Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1928, Page 2

BYRD'S SHIP DUE Will Put in at Dunedin, New Zealand, for Last Stop Before Basing. BY JOE DE GANAHL. By Wireless to The Star and New York Times. ON BOARD THE ELEANOR BOLL- ING, November 17.— Comdr. Richard E. Byrd's supply ship, the Eleanor Bolling, was nearing Dunedin, New Zealand, the southernmost point of civ- ilization on the 12,000-mile route from New York to the Antarctic continent | tonight. She was expected to dock soon nfter‘ dark and prepare at once to discharge some of her cargo to make room for the four airplanes of the expedition. The original plan was to have the FEleanor Bolling call at Wellington, where the planes are now located, but orders were received from Comdr. Byrd three days ago, instructing Capt. Gustav Brown to proceed to Dunedin | instead. Supplies to Be Unloaded. | ‘These orders were interpreted on board to mean that the cargo of portable houses and foodstuffs, des- tined for the Winter quarters on the| ice barrier, would be unloaded and as- sorted at Dunedin. ‘While this work is in progress it is| expected that the Eleanor Bolling will ! be sent to Wellington to pick up the| planes. The airplane personnel and | material were transported to Welling- | ton on the whaling ship C. A. Larsen, | which also carried Comdr. Byrd. D. C. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 17, 1928, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, s ———— IM WITH ROLLING | | MRS. ALICE LUSKEY, The City of New York, flagship of the expedition, is not expected to ar-| rive at Dunedin for at least a week. | By that time it is expected that all th equipment and personnel of the expe: dition will have been collected at Dune- | din, where the final issuing and sorting | over will be undertaken. ° Flagship to Go First. The City of New York will be the first ship to leave for the ice barrier in the Ross Sea. She will probably start early in December and will be followed by the Eleanor Bolling. The members of the crew of the Bolling regard Dunedin as more than a milestone in the long trip to the ; south. The land which they are view- ing from the starboard rail tonight is the last inhabited land that they will | see in 2,300 miles. Farther south is a wall of ice, stretch- ing east and west for a distance of more than 100 miles. That ice cap will be the home of 40 members of the ex- pedition for more than a year. Two Christinases will have lapsed before the expedition members see the high moun- tains surrounding Dunedin on the course which will take them home. Street mflom't wl-?ch g‘nve m:e":v eg ust; ers for two months, Dangn in all parts of the ship today, and everywhere there was preparation for the arrival, Beards, raised on the two-month sea trip and allowed to weather the suort call at Panama and Tahiti, were in va- rious stages of removal, as the ship neared port.. ‘Mail from home was a frequent topic of conversation today. With the ex- ception of a few letters, whicn came aboard at Panama, the members of the : crew have been in communication with their relatives only by radio. Mail Due Tonight. for members of the ex- tely | stein was si . | erime Arnstein served a prison term. t | that Surrogate O'Brien name an im- rtain, however, that all = will be in « t, 1928, by the New | oPInd the '8t Louts Post. D 5 rights for publication reserved throughout | the world.) { York Times ispatch. All U. S. BOARD APPROVES | MANAGUA BUILDINGS Bites to Be Sought for Homes for Minister and Secretary in Nicaragua Capital. By the Associated Press. Plans for a residence for the Ameri- can Minister at Managua, Nicaragua, as well as for a secretary’s residence and an office building, were approved yesterday by the Foreign Buildings Commission at the State Department. A trip to South America for the pur- . pose of making a survey of embassy | and legation sites by Representative Charles J. Linthicum of Maryland, a member_of the commission, and Rob- ert J. Phillips, assistant, chief of the foreign buildings office, also was ap- proved. They will sail from New York today for Rio de Janeiro, where plans have been approved for a five-story of- | fice building for the American embassy. The plan approved for the Minis- ter's residence at Managua is of South- ! e Colonial style. DENVER JURY FREES BUTCHER BOY SLAYER Acquittal Based on Self-Defenst Plea—Verdict Is Returned in Seven Minutes. By the Associated Press. DENVER, November 17.