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CLNTI WANTS SUBMARINERASED Oklahoma Demands Imme- | diate Action on S-4 and Re- moval of Naval Base. Bs ihe Associated Press. With curtains drawn for a sad Christmas in the homes of the men | vho sank to their death in the S-3, Representative McClintic of Oklaho- | Refused Chicago’s |Busiest Corner for $100—60 Years Ago By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 20.—How he refused to buy the northwest corner of State and Madison streets for a pair of shoes and $100 60 L s related with a sigh n lowa centenarian, James Odan. of Dubuque, yesterday. The corner is now one of the busiest in the world and is worth several million dollars. “I turned down that offer as & bad buy,” Odam sighed. “It was too much money, I thought.” Odam spent his one-hundredth Christmas with his daughter Mrs. Mary E. Duffy, Chicago, yesterday. ma, a Democratic member of the House naval cor taken the stand that th Te immediately rais the services of ev res | diver and every | “Down in the dark hull of steel are the remains of 43 brave men who went | 10 their death in the performance of | duty,” he said. “Loved ones whose hearts have been br nster are entitied to hu ation.” The Oklahoma Rey recommended that the ne base he moved fr omn., to the v T, nane consider- also subma- .ondon Key West, “I_give notice 2y best efforts w Trom now on to m “that ted Messages of sy governments ovy “ontinued to reach Was . By instruction of dor Kello audel for- r- vhole French natior orrow of the Ame: he tragedy. The Spanish Am 3 personal letter to Secreta saying that he had recei =ram from the Spanish P’ ister ing him to transmit the condo- nces of the government and of the | loyal Spanish Navy and to extend <ympathy “to the American people nd families of the men. Assigned to Fort Hayes. Col. Robert Whitfield, Adjutant Gen- eral’s Department, now in the Panama Canal Zone, has been assigned to duty | 4t headguarters, Sth Corps Area, Fort the ov - THE ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS T) of the Industrial Savings Bank wili be held Tuesday, January 10, 1628, at 3 o'clock . in the directors’ roo: for the election of aud other euch business as may «ome before the meeting WILL] ny on v for irectors for the en- other business as mee action of such other business as may ome Defore the meetmng will be heid at the . 1503 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. on Tur Jantary 10th. 1928 notis i remain open from 11 o clock until 12 oclock noon. GEORGE O Cashier. _del?2.16.19. 01428 ANN EETING OF of the Amenican Bulldings A Be held at the ofice of the assoc 300 Bst. s.c.. Washington. D C. on year business 1 ‘room o e the ARD. Cast THE SHARE. tal Bank will be § Sauary 10, 14 *ior the ufiu ot direciors ariitig year and dor such o Dusiness as may properly come befors said ! nearly all conditions. the buard of trustees of the Na tal Insurance Company of the Columbia. at & foeeting held on | of Deceinber. 1927 and in com provisios of section 635 Dehevier four of the code of law for ct of Columbia fotice is herevy | -] that at the al meeting of stock i1 1928 d SE b ude The making of inx x ores and all k are an: M5 of 4 other Boiders axked 0 vole for & r-solution authorizing such amendment. SPOROE B REPEITL ARENCE ¥, DONGHOR, JoEx © “YOST A HUBERT NEW MOREIS E Beinr 3 the seteen INSUR LL BE ) Bisiding Co MERTING y at th Zleetion of ATLA WYL ¥OT BE W debhs contrarted by & wif. YREL 5. Hil ot ave TWILL BE KERPONSIELY. FOR ebte contracted # it H E 100 M 1M EOGRA GRAPHED 1 tigranhing, Printos A LETTER 61 l-iurry To It At Night Yours miebt 1ol n w or etter i your box eutine watisen villows were Compiew . BEDELL 610 E Bt 5 W A POOR ROOF aartl] Jumt 80 Somg you it ome—if we muke e e T that every | ot Wo. Cull KOON: Before You Inve Investigate Rootug 119 St— ur wemnd s Wi b Hatiress s et Jomes_ 941 SHADES OF QUALITY ADE TO ORDER .. RIUEEBLATT to ¢ Window W ~dee “le N ¥ Wervens. Phoue |ine 819 A MILLION DOLLAR Protne Plant with every factiity for Guality Printing The National Capital Press "m‘,‘“v.‘/n;‘w‘;v:uumm‘;;m' e d BYRON S ADAMS PRINTING IN A HURRY By wraty ol wn g 1 wriced. HOW IS YOUR ROOF? wle™d 3 IRONCLAD ROOFING CO. bl wnd Evirte bl NE ant wale ot L7 i wenthor o come He will be 101 next March. He was born in Ireland. came to America when 2 years old and has resided for 7 E WILBUR PRAISES S4 DIVERS, WORK Defends Navy From Salvage Criticism—Civilian Aid Welcome, He Says. ed Press. LPHIA, December 26 cretary Curtis D. Wilbur of the avy Department last night praised the work of the Navy divers at the;| scene of the submarine S-4 disaster. ef riticisms of the Navy's | Mr. Wilbur said it was the policy of the department to refuse civilian aid or ignore sugges- | tions. He said that nearly all the| cgestions for improved safety de- ces had been considered and fin v cases tried out before they were discarded. He pointed out that der- ricks from a civilian company had been ordered to the scene of the S-4 By the Asso PHILAL | disaster. Modern salvage methods,” sald the scretary, “require derricks and pon- toons combined. One of the largest floating cranes is on the British ship Kearsarge, and that has a lifting ca- pacity of 250 tons. The fll-fated S-4 weighs about 750 tons in the water. | Out of the water it would weigh from | 900 to 1,000 tons.” Silent on Base Transfer. Secretary Wilbur declined to com- ment on the suggestion for transfer- ring the submarine base from New London to Florida waters, but he said that one factor which determines the location of the base was the depth of the water. “At great depths,” he added, “the the sides of the ships. That is an im- portant consideration in the operation of submarines, for the actions of one man may endanger the lives of the entire crew.” Because of its necessarily restricted carrying capacity, devoted almost wholly to machinery of war, there | was a limit, Mr. Wilbur said, to de- | vices 2 submarine could accommodate | for the safety of the crew. Overload. | ing a submersible with a multitude of devices, he asserted, not only would impair the ship's efficiency, but even | might provoke the dangers the de- vices seek to avert. 