Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1929, Page 3

the| C@%r'e ee | CUPXW “3000 miles on your new car already. Take a trip?” “No, just back and forth to the grocery for things my wife for- got.” —London Humorist. Put Wilkins Coife> at the head of ycur gro- cery list. It will give you pep encugh for a few extra miles every DRENCHING ! President-Elect and Wife Un- | worried by Freak Storm ; in Night. ENTERTAINMENT VARIED {Pleasures of “Yachting” Along Mexican Coast Are Described. Note—Greater light and clearer perspective on Herbert Hoover's trip to Souti America, in which untold diplomatic advantages were recorded jor the United States, are to be gained from_the interesting story written by Rex Collier, The Star's own representative on the trip, which began January 20. The story, with all its - intimate details, will continue in The Star until completed Favored by perfect. skies and smooth as, the members of the good will part d reveled in three days of rar | “yachting” aboard the Navy's strangely § | trancformed dreadnaught The first port of call, Amapala, Hon- duras, yet was st 400 mile: |away. During those three days th § | Maryland had skirted nearly the entire | | length of Mexico's rocky western coast and was approaching the Gulf of Tehu- antepec, that indentation in Mexico's |lower jaw where the Pacific Ocean | pushes within 150 miles of the Gulf of Mexico. Pleasant days they had been for every member of the party. Days of relaxation in comfortable | steamer chairs perusing Spanish dic- | tionaries, books on Latin America or novels from the ship’s diversified library collection; of watching with fascination I'the busy activities of the 1 | comprising the population of a man-o'- war, of marveling at the gorgeous tints of a Pacific sunrise or sunset or the e | chanting silvery pathway splattered | across. restless seas by a tropical moon. White Attire Donned. From Mr. and Mrs. Hoover down the party had changed from the drab | clothes demanded by a chilly Fall back thome to the white attire appropriate |to a cruise in southern waters. The President-elect presented a saltyappear- | ance in his natty C. P. O.'s cap, dark | blue coat and white trousers and shoes. | Mrs. Hoover and Miss Fesler were | charming in summery frocks of white | or light pastel shades. The others had | arrayed themselves in a varlety of in- Boulevard Apt. 2121 N. Y. Ave. N.W. 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This time the crew sleep, which is more than can be said | succeeded in shifting the plane back to ANUARY 24, 1929 ; of most of the others on the Maryland. | approximately its original position. and | | Apparently Mrs. Hoover became wor- | then they tied it down as securely as | that was when a metal lifebuoy was | | knocked overboard by a wave. It sent | up an automatic warning fare which | threw a weird light over the angry waves. Remembering that her son | held down to a maximum speed of six | Allan had gone on deck to sleep earlier | knots, and the ship moved forward once | in the night, she inquired anxiously as| more into the diminishing winds. Dawn ngovie house also was rescued. Engines Held Down. ied "only once during the storm, and | possible under the circémstances. The | | The engines were started again, but | to his whereabouts and was relieved to | was a welcome sight to all. Lessening i learn he was safe in his bunk, although | of the ship's spked had enabled her to | water from an improperly closed port- | ride more easily hole was washing about his room. | seas, and after breakfast—served to only | When the ship first ran into the|a half full house—all who had not suf- | storm, all hatches were battened down | fered ill effects of the storm braved the and all ports closed. Perhaps they were | sporadic splashes of spray to view the not closed properly, or maybe they just | casualties visible on deck. leaked, but the fact remains that water | A goodly number of the party ex- ! found 'its way into the compartments | perienced & loss of appetite for some and passageways below deck {0 such an | fime after the blow had passed. M. extent that bucket gangs were bailing | and Mys. Hoover are veteran mariners, water in various parts of the ship all| however. and they suffered no ill effects night. Of course, there was no danger | whatever. Both really seemed to enjoy | to the great dreadnought at any time, | but she trembled and pitched and rolled as she pounded steadily onward through | | the giant waves and roaring gale. i Waves Wash Over Fo'c's'le. | Toward early morning the wind was | | blowing its worst, the gusts at times | | registering 