—Alpheus E. Dickson, local theater owner, yesterday stood cleared of a murder charge in connection with the slaying of Herbert H. Powell, 19-year-old butcher boy, whom he killed last July 8, when he discovered the youth in his home in company with his wife. Dickson pleaded self-defense in the District Court trial ending yesterday. The jury was out only seven minutes. ‘The theater owner said he had been ad- vised the youth was meeting his wife secretly, and, suspecting improper rela- tions between them, laid a trap by tell- ing his wife he was leaving the city for several days. Returning to his home a few hours later, Dickson testified, he found Powell there, and that the youth grappled with him. During the encounter, Dickson said, a gun which he had drawn was discharged, fatally woundln§ Powell. Mrs. Dickson, defendant in a divorce suit which is pending, did not appear at the trial. She was reported to be at the home of her parents in Iowa. Mrs. Mary Maiden Dies. Mrs. Mary Maiden, 452 FPfanklin street, died yesterday afternoon. She is survived by her husband, Martin Maiden; a sister, Miss Lucille Tate of Boston, and a brother, J. W. Tate of Montross, Va. Funeral services will be held from the Second Baptist Church ‘Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Rev. . L. 5. Holloman will officiate. Inter- ment will be in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. Of 1125 Seventh street northeast, leader in a field of a score of wives, who last night displayed their skill at throwing | olling pins at the food show. | NEW CLUES FOUND INROTHSTEN CASE Leads Follow Linking of His| Name With Arnstein Theft and Drug Ring. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 17.—Police today pursued new: leads to the slayer of Arnold Rothstein affer the name of the slain gambler had been linked with a $4,000,000 Wall Street bond theft and | an international narcotic ring. Announcement that new clues had been found was made by Police Com- missioner Warren, who, however, re- fused to divulge their nature. The police had been given until Mon- day by Mayor Walker to produce “further facts” in the case or he threat- ened he would “teke action.” Named in Arnstein Case. In Surrogate's Court an attorney for Alger Gildersieeve, referee in pending bankruptcy proceedings against “Nicky” Arnstei -, filed an ;mgl‘:".ns:y\af l:ath- uspected of “the foun- tain head” and receiver of $4,000,000 in missing securities, stolen from Wall street messengers in 1920. For that The affidavit was filed with a plea partial executor for the Rothstein es- tate. Members of the Rothstein family are seeking removal as executors of Maurice Cantor, Rothstein's attorney; Samuel Brown and William Wellman. Federal agents in their quest for proof that Rothstein was the dominant figure in an international drug smug- gling ring, raided a strong box in the American Exchange-Irving Trust Co., the only one of Rothstein’s depositories yet found. Assistant Federal Attorney Blake in- timated he had found the search worth- while. Insurance Policies Found. “I cannot divulge what it is,” he said, “But we have found something to help | our imvestigation.” Among the known contents of the box were two insurance policies on Rothstein's life, one for $25,000, which named his widow as beneficlary and another for $20,000, which originally had been made payable to his estate, but which had been changed to name Inez Norton, former show girl, as bene- ficiary. Also there were several thousand shares of stock in various corporations and jewelry valued at $10,000. David Morgules, attorney for the Rothstein family, said he believed the jewelry had been pledged with Rothstein by others for loans. Each was in a separate en- velope on which was written a name. In the hearing before Surrogate O'Brien, 1. Gainsburg, counsel for the dead man’s parents, brothers and sis- ters, charged that Cantor sneaked into the gambler’s room at the hospital and obtained his mark to a will over the protests of members of the family and two nurses. This will gave Miss Norton a 10-year interest in the income of one- sixth of Rothstein's estate. Cantor, after the hearing, said that in obtaining Rothstein’s signature to the will he was merely carrying out the wishes of his client “regardless of the wish of anybody else, who was either put in the will or left out of it.” TWO MAY DIE IN BLAST. Five Qthers Less Seriously Burned in Denver Explosion. DENVER, Colo., November 17 (#).— Seven persons were burned,,two per- haps fatally, in an explosion in the here yesterday afternoon. iss Bertha Koops, 19, an employe, was hurled through a window and struck two men passing on the side- walk. Flames from her clothing ignited theirs and they were slightly burned. At the Denver General Hospital it was sald she had little chance of re- covery. The explosion was believed to have been caused by an electric spark from |an air compressor which ignited gas backed up in a trench dug for a nat- ural gas main, BAND CONCERT. TODAY. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchesira, Stanley Hall, at 5:30 o'clock. March, “The Great American (Roosevelt) " -...Lincoln Overture, “Summernight’s Dream,” Suppe Paraphrase, “The Lorlelei”...Nesvadba Excerpts from the musical comedy, “The Student Prince"” Rombe Fox Trot, “Old Pals Are the Best After All”. Popular waltz, “A King for a Day,” Fiorite Finale, “Oh! You Have No Idea.” Doughtery “The Star Spangled Banner.” T8 ose On the tenth anniversary of the lib- | eration of Le Cateau, France, from the Germans by the British A plant of the Paasche Air Brush Co. | PIN WINS HONORS MRS, LUSKEY WINS ROLLING PN TEST Winner Scores Twice in Crowning Dummy Man at Food Show. With deadly accuracy, Mrs. Alice Luskey, 1125 Seventh street northeast, sent a heavy rolling pin hurtling through 20 feet