Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1927, Page 7

5 BURNED, 2DEAD, IN SHIP EXPLOSION Pillar of Flame Envelops French Crew and Dock Hands in Baltimore. By the Amoctated Prese. BALTIMORE, January vo men are dead, three are missing and thirty-five injured as a result of an explosion In the pitch-filled hold of the French barque Richelien that transformed the trim four-master into a seething inferno Lewls, 26, negro, of Tampa, : Thomas Daniels, negro, Baltimore, died today of burns and inhaled smoke and flames. All the ship's officets and 10 French cadets aboard the vessel escaped injury. , The 36 injured were in hospitals here, suftering from searious burns. Thirty-one of them are negroes Two of the five white men burned ire members of the crew, while the athers were dock hands. Flames Envelop Men. The explosion occurred last night in the vessel's No. 3 hold as she Iny alongside a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad pier at Curtis Bay, loading pitch. Without and but a few moments after a score of work- men had left the hold for the day, a billow of flame and smoke shot from the hatchway, enveloping workers nearby. The blaze spread rapidly through the inflammable cargo and despite the efforts of fire- fighters raged for six hours, when the Richelieu sank, Capt. Jules Cornec of the Richelieu described the scene on deck imme- diately following the Dblast: “A ter- rible piliar of flame and smoke came pouring from the hatch of No. 3 hold. All about were men with their cloth- ng ablaze, and, as I watched, many of them leaped to the pier.” After ordering all workmen ashore, Capt. Cornec said he followed them and helped tear the burning clothing from many of the victims. Many Found Unconsclous. Two men were seen by firemen to fall back into the burning hold as they struggled to escape through the fiery hatchway. Many workers were found unconscious, their clothing in . flames. 8 Firemen themselves barely escaped as the vessel sank. Only the crack- ing of the mainmast gave warning, but all reached safety. Ten French naval cadets assigned to the Richelieu for training were re- ported safe by the ship's captain. The Riechelieu, of 3,000 tons, was 323 feet long, with a 27-foot beam. She arrived here from Nantes last week, und was loading pitch for Laurient, France. The loss was estimated at $20v,000. ning BLAST ON WARSHIP INJURES 10 SAILORS | Manhole of Steam Drum on De- stroyer Charles Ausburn at Nor- folk, Va., Blown Off. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., January b5.—Ten enlisted men were painfully burned about their faces and hands when a manhole of a steam drum on the destroyer Charles Ausburn yesterday blew off at the navy yard yesterday afternoon. All of the Injured men were removed to the Naval Hospital, where they were treated. They are: W. G. Moody, fireman, first class; J. 8. Dzurenda. fireman, first class; H. Barnett, fireman, second class; P. J. Lyons, fireman, first class; P. J. Glllaspy, chlef water tender; E. P. Leclaire, fireman, first class; 1. B. Douty, chief machinist’s mate; J. R. Schmidt, fireman, first ; J. Ryan, water tender, second class; T. McGar- vey, fireman, first class. Four other members of the crew y were slightly burned and were not admitted to the hospital. Schmidt's condition is considered more serious than the others. ZIEGLER, JR., WILL WED MISS MURPHY TODAY Second Marriage of Baking Powder Magnate to Take Place in New York. ¢ By the Ass ated Press. NEW YORK, January b.—William Zlegler, jr. wealthy young baking powder magnate ai sportsman of New York, and Miss Helen Martin Murphy, daughter Mr. and Mrs. Edward Murphv of Troy. N. Y., will be married in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church here today. They will spend their hone: oon abroad and return to Aiken, C., in the Spring. Mr. Ziegler. adopted son of the late willilam Ziegler, is president of the S Royal Baking Powder Co. and of the | nd chairman | n Maize Royal Distributing Co. of the board of the Americ Products Co. He owns much Fifth avenue and Park avenue real estate. His stable has been a successful com: petitor on the turf for the last three vears. He is a member of the Turf| 1d, Riding, Harvard and New His and Fi York Yacht Clubs of this city. first wite, Gladys Virgin obtained & divorce in Pa Mr. Ziegler is Miss Murphv's father is member of the Troy law firm of Mur- phy, Aldrich & Buy. She is an ac complished sportswe Mr. Ziegler's 1o Watson. 