Evening Star Newspaper, May 17, 1929, Page 31

THE EVENING ‘- STAR, - WASHINGTON. D. C, ERIDAY, MAY 17, 1929, SUPEROR SHEPT BY SVERE TORM Upper Michigan and Wiscon- sin Covered With Foot | of Snow. e 4 By the Associated Press. ! CALUMET, Mich,, May 17.—A storm that had all the fury of Midwinter ! bitterness swept over Lake Superior | and upper_portions of Wisconsin and | Michigan Wednesday night to cover the terrain with a foot of snow in some sections and smash one vessel on the | Tocks. ‘ The Eagle Harbor Coast Guard braved seas today to remove the crew men from the freighter Ralph | bound from Duluth to Buffal K last | the | of | heavy of 31 Budd, which ran_on the rocky shore weenaw Point during gale night. Latest reports were that vessel, carrying a $500,000 cargo merchandise, was being pounded to|(pe s aid with the card party pleces, The Ralph Budd is owned by the, Great Lakes Transportation Co, and | was under the command of Capt.! Dougall McLeod of Buffalo. Capt. Mc- Teod said the storm struck Lake Su- perior about dusk last night and drove the vesscl through a heavy snow to the rocky shore. Ship officials said the craft was a complete loss i Another lake boat, the steamef | Henry C. Frick of the Pittsburgh Steamship Co., went aground near | Sailors Encampment, in the lower St.| Marys River, today. It did not suffer the fate of the Ralph Budd, however, as the storm drove it onto a mud flat, | from which it was freed by a tug Parts of upper Michigan were cov- ered with a foot of snow, while por- tions of Northern Wisconsin lay cov-| ered with two and three inches. | Many points reported below-freezing | temperatures, TORNADO HITS PORTLAND. Roof of Marine Hospital Lifted Clear » of Building. PORTLAND, Me., May 17 (#).—A cloudburst and tornado swept a briel and violent course through Portland suburbs yesterday, leaving a patch of unroofed houses, broken power lines and small structure wreckage. Many windows were broken and many garages, henhouses and smaller buildings were leveled. The entire roof on the mnorthwest wing of the United States Marine Hos- pital at East Deering was lifted clear and deposited on another part of the roof, Forty disabled veterans and 30 civilian patients in the institution were unharmed. ‘The 1s of their home crashed about Mrs. Rose Philbrook and her three young children when the roof was torn away. The youngest, an in- fant, was slightly injured. COLORED MERCHANT HELD UP AND ROBBED Reports Bandit Took' $8—Woman Visitor Loses $100—O0ther Thefts Noted by Police. Edward Jones, colored, proprietor of | & store at 100 Florida avenue, told police | Jast night he was held up by an uni- dentified colored man who escaped with $8 from the cash register. Jones could not say if the intruder had a gun, since the man had gathered a larg: rag about | his right hand. Jones said he was forced into a closet at the rear of the store and the robber made his escape. Charlotte Davis, 86 N street south- | ,east, reported that her apartment was entered last night and a small quantity of clothing and money stolen. Three visitors yesterday told police of having been robbed. Marie J. Root, Kalamazoo, Mich., reported that some ne took $100 from her pocketbook while she was in a physician’s office, the pock- || etbook having been left in an outer | room while she was being treated. | John W. Bache, West Orange, N. J., asked police to make an effort to recov- || er a billfold that disappeared from his || automobile _either in Norfolk, Va. or this city. The billfold contained & driv- er's permit, registration card and cards | ©of the Masonic and Elks’ organizations. Walter E. Howard of Pittsburgh, Pa,, registered at the Rallroad Y. M. C. A, Teported the taking of his pocketbook | containing his driver's permit and Ma- || sonic cards. PRAISED FOR WORK IN MARINE CORPS| Maj. Buckley Called to Washing- ton After Valuable Seervices in Nicaragua. A Washingtonian, an officer of the | Marine Corps, yesterday received a spe- cial letter of commendation from Sec- retary Adams for his efficient work in conjunction with the recent elections n