of space to crash into the wooden skull of a dummy man on the stage of the food show at the Washington Auditorium last night to win the title of the rolling pin throw- ing championship of the District. This “crowning” event of the enter- tainment program of the evening's food show was witnessed by a throng of several thousand, including Commis- sioner Dougherty, who presented to Mrs. Luskey a large basket of gro- cerics and a big bouquet of flowers, awarded by the District Grocers' So- clety, sponsors of the show. Mrs. Luskey, with two vicious swings, one in the preliminary contest and the other in the final, triumphed over a score of other determined wives. With her first thrcw she scored a direct hit on the dummy's head, sending his hat fiying, and with her second smashed his nose into an unrecognizable mass. The event proved unexpectedly pop- ular with wives at the show, and after 20 had been entered as contestants M. Vigderhouse, past president of the so- ciety, who was in charge, closed entries for the sake of time. As many more were turned away. Tonight the girl, married or single, showing the happiest smile will be pre- sented a bouquet of flowers. Baby contests are being held each afternoon of the show at 2:30 o'clock, the purpose being to demonstrate the importance of proper food to the health and happiness of the youngsters. Yes- terday afternoon Robert A. Horan, 19- month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robe! J. Horan, 3401 Otis street northeast, won first prize of $2.50 in gold-over a field of 15 other bables. Other entries were Nora A. Beant, 820 Princeton place; A. I. Gibson, jr., 445 Fifteenth street; Marion B. Robin- son, 23 Wyoming avenue, Hyattsville, Md.; Doris Dunke, 445 Fifteenth street; Lawrence Huft, 1120 B street north- east; Willlam Mahew, Hyattsville, Md.; Cathern Wise, 706 G _street southeast; Elaine Weilman, 142 Q street; M. Mar- tel, 700 South Horn avenue southeast; Milton Deau Vogel, 1403 Virginia ave- nue; Irma Foley, 1914 G street; Angelo Bauman, 202 Eleventh street; Wesley Madison, jr. 1411' N street northeast; N. Francis Dean, 1416 Sixteenth street, and Mabel Wilkins, 1126 Eighth street. (Continued From First Page.) coal bunkers Inside for an examina- tion?” “There was no way.” “Couldn’t you go into the coal bunk- ers from top or sides?” “You could from the top, but not un- der_the coal.” “Did you or any officer of the boat make any examination in the coal bun}l:ers before she sank?” “Didn't you look to see where the water was coming in?” “Water was coming in between decks and we couldn't get down there.” “Between decks? Above or below the coal ports.” “Below.” 3 “The water whs coming into those coal bunkers and you had means of getting in through the top—how would water below interfere with your getting into coal bunkers?” “We could get——' “The truth is that you could have got into tops of those coal bunkers if you had wanted to?” “We couldn’t get into between-decks.” “What I want to know is how your theory that the water~was coming in between decks could interfere with your coming down into the coal bunkers from the top?” “Between-decks, it was full up.” “Did you see it that way?” “Yes.” “Full up with what?" “Coal.” “What is your theory that the water was coming in between-decks based on?” “Later on I heard—you could hear water running underneath there, some- where.” “What time was that?” “I'm vague on time. Sunday morning some time.” Asked About S O S. | “Was the water coming in the coal ports?” “Sure?” “I shouldn't think it was coming in there.” The officer said the Vestris’ log was lost with the ship, as far as he knew. He then told of the ship being hove to Sunday noon with engines idling, but he had no idea when the engines stopped. o other ships?” “Ever ask the s o s He saild 1d sent one. yes.” to the radio men?” “No» | o save the ship?” | 7T ordered the half door tightened.” “Did you superintend the work?” Yes.” ! “Was the door tightened?" { “Nothing could be done.” Declares Situation Serious. “By morning (Monday) tream was coming in there?” bers of the division that reiisved the place recently trough to the town. “The ship had rolled over whole lok™” DRY LEADER URGES PUBLIC BE TAUGHT Tells W. C. T. U. “Enlight- | ened Conscience” Ultimate Hope of Prohibition Forces. By the Associated Press, BOSTON, November 17.—A plea for an “enlightened public conscience” as the ultimate hope of prohibition forces was made today by Dr. M. Len Hutch- ins, director of the Department of | Madical Temperance of the National Woman'’s Christian Temperance Union, before the fifty-fourth annual conven- tion ot that body at Tremont Temple here. A “One does not expect those who drink to see things clearly because their reasoning power is impaired; one need not expect those brought up in bootleg environment to rise above it suddenly and work for prohibition, and one hardly dares to hope that a con- scienceless creature will desist in pur- suing a trade so renumerative, but it does seem reasonable that well mean- ing people of even ordinary intelli- gence have had such opportunities for knowing that they should sense this