Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1928, Page 4

HOOVER BOAT RUNS THROUGH HOT BELT Ship Bursts Out in Tropical White—Golf, Films and Books Amuse. BY WILL IRWIN. AWritten Exclusively for The Star and the North American Newspaper Alliance.) ABOARD U. 8. 8. MARYLAND AT BEA, November 23.—Without the slight- est. premonition, the Maryland, bearing President-elect Hoover and his party to South America, has run into a hot belt. The officers, perhaps by way of keeping us happy, assured us that from the point where we began to fecl the heat to Salina Cruz is the hottest spot on this particular ocean. It is not weather that any one who has endured a Summer in the latitude of New York need dread, and there is always a breeze on deck. But the whole ship has burst out into tropical white and settled down to its fropical routine. ‘We live as much as possible on deck fand a few warm-blooded souls now have begun sleeping there. Golf Putting Is Pastime. Dus the day, the stroller gets a #eries of impressions—none important, but all vivid and pleasant. Golf putting is going on merrily and contentiously on deck. As though that game weren't enticing enough, the Navy has added ghe hazard of an ocean roll. At one end of the “green,” Mrs. Hoover, dressed in white tricotine, established in her favorite nook under the catapult which shoots airplanes, knitting and smiling. At the other end, Mr. Hoover in white shoes and trousers, blue coat and a na- val cap without insignia, chuckling from his deck chair at the humors of the game and taking intense interest in the score. Ambassador Fletcher, sitting beside Mrs. Hoover, laughs loudly at the es- clally comical shots. There is a {: from the other quar- icers in their hour off in. m‘l“ in their favorite sport of trap- ooting. And suflnx all this time the business bf feeding, cleaning and sanitating this wcity of 1,200 souls, together with keep- ing the Navy up to mark, goes on un- disturbed. There are drills and mus- ters; all day long the eerie, thin piping of the boatswain's whistle calls the brew to activities of which a mere lands- man knows nothing. ‘When Mr. Hoover happens to be on Heck during any of the drills the strict regulation about keeping eyes straight mhead is honored in the breach. Ship's Crew Kept Busy. Meanwhile recruits practice heaving the line with a “monkey’s paw” at its end. Mechanics overhaul and tune up three liftle airplanes, which perch like captive birds in a tangle of superstruc- ture. The coast of Mexico is off our port—its blue mountains showing a Jalse effect of coolness. In midafternoon most of the guests of the Navy were stretched in steamer chafrs, making a very tropical picture. A few of the more hardy walking the decks bareleaded were warned by Am- bassador Fletcher not to do so, be. cause while it may not seem to them hotter tnan on the Atlantic seaboard. there is a subtlety in this tropical sun, which makes the practice dangerous. Mr. Hoover, in a deck chair under the awnings outside his quarters, began reading, or rather, rereading, Dana’s “Two Years Before the Mast,” one of his favorite books. He doesn't know it, but one of his constituents aboard got a letter from Dana’s daughter during the recent cam- paign asking what she could do to help elect him. After lunch Mrs. Hoover took a turn through the ship and went to all but the boiler rooms, which is an adventure in this weather. She showed especial interest in the cook’s galley, as spot- less as a dissecting room, and in a class of* recruits learning to tie knots. Certain maritime symptoms indicate that Neptune will visit us in great state and splendor before long. The old monarch, absolute though he be, cannot get uppish with the guest of honor on this cruise, for Mr, Hoover has crossed the line 14 times. Every night there's a moving picture show on deck. Before we sailed, Chap- lain Huske, in charge of amusements aboard, stocked up with full programs and some previews. On 'hursday night—it is understood by special re- quest of Mr. Hoover—we had “Ben- Hur.” The screen is lifted on the quarter- deck. In the front row sit the offi- cers and guests, and behind, spilling over onto turrets and superstructure, the crew. With the men in white, a silver-fleeced black ocean off' the rails and a tropic moon overhead, we have a picture house beyond the wildest dream, Every one comments on the improve- ment in Mr. Hoover's appearance since | the start. Evidently, the brief rest has set him up wonderfully—when he stepped aboard the Maryland he seemed younger than I had seen him for years, but on close inspection he looked a bit Jaded. That has passed now. And from the coming and going of secretaries and interpreters when he is below it is evident that he is pre- paring the speeches for his Central American stops. (Copyright. 1928. by North American News- per Alliance.) [ALLEGED GAMBLING SHIP Takes Position 13 Miles Off Cali- fornia Coast and Solicits Patrons by Aid of Small Boats. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, November 24.—The Monfalcone, alleged successor to the Johanna Smith, a gambling ship which recently was confiscated by authorities, put out to sea yesterday and took up a position 13 miles off the coast of Long Beach. Its vaunted “wall of legal protection” was besieged tonight by Los Angeles County officials. H. O. Dougherty, one of the vessel's owners, said *nobody can touch us. We are outside the jurisdiction of the main- {md courts, and therefore inside the aw.” The /Los_Angeles County district at- torney’s office indicated that it would proceed against the Monfalcone and its solicitation boats on the grounds of conspiracy. 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