9 s last July. New roads being opened in Mexico | the use of autos, ze of 60 miles | trains that | are making possib 15 miles every 24 hours. Don’t Let That Cold Turn Into “Flu” That cold may turn ir Tu, Grippe or, even worse, Pneumo tess you take care of it at once. Rub Mustero relief. As effective as ‘the messy out blister Musterole, made from pure oil of and other simple ingredients, is a coun- circu- mustard, camphor, menthol ter-irritant which stimulates lation and helps break up the cold. You will feel ‘h warm tingle as it en. tho pores, then a cooling Aat brings oume relio: senior nia, | on the congested parts and see how quickly it brings old mustard plaster; does the work with- sensation LEESE TO GIVE ADDRESS. will Epnk to Credit Men at Meet- ing Monday. Martin A. Leese, president of the Chamber of Commerce. will be guest speaker at the monthly dinner meet- ing of the .Associated Retafl Credit Men of Washington at the Raleigh Hotel Monday. Mr. Leese has been an active member of the organization for several years, and will speak on “1927 and the Nation's Capital.” Guy M. Hulse, field secretary of the credit service exchange division of the Retall Credit Men's National As- soclation, will deliver a talk on credit conditions throughout the country as observed duriyg a recent tour of the States. The entertalnment committee, ui- der Kenneth A. Pearson, has pre- pared a special program, and David Sanger will preside. DR HOUCK TO GET THOROUGH TESTS: Physicians at Walter Reed Find Symptoms Different From Average Type. Dr. Knutt Houck, former psychia- trist at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, whose wife, Mrs. Gladys W. Houck, has been sought all over the United States since she disappeared from | their Congress Heights home a month ago, was accustoming himself to his new surroundings at Walter Reed Hospital today. Dr. Houck was taken to the Govern- ment Hospital from Gallinger Mu- nicipal Hospital, where he has been recovering from a mental breakdown since the day Mrs. Houck disap- peared. Dr. Houck was held for in- vestigation, and was removed to Wal- ter Reed Hospital when the District attorney’s office declined to permit him to leave this jurisdiction. At Walter Reed Hospital Dr. Houck will undergo careful treatment. Phy- siclans &t the hospital have noticed that his symptoms are somewhat dif- ferent from the average case of the type of disease from which he was thought to have been suffering. Dr. Houck will be thoroughly ex- amined by the psychiatrists of the staff and’then taken before a commit- tee of specialists. This examination may take a month. Dr. Houck is in the officers’ section of the psychiatric ward by virtue of having been in the Student Officers' Training Corps during the war. The ward is locked and guarded, and its inmates are confined except when they are taken out under guard for ex- ercise. In the ameantime, Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Horning is waiting for members of Mrs. Houck's family to come here from Canton. Premier Sni]:for U. 8. LONDON, January 5 ®). — Premier J. G. Coates of New Zealand, who came here for the imperial con- ference, was a passenger on the Aquitania, sailing today for New York. Later he will go to Montreal and thence to Vancouver. He expects to reach New Zealand in time to wel- come the Duke and Duchess of York, who leave tomorrow for their trip to the Antipodes in the battle cryiser | Renow fi-Pc. Jacquard Fral sewed backs—full webbéd botto: velour covers. A seen to be appreciated. | 0dd $26.50 | Walnut Veneer Dresers at this spe- cial price! A both and Tu wonderfu Vanity Dressers 39 Tudor Period Style Dress- ers, walnut veneered in combination with other woods—a sensational Jan- uary Clearance Sale sav- ing for tomorrow! House of Character Furniture including ‘Washington being This attractive suite_has hardwood frame—all- A feature so unusual it must be | $28.50 close - out period style buffets, Queen Anne THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Changes Mind During 175-Foot “Death™ Plunge, Turns Fall to Dive and Lives WOULD HOLD AREAS FOR PARK SYSTEM Senate Bills Reserve Forts Washington, Hunt and Foote for Public Use. Two pending bills designed to save Forts Washington, Hunt and Foote, on the Potomac River just below Washington, to be made a part of the park system of the Natlonal Capital, will be taken up at a_hearing before the Senate military affalrs committee at 