Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1927, Page 3

RECOVERY OF 4 BODIES IS NEAR! Second Tunnel Under Hull;, Expected to Be Combleted | Soon by Divers. R the Acenciaied Proes. PROVINCETOWN, Mass.. December ".~—Hope for the early recovery of some of the hodics of the victims of the S4 submarine er was raised today as the naval salvage fleet =ought to take advantage of continued £ood weather. . Favorable conditions yesterday en- adled divers to complete half of the &ccond tunnel under the hull of the submerged craft, and it was expected 1hat the bore might be well under Way by nightfall today. The second tunnel probably will be the last required to raise the wreck. hen divers will penetrate toons to the cha oned about the work shou by the end of the week. Naval officers directing the salvage ve that some of the bodies of the 40 officers 1t to their deaths in athoms of water off Wood End two weeks ago may then be brought-to the surface. The completed half of the second tunnel, which is about 46 feet aft of the how, is 20 feet deen. & feet wide and high encurh for a man to stand in it OFFICIALS PUZZLED. Admiral Explains Shambaugh's Visit | Over Telephone. 3 fals were somen Tiexed today at the story of 1 tion given Charles Shambau erte. Ind., garaze keeper, by Rear Ad- miral Brumby and Charlestown Navy Yard officials on the belief that he was 8 submarine-raising expert. Immediately upon reading £ociated Press acco As- iral Andrews, commanda irst Naval District at Bosion, by tele- | phone. They were told that the situa- 'n was exactly as had been reported. that Admiral Brumby. believing the Farage owner an expert, agreed to| A confer with him. As it turned out. Admiral Andrews #2.d, Shambaugh did not have a plan. | vidence | Jie added that there was no that a hoax had been at a Wilbur refused to com- Other officials. however, tonk the opportunity to paint out hew dif cult it was to tell a real expert from €ome one motivated by “idle curi osity.” The department, it was said, had re- ceived scores of messages from all parts of the country offering to raise the S4. tions within 12 hours and others would | Tequire as long as 12 days. One man proposed to beach the S-4 at Province- town within 12 hours for the consid- eration of $15,000, it iy ALIEN SLAIN BY BANDIT. Rumanian Fails to Understand Command “Stick 'Em Up!” CHICAGO, December 29 (#).—Mor- ris Shames, 31, bad not been away from Rumania long enough to learn much English. He didn't understand what a ban- @it meant last night when he said “Stick ‘em up.” The bandit fired. Shames told the story just before dying at a hospital last night SPECIAL NOTICES. Some would complete opera- | “SUBMARINE EXPERT” IS FETED 8Y NAVY __ (Contin: am_Wirst Tage.) 1nd friendl) e when 1 that 1T knew I'd he wel. got there.” hip, the mine sweeper Rushnell, nm having eaten with the admi He was accommodated in auarters, t dax he inspocted the Rush- rvion ship the Faleon, A operations are con * that the 8.& a sub. like the 1 he admitted, from nhrovement in aperations to tha admiral, but then, there was little improvement that seemed needed Under questioning he conceded he was not an expert at all and knew nothing ahout salvage work d ne <een a diver nntil vesterday and, as a | matter of fact, it was the second time e had ever baen aboard a hoat. ducted, and af: marine somew He Just for Curiosity. at did you come East for?™ he “Pure die curlosity. 1 got that telegram from Admiral Rrumby 1 knew 1 was going to he | % T conldn’t_have heen T had been Re $100 10 come Il you it was worth ever: ended the interview, al's car was at (he door hostepped i, As it sped out of mavy vard guards at the gate snapped to attention and the “expert’ was an his way home. Reporters were summoned by tele phone to meet Shambaugh. “A civilian expert on salvage oper- |ations has spent all day watcl | work on the mising of the S-4, & crisp officii] voice, “and v‘ turning to Roston on the des K ding and will he Yes, sir, when | cost me The ad and Sham- the Arrived With Suit Cases, Admiral Philip Andrews, com- mandant at the Boston Navy Yard, suid today that he sent Shambaugh Provincetown on a naval tug after r had shown him Admiral v sram “The telegram said that Shambaugh | could come to Provincetown if he cared to " Admiral Andrews ex. plained. “He had wired Admiral B that he had a plan to raise and when I saw his two snit jcases, filled almost to the bur point. 