Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1929, Page 2

2 % BOWLER IS POISED FOR M. EVANS HOP Chicago Plane Is Out of Wilds, Ready for Ocean Flight. OHICAGO, July 10 (#).—The Chicago Tribune’s Berlin-bound amphibian, the "Untin’ Bowler, stood ready early today to take off #zom Port Burwell, & tiny settlement on Cape Chidley in North- ern Labrador, for Mount Evans, Green- land, 700 miles across Hudson and Davis Straits. The plane winged its way »xto Port Burwell early yesterday after be:ng ma- rooncd 50 miles away by fog since Sun- day. News of the 'Untin’ Bowler's ar- rival was the first definite word of its whereabouts received here since it left Great Whale, on Hudson Bay, for Cape Chidiy three days ago. Robert Wood, writer and & passenger mn the flight, has radioed that Robert Gast, the pilot, had tried vainly for four days to elude dense fog banks which swept down from the Arc‘ic and blotted out the landscape. ‘Wood radioed that clear weather and good visibility at Port Burwell late yes- terday presaged ideal conditions for the proposed hop to Greenland today. FLYERS FOUGHT FOG. Mists Almost Triumphed Over 'Untin’ Crew In Wilds. BY ROBERT WOOD. PORT BURWELL, Labrador, via Louisburg, Novia Scotia, July 9.—The 'gntin’ Bowler, the Chicago Amphidion plane, which is making a puthfinding fiight from Chicago to Berlin, swooped down out of a cloudy sky and landed in an ice strewn tickle here at 8:10 a.m.,, Chicago daylight saving time, to- day, with a worn and hungry crew. ‘We have spent two nights and s day on the lonely rock-bound coast of Ungava Bay, 40 miles south of Port Burwell, waiting for a dense fog to lift. Since the Bowler left Remilake, Ontario, six days ago, & thick, milky fog, sweeping down from the Arctic ice fields, has formed an impregnable barrier o progress. The flight of the Bowler to Berlin is being made as a survey of a possible commercial route, and not as a death- defying spectacle. We have awaited the lifting of the fog, taking advantage of each brief clearing to push in further North. When the sun broke through the mist this morning we made a dash for our objective. An hour after the arrival of the Bowler the skies cleared and the sun shone brightly. We expect to be off tomorrow for Mount Evans, Greenland, 700 miles northeast of here on the second leg of the flight to Berlin. Today Eskimos ferried fuel drums from the harbor two miles around the rocky hills to the Fiord, where the plane is being refueled. A Lonely Vigil. The story of the lonely vigil of the last two days goes back to the flight of the Bowler up from the Hudson Hay station on Great Whale River. We were marooned there for two days by the same fog that held the plane to the ground in Ungava Bay. Although mists still blew in from the bay the eastern skies were fairly clear, and Rob- ert H. Gast and Parker D. Cramer, the pilots, decided to make a run of it. Flying up the wide river only a few feet from the water, the Bowler left the fog 50 miles inland and struck across the unexplored wilderness of Canada. A little more than four hours after leaving Hudson Bay the Bowler sailed into Ungava Bay, crossed a fleld of icebergs and headed toward Burwell along the jagged Eastern coast. The trouble started 50 miles south of here. Gray clouds appeared ahead and a moment later a southwest wind drove the steam off the ice beneath. The plane got swung around imme- diately and started back toward Chimo, a Hudson Bay post on the Koksoak River, which we had passed a hundred miles south. But, reluctant to lose ground, we came down to 300 feet, sighted an isle off the bay, where a narrow channel kept out the bigger ice and left a clear landing place. There the Bowler alighted among scattered ice. We tossed out the anchor to wait an hour, as we thought at the time, for the skies to clear. That was Sunday afternoon. We drifted until this morn- ing. An hour after landing the fog appeared to rise above the stony hills. ‘Gast took off, but got only as far as the bay. Before the fog lowered. Again we returned to our lonely haven, drop- d the anchor in the crevice of a ulder and prepared to spend the night on the bleak shore. Sleep Not Possible. There was no sleep that night or the night following. Twice a day the tide rose and fell 40 feet. It required constant attention