2 | Says Hazard Is Reduced. He gaid the crew of the S-4 were equipped with diving helmets fitted | with a breathing device which the| crew could have donned and escaped | through the torpedo tubes had not xhednose of the ship been buried in mud. So great has been the development of the submarine, the Secretary said, that they were now considered capa- ble of caring for themselves under At one time submarine tenders were required to mother submarine fleets and to watch over their safety, but, he said, the hazards had been reduced to such an | extent that the tenders now were mere supply ships for food, water and other materials, COURT RULES AGAINST | DOCTOR FOR BOXING BOY German Tribunal Holds Physician Had No Right to Slap Patient’s Ears. Correspondence of the Assoclated Press. | BERLIN.—A doctor has no right to box & boy's ears, not even if the boy refuses to open his mouth for the ex- | clsion of his tonsils, the Reichsgericht | of Leipzig has decided and returned the case to a Jower court. Both the lay court and the district court of Goettingen had acquitted the physician of the charge of undue bru- the ground that he hed merely slapped the boy to frighten him into opening his mouth for the operation, The district attorney, however, ap- pealed to the German Supreme Court, which, in reversing the previous judg: ment of the two lower courts, denled the contention that the boy’'s mother, by intrusting the doctor with the oper- ation, had also authorized him to chas- r ehild, or that the doctor was the impression that she had | It decided that such rigorous | treatment was only called for after all | other avallable means had fafled, s p ity REST OVER EXTRA CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY (Continued from First Page) church wuxiliaries made numerous poverty #tricken homes happy by lav- sh distribution of gifts and dinners, s of the Washington - hospitals occarion 1o muke the day as y nd setting up Christmas trees in the war Approximately 15,000 children were pucsts this morning at tree Christinas Crand Hurry M. i the role of Banta Claus, 7 during the day 1¥,000 har and five tons of eandy. To morrow snd Wed orphans and cuildren from various asylum hom e entertained st special shows, On Wednesduy the newshoys of the five Washington papers will be guests ata special ghow, The spirit of Christmas yesterday 1 even the chiil walls of the i Jocal penal institutions, where s) alnners wers served and trees up. There were few cells ®o sely barred that s few rays from the Btar of Bethichem did not wteal thiough wnd fall upon the faces of the dnimnt Phe great bulk of the city’ s observance Lok place ye i ull Co, Cr M e | ances | men imprisoned THE EVEN NAVY MAY LEARN FROM 4 WRECK Cape Cod Fishermen Say They Could Have Raised Craft at Once. BY HARVEY ANDERSON. By Consolidated Press. PROVINCETOWN, Mass,, Decem- ber 26.—Now that the “rescue squad’ assembled here to work over the sunken submarine S-4 has become, with the tragic flight of precious hours, & mere salvage squad, this lit- tle fishing village, and, indeed. the en- tire Nation, is turniag (o the ques- tion of what the Navy may learn from this disaster and what assur- a nay be found that it will not be_repeated. The Navy Department has been as- sailed from many quarters both for the existence of conditions which per- mitted such an accident to happen and for the failure to get assistance to the 102 feet below the surface in time to save them from a slow, agonizing death by suffocation. Say They Could Have Raised It. How much justification exists for these criticisms will be brought out by the naval court appointed to ex- amine into the tragedy, and out of it all may come marked advancement in the problem of rendering submarines more safe. Cape Cod fishermen—grizzled, hard bitten Portuguese for the most say openly that they could have saved the S4. One old_skipper told the writer that if the Navy had put up a sign saying anybedy could have the submarine, “the Portuguese would have had it up before morning.” But inquiry among the fishermen de- veloped considerable difference of opinion as to what should have been done. The writer has been informed by a Navy officer that there was no salvage equipment of any kind in Boston; that all the Navy emergency apparatus had been removed to New London, nn., and that after the disaster, the Navy telephoned to Boston to try to find~ equipment among commercial firms. A former communications officer, In the submarine service three vears, and now retired, said to the writer: “After the S:51 went down, I per- sonally and by letter urged Navy of- ficials to place pontoons and derrick apparatus at Provincetown and other ports near places where submarines were being tested. I made sugges- tions as to adaptation of airand water | valves of the pontoons, to facilitate their use in an emergency. I was informed