Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1927, Page 7

17 Ihad been made unseaworthy by the gasoline supply to ignite the hip blast and would have to be repaired | Would have been blown to pieces; offi- i | cers believe. before going to Mare Island, San Fran- | “R 1000 0¢ James R. Ailsworth, cisco, for its periodical overhauling, aviation machinist mate. who was The blast ocurred only a few feet |killed, will probably be sent to Wash- from the huge tanks where the high ington for interment. test gasoline stores for the airplanes | The four injared men are reported ept. Had the explosion caused the resting. All are expected to recover. SR SRS S S R A S S # FRANC 'fHE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. . WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1927. INSHP EXPLOSION NMOTES RECEIVABLE — #;92,407.23 Cause of Langley Blast Unde- | termined, Admiral Reports to Officials. | “THEY DON’T SPEAK OUR LANGUAGE.” THEIR STATEMEMT _AS OF '> ARE WU SURE | OF THAT ¥ | | THOUGHT THE FIGURE § WERE ¢a2,406.21 SEPTEMBER 0™ SHOWED ASSETS OF CASHAND DUE ROM BANIK S — 'q,e73,qzl.c5) OF?fin ACCOUNTS, NOTES ACLEPT - AMNCES AMD IMSTALMENT, LIEM OBLIGATION S WERE (s 14.762,013.6% \ e e ats | ) J in AmericanCompositions Be- fore Distinguished Audience. ol of the most brilliant and suc- programs of. Latin American musie presented in Washington was given before an exceptionally distin- uished audience at the Pan-American mion Building in the Hall of the Americas last night. More than 700 re- | Quests were received for tickets this affair, and the hail, which seats | only a little over 600 people cofortably | was packed, with some sitting in the | corridor outside. diplomatie corps was unusually wellirepresented. = The Brazilian Am-| lor, Senhor S. Gurgel ;. end the Chilean Ambass Senora Don Carlos Davila were the recipients of many congratulations on | the very talented artists from their respective countries who were the | guest soloists on the program. Fol lowing the music, the two Ambassa dors and the soloists, Sofia del Can Chilean goprano, and Dyla Brazilian pignist, formed an informal line. with Dr. Leo T. Rowe, diveetor of the Pan-American Union, Presiding host and introducing the | Ruests. Dr. Rowe also made a very | short. speech of thanks to the artists, | the two orchestras and their leade: the Secretaries of War and Navy and the audience. The music was hroad cast via the Navy station, Program Finely Arranged. Dr. Rowe and Franklin Adams, ©ounselor of the union, are to he cc &ratulated especially upon the finc rangement of the program and the va riety of moed and color shown in the compositions chosen—all of Latin | American - composers. Argentina Cuba, Mexico, Ecuador and Haiti were represented in the music as well ax the two countries o particularly non ored last night, Chile and Brazil. | Also, aeithe Spanish Ambassador w in the ‘sudience, both soloists s Spanish encores. Aside from these | two added numbers #iven was “‘made not made in the United States, other of the 21 American nation The !United Service Orchestrs mage up of 75 chosen members from the United States Army and Navy | Band Orchestras, opened the program. | and gave several other numbers. find. ing marked favor with the audience. | Opening Number, Dyla_Josetti opened her with Henrique Oswald's “Il with its intentionaliy d, crystalline qualities, and *Pierrot,” an eccentric, sophisticated bit by the same com poser. “The Music Box.” by Nunes. was charming and exquisitely played and Gottschalk's remarkable fantasy of variations on the Brazilian Hymn gave the pianist wide scope to show her very unusual talents. She has a powerful left hand and achieves some remarkable chordal effects in this eomposition. Always she has a sing- ing tone and marvelous sense of the rhythms of these Latin works. She recefved an ovation. Sofia. del Campo, coloratura soprano. on her first tour of the United States. has a’ very individual, colorful natural voice.and her original method of em ploying the ultra-pianissimo in gh | notes was most intriguing. Her songs ran the entire gamut of emotions and the famous air from “Il Guarani” was quite the spectacular ewvent of her group-and won her.an ovation. She had ag,an: _ge accompanist in Nilo Melendez. ere were many flowers for both"soloists. | WINS $1,250 VERDICT. The