to keep the Bowler from :oln%ngrounfl and smashing her hull. At high tide the ship was even with our camp and at low tide it was out of sight, below. The place was a picture of desolation. Great moss- covered rocks rose 500 feet, burying their summits in the low hanging fog as a stately procession of icebergs, borne on the tide, passed back and forth across the bay, great chunks of melt- ing snow broke from the crevices of the rocks and plunged into the water. At | first we thought it the distant rumble of thunder. Eskimos hunting seals on the northern shore of the bay sighted the Bowler riding at anchor and scrambled through the ice in their kayaks, defying all the laws of equilibrium. The three ‘brown men walrus mustaches came and stood, thunderstruck, before the big kayak with the WIEF ‘There ensued a conversation in which Shorty Cramer employed a half dozen Eskimo words to learn the direction and dis- tance from Burwell to Cape Chidley. “Kidley, uf io tioning to th A wrote & age _to the Northwest Mounted Police at Burwell, stating that we were down, waiting for the fog to clear, 40 miles south of Burwell; that the plane and crew were safe, but might be marooned for several da “If possible to reach us by motor boat, he wrote, “come at once, bringing warm food, The Eskimos will show you the ‘way.” Gave Eskimos $20 Bill. ‘We gave the Eskimos the note and a $20 bill, pointing in the direction of Burwell and made motions toward ven. 'The visitors grunted acqui- esence, but stayed to peer longer at the Bowler. Thinking to clear the mystery, Cramer pointed to the Bowler and fla) his arms. He got only giggles ‘monkeyshines. In due time our m for i Left to right: R. B. Reinhart and L. W. Mendell, fiyers, who are nearing the 200-hour mark for sustained flight i SET NEW ENDURANCE RECORD - after shattering all endurance records. —P. & A. Photo. us again. Gast turned quickly about and landed in the first protected water. The second haven from the storm was no mere hospitable than the first. The {fruitless rocks bore no fire wood The fog came down on the hills again and thicker than before. Then rain set in, the ice drifted back into the bay and made the Bowler a prisoner in its rocky cove. Again we took up the battle with the | tide. We set up what might generous- Iy be called our camp. under the edge | of an overhanging rock high above the shore. The site was selected at low tide. Six hours later, at high tide, while we were coaxing a contrary gasoline jet to a can of dehydrated turnips, wa- ter suddenly moved in upon us and sent | us scrambling higher on the rocks. All day the fog hung over the island, covering the mainland a half mile away. QGast named the rock Big Fog Island | to distinguish it from the island of the night before, which he had named simply Fog Island. It is not unlikely this particular island has no other name, for hundreds like it line the lonely shore of Ungava Bay. Much of the region is still unex- plored. Maps of the territory are inac- curate. Having named the place, we started to explore it, ~limbing to the highest peak to peer north through the fog in the direction of Port Burwell, which the flight map showed to_be little more than 10 miles away. Fog cut off the views. We heard the high cry of Eskimos hunting beyond the hills and shouted to them. The cries ended abruptly after 1 o'clock. At the first sign of day- light the fog lifted. Agrin we weighed anchor and were in the air before 2 o'clock. Fog lay in about the hills as the Bowler flew northward. We caught the first sight of the lowly Labrador Mountains to the east between the Pin- nacles. We saw patches of light which we took to be the Atlantic. Burwell Hidden in Fog. Capt Chidley and the whole northern point of Labrador was blanketed in fog with only the tops of the mountains and hills visible. “Not a chance in the world of finding Burwell in that mess” Gast shouted back into the cabin. We landed in a fjord a moment later. The fog bore down again, This was to be the last of the worst fog on the records of the meteorological station at Port | Burwell. A 4 o'clock the sun climbed into the bay and a northwest wind started the fog southward. At 5:50 the operators of the Canadian government radio station, who have awaited the Bowler since Thursday, heard the drone