Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1928, Page 10

e L THE TEVEXING STAR. WASHINGTON n. T.. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 29 1928.1 AMPA RIVER SINKS EXPLORERS' CRAFT i FBoat Is Upset in Rapids. £ One Man Is Knocked F Unconscious. § % CF This is the seventh of a series of IRE articles by A. G. Birch, leader of the ¥ first expedition to have explored |§# successfully the Yampa River Can- #3son, in northwestern Colorado, one ®dof “blind spots” on the map | £/ of the United States { ; i "t r 3 E i pecial T Am c ow c ?E, DENVER, Colo., September 29.—Never Fgeill any of us who were on the Yampa Briver cxpedition forget Friday, Au- | ust 24 | S We got a 7 o'clock start. For a short | Foistance the river was quite wide—over | #300 feet. Then the walls suddoz\l\” closed in, h cer, and the | 7 ess than half its former size. Soon we § not, seem v ith a sharp e the blade of an a fect above the wa ithe barks, but on either side of this #{here appeared to be a deep channel. | Mortiz, who had developed ity than any of us in han- ! he craft Choosing a { of the big rock, we | pugh with ease | y a mile | just | | I but they did | ipstream | ¥ i bout five #dling the bo $in which he and I jeourse 1o ! § The r ng and photograp) ds when we finished. rded channa'. the the ra chose the left-h Disaster. | s bobbing along with | n, almost abreast of the | a stone three hes un There was a Zcrash as the wooden hottom stove.in| the craft came to a dead stom A | ond later the current gripped its m and banged it upon the big roc he sharp edge of the boulder hit the “boat amidship, crushing it as if it had cen cardboard. P ath photographers were pitched out of the boat. Dunham landed on his head on the rock. The shock stunned him. Fortunately he lay there, out of *ihe water, and was not swept on 4through the rapids. Mace fell directly into the swiftest and deepest part of fthe current and was whirled away, bumping against ro fow feet. The boat tilted sharply sidewise up the big . The ropes which held all he equipment in the bottom slackened nd the supplies rolled to the low side, where they were caught in the furious ‘current and washed away. The sleeping bags, being chiefly feider-down, went bobbing downstream ‘Canvas sacks containing our cooking | atensils and all our remaining food Fsupply The big roll of manila Yope, weighing over 100 pounds, which ‘we had meant to use in reaching pos- tsible cliff dwellings, also vanished “Even th> ax and a hatchet were washed L | fout of the boat ! Less than a minute later the craft, | now filled with a couple of tons of gwater, slid down the rock and settled, Lalmost entirely submerged. into a pock- fet in the rocks. The hatch of the Imetal compartment in the stern, which 4 all our cameras except my nd all the films, was several nder water. Dunham Stunned. Meanwhile, Moritz and myself, hav- dng beached our boat, were running ‘back over the slippery boulders. Dunhem still lay on the rock beside . completely “out.” Mace had been swept 200 yards down the river bcfore he was able to clutch a t offered a hand-hold. He exhausted to do more than gling there and walt for help. 1t took us some time to get upstream over he boulders. Then Moritz went | to Mafe's aid, and finally got the photographer ashore. Dunham was comins around all right when we reached him, and was able to help us | get_hir ore. But ‘n going through the main chan- nel, Noritz—poweriul swimmer though he wa-—was swept dovm 50 feet, where his he-d struck a rock. knocking him uncon-“fous. He san: twize before any one ¢ id reach him. That was the narro~ st escape any of us had from drown.: 2 Our ief worry n eras ord films. We ! comp: “tment would no: but longer s our cam- | the metal : for half | that was m the other of the! i would | This gave <o back | to raise the Food Swept Away. ree hours of prying and lift- | g which we lost our footing | went down over our d the wreck until the ches above water— mera compartment meras and a still | ssly ruined. The . The second Dunham thought he fx up. But all the pictures we were a total loss. The un- films were so carefully et only half an d could be saved xposed Tolls of | vthing out on ¢ grafl movi: coulc had expo pack~d tha h camera at they were w s %s in n to dry. ow