1 thonght they contained on the ch he had to Admirs I know he did have some plan for raising the S-4 hecause he discussd it with Lieut. Comdr. Edward Ells. | berg on the Falcon. Comdr. Flishurg. e told me. said that a part of his | ideas had been used in the ecanstrue ! tion of the Navy's newest suhmarine.” SHAMBAUGH a rxgested Has Prosperous Busi- | ness in Indiana, December %0 | 3 Shamhaugh. wha vester day was the guest of the XNavy af the scene of the salvaze opera- tions, is rezarded as a leading busi ness man of Lafavette. Shambaugh is known ae a charit. | {able man. and it is believed nera that a_ generous impulse to render any |!enlre possible led him to visit the | submarine disaster scene Operator of an antomohile agency and owner of aveite's larzest gar age. Shamhaugh is one of the city’ wealthiest men. He is between | and 55 years old, was the first mobile ‘mechanic in Lafaveite, jestablished the first garage city about 1900. He has Lafayette all his life. Shambaugh had not returned to | Lafayette today and no authentic {word as to his trip to Provincetown | could be ohtained from others. | In spite of Great Britain's mmmlgn | | for home-made motion pictures, more | American films are being used in that | country than a year ago. lived in NOTICE 15 HE EBY, GIVEN THAT THE American 3 11\—u Co. bas declared er cent on swd Capnal’ siock payabie 1o Zobd Ceocxporders tie Same date The annnal meeting of the stockbolders of ‘sad :»mrnuxy for the eection of directors for the ensuing ,e Ths presentation of the annual reprt o M Xh’ traneartion of such other busi- roper'y come before tnem il 0 the ofice of the compan &.-m- o B ¢ on Fuesd s, El')‘d,m Jaouary let [’y lh. X‘lh - Lo e L President. s 3Bl it )r DDONS, Secretary. be “both IDi s 'of s, Boerd of Directors of 7 Crandall Company of Washin 6 Ra Tobe pa.. on Phodas . Derermier 34 104 das. Decerber 7 "’:'-n Somacrutive dividerd of $1.75 gt STOCKHOLDERS or - THE N, rice Company of the Dis. | o Pursiant 10 a resiution ard of trustees of the Na ompany of the Drovison on Tour of the f Columbia notice is honb1 ven thst 8t the anoual mesting of toe gf s1ié Sompany to be heid Samary 12 o'clock noon at the ofce 336 Pa_ave. ae. Washing oL amending the ool 19 1 ite Tritiress 0 inciine. ihe mAKINE of ineurances on dwelling Bouses etores 1l kinde of butidines and bouehoid 1 ‘o and other ainet lose oF age by wind Tyclome ot Unnwin Wil be taken v o Cupalceration and the esckhoiders askes vote for & resviution authonzing euch C Y0 s A DONOROE ¥ OTTERBACK. STRUART. [ENIs FLEMER COU1S BAKTIG SRTHUR 4. mnw A HPRELRT Jr. f NEWSOM MORRTS ¥ MARLOW Beirg & maionty of 1 Bomrd 8 Tristase Federal Power Commission. In compliance with the Fed- eral Water Power Act (41 Stat,, 1063) notice is hereby given that | the South Branch Power Com- pany, of West Virginia, having its office in Philadelphia, Pa., has filed an amendment to its| -qpplnranun for a preliminary permit for a water power de velopment on the Cacapon I'lvn, Sranch of Potomac and South i 12iyer s0 as to enlarge the proj- trt to include the construction f dams and storage reservoirs + Brocks Gap, Va.; Edes Fort ! «tnd,uly and © plln"lu 14, W Va,, and dams and power houses nd Great Falls, D C ut lJlavn Bridge a near Washington, uqufst for a hearing thereon together v br"~ other sich sideration Lmitted 1o 1he Executive Sec rerary, Federal Pe Commis " wn, D.C. sith any for wh ired or data con s de ner Any Jiection to such application, or| reports should be| | THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK | houders of the I'A-hhvmm Ratlway & Flec- 1¢ Company for the nurpose of electing a ard of directors 1o serve for the ensuing | year and 1o transact,such ‘other bisiness a7 proverly cume before (he meet: Tl ut the ofive o the company 16 Cuirects barthoger o arday January 21 Tonnection” therewith the transter ‘of the stock of gaid rompany oy 10t 10 the by-laws will be rlosed from the tlose of businss on December 31 1927 4o the opening of business on January 4 | H_M_KE s THEAE WILL BE AN A . ME of ‘the. Atlantie Bisiing. Compang et the ¢ of the compant Ko 116 South Fair Gx e dria_Va. on Thursday Jann Alexan TR L t - 270 92k | This meeting is for th ATLANTIC m TTLDING COMPANY AL ZACHAR