of the Sikorski's motors in the clouds. It was not until 20 minutes later that | Gast and Cramer sighted the three houses which comprise the settlement, in the tumbling hills of Cape Chidley. Gast swung the Bowler between two high cliffs and alighted in a flord which runs into Hudson Strait. A moment later high tide came in, bringing with it a stream of icebergs. Ten Eskimos, under the direction of two Canadian mounted police, pushed the ice away from the ship with poles. If weather reports covering the route from here to Baffin Land and across Davis Strait to Greenland continue favorable tonight the Bowler will take off early tomor- row. The reports received here today indicate good flying weather between Mount Evans and Reykjavik. Last Saturday and Sunday the Bowler sat perched on a sandy beach 2 miles up Great Whale River from Hudson Bay, while a gray mist blew up the river from the ‘ice flelds, borne on a cold, west wind back on the hills. So we walted, sending bright me: s out once & day over the plane’s radio. The nessages were brief because the big duck drank up 15 to 20 gallons of fuel while its motor charged the radio. Fuel was precious. Small Cache Found. On the Fourth of July the Bowler celebrated, chasing up and down the east coast of Hudson Bay, running away from fog and searching for fuel. At Rupert House, where our information lnd?:n,ed & cache of 320 gallons, we found a score of empty and half empty rusty cans, which yielded 32 gallons. Tail winds and fair weather fayored the Bowler on her flight up from Remi Lake. Last Thursday in 2 hours the ship passed over a 130-mile stretch of tall timberland, Gast circled the Hud- son Bay post at Rupert House while Indians ran from their tepees below and the husky dogs howled at the plane roaring over the beach. It con- tinued along the eastern coast of Hud- son Bay toward Great Whale. One hundred miles south of that point fog drifted it across the ice floes and obscured the ground. Gast turned back to Rupert House and landed to refuel. The task of straining the fuel through chamois and dumping it into the Bowler's tanks required 3 hours. With only enough fuel to reach Great Whale the Bowler took to the air again, but landed at Port George, where a large gasoline supply was located. Friday morning the Bowler left Fort George to fly to Port Burwell. (Copyright, 1920.) Firm Plans Expansion. NEW YORK, July 10 (#).—Directors of the Glidden Co. announced that ne- tiations to acquire a large food ucts concern will Eastern prod be com-, pleted within & week. WOMAN CRASHES WALES’ PARTY BY ASSUMING FICTITIOUS TITLE Asked to Leave After She Attempts to Take Seat at Dinner Reserved for Lord Privy Seal By the Associated i | | AVIATORS, WIVES Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Yan- | cey Displayed No “Nerves” Over Lack of Flight News. NEW YORK, July 10 (P —Take it | from the wives of the crew of the monoplane Pathfinder, a woman can get used to anything--even to being the wife of an aviator. Not once during the long hours that | the Maine-to-Rome plane remained unsighted over the Atlantic did Mrs. Roger Q Williams and Mrs. Lewis Yancey display any signs of “nerves.” Mrs. Williams explained: “You can get used to everything, even being mar- ried to an aviator, particularly if you | have the supreme confidence thai I have always had in Roger.” Mrs. Yancey echoed these views, and added: “You have to be calm being | married to & man like mine. He's trained me to keep my head. Il ad- mit I felt a little shaky when I kissed | him good-by, but I didn't let Lewis see it. 1 didn’t dare.” She said the only time she ecried since the flight was conceived was when they refused to take her along. “1 wanted to go so badly,” she said. “But they said it was impossible. There | was no room, and, of course, I realized that I would only be a burden. But that didn't stop me from wanting to The two women received the news of the plane’s landing in Spain at the Yancey home, on West End avenue. They had spent a busy day answering telephone calls, telegrams and radio- grams from friends apparently more alarmed over the fate of their hus- bands than they themselves. Mrs. Williams, speaking for both, said they were “happy beyond words,” but “just a wee bit disappointed, too,” at the| forced landing in Spain. COCAINE IS FOUND | IN MINISTER’S CASES | French Customs Officials Believe They Have Uncovered Violation of Diplomatic Immunity. By the Associeted Press. PARIS, July 10.