were entirely without food two cans of baked beans and oup. which fortunately were h. And there were no plates forks or spoons. Birch Seeks Help. the cattleman, was to fresh supply of food at Johnson’s Draw—about the canvon—but we w many miles away that to my back made it to do as much heav ded that T should start foot to try to reach Johnson's | nd bring back food. We did not | ther the w of the tan\onl 1 one to walk mpt had ‘fo be T started oit. remained - b d repair i} in_that the aining hoat i | noon, | " i | | | i I LIGHTS INSTALLED. | ¢alorama Road Has Signals, | department today placed | ve new traffic signals | 1 of Connecticut ave- road and Ashmead are so timed th traffic seconds, and eros: secor being e to com- tallation at Connecti- md Ml h avenue has lowed 2 now wed by itic Dive ese signals in operation of Bext Weeks LaTT ) ! GIVES SERMON SUBJECTS. Dr. J. H. Dunham to Occupy West- ern Presbyterian Pulpit. Rev. J. Harvey Dunham, pastor of 850 WORKERS QuIT tieth streets, will take for his subject | tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock “A | Rally Day Message” and in the evening | Exodus of Southern Railway fifir)} ;;':‘lmk Glfil‘f),;:& T:H;E (Hél“‘d"‘dfi‘ Rally day w e Ct rated in al . iriments of the chur Employes Begins—Others to Follow. departments of the church. There will be a program in the Sun- day school and children will be pro- moted to the different departments of the school. Christian Endeavor meets at 7 pm. OPEN-AIR SERVIGE MAY DRAW 15,000 Brotherhoed to Hold Meet- ing at Cathedral The exodus of Southern Railway clerks transferred from the Washing- ton to the Atlanta offices of the com- pany was started late yesterday, 850 | leaving in three special trains. For an hour, between 5 and 6 o'clock, | Union Station' was thronged with hun- dreds of friends, who came to bid good-by to_the first group of employes | to leave. Between now and October 9, 1,100 transferred clerks will have left. The first “special” pulled out of the station at 5 o'clock, followed by the two others at half-hour intervals. ~Each | special was equipped with eight Pull- man coaches, three baggage cars and two diners. They were scheduled to| arrive in Atlanta about 9:30 o'clock this morning to receive the official wel- {second national ! diction. ‘LIFE’S | “Incidental Close. A congregation numbering 15,000 or more is expected at the open-air mass meeting of the Brotherhood of St. All-[ ton Cathedral Close, October 7, at 4 pm. This mass mecting is the out- | come from Mayor T. N. Ragsdale of Atlanta and a commiitee of 100 prom- inent citizens. Woman Faints. Acceptance of the transfer to the Atlanta offices was entirely voluntary on the part of many of the younger sloping rock, | Grew in the amphitheater of Washing- | men and women who were without im- mediate family ties in Washington, but the necessity of holding their positions compelled the acceptance of the order standing religious service of the forty- convention of mr} Brotherhood of St. Andrew, meeting at | the Mayflower Hotel, October 5 to 9, ! just before the General Convention of the Episcopal Church convenes in this | city. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, will preside at_the ma meeting and the speakers will be for- | mer Senator George Wharton Pepper | of St. Mark’s Parish, Philadelphia, and | Dr. Rudolph Bolling Teusler, director | of St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokio, Japan. The subject of the ma: meeting will be “A Call to Witne: More than a thousand men and boy from the parishes of this diocese will be present as_officially registered repre- sentatives from their churches to the brotherhood convention. A number of schools of the diocese will be preseni en masse. There will be troops of Boy and Girl Scouts, which cted with local scopal churches and a general outpouring, not only of the men and boys of the city, but of women and girls as well, as ail are invited to attend this mass meetin Seats will be provided in the amph theater for 15,000 persons and many thousands more can stand within range of sight and sound of the service on the hillsides surrounding the amphi- theater. Amplifiers will also be in- stalled and the service will be broadcast | over WRC Efforts are being made by H. Law- rence