thing in its right relation and realize that the fight against it demands their co-operation. “The Greatest Problem.” “Incredible as it seems, we must con- | clude that there are many thousands of people who never have contacted the subject in a way that enlightened them. So for this reason, people must be taught the injurious effect of alcohol and that it is just the same whether self prescribed from a flask or a medi- cine bottle, and the same whether self- prescribed or taken on the advice of'| a doctor. This is the greatest prob- lem of the W. C. T. U. today. “For 30 years or more the great movement against alcoholism consisted chiefly in education. For 10 years or more now the pendulum has swung nearer legislation, causing no end of mix-up because entailing the devious bickerings of politics. “But we have learned that no mat- ter what attempts at legislation and our hopes must come from an enlight- ened. public conscience that obeys the law because it appreciates and delights in it. And this comes only from being taught.” Dr. Hutchins criticized the increased production and sale of wine tonics in California, which, he said, was literally flooding the market. He declared that the methods of distribution employed made the tonics “smack strongly of use as a beverage,” and asserted there was no reason why they should not be so cent of alcohol. “Relief to Grape Growers.” Commenting on the fact that the tonics were manufactured under Gov- ernment permits, Dr. Hutchins said: “This must be the relief to the grape growers promised by the Government some months ago.” In another address before the morn- ing session of the convention, Mr Stella C. Steimson of Terre Haute, Ind., director of the department of citizen- ship, pleaded for “education of self, our own membership, of youth, of the un- der-privileged of the community, not only concerning alcohol and prohibition as the best method for eliminating the curse, but also concerning government, what it is, what it should and could be, local, State and Federal. “There is plenty of law, constitutional and statutory. Law abiding, law ob- serving public officials is what is needed most, officers T'lllnfled by integrity of chardcter, by intelligéence from study and knowledge of government past and E,ruent. by ability ‘born’ and acquired, discharge the duties of the office help. “Such officers would be a terror to lawbreakers, even those who think they can safely disregard the -eighteenth enforcement, the ultimate realization of | ' classified, since they contained 22 per | amendment to the Constitution and yet have the protection of its Bill of Rights. “You know anything about messages “Nothing, I was never on the bridge.” captain about an “I asked the captain Monday if he “But you never took any messages “What_orders did you give Sunday how big a uch far- resented & watering, ther and the water was conkng in a'courtroom and look at the commis- The eighteenth amendment means life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness to millions now living and even more mil- lions yet unborn.” “When were orders given to the crew to bail ship with buckets?” “About 4 a.m. Monday.” “When did you begin to think this was a hopeless job?" “I thought there was a chance ull along.” “But when were the odds, in your gptr:ion. greater for sinking than sav- ng?” “About noon Monday." “When was the order given to put out_the boats?” 3 “I don’t know.” “When was the order to jettison cargo?” “About 9 a.m. Monday.” “How many cases were thrown over- board?” “I have no idea.” “Again I ask when you first thought there was serious danger?” “About 4, Monday morning." “Why didn’t you consult the captain then about a distress call?” “I went on the bridge and told the captain things were serious but left it to his judgment what to do.” “Just what did you tell him?” “I said the water was increasing and it was pretty serious.” Evasion in testimony by the two sur- viving radio operators of the Vestris led to a vigorous effort by Federal of- ficials today to determine whether SO 8 calls were delayed by orders from the owners. United States Attorney Tuttle asked steamship companies whose vessels as- sisted in the rescue work to submit at the inquiry which he is conducting coples of all messages exchanged with the Vestris. The Navy Department issued similar orders to all its stations, while the Radio Marine Corporation, which produced one message, continued 2 search of its files for further ex- changes between the Vestris and its owners, Attorney Tuttle at yesterday's hear- ing questioned Charles Verchere, 18- year-old third wireless operator of the Vestris, and James T. F. MacDonald, second wireless man, in an attempt to learn what radio messages had been sent prior to the § O S, but was met wl:lh ev{l:nve lnh:wers. erchere, when pressed closely b; Tuttle, finally said that “maybe” %lply Carey of the Vestris had sent a meu':f: to the line’s agents Sunday night, tell- ’t‘l" them the ship was in a bad condi- on. Declares He Forgot. “Didn’t you tell me downstairs there was one reading, ‘We may need help’?” (This, Mr. Tuttle’s questions indicated, Verchere