OFFICE _OF THE FIREME IN ance Company of Washington and_Ge: MEN SALVAGING S~4' officers’ | [ Druse | my. ooty GEIS HERY TASTE OF I]RUSE Roused at 3:30 A.M. by Fa- natical Atlack Which Lasts Until Noon. private. BY RENNETT J. hOTY, Written exclusively for The Star and North American’ Newspapnr Alliance, Next day we made onr fir naissance, T was not in this action, hut it gave us our first taste of the The patrol for the 19th Com- pany and a squadron of cavalry serv ing as a sereen moved over a of hills in front of the camp t e the movemenis of the o The patrel accupied a native villa alveady hombed by French a As our men moved in the tri apened a h It showed that the Anemy was * number than wa had fought the as have heen madness to go on, The tain was hring off his e mand with the loss of one man, a ser- Reant, s This ¢ i ied the knew we were in a v night 1 slept heside a mv gun sirapped to my my fellaw legionnair tripled and machine gin crews slept heside their pieces, The night wae hit- tarly eold, Our antit was spread in a halfmaan formation hefore Mons ifre. Attacked in Wee Hours. At 3:30 in the morning—it was Sep. tember a sergeant heard the tramping of hoofs rattling of stones from the direction of the ene sing us was a small rocky hill me<’ rang recon up. We Aux a We leaped to our feet, rifles ready Over the hill the Druse were pouring ddwn upon us. 5,000 of them, on horse and afoot. Rifle flashes stabbed the | dark. I could hear the Druse camels & and hubl tle cry of the enemy. The brunt of the attack fell upon | the advance poini held Tw the other half of my Druse with was o dark t only at rifla Aashes plentifully supplied with po er grenades and modern vifles. For 10 minutes we suffered more casualiies than at any time later in this fighting Charge Like ¥ The Druse first advar herate resist and drove in at a point het our flank and the original center of atiack. It was getting t and we conld see the enemy. ey were coming on with anatical recklesiness, hiack banners in the advance. They were led by the Emir. Mounted on a pure-blooded Ara bian silver he looked like a warrior of the Crusades The Druse rush c; the Nir took a RN h mound and dir h green and biack | planied ahout him and his hm]\gund ting him from h cost the Druse de ra firing on them from 10 and ? feet. One tribesman charged a ma- chire gun and died clutching the wall 'here were 30 hullets in him Druse snipers occupied roofs of the nouses. od themssives behind store walls and house corners. They were able to pour a blistering fire directly inio our camp. Twenty-nine' Cossackes guard. ing the stables were killed almost he fore they knew what happened. of the one hundred and twenty b in the stalles were driven out. Rather than let the Druse have them, we s«hot most of them, Battle Lasts Three Hours. Vhile this was going on other de tachments rushed our camp, protect ed by the fire of their snipers. They would rush from wall to wall, taking shelter behind them from our volleys We met them with rifle fire, hand grenades and rifie grenades. Machine £uns and automatic rifies raked them For three hours the rushing attack continued. Fighting like this was the 1e: n's meat All our men except ahout 20 had done the same kind i Morocen, While the Druse were pump ing bullets walls we held our fire, but the minute the fiat 1own 303 Seventh street northwest stockhoiders of the Firenien's Insu Company of Washington and | Georer will meet 30 the 0ffes on Mondas Jariary 2 19728 for the purpose of teen | | Airectore ‘for 'the Poi 7 oelock PM for the slection of | officers and directors for the enw traneacting of wuch ARLES H e 08 mlfl-u KINDLE Serro 1 9 will e redeemed st 105 at Yederai-American "Natonal Bank Wah wton . 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My rifle was w0 hot I threw and snatched one fre Discouraged fir opposition. th 20 or 30 yards to from which they kept up a sca fire It was now 9 o'clock 'n the morn Petween the heat of battle and the nermal temperatire of & e DAILY DAIRYETTE =Ny ak lh'mh 'l‘n\.