that my suggestions were not practicable. Pontoons Arrive Late. “I do not care to be Interviewed about this, but you are at liberty to give my name and address to any per- son officlally interested.” Unquestionably, a searching inquiry into the placing of emergency appara- tus in the vicinity of submarine tests will be an important detail of the in- vestigation. Pontoons were brought from New London and the Brooklyn Navy Yard, fighting high seas and ar- riving more than two days after the S-4 sank. The derrick lighter 108 sus, brought from New London, did not arrive until Tuesday. The mine sweeper Falcon was-the only vessel immediately available which carried diving apparatus. It was the only vessel with a decom- pression chamber, without which no diver could work. ~When the diver Michaels collapsed Monday, the Fal- con had to leave the wreck to take him to Boston, as slow decompression was required for the vain effort to save him from the “bends” of which he_died. While the Falcon was away nothing could be done. It was explained by Navy officials that the gale made work impossible, and hence the removal of the Falcon did not affect the situation. However, if the wind had fallen with the Falcon away and life ebbing fast below, the absence of the ship would have been critical. Capt. J. 8. Bayliss of the destroyer Paulding, which struck the S-4, said he had no information as to the near- ness of any submarine and no warn- ing of any kind. Navy regulations provide a submarine tender, to clear the seaway for submarine tests, carry- ing a red flag and warning all vesscls from the course. The Wandank was the tender for the S4. It was in Provincetown Harbor when the S84 was struck outside the harbor. This correspondent has been unable to de- termine whether the Wandank was under steam at the time. Statements that the Wandank had no steam and that it was getting up steam have | both been made. Used for Tests for 11 Years. Provincetown has been used for sub- marine tests for 11 years. Conditions for this work have been found pecul- farly favorable, and submarines of other nations are brought here for this purpose. Repeated efforts have been made to have a submarine base established here. If a base I8 not es. tablished here, the Navy may find it advisable to place such equipment and personnel as may be needed to safe- guard life. The Navy Department already fs overwhelmed with wugkestions for technical equipment of submarines to enable trapped men to escape. Lay opinton, of course, I8 not conclusive in this regard, but the drive toward a thorough overhauling of the under. sen boats, In every engineering détall Involving protection of life, promises Montgomery, retired petty officer, with years of wervice on many submarines, outlines some of the prob- lems an follows: ‘I think all experfenced submarine men will agree that a way should be found to utilise the air in the alr flaskn of the torpedo tubes. This alr, under 1,300 pounds’ pressure, would, of course, kill the men instantly if the flusks were red, But ft would be a simpl ter to rig n valve which would enable them to draw on the alr as they need it Thero 1s no reason why the butterfly valve, which released the foul air that hus beon breathed, should not still he working, If even a tiny flow of air could be matntained steadily from the alr flasks, It would prolong life for many hours, ’ Bervics Men Devise Plana. “The men in the submarine service who g0 down in the subs used 1o fik- ure out ull worts of schemes. or in- stance, it might be possible to carry in & chamber on top of the boat a colled tube, perhaps 200 feot long, connected with one of the alr Musks, I am convinced that the pre the flask, suddenly released, wi sufficlent to free this tube and ca it toward the surfuce. It would be apped at the end and picked up by the malvage crew; would immediately furnish an alr connection with the ship through the now empty alr Nask." Bummarized, the Navy may lear from thin disaster the fmportance o keeping salvage equipment Instantly within reach of submarine operaiion doy, but scaltered events con: pected with the holidsy season sheduted thioughout the week, national Chilstmes @ in Bherman Vouare, which flashed into ght Bat- urday night when Presdent Cool- {dge pressed m golden bution, will cmadn WEhted. Theyyucation season e "Sie schindly and coliewon of the public 18 ter Now Year will not close unuil and various neighborhood and church of providing unflagking tend ner ice, of adupting pontoone to swift handling, of equipping tender shiy and other vessels with divers, diving apparntum and comprension chambers, Technioal chianges must remain with the enginsers, but If there ever wam a necessity which should result 1n in vention, It 8 this tragedy, with 40 men lying under the ses this Chilst nas e Discovery of Gold In Abandoned Mine Arouses Canadians By the Associated Press. MONTREAL, Quebec, December 24.