had told him was sent out Sunday night, hours before the vessel sank.) “Yes. I forgot,” Verchere answered. “Who told you to forget?” the attor- ney pressed him. *“No one.” ir. Tuttle then turned to the com- missioner and said: “Your honor, this bears out a state- ment I made to you before this hear- ing began.” marking “It does” the commis- sioner warned Verchere as to his oath |- to tell the truth. Later he was or- dered to turnchis face away from the sioner, evidently to prevent any ex- .5 RGHT UPHELD TOREECTLOWBID McCail’s Ruling Held Impor- tant in $75,000,000 Con- struction Program. In a decision of far-reaching impor- tance to the public building program in this city as well as throughout the Nation, Controller General McCarl to- day 1aid down the principle that the ‘Treasury Department may accept the lowest responsible bid, rejecting those bids from contractors failing to qualify as responsible, The question of bidding has for years been interpreted in a long line of de- cisions by the controller general, but the conclusions reached by him today for the Treasury Department were sald by those who have studied them to be by far the most favorable toward carry- ing forward a bullding program with satisfaction to both Government and the highest standards of the contracting profession itself. The question at issue was the adver- tising for bids on the Internal Revenue Building, the foundations of which now virtually are complete. Congress has authorized a total of $10,000,000 for this building, and the plans are ready in the Treasury Department, it is un- derstood, for putting the job on the market perhaps some time next week. Responsible Bidder Defined. Instead of holding the Treasury De- partment strictly to the theory that the lowest bid in actual figures must be ac- cepted, the controller general outlined in great detail his definitions of a re- sponsible bidder. In the first place, McCarl said, the Treasury could not exclude any one from bidding on the job. All bids, he said, must be received under the princi- ple of free and open bidding. But the way the Treasury may go about re- jecting certain offers which might be low in figures but irresponsible was carefully stated. “It would appear” said McCarl, “that your department would be justified in requiring each bidder to make a show- ing in detail as to his business and technical organization available for the contract work, as to his ability to finance so much of the work as under the terms of the contract, he would be required to finance, and as to each building constructed by the bidder dur- ing a specified period. Necessary Qualifications. “These qualifieations appear neces- sary and there is no prohibition in section 3709, Revised Statutes, against the statement of such a requirement in the advertisement for proposals for the construction of the building. And your department would appear justified in rejecting the bid of any bidder:not showing such a business and technical organization or nucleus thereof avail- able for the contract work, or such financial abllity to finance so much of the work as the contractor would be required to finance, or such building experience as reasonably to justify the conclusion that the requirements of the Government in this instance could not safely be intrusted to such a bidder. . “Having stated in the advertisement for proposals the requirements for a showing of the qualifications of the bidder, your conclusion as to the lack of qualifications on the part of any low bidder, when reasonably supported by facts, showing lack of a business or technical organization or nucleus there- of, available for the work, lack of finan- cial ability or integrity and lack of necessary experience, will not ordinarily be_questioned by this office.” With Congress already having au- thorized $75,000,000 to be spent on Fes eral housing in the District of Colum- bia, Treasury Department officials felt today that the McCarl decision just out, would be of great practical assistance in carrying forward the enormous build- ing program. Testimony Shows Vestris Coal Po change of glances between him and any one in the crowd. Verchere also testified that when the Vestris was leaving the dry dock in Brooklyn, where she had had her hull chipped and painted, she collided with another ship. He did not know whether any damage had been done to her. Macdonald denied knowledge of any messages sent to the owners telling of trouble the ship was having previous to the general call to all ships Monday to stand by and then the S O S| Arthur 8. Costigan of the Radio Marine Corporation, testified the cor- poration had found only one message sent by Capt. Carey to the line offices -ndt that was after the S O S had been sent. The message had 11 a.m. Monday, November 12. stamped on it and read: “Hove to from noon yesterday. Dur- ing night developed 32-degree list. Starboard decks under water. Ship lying on beam ends. Impossible to pro- ceed anywhere. Sea moderately rough.” Alfred Hanson, a innt.rymnn, told of the listing of the ship and his own ex- periences in getting away from the sinking vessel. Several pictures