Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1928, Page 16

16 THE TEVEN \"G STA'R WAQHTN("I‘ON’ D. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 1') 19"fl FISHER IS TAKEN BEFORE ALIENISTS Cenfessed Firebug Removed| to Gallinger for Ob- I servation. John Joseph Fisher, who confessed to fsniling two of the seven disastrous fires which wreaked havoe here Monday ted that he may have started | . was taken to Gallinger Hospital it and placed under observation alicnists, who will report on his mental condition Should the findings of the alienists ndicate that he is of unsound mind and cfore not legally respo s of arson charged agai be !hk‘ subject of luna ] at the Lank woodworking plant. 319 W street. and the McDowell grain house. Eckington place and Q traet mortheast Fisher will be under close observation for at least 10 davs. At his prelimmar iz in Police Court vesterday, when he entered a technical plea “not ) out as and then re- ‘(h ble for the | him, he |}~ TALE OF DEATH IN SUNKEN $-4 PIECED TOGETHER BY OFFICER | '‘Body Found on Cot Indxcates Mates’ Thoughtfulness for Overcome Man, Commander Says. | By the Accociated Press BOSTON, Janu of death in the t ments of the sunken submarine S-4 | was related to the naval court of in | | quiry investigating the disaster vester- by Comdr. Harold E. Saunder: | submarine construction expert, who is Iacting as salvage officer in the raising | of the S-4 Piecing (ogether the reports of deep- | sea divers who have entered the hull | of the wrecked submarine and brought | the surface the bodies of 32 of | 40 men who perished when the | as rammed and_sunk December | the Coast 19.-A grim tale | Guard destroyer | Comdr. Saunders gave the most complete report et of the condition of the Paulding court the made public submarine Nearest to the door that shut off the water in flooded compartments of the submarine from the engine room were found the bodies of Lieut. Comdr. Roy K. Jones, commander of the S-4, and_his executive officer, Lieut. J. A.| McGinley. ~The water-tight door had | been closed and dogged, wedged with a chisel and braced with a three-foot | mece of joist ‘The position of another body in the two compartments scemed to indicate Fourteen others were found on the floor plates extending from the door a point just forward of the wheel {ur the hand steering gear. ‘The body of Lieut. Donald Weller was about half way back. The sixtecenth was that on the cot. Comdr. Saunders said that poss there are (wo other bodies in the shower inclosure in the motor room. After the bodies were taken out, the witness said, the divers examined the valves inside the compartments which had been entered, including the con- trol room and a part of the battery room. The valves, so far as examined, were found to be in the normal posi- It is probable,” Comdr. Saunders | tion for a submarine operating sub- said. and that he where the air w care of.” “that he was the first of the | merged. after compart- |32 o feel the ecffects of the bad air, | |or whatever they were suffering from, | taken to the spot | best and placed on | |the cot_before the others wers taken | In the control room, Comdr. Saun- ders said, the lower hatch in the con- ning tower was open. but the upper hatch was closed. There was a slight | air escape from the control room, and | it was indicated_that the control room The salvage officer said that the first | had been pierced above, bfld\ recovered, that of Lieut. Comdr. was lying at the foot of the never be known how much water had in the engine and motor rooms On the other side was the body |before salvage operalions began. | is certain that the engine room Jones, ladder hatch. of the executive officer. under the hatch was the A. Hodges, chief machini; The body of Lieut. leading to | floor just a the engine room | Directly | body of A. N s mate. “omdr. senior member of the B on and Survey, was on the aft the engine room hatch. W F ‘The witness said it - probably would | beer It no communication with the sea,” i en & small leak would have (ll(‘ l«m\l)’llllnl'ul in two weel ard or partly filled we do not | Another body lay alongside his, and just abaft these were two others The eighth body found was that of | A. Ford, civilian draughtsman. was at the forward end of the upp r\ enzines, Seven other bodies were found on the gratings between the engines, level grafings between the touching one another. engine. almost The sixteenth body in the engine room was in small space on the gratings abaft the port | It | RICHMOND, VIRGINIA An {deal place to stop for rest or recre. ation, whether going North or South. e Jefferson offers slegance. refine- tal