Choate, general chairman, to have | an attendance of 1.000 men and boys | at the sessions of this convention from | the Diocese of Washington. Already 666 have been enrolled. OPEN TRIENNIAL ! SESSION OCTOBER 5, Daughters of King Will Begin Con- ference in Church of the Epiphany. PR g A A | The eighteenth triennial convention | of the Order of the Daughters of the King will begin in the Church of the | Epiphany October 5 at 3 p.m. with the quiet hour, conducted by Rev. Hendree Harrison, rector of Christ Church, | Jacksonville, Fla. At 4 pm. in the| ‘Willard room in Epiphany parish house will be a fellowship tea, to which all members are invited. Mrs. Charles F. Roberts is the chair- man, assisted by members of the chap- ters in this diocese. At 8 p.m. will be the opening session in Epiphany Church. Mrs. A. A. Birney, national president, will call the convention to order. The address of welcome will be made by the diocesan president, Miss Lillian Janet Soper, the response by Mrs. Birney. Memorial services for the members who died since the last tri- ennial will be leld. The convention program will be ex- plained by Mrs. W. J. Loring Calek. Right Rev. John G. Murray, presiding bishop, will speak on “The Vision an Mission of the Daughters of the King.” | This will be followed by an address by Rev. Cha T. Warner, rector of St “Service of Worship.” | y will pronounce the bene- S RESIDUE’ IS TOPIC Rev. Henry J. Smith to Preach at Petworth Baptist Church. At Pelworth Beptist Church tomor- | Tow morning ‘Rev. Henry J. Smith, pastor, will g sermons on ject beinz “D; In the eve Life’s Residue,” the sub- ne Foundations. | ing his subject will be Inevitable Success.” he Foendig Htar Rikcy ol i 2909 1 | ambulanc e the second of several | & on the part of a big majority of the employes. One young woman employe, overcome by the emotion of severing family ties, fainted in the arms of friends just be- fore the last of the three ‘“specials” pulled out of the station at 6 o'clock. She was revived in time to board it, however, before a hastily summoned from Emergency Hospital had arrived. The exodus is one of the largest this city has witnessed in recent years and real estate men say that hundreds of ar\lfll'tmcx\\s have been vacated as a re- | sult. Some May Return. Not all of the employes transferred to Atlanta are expected to remain there permanently. But their places are ready to be filled at any time a vacancy oct , it was explained today. While Atlantans are evidently doing eve thing possible to make the newcom feel at home,. it was explained that homesickness and a difference in work- | ing conditions will see fully 25 per cent | of the Washingtonians returning here before many months. For that reason many of their families are remaining ir ‘Washington. For those employes who arrived in Atlanta today a big steam whistle in the Southern freight yards will blow a sum- mons_to work at 8:30 o'clock Monday morning. The first group of clerks departing were out of the offices of A. T. Martin, auditor of freight accounts, who was in charge of the trains. All of the trans- ferred employes are in the auditing de- | partment, which has been removed to Atlanta. e Theosophists to Meet. “Man and Immortal” is the subject of a free lecture to be given tomorrow evening. 8:15 o'clock, at the United Lodge of Theosophists, 709 Hill Build- ing, Seventeenth and I streets. A study class in Theosophy meets every Wednesday at 8:15 p.m: Sturtevant Blowers For Burning Buckwheat Coal FRIES, BEALL & SHARP 734 10th St. N.W. Tolmanized Collars Wilt Slowly The Tolman Laundry, 6 Dupont Circle SAVE MONEY ON STORAGE.CALL I'TH’'S FIRE-PROOF TORAGE PRIVATE ROOM OR OPEN STORAGE LONG DISTANCE MOVERS CRATE AND PACK BY EXPERTS 1313 YOU STREET, N.W. 