he had taken of the lowering of the lifeboats were introduced. Two Other Inquiries. ‘While one inquiry is proceeding be- fore Commissioner O'Neill, two other inquiries as to the seaworthiness of the Vestris are being held. The Board of Underwriters of New York is seeking information which might have a bearing on the payment of $2,000,000 of cargo insurance, while officials from the Department of Com- merce, the Federal agency charged with inspection of steamships, have arrived from Washington to take charge of an u’::;:lry already launched by local offi- clals. In the inquiry before the steamship inspectors Capt. Sorenson, a passenger on the Vestris, testified that so far as he could tell the lifeboats were in good condition and that the crew launched tfi]elm in as efficlent a manner as pos- sible. Previously he had been quoted n newspaper ulponl as saying “the crew hogged the lifeboats,” that there was “criminal negligence” and that the boats themselves had “rotten seams” through which the water poured. He told the ing rs that what he had said was that several of the boats were stove in while launching. A revised list of the dead and missing of the Vestris, made by the nts of Lamport & Holt, shows a total of 110 names. Their check of the lists shows that 324 sailled on the Vestris. The number of rescued remained at 214. Woman Survivors Arrive. Three woman survivors of the Vestris who were picked up by the battleship Wyoming arrived from Norfolk, Va., this morning. They were Mrs, Marian Calvin Bat- ten of Brooklyn and Mrs. Elvira Fer- nandez Rua, New Bedford, Mass., whose husbands were lost, and Mrs. Dolores Barreiro Dosil of Brooklyn. Mrs. Rua, who also lost a 2-year-old son in the wreck, was a pathetic figure in her wrinkled ?Iot.hlng. with three fingers of her left hand broken and in splints and both legs bandaged. She PARTICIPATING IN HUNT TODAY MRS. A. B. COURT, wife of Comdr. Court, who will follow the hounds this afterncon in the second chase of the season of the Riding and Hunt Club. I | : ISTORNTRAPFED STUDENTSLOCATE Rescue Parties Directed Over Telephone Found in Ranger’s Cabin. By the Assoclated Press. LAKEPORT, Calif., November 17 A rescue party was organized in the mountain district north of here today to assist four University of California students, two girls and two young men, out of a snow-buried area in which they have been trapped for nearly a week. ‘The whereabouts of the quartet, whom searching parties had sought for sev- eral days, was made known last night by Mrs. M. A. Dunham, wife of a forest ranger, who notified searchers that one of the men had called her by telephone and revealed their location. Trapped During Blizzard. Mrs. Durham said the telephone mes- sage revealed that the four had been :rr:i:ped on Mount San Hedrun, sev- miles distant from her cabin, dur- ing a blizzard, and had taken refuge in a deserted shack. Driven by hunger, one of the men in the party started for help and located the unoccupied ranger cabin, which contained a service tele- e connecting with Mrs. Durham's ome. ‘The ranger’s wife said the four were reported to be “well, but hungry.” Mr. D\:,r‘hlm set out at once for the deserted cabin. Students Marooned. ‘The students are Miss Anna Ram- sperger, 21 years old. and her twin sister, Minna, of Logan, Utah; Robert H. Keller, 21, of Los Angeles, and John R. Dempster, 25, of Berkeley. They lenn Berkeley last Friday for a hiking trip. ‘When they failed to report for classes ‘Tuesday relatives started a search for and the hunt grew in propor- FIFTY SERVICE MEN HERE FOR REUNION Former Members of 7th Division Spend Afternoon at Games and Sightseeing. Approximately 50 veterans had regis- tered in the Mayflower Hotel today for the sixth annual reunion of the 7th Division, . which played a prominent part in the Meuse-Argonne offensive during the World War. The program calls for a day of festivities, with Httle business scheduled. A buffet luncheon was held at noon and was followed by a short business meeting of the officers’ association. No special program was arranged for the afternoon, several groups of the dele- gates planning to attend local foot ball games, while others have arranged for sightseeing trips and air rides over the city. The period from 7 to 7:30 p.m. will be devoted to a ‘“preliminary bom- bardment.” According to the program, “conscientious objectors will report to the morale officer.” The annual banquet will be held at 7:30 o’'clock. The officers are: Honorary life presi- dent, Maj. Gen. Edmund Wittenmeyer; president, A. W. Smith, jr.; executive committee, Edgar T. Fell, A Schwarzwaelder, L. Frye, R. R. Norrls, M. H. Sterne, and, secretary, Maj. John T. Harris. 