and Booklet comfort. On ronte Dixie Tours. Golf vrivileges, upon request, * ompletely empty | JEFFERSON HOTEL | REVENUE RECORD SET. Agents Produced Greatest Number of Cases in November. Internal revenue agents in the field broke all known ‘records during the month of November with a production of cases exceeding by more than 10,000 that of any month in the history of the field service. In making this announcement in In- ternal Revenue News, Frederic New- burgh, chief of the field procedure sec- tion, said the 36 offices of the agents Values That Are Typical of Brooks An Impc nuary (Clearance §ale throughout the country closed and for- warded to Washington for review in November or to collectors for immediate assessment 102515 returns, as compared with 91,104 returns closed and forward- ed in October this year and 45532 during November, 1926. During. the same month, November | this year, 83,303 returns were received in the field, 50 that the excess of re turns forwarded over those received was | 19,212, In the past seven years 12 kinds of |« foreign parasites have been turncd | loose in fields infested by the corn borer to fight the pest GET $11,250 DAMAGES. John P. Evans, sustained an injury +, one of her eyes and was awarde verdict for $10,000. Mrs Martha Eva; John P. Evans, Wife and Daughter the wife, was injured to the exten- Win Suits. Verdiets totaling $11,250 were award- ed yesterday by a jury in Circuit Divi- sion 2 » Balley against Lieut. Oscar L. Herbert, Army Air Serv- ice, for injuries sustained in a coilision with the car of John P. street, Sej p"‘mh’r 6, 1025 section of Morrow driv street. Ruth E. Evans, young daughter of ' give M'-BR®KS & CO G ~STREET BETWEEN 11th & 12th ‘I?’v'l. according to the jury, which a allowed the father $500 damages. Attorneys Guy & Warder appas-- for the plaintiffs, Heat Sweepx Argentina. BUENOS AIRES, January 19 (& Longfeliow | Argentina is having its first hot wa at the inter- of and Sixteenth | tures of 104 degrees Pahrenheit re the Summer season, with tempe. ed Tuesday and yesterday. little hope of relief. Forecas Savings to Delight the Most Economical ing Array of “Thrift Week” Opportunities in Our A Sale With a Purpose — To Clear Our Winter Stock Quickly so That the Advancing Spring Activities Finds Us Splendidly Prepared that there was consideration as well| The door between the engine and as heroism among the 32 doomed men. | motor rooms was open and 16 more At the extreme end of the motor room, | bodies were found in the latter com- t forward of the wheel for the hand | partment. The first taken out was| steering gear, one man lay on a fold- ! lying just inside mp motor room door, | of Ing cot with an o fask on O T T R of it ! ;| lfl T “"i m mwm] uu||||!"i|||mluquml|]||||‘['ulll i 1 H"flfl fllilhlu W‘ |liliu@‘ i nmuwum il ' WALLINGTON HARDY, Manager Owning and ope: “The Monticelio, Payment |1|mmum Orders n of Secretary of Labor WRlT HlTS MCCARL r iu Alien Case mond McCarl e Frederick L. Siddons of d the power to of Columbia Supreme ¥ granted a grit of man- against McCarl, directing him a voucher for 00 in favor ©of the Smokeless Fuel Co. of Virginia behal Regrouped for Rapid Disposal at Five Outstanding Money-Saving Prices! COATS COATS COATS COATS COATS Szrmie Plenty of Black Coats!......... Plenty of Large Sizes! The Furs are of that rich, fine quality—the Materials are the season's dominant successes——every Coat is finely silk lined of the Societ a Ligure di . Inc. of Italr. The voucher was for a refund of fines of $1,000 each pssessed against the Italian corpora- | tion for seven alien seamen. who| escaped at the port of New Orleans in December, 1924. The Italian corporation owned the freighter Marte. which loaded at New Orleans and stopped at Norfolk for coal and there the skipper was compelled to pay the fine The payment was made through the Smokeless Fuel Co. which later per- suaded the Department of Labor to re- mit the fines and Secretary Davis ordered the fines returned. McCarl re- fused to honor the voucher. holding he had the right to review the action of the Secretary. and the two corporations ught suit for mlndamus i That were $35 to $39, Reduced to That were $45 to $59, Reduced to That were $59 to $69, Reduced to That were $79 to $89, Reduced to Will Scan }'omgn Service. Administration of the Rogers act for the reorganization of the diplomatic and consular service will be investigated by 8 subcommittee of the Senate foreign | relations committee, beginning Tuesday night. The subcommittee includes Sena- tors Moscs of New Hampshire and Reed of Pennsylvania. 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