—A miniature gold rush to Dorval, a Summer resort village near here, has followed ‘upon an- nouncement by Joseph Leroux that he had struck gold in an abandoned mine on his property there. Many persons have staked claims on land adjoining the Leroux tract, but government inspectors who in- vestigated his claim have not com- pleted a report. Years ago gold was found in the mine, but drilling was halted because of prohibitive costs. URGES SAFEGUARDS FOR SUBMARINES Representative Britten Be- lieves Cautions Might Have Saved S-4 Crew. BY REPRESENTATIVE BRITTEN, Acting Chalrman House Naval Affairs Committec. Without desiring to criticize the Navy Department, I believe it would be found that many safeguards might have been thrown around the poten- tialities for this terrible S-4 accident by the mere expenditure of money. Application of sclentific principles to prolong life indefinitely in airtight chambers undoubtedly ~ holds the greatest promise for protecting and saving the lives of submarine crews. It has been developed in mines and ‘Application to undersea crafts should be even simpler than for chambers on land. It {8 my impression that accidents occur so infrequently that thorough investigation will show that every possible precaution for saving human life was mnot taken in advance. Human nature is that way In dealing with floods, earthquakes and other spasmodic disaster-dealing influences. Good Equipment Needed. Already, despite terrible loss of life there Is insistent talk of curtailing expenditures for protection and re- lef. Pulling a submarine out of 100 feet engineering feat, provided, of course, that proper equipment is at hand. Makeshift equipment for convertible use only in an emergency, and then more or less only a collection of dis- carded material, has shown fitself to be woefully inefficient, if not entirely useless. Certainly Yankee ingenuity and American gold should prevent an- other S-4 disaster. The cause of the accident, of course, should be Investigated from every angle, Each position, from command- ing officer to the boys in the crow's nest of the rum-runner Paulding, should be examined with a micro- scope. When all is sald and done, the Navy board of inquiry may determine that this terrible tragedy is due tao the ruthlessness of a rumrunner em- ployed in the interest of a fanatical law, The 12-mile limit at sea cannot use basement snoopers or mattress frisk- ers, nor can it shoot to kill without warrants, as do prohibition agents all .over the United States, but when it does strike misery and despair to those with whom it comes Into con- tact, it certainly causes us to wonder it prohibition is worth this awful price, Mentions Nolse Detectors. There is need for enlightenment on why the noise detectors on the S-4 did not function so as to prevent the tragedy. In practice tests and in actual warfare trained men have been able to tell instantly the speed, gen- eral direction and proximity of ap- proaching craft. LORD MAYOR’S SCEPTER THOUSAND YEARS OLD Is 18 Inches Long and Is Made of Crystal. Correspondence of the Associated Pross. LONDON.—Nearly every citizen of London has seen the lord mayor's great mace of elghteenth century construction and the sword with pearl embroidered scabbard present- ed by Queen Elizabeth, but very few know of the exstence of the lord mayor’s “crystal scepter” which dates back more than 1,000 years. The baton of the city’s chief citizen in 18 inches long and made of crystal. The shaft is spiral, Inlald with gold, and has a gold coronet with pendant pearls, uncut rubles and sapphires. Before there was a King of England thin was the staff of office of the ruler whom Londoners elected each year, During hisx year of office the lord mayor handles it only twice, once on his admission at the Guildhall as lord mayor, and again when he hands over the office to his successor. For the remainder of the year it is guard- ed by the city chamberlain, According to anclent city custom ft Is ordered that at a coronation the lord mayor must attend Westminster Abbey, with his crystal scepter borne by himmelf before the king. | MUSEUM FOR HERO. French to Establish 8hrine for Un- known Boldler, Correspondence of the Associated Press. PARIB. —~Fram iknown Soldler I 10 have a guard of honor and muscum, where will be kept souvenirs and relics of the symbolle hero, Three organizations have been charged with responsibility of per- the tomb and affalrs relating to it. The Assoclation of Kathers of the Missing i charged with organizing the museum. The As. woclntion of Bonm of the Missing will furnish constantly a guard of honor Widows of Missing who have not remarried, will we the Unknown Holdier is properly cared for. QUAKE AIDS FISHERMEN. Shrimp Bpawn Brought to Surface Attracts Many Herring. srrespondence of the Associated Fross CORDOVA, Alaska. - Reoent earth: quaken off the Alaskan const atiried up from the ocean’s hottom great masses of shrimp spawn until it fonts on the wiiface of bays and filets like corn strup, . Attracted by the food, the greatest runm of hercing ever known hel come In n depths feed largely on shrimp ek i very fat in a fow weels. Home hauls of nets have Nuhermen's equipment, one casting yiolding 700, “tarvels of the fah Plekded and @y salt hevving in bars rels 1u meill n Japan at reoord prie < taxed other places on land to a high degree. | and property in the Mississippl flood, | of water appears to me to be a simple ! Batan of London’s Chief Executive ' NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1927. 