telephone . This last wires giving intermitten . | fire ice that the whole of th:b lavy d‘:;;t of | ‘was on fire and that part of tite Army e ful news that one Hospital Corps man had suc. | S50 ports, some Navy estimated there’ would: be & ctvilian_personnel | 3 /the post numbering somewhere n 20 and 30 persons, It was altogether likely, 'however, they .be- have been.a leved, that there Mhmymwum ha fhese’ paoois < hief . Another message carried the cheer- | §; ‘marine gould get mear the danger zone.’ Only one death, that of a woman, though it was belleved many had be‘::‘ Kkilled, and it was estimated that at least 20 or 30 persons had been red. Gen, Ruggles alsc’ was informed that Capt. O.C. Dowling, commandant of the naval depot, had been injured | X about the legs. Previous advices had \stated that he was seriously Personnel List Incomplete. The Navy Department experienced | Albert dificulty in getting accurate infor- n:Allon Yfmm ':h- scene of the dis- t | aster. It also attempted to get up a 1ist of personnel at the depot, but up to uu’l:-t night had given out only ‘ew names. & hey Inchuded, in addition to Capt. Dowling and Lieut. Comdr. Capt, B. H. Clarke and Lieut. Herman C. . Schrader . of the Marine Chief Gunners J. M fowing o tachment, at Barracks: Chatles Franklin Breamer, mate; Harry Chris- the Naval Hospital de: born Prescott, pharmacist 3 class, and) Bernard Joseph harmacist mate, - third ammu; ing more than 500 acres: of 5 the war it was ex- tended by an addition of Ii The depot : was purely a plant, at which no wgrk ng breaking - do issuing T doncribing acivites at the Gepot d ng ac at the A the Navy Department said last night ion plies not indicate, however, that they had been killed, he said, as it wu?;npo.. sible to check-up the personnel. Capt. Dowling said that the naval arsenal was on fire from end to end ‘l:d had been demolished, and that e Picatinny arsenal also was partl demolished. 7, Admirel Plu’nkm advised the N just before . midnig] that a relle detachment, hree medical members of the Naval ospital S:r:a. 't;:: .uum:ut omcm" and 46 Ma- route with medical plies to Lake Denmark from r‘l‘:& York. He said also that an ambu- lance, two medical officers, six special List of Marine Personnel. Department made public ing to its ru;)drd “m‘in 0 s were t duay at the Lake Denmark mueo:: * Fran- | story window of her la, Mo.; Thomas F. Mullarkey, Edward A. Thimsen, ‘Walter L. Snyder, nfll J.; Ernest Okla.; Oliver C. Bliss, Watervil idge, Wichita, Kans. Beiwood, d brrra 31 New York to Buenos Aires. A. Gerdts, and the fol- | Little, the Marine | M o o Were Bleeding. . PATERSON, N. J., July 10.(®— ‘ml‘. Bvt. Je &%’V-nqn. Deafening * Roar ~ Precedés ’ “'Red Fiare, ‘Says Wit- ness of Explosion. By the Associated Fhess. NEW YORK, July 10.—Frank Gale, Montelair, N, J. tonight described the explosion of: the nmaval ammuni- tion depot at Lake Denmark, N. J., as he it from Oak Ridge, N. J, 16 miles distant, The first in- dication of an accident was the ap- pearance over the Sparta Mountairs running Oak ‘whi separate Oak Ridge from New. % fimflhfld. N. J.; from the valley in . ‘The..upper portion of Weaver's mamnt"cnu‘u“uaw-u‘ after calming them. . ‘Weaver told physiclans that he had Just returned from a week end leave of changing his which the arsenal is located, of a huge cloud of white smoke. A sharp explosion, deafeningly loud, followed the appearance of the cloud. Immediately afterward a thundering rumble and hissing shook the ground. A brilliant cloud of flame spread over the sky in the direction of the arsenal. A second and heavier explosion. fol- lowed almost immediately. Third Blast. Heard. The rumbling continued without in- 40 minutes explosion ‘was not as in- ;| tense as the two which preceded it. action the first of the up. He saw his companions hurled 16 feet in the air. The concussion rubber boots from one of The rumibling continued for almost two hours after the first explosion, punctuated at brief intervals by sharp reports as of bombs and mines. Mr. Gale said that the villages of Oak Ridge and Newfoundland ‘suf. fered little damage from falling debris, as they were protected by the moun. n- | tain ridge. He added that he feared of hell. ‘Weaver had no idea of how many men were on leave, but he believed many escaped the catastrophe be- unin it occurred during the week e YOUTH REARRESTED AFTER THIRD ESCAPE Elusive Colored ~Prisoner Tells Police Some Man Released Him From Cell —_— Bertrand J. Mutray, 18 years old, colored, who vanished somewhers be- tween the court room and cell room at lice Court yeterday, after being held without bail for the action of the grand jury, was re-arrested late yes- terday by Detectives Jett and Connors as he neared his home at Ninth and P streets, Murray, according to the police, had made two escapes previous to his dis- e ap] ce from Police Court, yester- day. e was under arrest June 28, when he jumped an automoblle as he ‘was_being taken to police headquar- ters, .