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S.,, will give a card parfy October 6, at 8:30 p.m., Burlington Hotel. ‘The State committee on conservation and thrift will meet in the committee room of Continental Memorial Hall Tuesday, 10:30 am. Speaker, C. O. Howard, Department of the Interior. Subject, “Indians—Past, Present and Future.” Cathedral Heigh's-Cleveland Park Citizens’ Association. recently amalga- mated, will hold its first Fall meeting Monday, 8 pm. in St. Alban's Parish Hall. District of Columbia Public School Association will mect Wednesday, 8:15 p.m., in board room of District Build- | ing. Charles F. Carusi, president of the | WORK RAPS ST ON FARM L FEE Says Governor as Yet Has Failed to State His Stand Clearly. By the Associated Press. Gov. Smith has not yet said whether he is for or against the equalization fee in the McNary-Haugen bill, Chair- man Work of the Republican national committee declared in a statement yes- terday. “Gov. Smith spoke Thursday night on leadership,” Dr. Work said. “One of the qualities of real leadership is to stand for something and proclaim it. The point of dispute in the McNary- Haugen bill is the equalization fee. TIs Gov. Smith for it or against it? He has not said. He declares he will refer the matter to a committee. It does not take leadership to refer a matter to a committee, 5 “In one @preath Gov. Smith praiscs | the achievements of the last Demo- cratic national administration. In the next he denounces the Republican | earners is not materially changing. UNEMPLOYMENT LESS, AUGUST FIGURES SHOW American Federationist Will Show 3 Per Cent Drop in Job- less for Month. ASKS DISMISSAL OF FOUR POLICE, ployment figures for August in 24 lead- | John Philip Hill Protests Ar-| ing cities of the United States will be | reported in the October issue of the | rest of Man in Maryland American Federationist, of which Wil-: % by D. C. Officers. liam Green, president of the Americar- Federation of Labor, is editor. Preliminary figures for September, NS y compiled by the magazine, show that| An emphatic demand for the dismis- employment among organized wage | sal of the four Washington policemen r 4 | who, September 4, chased Stephen H.| The percentage of unemployment | johnson and Ralph 1. Harbaugh into among organized workers for the first | Maryland and arrested them. on & eight months of the year dropped from | charge of violation of the prohibition 18 per cent of all trades to 9 per cent| |3y was made on the District Commis- In the building trades the percentage | sioners today by John Philip Hill, for- | of men out of work dropped from 36 t0'| mar member of Congress from Mary- | 19, according to the magazine's statisti- | jang- X cal report. Hill declared that the policemen, J. — W. Conners, J. P. Comiskey, L. Batchelor and E. W. Gore were not Federal officers and had no right to 3 | sioner Needham C. Turnage. E. | Georgetown Hospitals WILL ATTEND PARLEY. - .| invade the State of Maryland. He also TTraffic Director William H. Harlang;| pointed out that these officers had “de- announced_today that he would repre-; liberately flouted” an order obtained by | sent the District at the seventeenth him in 1925, when he was in Congress, | annual conference of the National Safe- ty Councii in New York next week.: | He plans to leave Washington Tues- ay. forbidding Washington police to go into | Maryland. The ruling was obtained, | he said, when an attempt was made to | clothe District policemen with the pow- ‘The conference program covers a-| er of Federal prohibition agents. period of five days, ending Friday. The question whether District police- | EURE it e party for the desperate plight into Idaho Council.rNo.Al. D. of P., will | which agriculture was sunk under lthi give a chicken dinner and bazaar administration. 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Pratt, acting superintendent of police, said that if Turnage rules against the four police- men they probably will not be order before the Police Trial Board, but will be treated as “overzealous” officers and reprimanded. New instructions would be issued to members of the force, how- ever, forbidding them to go into other Jurisdictions. Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty, who has supervision over the Police De- partment, declined to comment on Hill's protest. He said, however, that he is confident that the Washington police have no jurisdiction in Maryland. S DOCTOR DROPS DEAD. Dr. Joseph Sessford, 58, Expires After Morning Walk. Returning from an early, morning walk, Dr. Joseph Sessford, 56 _years old, 1406 Thirty-fifth street, entered the front hallway of his home and fell dead. Physicians from both Emergency and attributed his death to heart failure. 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