14 OPPORTUNITIES NEED §2,300 MORE Day Before Christmas Sees Spurt in Contributions for Poor. Only $2,300 is needed to make up the entire sum asked by the Asso- clated Charities to provide the necessi- tles of life during the year for 61 helpless children and 18 older persons. The day before Christmas showed a considerable spurt in the responses to the appeal for the 14 opportunities, selected from the worthiest cases of real need in the city. When Christ- mas morning dawned opportunities 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7 were closed, leaving elght still open. A total of $12,780 had been con- tributed out of $15,080 required to keep together these families for the present year, at the end of which there is every prospect that they will have re- covered their footing and be able to provide for themselves. List May Stay Open. If the $2,300 still needed is mnot forthcoming today the list will be kept open during the holiday season until every penny has been con- tributed. The probability is that some prospective givers have delayed their contributions until the last with the idea of making up what is needed for some specific case. This, however, rleaves the Associated Charities in an unfortunate state of uncertainty. It was hoped that there would be no need of keeping the list open after Christmas day and that each of the families could enjoy their holiday, assured that their needs for the com- ing year would be attended to. Assoclated Charities, 1022 Eleventh street, or to The Evening Star. | either’ case they will be prompt | acknowledged. List of Opportunities. The opportunities follow: OPPORTUNITY No. 1 Closed, $936. OPPORTUNITY No. 2. Amount asked for, $1,560. Previously acknowledged, $1,482.90. E.P.D, $3; W. H. C,, §5; D. P., $5; M. H, $5; C. F. L., $5; cash, $2; Mr: 8. W. E. Typographical Union, $5; cash, §38. Total recelved, §1,560. Closed. OPPORTUNITY No. 3. ‘The approach of Christmas finds | the father of this family in the hos- pital. He has already endured months of fliness. Now it is impossible to say whether the future will bring partial recovery or release. As long as he was able to work the man took excellent care of his wife and children. When he broke down his employer held his job open for him and his fellow employes contributed as long as they were able. There are six children, Including an Infant in arms. Just as the oldest left school and was ready to go to work he met with a serious accident. He Is only now recovering from pneu- monia. Notwithstanding family mis- fortunes, the mother, a splendid man- ager, maintains her optimism in spite of discouragement. Thirty dollars a week {s the minimum budget which will maintain the health and well being of this household. This s $1.560 for the year. Amount asked for, $1,560. Previously acknowledged, E. P. D. H H. E. $ cash, $1; G. . J., $5; We Circle Presbyterian Church, P, $10; R. W. $5; M. G. S, $5; A. H. H., $10; B., $2.50; M. P. M., $15; M. $1; Miss F. B. de K., $5; W. 8. H, $30; Columbla Typograph- ical Union, No. 101, $5; H. H. E, $5. Total, $1,356.77. Still needed, §203.23. OPPORTUNITY No. 4. Amount asked for, $1,144. Previously acknowledged, $1,060.21. W, H. M. H, §5; Mr. and 2, H. B. R, $5; W. W. ;. Columbia 'ypographical n, No. 101, §5; Barbers, $3; cash, Total, $1,144. Closed. 240.27. L., $5; minster $2; G. M. L. B, Unlo $38.7 OPPORTUNITY No. § Sickness has turned the land of promise into a land of denial for this forelgn family. The father and moth- er with their three bright children had great expectations for the future in this land of their adoption. But {liness, the great white plague, has suddenly dissipated their high hopes and has prevented the father from continuing to support his wife and children. The mother is too frail for more than home dutles. The three | children are well and strong. The old- est daughter is looking forward to the time when she can leave school and become a bread winner. Recently when coal was needed for the family she volunteered to store it away it would save expense, but this was hard. ly suitable work for a girl of 14. Twenty-three dollars a week is asked for, or §1,196 for the year, so that | the man can continue his treatment at the hospital without worrying over financial matters at home. Amount asked for, $1,196. Proviously acknowledged, $940.90. W.H.C. § H. P, M., $4; Miss 1. E. P B $10; A. F, $1 $50: R, W, pledge, B A L. hin Typographical Union, No. Total, $1.080.90. Still needed, $115.10. OPPORTUNITY No. 6. Amount asked for, $936. Previously acknowledged, $703 15, M. B. G, W., $400. Total, $1,103.16. Oversubscribed and closed. OPPORTUNITY No. 7. Amount asked for, $832. Previously acknowledged, §7 Z T, $10; M. H. B 101, $5 s B M, 82 Mins J. § W, C. A, $6; W, 8. I, $10; Odd Fel- loww' Todigo, No. 891, $1; W. P. 8., § Columbia_Typographical Unfon, 101, $5; Heta Sigma Chapter, Blgma Theta Norority, §5; a wisher, $1: cash, $80.30, Total, $832, Closed OPPORTUNITY No. & Can a mother and her four children live on 60 cents a day? This is what this family receives while the father laby t the workhouse, whore he was - cod for nonsupport and threats of violence against his wife and chil: dren, ke will be there a year, and for that time the family is wer terrorized. The childien show the offects of lo and unders foed ure under medical cave, one of them having bevn almost killed In a street acoldont. The mother fs propared to do her full shave It wiven a chan he han good standards, i industelous and lives for her ohildren, $28 u woek (8 needed or and above the Distrlot non sup- rt allowance, If thia family of five to have proper food, olothing and whelter, or a total of §1,108 for the woming year. Amount asked for, $1,106 d, Proviously acknowl WO O, 860 Mins 1 1 M N, ¢ L B H, §10 Mrs, M. P Alpha Chapter, Bigna Kappn Phi Horority, $10; C, . M AN, LELTI N PN 5 3, 1 W 886 W0 R )., W07 B Moo, B B, U, T, 8 118, Contributions may be sent to the | il | ; Columbia | S Before Disaster, Almost as from the depths of the sea there has come a cheery Christ- mas_message of peace and good will to 25 friends and relatives of Charles A. Ford of this city, one