|, The next heard from Murray was in Hammondton, N. J,, when, after be- ing arrested following a collision he jumped "through the window of the lice , July 3. escaped from Police Court according to police.. be ‘good frem now ; and 1 walked right on 9ut of the court room.” He was arraigned yesterday on a charge of grand larceny in connection with an alleged automobile theft. Oilve Wall, -8 old, received H years Kansas |a fracture of a jaw dnd internal in- Jjuries when. she fell from a second home, 3628 O street, yesterday while at play. She is in a serious condition at George- town Hospital. The child stumbled and fell against blinds, which gave away. —————— Crowder to"Go Undér Knife. HAVANA, Cuba, July 10 (#).—The American Ambassador, Gen. Enoch H. ARACATY, Brazil, July ‘10 UP).— lo Duggan, ‘Argentine aviator, Maranhao early this morn- greatly for the lives of numbers of children in Summer camps in the vicinity of the arsenals. Mr. Gale expressed the opinion that it lightning caused the original ex- plosion, it was literally “a bolt from the blue.” He said that the storm which had broken over the territory some time previously had quleted t gentle rain and that the western sky was clearing rapidly when the first blast came. Dover Not Damaged Much. The Western Union Telegraph oper- ator at JDover, N.-J., 4 miles from the arsenals, told Mr. Gale that the town of Dover suffered little damage, also due to a protecting ridge inter- vening. The operator, Mr. Gale said, reported that he “had accounted for 100 dead among the military stationed at the arsenals and inhabitants of nearby towns. Mr, Gale said that persons dwelling within a radius of 15 miles of the ar- senals were leaving as rapidly as pos- sible because of reports that there still remained a large magazine at the naval ammunition depot which had not yet exploded, but which was ex- pected to go at any minute. Mr. Gale added that reports reach- ing Oak Ridge were that the villages of Mount Hope and Denmark, on the outskirts of which the arsenal is sit- uated, were totally destroyed and that several Summer camps in the vicinity also were leveled. FUNGI FOUND FREQUENT CAUSE OF MALADIES 20 Per Cent'of Tropical Diseases Traced to Parasitic Plant Growths, Sclentist Claims. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. URBANA, T, July 10.—Fungi, the type of parasitic plant growth that makes little scabs on fruit and leaves of trees, are an. important cause of. disease in human beings. It has be-/ come 0. usual to think of bacteria as” the principal source of infections that it is rather surprisng to learn that over 20 per cent of the maladies of the tropi are due to fungous wths, according to a statement by r. Aldo Castellani, mternational au- thority on tropical diseases, in a re- cent lecture before the College of Medicine at the University of Illinois. Ringworm was one of the first af- flictions shown to be caused by a fungus, and it is now known that similar sm may attack .any system of the body, the skin being the most frequently invaded and the nerves the least, Many bronchial troubles and diseases of the tonsils, as_well, may be traced to such a source, he declares. ) Dr. Castellani makes a strong ap- peal for more co-operation between m¢ science and the botanical spe- clalists who study fungi and the dis- eases they produce in higher plants. Such co-operative research, he main- tains, is one of the objectives of the at | department of tropicdl medicine at He is en route from ‘Tulane_University at New Orleans, where Dr. Castellant is now stationed a8 professor of tropical hygiene. 15 FLO'RlDAfi DAY| EXCURSION '35 Atlantic Coast Line . Leave Washington July 16¢h and August 20th -$22.00