‘l’ great whe, at ni his S0 exhnl might gain the prize had discovered what makes nobility in deeds Some deeds he the in Druse painter ht, «e cretly dulled younger o are dane duty, necessity, alnahle ideals, It is an ideal that has kept Chestnnt Milk highest the Ihstrict Columbna Health Department Ihe extra deed e, sanitation canse through the prompred by some hut nost are Farms yating by of n oy and care shich onr emploves form 1o rating are spired by the deal of todaith with the Washing ton mather. *The Know g Mother Wil Hlave Noo Other,” ~ Mothers Wspect matam thiat are mged o the POTOMAC 400 Pennn, Ave, at 26th 81 N.\W wonld | 1 the burbar- | magazine | rried them intol Others ambush- | of us wera down ta trousers and shirt. The suspension of the Druse attack gave us time fn turn our attantion to the Emir, whose detachment had {hean peppering us from the hill. My leutenant told us to get him. We | concentrated our fire and saw him drop. 1 den’t know for sure, but I think T put a bullet into him, Pause for Food, We fook advantage of the lull to hesk np easualties and eat. We had | heen fighting steadily xince 3 man got a half of wine. [ water was getting low, =0 we all to the wounded, already [with fever. We zot an “einge.” Krench equivalent ned will The nition. 1t your e We are actually chots were told off L snipe the Drus cavalry was gteadily creeping i hurning for “ean- “Hold until ing low Vernon whose this time French planes were i strafeing the Drosa A helio aph was set up in the village ma an could live lonx the plattorm to flash a Al to Gazalie, Wa did managa asking relief. vear, to signal a | | prane. | At 12 e'clock the Druse veturned to | attacks hefore. Druse Their «ame reception we were husy fell on the adv point and out the machine noerew, e on the verge of hreaking throus mpletely when the lien tenant turned tha zun on them, and. ided by two volunieers who had never operated a machine gun hefor >, stemmed the tide, rushing ns the 1ee Relief Column Arrives, Lieut inclosy | e fpacing o laneing taward we hoped for divected us to sticl gronnd K knows what this means. \When the | Tegionnaire has his back to the wall, that 1a hia tactice He saves one hollet for himself. the havenet for the oclock Vernon SR TINTRIY from which he tha the laat act e movinz fram wall ¢ 1\\'*” v formed in long lines heyond our range. The leaders moved from point to point orsanizing their final charg Z the men to that point of desperation which makes the Mohammedan soldier so dangerous. We set ourselves for the shock. | The enemy began to move. And then { behind us, wa heard a French bugle. | A second later the 1fth Algerian { Tivaillenrs swept by in attacking formation, veliing like devils, Druse Flee in Rout. had apened Drusa didn't wait, Thair d met the Tiraillours with ve volleys, hut the Diriee knew w was up. They were no ! fresh regiment The | cavalry ha Toped off. leaving the 1o get away as hest is conld. firmilleurs fall upon the village (liing every Drise sniper they could ¢ them, and aver it seme & during the night, Thue my first aetion with the Legion the Drise and prohahly ex that 1 the villazes from wor s the Bgiting M wit a fourth of the battalion 2 all countries hr North can’ Newspaper Alliance. e i ended Fareign It cost 500 dead that 1 as manv didn‘t - men more wh is re cost us apvright | Ame: | | Amsterdam s planning an automa. i hile show, and the greatest vear in the wry of the Netherlands is pre dicted for 1928, Dyed HATS,e | BACHRACH Expert Cleaners & Rlocke 733 11th St issie of | officers checked up the ammu. | 17 kilometers to the | was | . CITIZENS SEEK AID IN SMOXE CAMPAIGN | Distriet Commjssioners Urged to Faster Legislation Curbing Local Nuisance. That the District Commissioners he requested to foster legislation to pro vide for “a eomprehensive program of smoke abatment” in ‘Washington, tha Rhode Island Ave the an-| zht in Sherwoad | Chureh, at and Rhode was nurged hy nne Citizens' Association at nual meeting last n Proshyterian Twenty. | second street Island ave nna northeast. “Soma form [ maobila inw i | | of compulsory nee in tha District of | 180 looked upon favor- | association. | The establishment of a swimming | nool on the McKinley High School | [zrounds was apposed. Andrew Hig- | | chairman of tha membership | committes, reported that the recent | | membership drive had netted 760 new membe fing the paid membership up to 3. Plans fe hration and anto- | A Fourth of July cele. for the institution of a | e community Christmas celebra tion e to be studied by the com. | [ mittee on mectings. 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