10:30 o'clock Friday morning. Both bills were sponsored by ator Capper, chairman of the Disi committee. One measure authorizes a straight purchase of Forts Hunt and Washington by the Park Com mission from the War Department at their appraised value. Provisions of Second Bill. ‘The second bill, which Senator Cap- per introduced later, would treat the transaction simply as a bookkeeping transfer, inasmuch as the fort sites are already Government property and would remain Government property If made a part of the park system. This measure would transfer Forts Wash- ington and Foote, in Maryland, and Fort Hunt, Va., to the Park Commis- sion and the appraised value of the forts would be credited to the mili- tary post construction fund of the War Department. The second bill contemplates use of a part of Fort Washington by the Bureau of Fish- eries for operation of a fish hatchery, public exhibition of fish ponds and breeding in connection with the park. Eliminated From Sale. The danger of Forts Hunt and sold to private owners before they could be acquired for park purposes was imminent early last year, but the Budget Bureau has since directed the War Department to eliminate those two sites from the list of old forts to be disposed of imme- diately, whic lessens teh danger of losing them for park purposes. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 34, director of publio buildings and public parks, has been invited to attend the hearing Friday. DRI JARDINE TO SPEAK. Secretary to Address Farm Bureau at Baltimore Today. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, January 5.—William M. Jardine, secretary of agriculture will be the principal speaker at the session of the Farm Bureau Federa. tion and the Maryland Agricultural Society at the Rennert Hotel this| afternoon. £ Other speakers include President Thompson of the American Farm Bureau Federation, President Palmer of the Ohlo Farm Bureau Federation, Mr. Charles W. Sewell, chairman of the home and community committee and Dr. F. B. Bomberger of the Uni- versity of Maryland. About 1000 dele- gates from all parts of the State are in attendance. A new device being made in Sweden gives by electrically con- trolled announcements the starting and stopping time of different kinds lof work in factories and office me Living Room Suite m. Finest jacquard Cedar Chests $17.50 Large Roomy Mothproof Cedar Chests at greatly reduced prices. Some decorated. Bus of dor — all 1 values." Kaufmann’s—A National Insti- VENTO *189 Pay for Your Suite on Our Budget Plan By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, January 6.— “Half-way down" in a 176-foot drop from the center of the Delaware River Bridge to the water is no place to change your mind, in the opinion of Walter B. Church, who attempted sulcide from the span. “I wanted to end it all” he sald from a cot in a hospital today. “I thought my whole life was useless, and leaped from the bridge. “When I was in the alr half-way down, traveling like a_ bullet, T changed my mind. But I was in a bad place to change my mind. 1 was going down, down, down! “Somehow 1 changed my poeition in the alr as If it were a dive in an C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1927. old swimming hole—just like doing a backflip. But the speed! I re- member in a fraction of a second I saw bulldings zip past me faster than anything 1 ever saw. “I was a good swimmer and had no fear of the water after I was in it. T remember hitting the water. I went under, T don’t know how far. It was just a repetition of the fall. Down, down, down! then everything went black. I don't remember belng plcked up.” Church made his leap from almost the same spot picked a few weeks ago by Joseph Statsic, 34, the only other man to live after a plunge from the bridge. Several other persons have made the leap and been drowned. SMALL TAKES SEAT IN MARYLAND BODY Democratic Opponent’s Challenge Referred to House Elec- tions Committee. Special Dispatch to The Star, ANNAPOLIS, Md., January 5.