of the men entombed off Provincetown in the {ll- fated S-4. The touching Yuletide greetings were left behind by the Navy Depart- ment engineer and chief draughtsman Just before he left on what was to be his last submarine testing cruise. They were received by his saddened friends within the past day or so. Before departing from his home at 1016 Montana avenue northeast Mr. Ford carefully signed, addressed and stamped the Christmas cards and then separated them into two groups. He told his sister, Miss Grace Ford, that one group was for distant places and should be mailed about a week before the 25th, while the remainder were for persons living nearby and need not be dispatched until two or three days prior to the holidays. -4 Victim's Christmas Cards, Written Received by Friends In accordance with his instructions, the cards that were to go long dis- tances were malled early last week, while yet there was hope that t! marine would be raised and at least part of it crew saved. The others were tearfully dropped in_ the malil box when virtually all hope had passed Incidentally, friends of Mr. Ford recall that on frequent occasions he had told of how he had “prayed” his way out of another submarine several years ago after it had gone to the bottom in a disabled state. Ford, a deeply religious man and an elder of the Full Gospel Church here, explained how he had led the frantle crew in prayer and how they afl finally had managed to escape through a torpedo tube. He attrib- uted his salvation to divine ald. His friends declare that if Ford was not instantly killed in the 8.4 tragedy, he undoubtedly led his colleagues once again in prayer. M. J. G., $20; W. H. 8., $10; C. R. W, $5; C. N., $5; L._E. C., $1; Columbia ographical Union,” No. 101, $5; M. P., $25. Total, $923.15. Still needed, $272.86. OPPORTUNITY No. 9. Matters have grown so desperate that Mrs. K. says she cannot stand the strain much longer. Even Mabel, the eldest child, i8 aging, sharing her mother’s worries for her younger brothers and sisters. The only solu- tion Mrs. K. sees is to place her five children, whose ages range from 6 to 14, in orphan asylums. The mother works hard to earn while the children ire at school. She is an excellent man iger and makes the most of her lim- ited resources. Mr. K. has been or- dered by the court to pay $12 a week toward the support of his children, but he has disappeared. Those who know the wife respect her highly and insist that she should not be compelled to | part with her children when $15 a In | week above her own earnings, or $#30 for the year, will help solve her finan- clal problems. Amount asked for, $780. Previously acknowledged, $466.15. W. H. C., $5; H. L. H., $10; Mrs. $2: M. H. H,, $§5; Miss D. . 8. K, §10; C. H. B, §5; lumbia Typographical Union, 101, $5. Total, $513.15. Still needed, $266.85. OPPORTUNITY No. 10. | immaculately clean. Its whole appear- ance reflects the quiet taste as well as | the self-sacrifice of a devoted mother. however, i3 not in the mother’s ability | to make the most of her small posses- sions, but in the up-bringing of her three bright and beautifully mannered children. For each of them an ex- pressed wish on the mother's part is | the equivalent of a command. | oldest is but 9 and the youngest §. The | tather is serving time for bigamy and the wife hopes soon to be granted her | sewing, but $24 a week still is needed to complete the mother’s modest budget, or $1.248 for the year. Amount asked for, $1.248. nowledged, $848.15. . H. C., $5; cash, $2; Mrs. H. P. M., $2; cash, $1: W. 8. H. §$10: M. {R. B $§; Columbla ical | Union, No. 101, §5. Total, $878.15. Still needed, §$369.85. OPPORTUNITY No. 11 Thomas, a colored lad of only 6, and his little sister, 5, walk 2 miles to and from school every day. During halt way to meet them on their return to see them safely by a lonely stretch of woods and it is nearly dark when they rcach home. This home Is bar- ren, but always kept immaculate. It is on the outskirts of the District, where this mother lives because of the cheaper rent and where she can go to the woods to cut her own fuel. There are also two children too young to go to school. The mother was obliged to weparate from her husband because of cruelty. Both the police and the Juvenile Court have been trying to lo- cate the man for aver a year, but | without success. Besides what the mother can earn by day's work when | she is able to leave the children or | find a neighbor to care for them, $16 {2 week is asked for the family, or $532 for the coming year. Amount asked for, $832. Previously acknowledged, $45 . W.H.C,$5: MissJ.E. P, §2; W. S H, $10;: R. C. B, $5; James A. 8, $250; E. H, $3; 0dd Fellows’ Lodge, . $2, Columbia Typographical No. 101, $5; L. G. 31 3. Still needed, $339.80. OPPORTUNITY No. 12. of the Assoclated Charities accounts |50 often for dependency, plays the | gy lending role in this family of father. | mother and four children, the eldest but 12 years of age. The father has long been on the verge of a nerve breakdown. He was obliged to give up his work for a while on this ac- count. He is now employed again, but as his work is seasonal and his health precarious he cannot earn enough throughout the year to pro- vide for the needs of his family, par ticularly In view of the fact that every member, except the Dbaby, needs physical attention. Two of the children made marked gains at the Children's Health Camp last Summer, showing what can be | accomplished for them under a proper program. The the situation, health Knows velopment in 3 Twenty dollars a week is needed for the task in hand, fn addition to what the man earns when he has work. This is 040 for the year. Amount asked for, §1,040. Proviously acknowled; $663.84. i Columbia 101, $6; AL $7: Unknown, 1 . OPPORTUNITY No. 18 Is No. 18 always an unlucky one® May we hopoe that in this case it will prove a fortunate designation for & most unfortunate colored mother. who has suddenly awakened to the fact that her eight childion, whose axos range from 1 to 12, have no lexal father. LIVIng in good faith with the man ) ahe thought she had mars 4, this consclentious woman that the father of her ehil: dren has a wife living from whom he has never been legally separated. 