Nicaragua. Maj. Willlam W. Buckley | ©of 1404 Twenty-ninth street is the offi- cer. Eight letters of commendation were | issued to officers and men on duty in Nicaragua. \ Secretary Adams commended Maj. | Buckley for successfully establishing | schools of Spanish and electoral regu- | lations at various posts and arranging all details for the allotment of per- sonnel from the Marines' Brigade to | conduct properly the registrations and | elections in Nicaragua. The letter de- | scribes Maj. Buckley's activities in the Jinotega, arca, where “the people were fearful lest the outlaw element might sttempt on the day of elections to pre- ! vent the citizens from voting.” | Orders just issued direct that Maj. | Buckley come to Washington for ‘duty | at Marine Corps headquarters, in the | Navy Department Sergt. Emil Rigzs and Corpls. Walter B. Feterson, Warner A. Wampfler, Martin F. O'Donneil and Cleo P, Gentry were commended by the major general | gommandant of the Marine Corps for | gallantry in action, while Corpl. Ishmel || H. Ford and Pvt. Roland 8. Guthrie re- | celved special letters of commendation from the Secretary of the Navy for sav- dng lives in the treacherous current of the Coco River, WINDOW SHADES FUR COATS and cleaning of your cost inside and out, Special Prices in Remodeling NEW ENCLAND FURRIERS 1o, | given by Mis = Chicago Hotels Ban Ice for Rooms: | ginger ale, mineral water or ice taken to his room is placed 6n his honor not to use them for mixing alcoholic drinks. iZe must sign a pledge card upon de- livery of his order. Other hotels, including the Drake. | Blackstone and La Salle. have adopted similar but less drastic rules. The hotels’ actions followed a warn- ing several days ago that the Govern- { ment would institute padlock prozeed- ings against private clubs, hotels and preceded a few days by similar restri similar institutions unless drinking tions on room service at other hote were forbidden and stopped on their At the Morrison, the guest who has premises. CARD PARTY FOR CHURCH. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, May 17.—The merry tin- Kle of ice chbes being stirred with gin- ger ale or mineral water—and, perhaps, less lpgal liquids—no longer will be head in guest rooms of the world's largest hotel, the Steve The hote' management has decided to forbid the serving of ice or set-ups | in rooms. Ice water will still be ob- tainable—without _the ice. This drastic rule of the Stevens was of Columbus are also asked to take part. | The committee in charge of the prep- 0'Connell to Entertain | arations consists of Miss Mary T. O'Con- QIS RETE nell, chaitman; Mrs. 8. D. at St. Dominic's Benefit. A card party to help restore St. Dom- | Siagir 1ic’s Church, damaged by fire, will be | Rev. P. T. McAllister, Mary T. O'Connell, as- priest at the Southwest church S. D. Bronson, at 1724 | tic list of patrons for the affair, Park road Ma) at 8:30 o'clock. | ’ P dt il e . Believed to be the oldest person in Invitations have been extended 1oy, "grigch Isles. 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Virginia, | *"The meastire would provide that $10.- 1 000 be used by the Secretary of War | move the monument erected by t | Federal Government to another site and | $50,000 to be paid the Wakefield Na- | | tional Memorial Association BILL PROPOSES $60,000 TO IMPROVE WAKEFIELD Bland Introduces Measure for Preservation of Washington's Bjrthplace. | grounds on the Government land at| By the Associated Press. ‘Wakefield. Expenditure of $60.000 for the im-| provement of the birthplace of George | | Washington. at Wakefield. Westmore- | A woman of Valladolid, Spain, re-| land County, Va., was proposed in alcently gave birth to five children. NINE TRANSFERS LISTED. to War Department. Ordnance Department, from the Army | War College, this city, to the Aberdeen | Proving Ground; Maj. Arthur B. Hitch- o he | Maj. Booth Ordered From Aberdeen | cock, Infantry, from Boston to Hono- | lulu:_Col. John D. Long, Cavalry, from the Philippines to Baltimore, for duty Maj. Lucian D. 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