Evening Star Newspaper, July 12, 1926, Page 1

" 16 BODIES DISCOVERE IN ARSENAL DISASTER; 200 REPORTED, HURT i WEATHER. /- .. (U, 5. Weather Buresn Forecast,) Increasing tonight, followed ml;‘mm tom: terday: lowost, b1, At 80 Full report on page 8. No. 30,022, Entered as sstond. Few Identified; ‘and warmer - 1;: at 245 pm. Y s ss matter D. €. N . 900 Are Refugees; Damage Is Estimated at $100,000,000. WORST OF BOMBARDMENT OVER, BUT DANGER IS"FAR FROM PAST Army * Munitions “Still Imperiled: by Vagrant Shells—Soldiers Work In Devastated Area, ~ By the ‘Associated Press. DOVER, N. J., July 12—The number of persons known to have been killed in the ‘explosion of the naval ammunition denqt at Lake Denmark was set at 16 of naval operations at’ Washington senior officer at the scene of the tragedy. today in a telegram to the chief {um Capt. Will.inm Sayles, * Several times that number are missing. The telegram follows: “Have recovered 12 bodies charred. Brown, pharmacist’s explore northern area.” Ravaged as by the merciless war time, the country surrounding the ‘depot smoldered under- 2 Summer sun today. Marines and soldiers moved cautiousl: wrecked area, determined to' wrest from the smoking g-rém secrets of death and destruction hidden among the devagttted ramns. Believe Worst of Bombardment Over The shells which.had rained ‘their death-dealing steel fragments upon the countryside since 3 of lm ning first ignited stores of '’ Saturday ‘ceased ‘their intermittent thunder this morning and it was hoped ‘that the worst had passed: stene . ‘was ‘reminiscent “of a battlefield after withdrawal of shock troops .of an enemy: It was not belleved an accurate check of the human loss could be com- . ‘work was: gmm Popping of small ammuni; 0. 3 Damage Put at $100,000,000. Dvmfn estimated at $100,- 000,000.by “Army ‘and Navy .4 The ‘was the Navy’s largest ammunition storage establishment, co :#mmtmsoo.enml)uflu the it was extended by the ereg. tion of 183 buldings. The was. & storage’ place where ammunition and supplies were received and forwarded to_othér points upon demand. 4 Flames started when us’htm2 struck a TNT magazine. Some buildings were demolished" within the ~ reservation limits, and danger from further. bombardments continued to- day as new ammunition storehouses were .menaced. Many other reserva- tion bufldings were damaged. Roads Under Guard. Roads leading to the ' devastated area weére under close military guard today. Some 400 or 500 refugees from the villages of Mount Hope, Hibernia, Rockaway and Denmark, who stum- bled from their homes as' they ’ to fall, Saturday were content to re- refugees totajed 900, of whom 6 :2 m«rmown and 300 «in and around Dover: In many instances families were widely separated, but nearly all had been reunited today. Two cases of fathers still seeking wives and. chil- dren were known to relief workers today. . The ‘injured numbered about 200, of vlhol:’“ soh wr:‘re‘ulevufly but not rously hu a;:‘-ufldzll}' ¢ame the initial blast * that precautions for safety could not nearby. Al of the grass and shrubbery, which had- the Dhflnl " i i LS 1O diz FFFLEEEL practicalfy intact but burned ‘and mate, positively identified. Other | " 11 not identified. - Parts of .four others unidentified, making total of 16 hodies. Will be sent to Brooklyn for further identifica- tion. Please forward muster roll of detachment. Am starting to o e VLS T SATE iy o 5 NTESAEAD “"m_~ : A ‘woman employe threw the 2 kD it 3 i} Treasury into wild excitment this s - = fl’qu Soott Pleads Guilty | i un cpaned veus o e | GI0DE Racers Take Off From in’ Chicago Court——Russell e et siar sy | Victoria Shortly ‘After Faces Death. - - _ Early Arrival:’ artillery attack of an invader in out the structure. ! Guards slimmed shut the heavy ‘barred doors at all entrances, and drawing their side arms, rushed into the hallways to cut off the possible escape .of bandits, whil from the outside passersby attract- @ by the clamor peered through gratings to learn, the cause. Then it was discoveréd that the woman's action in either turning .an open tumbler Jock out of curk osity .or @ desire to throw it eut of position for greater - safety, ¥ Special Dispatch 1o The Star. SEATTLE, Wash, July 12-~Ed- ward Evans and Linton Wells. who are trying to break the world en- circling record, arrived here 16 min- utes ahead of schedule at’ '§:45 o'clock. An Army plane stationed Beattle immediately tadk § Lieut./Comar, ] ut.:Comdr;,. Edward Allen .ann., | may them for Pasco, Wash, - appointed from .Massachusetts; Burwell Hayden Lack: Foundation. I’ 2 £ - i The following Marines, rank not .m.f: Oliver C. Bliss, Wateryille, Ohio; Maurice R. Hardacker, Galla. Frederick J. Rachford, 325 » dismissed here as without foundation. lays failing. Boris, 3i-year-old sovereign of the Bulgers, -left Sofla Saturday on. the trip out of his country since his to the throne in 1918. Sofia < his At 1:30 o'clock i ern light-sas had elapsed - WARNER TAKES OFFICE. ). Bdward professor in the Massachusetts’ mgmmr'%mim' | i MONDAY, JULY 12, 1926-THIRTY-TWO 'PAGES. PRESIDENT HOOKS ANOTHER WHOPPER. 