70 miles an hour. The ocean was a frenzied maelstrom. “Green wa- the experience of riding out a gale in a battleship, and they were among the first to climb to the bridge the morning after the storm to watch the still boil- ing seas dash over the nose of the ship and go ‘cascading across the deck. The newspaper men, ever alert for “big stories,” were busy pounding out colorful accounts of the night's happen- | formal outfits, with gay sweaters and | Life on a battleship was not at all | The Kniowing V\fi?l Have No Other Snapshot of the wave-washed fore the final hours of the “Tehuanepecer.” Kimberly had explained in a circular handed to his guests, to provide a safe and comfortable passage to the President-elect and his party. To this {end the facilitics of the ent: ship are | plzed at your disposal. The officers |and crew of the Maryland consider it the greatest honor ever bestowed upon ~|the ship to be selected for this duty, |and every hand will do his utmost t | make the cruise successful and enjoy | able for you.” | The ship, indeed. was doing its ut- most to entertain its passengers. One of its outstanding offerings in the way of entertainment was a nightly motion | picture show on the quarterdeck. Im- | mediately after supper the benches and | chairs from the crew's and officers’ mess were trundled on deck by Filipino | mess boys, a big canvas screen was |erected on its portable steel frame- work, the movable projection room was wheeled into position and the sho: | Mr. Hoover frequently left be- |fore the feature was completed, bu | Mrs. Hoover often through the |w performance. All hands, civilian and Navy, were enjoying the movies under a star-stud- ded out-of-doors canopy the first Friday |night at sea (we had sailed from San |Pedro Monday) when a huge wave, | without warning of any kind, raked th |ship and drenched that part of th |audience sitting near the port rail. It was a surprise visitor, coming as it did right out of a calm sea, but no damage was done beyond the wetting of numerous uniforms, and all passed the incident off with a laugh and a |few jibes at the unfortunate victims. | That wave, however, was heralding | the approach of, or rather our ap- proaching to, one of those strange | storms known to Pacific navigators as a | “Tehuantepec-er.” This freak blow i peculiar to the gulf from which takes its name, and is a more or less ntinuing proposition in the ecastle of the U. S. S. Maryland during of the Pacific just west of the lower curve of Mexico. Meteorologists will tell you that winds blowing from the Gulf of Mexico seem to converge through a cleft in the mountain range, | as though through a funnel, emerge on the Pacific side greatly in creased in velocity and capable of kick- ing up a big rumpus far out at sea. ‘Tehuantepecers have been known to attain velocities of 75 or 80 miles an hour—and all under fair skies, too. The nights had been getting very ywarm in the staterooms below, so most of the party and many of the officers had taken to sleeping on “top side” in |Army folding cots. After the show that Friday night, the cots were brought up again by the Filipinos and placed |in_ advantageous spots about the quar- terdeck. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover and | Miss Fesler braved the heat in their ooms. The ship ran into a blow suddenly |not long after midnight. The deck noozers were awakened rudely by cas- ades of spray which were washing |over the deck and soaking cots and oc- | cupants unmercifully. The sturdy bat- | tleship was beginning to roll noticeably. The stars still shone brightly overhead, but stiff gusts of chilly wind were cutting through the riggi 8. All on deck piled out unceremonious- rolled wet bed clothing into drip- ping bundles and scampered for the | hatchways. Meanwhile, the whole ship seemed to be awake and on the jump. Gangs of sailors with buckets and mops were running about somewhat aim- lessly. Officers were shouting orders down hatches or into.telephones. The Hoover rooms had been swept with water from that first wave early in the evening, as the ports had been | left open. Mr. Hoover had taken the incident, philosophically, and that philo- sophical calm remained with him throughout the hectic night, although there ment enough around 1y, “Firsts” These rep partment resent official Health De- scores averaged over a period of yedrs. Fil’St in Butt Content. ‘First in Dairy Score for efficiency erfat Plant cleanliness and Fir St in Farm Score. Fir St in Cattle Score. Fi‘l'St in Wholesome- C ness, leanliness and Keeping Quality. 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