11 Macedonians Shot. BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, November 17 (P)—A dispatch to the newspaper Vreme says that 11 members of the Macedonian revolutionary organiza- tion hostile to Ivan Mikhailoff, the new chieftain, were shot near Petrich today by Mikhailoff supporters. rts Escaped was haggard and weak and cried hys- terically. The three women were met by rela- tives and friends. A memorial service for Michael J. O'Laughlin, chief radio operator of the Vestris, who went down with his ship after sending a final call for help, will be held in Trinity Church here on Sun- day afternoon. The service is being arranged by organizations interested in radio, including the Veteran Wireless Operators’ Association. BLAMES BROKEN GLASS PORT. Stoker Declares Otherwise Vestris Might Have Weathered Storm. NORFOLK, Va., November 17 (#)—A negro stoker, Joseph Boxil, member of the crew of the Vestris, yesterday told a Federal steamboat inspector of a succession of misfortunes that followed the ship after she left New York on her last voyage. First, Boxil sald, a leak developed in the ash hopper, this being discovered about 12 hours after the ship left port. Then the storm began. The leak in the ash hopper was stopped, but water was washing over the plates into the fire room. On Sunday afternoon a leak in a coal bunker door was found. A carpenter in attempting to mend it smashed a glass port, and at once a huge stream of water began to flow into the already logged vessel. Boxil's testimony indicated that he felt that had it not been for the smash- ing of the glass port the ship would have weathered the storm. Capt. Thomas J. Hanlon, the inspec- tor, also questioned John Morris, Ger- ald Burton, also negro stokers of the Vestris, and Otto Ulrich, a survivor res- cued by the steamer American Shipper, who came here to join his wife after she had been brought to port by the battleship Wyoming. The Wyoming, in addition to the three negroes and Mrs. Ulrich, had on board four other Vestris survivors: Mrs. Turoke Inouye, whose husband, the Japanese consul at Buenos Alres, was drowned; Mrs. Dolores Doril of Brooklyn, Mrs. Fernandez Rua of New Bedford, Mass., and Mrs. Norman K. Batten of Brooklyn. The five women were in an exhausted state when they arrived and were taken immediately to a hospital. They have not yet been auestioned. The seamen told Capt. Hanion that they knew of no condition of the Vestris when she left New York that would have caused disaster. COMMONS TO PROBE DISASTER. Inquiry to Be Made in British House Next Week. LONDON, November 17 (#.—The sinking of the Vestris is to come before the House of Commons. Questions concerning the inquiry to be held by the Board of Trade into the disaster will be raised in Parliament by Comdr. Joseph M. Kenworthy, Laborite, president, Maj. Gen. Lutz Wahl; vice | cla; i RESPECTS TO SMITH | | e e | Governor Tells Pensacola Crowd | Receptions Given Him on Trip to Biloxi “Amazing.” By the Associated Press. PENSACOLA, Fla, November 17.— More than 5,000 persons greeted Gov. Al Smith when his train halted here last night for about 40 minutes on its | way to Biloxi, Miss. “I am ending my campaign here,” the governor told a group of those who fought their way into his private car. “This day.crossing the State of Florida has been’ as strenuous as any I have spent during the campaign. amazed at the reception at all points along the way, but I am tired, and I'm glad it is now all over.” In another allusion to the campaign the governor said he believes the time has come for presidential drives to be shortened. “With the lblm%mol candidates to reach multitudes through the radio, I belleve the party convention should take place in August or September,” he de- red. “A four-month mmrizn is too wear- ing on any man and takes him away from his other duties too long.” Develop Air Junction. Important and advantageous rail and | steamship connections at Hamburg have made the city probably the great- est air transportation junction in Etrope. Planes of 13 different com- panies arrive and depart at the rate of 24 daily, giving service to all the larger cities of Europe. Nearly all can be reached by air in one day. 3 ] Inspection ident of the Board of Trade whether he will state what form of inquiry is to be held, whether the lifeboats and arrange- ments for lowering them were adequate and whether he can give the probable cause of the sinking and loss of life. Dead and Missing; 110 Is Revised List | By the Assoctated Press. | NEW YORK, November 17.—A re- | vised list of dead and missing pas- sengers and crew of the foundered steamer Vestris made public yesterday by Lamport & Holt, owners of the ves- sel, carried a total of 110 names. Sixty-six of them were passengers and 44 were members of the crew. The line's revised figures showed a ’tulal of 324 persons on board the Ves- tris at the time of the disaster. Of them 126 were passengers and 198 were in the crew. The line lists 60 passengers and 154 members of the crew, a total of 214 rescued. The list of identified passengers among the dead of the Vestris includes: Mrs. Elizabeth Goodman, 17 Church street, Tarrytown, N. Y. Miss Mary Alleyne, 201 Stagman street, Jersey City, N. J. S. Bowen, New York City. Mrs. Beulah Bowen, New York City. Mildred Headley, aged five, New York City; third class. Jose G. Rua, New Bedford, Mass., care John Cordeiro. Ramon Garcia, New York City. Paul Whitehead, Woodstock, N. Y. Maj. Yoshio Inouyi, Japanese consul at Buenos Aires. - Carlos Franke, Mexico City. Miss Ingeborg Franke, Mexico City. The