6POUNDS, TIS SAID - Pike to First Lady—Gets * + Angling “Fever.” BRAND-NEW LIMOUSINE CRITICALLY EXAMINED Services Attended at Sqransc Lake BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Stafl Correspondent of The Star. WHITE PINE CAMP, N. Y. IF ¥ i i E I £ I 5 é 3 HH SYSTEM THURSDAY Even Dollars Expected to Facilitate Handling of -+ Deductions. A new system of payment.for Gov- ernment employes will go into effect next Thursday, when, for the first time in the history of the Govern- ment, every one on the pay roll will receive his salary in even dollars only, with no odd cents change. - “This is one of the most marked de- 6| partures from the old custom, and is part of & complete change of system Inaugurated by Controller General Mc- Carl- for carrying out provisions of 1|the new law providing liberalized’ re- tirement, Deduction 34 Per cent. ‘The deduction from pay on account . | of the new law is-3% per cent instead - | old law. * 5 gii 9 {a268 ] i 1 § i i ! i L g st -4 i T £ [ § s i i, i of the 2% per cent deducted under the system the deduction is divided equal- The 'rlnclpnl reason for changing the system of payment was explained by officials today a$ making improve- roents in the methods of payment and relieving both disbursing and account- officers of difficulties which obtain- ed_in the past. ¢ JFor .one thing, the elimination of odd cents in the mid-monthly payment will bring great relief to d officers, and simplify the dis- bursing at that time, and handling of thousands of small coins. It will make The split-cent proposition also” will s ot ot o plan, and will obviate the payment of differ- ent. amounts for altérnate .months throughout the year. 5 ‘Taking, for example, the salary of $1,740, which ‘is fot far from the average Government worker’s income, to recent _official’ tabula. tions, a contrast between the old and nee. n_aqeount of the much difficulty ‘in accounts and paying i to the retirement fund, $ idimonth pay day and $70.92 pay day throughout the 88 28 | each | chores on the fa ider the new bookkeeping [birth FUNERAL SERVICES INMASSAGHISETS War Secretary Under Hard- ing and Coolidge Fought Long for Health. HAD NOTABLE CAREER IN CONGRESS, 1905-1919 Figured in Controversy Over Air- craft—Burial Planned Later. in Arlington Cemetery. By the Associated Press. LANCASTER, N. H., July 12.—John W. Weeks, former Senator and War Secretary, quietly slipped from a state of coma into death early today. He had waged a long fight with the 1ll- ness which forced him to submit “his resignation as a cabinet member to President Coolidge in 1925." His con- dition becas critical soon after he returned to native town, and on Sunday he lapsed into the coma from which he never roused. Mrs. Weeks, his son, Sinclair Weeks, and his daughter, Mrs. John Washing- ton Davidge of Washington, wers with hirh when -he died. Dr. R, E. Wilder of Whitefleld, per- sonal physiclan to Mr. Weeks, was also at the lodge on Mount Prospect. He pronounced death due to angina pectoris. Born on Farm in 1860." and seclusion in his lodge of Mount Prospect. More the keen mountain air had back to the cities recuperated and freshed. When his last iliness upon him he made a-sed trip to America, and then journeyed to Cali- fornia. Obtaining only a temporary he turned naturally once more place, where. so often he 1E §8° §§§Eisg §agl Fu Thursday afternoon at 2 o% the home in West Newton, 4 Sinclair Weeks, son of the former Secretary. hillside. 5 ‘The news as it traveled from door- step te doorstep thi§ morning caused no surprise, but brought expressions of. sympathy. ; Lancaster, nearly the northernmost of the ‘White Mountain towns, at this season’ of the year is normally wear- ing an air of galety and bustle as the Summer visitors and tourists pour in for.their vacations. Today the flags at half staff and the little groups quietly discussing the life of the man who lay dead on Mount Prospect gave a changed appearance to the village. Appointment Surprise. It was génerally assumed in the event thé Republican party won the national elections of 1920 that John W. Weeks would be a member of President Harding’s cabinet. His se- lection. for Secretary of the Navy or Secretary of the Treasury was re- garded as certain. His suecess as a financier was recognized. His gradua- tion at Annapolis and erverience in naval affairs had been recorded g:iung him for the Navy secretary. ip. A big surprise came, however, when President-elect Harding announced he . | would appoint Mr. Weeks as Secretary of War. It was said of him that hé “siid into his" job” the easiest of any of the ‘other cabinet officers and grasped the conglomerate details of Army admin- istration with a thoroughness and quickness _that _spelied confidencs throughout the War Department for the staff officers and hundreds of sub- org:mu cl&eu. le wgs born on a littlé New Ham) ::1.5‘ farm nesr Lancaste: i Until he was 17 he was. doing . His graduation at-the crossroads and local high school placed him soon afterward in the schoolmaster’s chair, also at a country crossroads in his native State. . The young schoolmaster succeeded at the age of 18 in getting ... Matried in 1885, - In 1885 Mr. Weeks married. n . Sinclair and journeyed : as & r, April 11, .