'ro. cedure for the annulinent of the faise martiage has beon instituted. Such annulment will logitimatise the ohil- toe of the Kiwanis Club wpoctal treatment, has steadily b proved and has learned to walk. ‘The mother's velatives are contributing ue they ure ablo, but $23 & week, o $1.300 for a yoar s planning ia noeded to keep thin home together Amount asked for, $1.300 Proviously acknowledged, $681 WML G 86 Miss BPL §1L T, 8485 90 B HL, 82 Columbia graphioal Unlon, No. 101, $a, W8 the Havbers' Unton, No $03, 8 LG R, E6 James AN L 80 Odd Follows' Laddg: °” ‘Total recelved, $T18.43 Hull yoeded, §a31.0y, {l:“ol"l‘\.‘Nl‘l‘K No Closed, §o30, 18 receiving N R, Ty por | This home is sparsely furnished, but The best evidence of its character,| divorce. She earns a little by hormel Sickness, which in the nperlenn‘ n DIVERS WIN PRAISE FOR WORK ON S-4; DEEDS HELD HEROIC ___(Continued from First Page.) learned from them that the pipe lead- ing down from the torpedo room to the valve to which Michels had nearly given his life to couple up an air hose was cut somewhere in the wreck- age. In the S-4's torpedo room they had opened the valve on their end, but a stream of water rushing through showed the line was open to the sea. When finally on Wednesday the storm had moderated enough to allow diving once more, we steamed over the S-4 to receive another bitter blow. The heavy manilla line tied to the submarine’s rail had been sawed across the torn steel plates and parted. The buoy was picked up a short dis tance off, with the long line still at- tached but chafed through at fits lower end. As a second marker we thought we still had the strong diver's hose at- ached by Carr to the coning tower. And there indeed it floated, held up | by three cork buoys. But when we gently pulled up the buoys and hauled the hose aboard we found nothing holding the lower end. A short cut near the bottom of the hose, a few | frayed threads, told the story. Visibility and Muod Bad. ‘The Falson anchored as nearly over :lhe S-4 as bearings on the nearby lighthouses could get her—within per- haps 50 to 100 feet of being right. But we well knew from a visibility below of about 6 feet and a soft mud bottom, in which the divers might sink to their hips, that finding her was {not easy. (On the S-51 a diver who |landed between the submarine and a | pontoon lying only 20 feet away from it to- < 20 minutes to find a huge heap of anchor chair piled up halt way be- tween the two.) So while Wickwire went over to “sem‘ch the ocean foor, Chiet Boat- swain Hawes went out in the swift !lml to drag the bottom. Wickwire | came up, having searched an area of 150 feet square. Ingram f.l'cwed, and Bird was standing by to follow In- gram, when Hawes made a hard strike with his grappling hook. Down the {line went Bird, and he lanced on the 's bridge. He secured the line, and arr carried another line forward. Wilson and Eiben took down air hoses | to secure the S. C. tube over the tor- do room (a gambling chance), while | adie practiced -¥ith a drill for pierc- | |ing the deck of the torpedo room | tube be found closed. Eiben reported the connection made. { I turned on the alr. The pressure! rose in the hose, then fell sharply as |the air blew through Into the torpedo | |room. The men inside that room had | {1.2pared the way for us. For hours | we blew in fresh air and vented out! the foul gas with Which the torpedo room was filled, the latter coming up at first with a strange, pungent odor and gradually improving. ’ But it was too late. No answer came from fnside. Lieut. Fitch and| his men, brave and cool to the last, | | were beyond the point where fresh air | mattered. The sea had won. | _The rescue work on the S-4 is over. | Salvage remains for the bodies of the | eapt: and his entire crew and their unfortunate ship. Salvage work on sunken vessels is| dangerous, disccuraging and slow. To | 11ift & 1,000-ton submarine, even though | he be ashore, is dificult. When she s halt buried in clinging mud which | exerts a strong suction effect it fs! | worse. Not only is it cequired to lift| 1.000 tons but it !s necessary to break | the suction grip of the mud, which is several times stronger than that. The position of the S-4 for salvage | is slightly better than was that of the S-51. The S:51 was in 135 feet of| water. 