list of unidentified dead and missing passengers as carried on the line includes: Mr. and Mrs. J. Alleyne, their three- year-old daughter Lilllan, and their sons Edgeworth, two, and Huntley, one, Jersey City, N. J. Norman K. Batten, Dayton, Ohio. | Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Brownfield, Louis- | ville, Ky. Elder Keith W. Burt, 45 East Temple street, Salt Lake City. Miss Iracema do Santos Cabral, no address. Estaban Corbellini, no address. Mrs. M. A. Daugherty, Philadelphia. Earl F. Devore, Altoona, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred C. B. Fletcher, San Prancisco. Mrs. Carlos Franke and son Helmuth, 8, Mexico City. Charles M. Henrotin, British Guiana. Mr. and Mrs. James Headley and children, Marion, 6, and Audrey, 3, New York City. Mrs, Agnes E. Johnson, Upper Mont- clair, N. J. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Jackson and son, Cary, Richmond, Va. Miss Germaine Julien, New York C! ty. Mrs. Iris Johnson, no address. 8. 8. Koppe, New York City. Mrs. Nora B. Kanan, no address. Georgetown, 5,000 FLORIDIANS PAY | s 1 was| them, tions until yesterday the United States Forestry Service, the Army Air Corps, State officials ordered uuzog . C. C. Young, Lake County icials and civilian searchers joined in combing the MRS. NOYES’ FUNERAL HELD THIS AFTERNOON Services for Wife of Editor of The Star at St. Thomas’ Church. Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Pren- | tice Noyes, wife of Theodore W. Noyes, | editor of The Evening Star, who died | early yesterday at her home, 1730 New | Hampshire avenue, will be held at 3 o'clock, this afternoon at St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church, the Rev. C. Ernest Smith officiating. Interment will be in the Noyes' vault, Rock Creek Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers at the funeral will be: Beale R. Howard, Henry G. Hanford, R. M. Kauffmann, Victor Kauffmann, John Joy Edson, Fleming | Newbold, Franklin Adams and Gilbert 8. Grosvenor. s TWO COLORED YOUTHS _ACCUSED OF BURGLARY Fire and Police Departments Co- operate to Capture Alleged House- breakers at Delicatessen Store. Co-operation between the Fire and Police its early this morning resulted in the capture of two colored youths who had broken into the Ambas- sador Delicatessen, 3520 Connecticut avenue. The youths, Elmer A. Neale, 17 years old, of the 1200 block Fair- mont street, and William Albert Wright, 20 years old, of the 3900 block Ellicott ;“t-'m. have been charged with house- aking. Private C. E. Winkelman of No. 28 engine company, which is just across the street from the store, called the fourteenth precinct shortly after 2 o'clock this morning and said that he had heard the sound of breaking glass in _the rear of the store. Policemen William H. Turner and Hendrick Boese were dispatched to the scene. and transom The burglars had broken the first, but found their way iron bars, so had gone through U gaining entrance to the store, thep::ueemn heard the youths at- tempting to get through the front door but they were unable to escape, so ran to the basement, where they were found. COLORED MA'N_I\RRESTED IN SPITE OF ANGRY MOB Patrolman Says Prisoner Tried to Make His Escape by Striking Him. Despite the t that dlu ‘h:luw:‘\:- rounded by an angry an eat g mob when he arrested a colored man in the 1900 block of Fourteenth street last night, Policeman R. T. Conklin of the eighth precinct succeeded in holding his prisoner until assistance was sent from the station house. The man arrested, Lawrence Fitz- rald, 32 years old, of the 1400 block £ Street, was charged with destroying private property, assault and disorderly conduct. placed Conklin Fitzgerald under ar- he had been told that there prisoner a crowd started forming, the number greatly incre: when the policeman and prisoner become en- gaged in a fight. The fight followed an attempt of Fitzgerald to break away him, Conklin said. patrol wagon answered a summons for help the street was blocked by a jeering mob and the patrolmer were forced to leave the wagon half block away and force their way to thei fellow officer. Storm Warnings Issued. CLEVELAND, November 17 (#).— Storm warnings for most of the Great Lakes area were announced today by the United States Weather Bureau Lere as a result of a disturbance moving eastward across Missourl and Illinois. Lake Superior is the only one of the lakes not involved. Vincenzo Murri, !hlumg)mm Isaac Nahem, New York City. Mr. d _Mrs. Corona, N. Y. Miss Marion E. Reid. no address. lis Rowe, New York City. C. 1. W. Stone, Christiansburg, Va. Mrs. O. 8. Stevens, wife of manage’ Buenos Afres branch of First Nationz Bank of Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smith. New York City. Mrs. J. F. Thompson, Montreal Darnley Thorne, Cambridg>, Mass. Placente Mr. and Mrs. Louis Leuthauser, 120 Lincoln street, Jersey City, N. J. probably on Monday. Comdr. Kenworthy will ask the pres- i Mrs, John Calif, p‘ Mills, Los Angeles, “r Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Wi'son snd sons, Francis, 3, and Paul, 1, Peoria, IIl. Mrs. 8. F. Puppe and infant, no ad- A ess.