cause of the explosion aboard the afrcraft carrier Langley in Die=o harbor yesterday, which | sulted in the death of James Ray Ailsworth, chief carpenter's mate, whose home was in Washington, and | v to four others, has not been | determined, the Na Department | was advised today by Rear Adthiral Reeves, commander of the | uadrons battle fleet. | Aflsworth and the four injured men | were in the magnefo and tool room. | A'dmlml Reeves said, at the time of | the explosion. An entire section of 5 the well deck was blown off and a sec- JAMES R. AILSWORTH, tion of the bulkhead was blown out. | Aviation chief carpenter's miate, killed | A hole was torn in one side of the ‘in the Langley explosion yesterday. ship extending to within nine feet of the water line, Admiral Reeves re- ported. The main gasoline tanks, the r port added, undoubtedly suffered tre- | mendous pressure, but mno serious| worth en leakage has been discovered. Ad-|more April 18, 1917. Four months | miiral Reeves' report said that tempo- | later he reported for duty at the | rary repairs to the damage will be|Naval Air Station, Moutchie, France, | e by the ship's crew. | and served there 'in connection with Widow Is Prostrated. { manth atter the armistics was signed. Prostrated with grief, Mrs. Ada | In 1920 he re-enlisted and this term | Ailsworth, widow of Chief Petty Of-| expired September 8, 1926, while on ficer Allsworth, today lies ill at her | duty here. Immediately he enlisted | home, 5101 Illinois avenue, awaiting | again and was transferred to the | word that her husband's body is on | Langley on the Pacifi st. its way to Washington. vy Department today it { Speaking for Mrs, Ailsworth, Allsworth had a “splendid sister, Mrs. Thelma Allison, 5111 11- . During his service, the re linois avenue, said foday that the|ard shows, he received two zend con- | Navy man's widow is anxious to have t medals good conduet pin. { him ‘buried in the Arlington National | Ailswor aviation | Cemetery. No arrangements have | extended heyond the duties required | been made for the funeral. but when |of him, as much of his spare time she has recovered from the shock | was spent in experimenting with Mrs. Ailsworth will communicate with | ordnance ment and improve- | | the authorities with the view to hav-| ments on aircraft that he regarded | | ing her husband burled at Arlington. | of value to the service. Mrs. Allison said. 1 | " Besides his widow, Ailsworth is sur-| ADMIRAL ORDERS PROBE. vived by his invalid mother, two | hrothers, Robert Diggs Ailsworth and Martin Ailsworth, and a sister. Mr Amanda Taylor, all of Deltaville. V: | Bhie afoes X idow 1% % foimex Bl | N DIEGO, Calif., December 21 morean and there are no relativ - v ik it sides Mrs. Allsworth's sister living in | /P).—Rear Admiral J. M. Reeves, com- Washington. The couple had no chil- | manding the aircraft squadrons of the :"1"‘:& it R Raba e death | United States Battle Fleet, today an Vhen notified of her husband's death |\ % yesterday afternoon - Mrs. Ailsworth ("‘f“’{,‘Nfi“iI_:_h”,““’,‘::(’,'fl‘;""““ - ‘;qu b expressed fear that the news of his G BL (i yilled ane man apd injuvad death would prove fatal to the officer’s | 200 VIR 0 e ey, abeard mother, who suffered a relapse four |{7u°" TV tadli i cariay: Beigley months ago when he was ordered to |, t. "Cll 00 3 | juin his ship. A telegram was sent “ppo’ jangley was badly damaged | last night to Mrs. Taylor, the widow's | |, the blast. which was beli i | sister-inlaw, but no word had heen |p,ye heen caused by the ignition of received from the Deltaville members | zas in a void between the main ruso- of the family at noon today line tank and the skin of the ship. Had Many Friends Here. Flames and smoke enveloped the | | craft i immediately and fire-figtiting Ailsworth, by virtue of six years'|boats were rushed to its aid, but tha residence here in connection with duty | Langley's crew extinguished the blaze | { at the Naval Air Station. Anacestia, in a few minutes | from October 19, 1920, until Septem- Officers said the | | \ Vi [ YES AMp ‘ orLy 2,165,000, 000 BY THE | |GevernmenT | sL:_ i " Gifts of Jewelry on Payments—Pay Later On Franc’s liberal payment plan you can buy all the Xmas gifts of Jewelry and pay out of your earnings, starting next year. 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