15 miles out in the open ocean. | |and exposed to wind and sea trom all | ctions. Her battery room was| shed by her collision with the City | | of Rome, and her torpedo room burst | open when she hit the hand bottom. | nose first. The S:51 was hadly heeled | over to port. Finally, when raised, | she had to be towed 130 miles to the| | nearest dry dock. which proved a| | hazardous piece of seamanship. | S-4 Smaller Craft. The S.4 is about 100 tons smaller | than the S-51. She lies in 102 feet of | water which somewhat relieves the | pressure that the S51 divers worked lunder. The S4 is just westward of | tho tip of Cape Cod. which shelters | | hor position from wasterly winds. but | {leaves her badly exposed to westerly | and northwesterly gales. which are | common in Winter and Spring The | S-4's battery room s cut open, but her torpedo room is intact. as are all the | other compartments. The bottom is soft mud. much softer than off Rlock | Island, where the S:51 lay. And this | seoms’ worse, as it makes it harder for the divers to work on the bottom, | but easler to wash through the tun nels. The S4 les on an even keel, and fs only 50 miles from Boston, so ngerous part of the tow to dry will be shortar. | S4 can be tatwd. The same rs who ratsed the S31 and the Same equipment isome of it much im- | [ proved) are avallanle. The work will be slow, s dangerous. and some lives may easily be lost. But it can be done. (Copyrteht. 1987 —— sm: Thy \ Christmas Tree Fatal to Father. PHILADELPHIA, December 26 (P The Christmas tree that William Wilson, $7, took home to gladden the | hearts of his two Youngsters, was nw]' ause of his death. While he was Qecorating the tree, a ladder slipped | and he fell, striking his hoad on a | vadiator. He died a fow hours later B Undesignated, $180. ! Sununary. Total recetved Sl neaded 1o close oy | 239937 randt total . Opportunities closet Tand W Contributions vecelved by The Eve- Nlng HEAE R URtE Ehis morning follow ; Previoualy acknowledged A Mlend, Noo & e Elisabeth 1 Gateh, Nao 10 Sybit Lo Smith, Nao 10 AL ML White, Na b thon 263, Western ohool, Nao & $13,080.00 Nos L % 4 (3 o« most nowded. Lackett. . | LEETH BROTHERS HOTELS AND NIGHT CLUBS CLOSE EARLY Christmas Festivities Kept Within Police Regulations. Maj. Hesse Reports. The Christmas welcome celebra- tions In Washington's night clubs and hotels were strictly in keeping with the regulations of the Police De- partment forbidding dancing and other forms of entertalnment in pub- lic places on Sundays except between the hours of 2 and 11 p.m., according to reports submitted to Supt. of Po- lice Hesse today by captains of the various precincts. Not one violatlon of the Sunday closing order was discovered by the police, who kept a strict vigilance after midnight Saturday at all public places of amusement where s Christmas Eve parties had been as vertised. Festivities Cease Promptly. In some of the hotels festivities ceased promptly at midnight, the r ports to Maj. Hesse showed, and In others where entertainments con tinued until 2 and 3 am., the e regulations were complied with when the customary cover charge was removed. The Police Department looks upon the cover charge as an admiss] ) Maj. Hesse indicated. And just as long as the hotels se food in thetr dinirg rooms, and make a charge for that only, it construes that the regu- lation is complied with, even thoughk dancing be engaged in by the guest: after the midnight hour. The only so-czalled night clubs t! continued their celebrations afte midnight, Maj. Hesse was Informed, were those protected from police inte ference by Incorporation. New Year Vigil to Be Kept. Special officers assigned to enforc. the Sunday closing regulation made repeated attempts to get into these clubs, but they learned that the on! ;"mm admitted were bona fide mer:- As the New Year also arrives on Sunday, Maj. Hesse said the Police Department would keep another vigil Saturday night over the clubs and hotels where public “watch night” ceremonies are to be held in order to compel a general compliance with the Sunday closing regulation. FRENCH DEAF-MUTES PROTEST AUTO RULING Victims of Physical Defect Wage Campaign to Secure Drivers’ Permits. G:;rem of the Amsociated Press. ARIS.—Deaf-mutes object to bein, barred from the right to drive amomo‘- biles in France. Through their organ. the Gazette of the Deaf-Mutes, they contend the prohibition is unfair. Nature, they say. compensates them for the loss of the two senses by mak- ing their vision more acute, increas- ing their caution and generally speec- ing up their intellectual reactions. One of them, Maurice Menjardet deaf but not mute, who is an automo- bile builder and is reputed to be a re- markable driver, gives it as his con viction that the loss of speech the Winter months the mother goes |should the interior valve on the S. C.|hearing does not make his fellows u: safe on the road. He reminds the pul- lic that a driver who ultimately be- comes deaf is not deprived of hls ii- cense to drive, although he is less to be trusted than a deaf person who passes the driving examination in spite of his affliction and also has had long training and experience in over- coming the disadvantages of his physi. cal defect. 3 'FLAT TIRE? MAIN 500 \ MARLOW COAL CO. EST. 1858 Reliable Service Fair Prices MARLOW COAL COMPANY SI1ESt. N.W. Main 311 _ DAILY DAIRYETTES el e Curiosity Curtoaity parent ot At is of memaocy URKE savs curiosity is the first and simplest emotion in the human mind. As babes, we have a crying, then a prying age. Next we have an wnquiring, then a desiring age. Four words — why, when, what, where give us our gaintul guidance through lite. curiouns enough to inquire what milk has the highest rat- ing by the D, . Health Department. After you find that rating is why “The Knowing Mother Will Have Other" than Chestnut Farms Milk, ask its cost. Learn- N AL A8 as reasonable as others, ask when deliv- ery can start—and tell us where vou live, Serv- we will start the next morning ay TN “ tioa o