—De- spite a challenge by his Democratic opponent at the recent election, Frank Small, jr., Republican, was sworn in delegate from Prince Georges County when the Maryland Legisla- ture convened today and took his seat. ‘the petition of attorneys for Kemt R. Mullikin, whose vote was 5,276 against Small's 5,280, charged the bal- lots were inaccurately counted and cast in erroneous fashion. The peti- tion was referred to the committee of elections, and a report will be made next Tuesday. as SENATE CONSIDERS MATERNITY MEASURE Bill Which Passed House to Pro- mote Nation-Wide Education- al Campaign Is Taken Up. For the second time since the pres. ent session of Congress began, ad- vocates of Federal aid to the States in carrying on maternity educational work were successful in having the Senate take up this proposed legis- lation today. The pending bill, which already has passed the House, authorizes the continuation during the fiscal years 1928 and 1929 of the appropriations that have been made during the past 5 years for a nation-wide maternity educational campaign under pro- visions of the popularly known Shep- pard-Towner act. Several Senators have indicated op- position to the passage of the bill, but the motion of Senator Sheppard, Democrat, of Texas, to take hte bill from the calendar and place it before the Senate for consideration was car- ried 66 to 20. Before the Christmas holidays the Senate had begun consideration of the bill on a similar. vote, but it had to" be lald aside because of a unanimous consent agreement entered into at the last sesslon to take up the rivers and harbors bill early in BLANTON SAYS NAVAL OFFICERS SLEEP LATE Capt. Carpenter Resents Statement and Tells Texan So Emphatically at Hearing. Representative Thomas L. Blanton of Texas, appearing before a naval retiring board today in behalf of Lieut. Comdr. H. T. Sandlin, Supply Corps, who is being examined for re- tirement, aroused the ire of Capt. Dudley N. Carpenter, Medical Corps and president of the board, when he declared he could not attend a hear- ing this afternoon because he had “work to do,” whereas naval officers got up late and didn't have much | to do. Capt. Carpenter rose to his feet and declared in no uncertain terms that he and other naval officers arose early in the morning also and had as much work to do as Mr. Blanton, which, apparently, ended the debate. The hearing was continued until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Although Mr. Blanton insisted that he had a right to park his car in a “no parking” driveway to the Navy Building yesterday and did so over the protest of park police, he sought a space reserved for general parkihg today and left hia car there while at- tending the hearing. Returning to the fHouse yesterday after his argument with the police Mr. Blanton reiterated his right to park his car in reserved space while on “the people's” business. B tece. GETS RACIAL REPORT. President Receives Findings of Special Commission. President Coolidge today received a report from the special commission which has made.a survey of the na- tional origin of all the people of the United States since 1776, to establish a definite basis for future immigration quotas. This report was signed by the Secretaries of State, Commerce and Labor, who constituted the com- mission, The contents of this report were not made public at the White House and will not be made public until President Coolidge by executive order proclaims the fingings, which will serve as the basis for the immigration quotas and will supplant the present quotas. Considerable interest is attached to the receipt of this report at the White House because of recent reports that the President was endeavoring to have the members of the commission post- December. "« ‘D New Aials $18.50 New Davenport ‘Tables included in this great close-out! 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By the Associsted Press. interests the If large business (ombine to take over ment's United States and American merchant lines, Chairman O'Connor of the Shipping Board would favor selling them, he sald today before a Senate committeo inquiring into pro- posals to sell the ships. Buch interests as the Firestone's, Sears-Roebuck’s and Macy’s, with large shipments to be handled, could operate the lines and make them pay, he declared. “I am in favor of selling those ves- sels to the right kind of a directorate,” O'Connor sald. Senatar Fletcher, Democrat, Florida, asked the witness how he would in- terest the big business men in buying the line, “By golng to them about ft,” O'Con- nor answered. He sald he believed large business men already had been interested to some extent Senator Couzens, Republican, Michi- gan, suggested that if Congress did not favor subsidizing privately owned ships, some alternative would be nec- essary. 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