—French customs of- ficers believed they have uncovered a flagrant violation of diplomatic im- munity to cloak wholesale importation | of heroin and cocaine into France. An investigation has been ordered. ‘The customs examiners’ curiosity was aroused by the appearance of four packing cases addressed to Sirdar Al Ghulam Nabi Khan, the Afghan Min- ister in Paris, who has just been ap- pointed Ambassador to Moscow. ‘The customs authorities did not ven- ture to violate the diplomatic imrunity on the baggage, which was supposed to contain native exotic tobaccos and other delicacies. But, as the cases were being placed on a wagon, they noticed a white powder escaping through a crack. They took a sample, which proved to be heroin. The cases all were opened and found to contain heroin and cocaine to the value of 832,000 francs (about $33,230). DRY AGENT FACES MURDER CHARGES Oklahoma , County Attorney Will Prosecute Thomason in Raid Slaying. By the Associated Press. SHAWNEE, Okla., July 10.—County Attorney Randall Pitman said last night that W. W. Thomason, Federal prohibition enforcement agent, will be Eoucuted on’a murder charge result- g from the slaying of two farmers in a rald near Tecumseh July 4. Pitman disputed a statement from ‘Washington that the prohibition officer would not be prosecuted on con- tention that it was a State raid and that he went along at the request of State officers. The county' attorney declared the raid was staged by the Government and that the State had nothing to do with it. Government officials at Washing- ton were “entirely mistaken” about it being a State’search, he said. ‘Thomason, Jeff B. Harris, Tom Little and John D, Williams are charged with the murder of James Harris. Jefl B, AMERIGAN FLYERS PRESS ON T ROME Williams and Yancey Hope to Reach Italian Capital Before Dark. —(Continued From Mirst Page) 0ld Orchard, Me., than Comillas, where the French flyers landed, they cheered. ‘Their cheers gave way shortly to ex- pressions of disgust that they had not succeeded in reaching Rome, which they had set as their goal when they left Old Orchard at 7:45 a.m., Eastern standard time, Monday. Capt. Yancey sald they had known almost from the ! beginning that head winds would use up their fuel and prevent their com- pleting the longer flight they had planned. They immediately asked for gasoline to continue their flight to Rome at once, but, when informed that it was not im- mediately available, postponed their de- parture until this morning. When they landed they had only about three-quar- 'g!!k:f & galion of petrol left in their tanks. Willlams and Yancey explained that faced with fuel shortage and gathering darkness they had decided to take the risk of landing on the small Albeceria Fleld rather than hazard a forced descent at night in the Pyrenees. The fleld was marked on their maps as available for landing, although they were not positive of their location. Boys Built Bonfire. When some boys they saw playing foot ball on the level plot built a bon- fire it both lighted up the field and showed the direction of the winu, per- mitting a facile landing in & very small space. ‘There was some question whether it would not prove too small for taking off with a fuel load sufficient to carry | them to Rome, a contingency which would necessitate another stop en route. | Both the aviators said their fiight had been “magnificent” despite fog which obscured the Atlantic from them during all but two hours of their jour- ney. They said: “We flew 311, hours, en- countering low fogs which cut us off from sight of the sea. For only two hours were we free of fog and able to see the ocean. “We didn’t sight any ship near Cape Oretegal we saw land for the first time and were very glad, but we continued | the flight wishing to go as far as our gasoline would take us. “Having drained our supply we tried | a landing which we made successfully 9:30 p.m., we flew about 3,400 miles.” Pleased at Sight of Food. Neither of the men seemed especially fatigued. They said that during the flight they ate only four bars of choco- | 1 I late and drank coffee out of a thermos | bottle. They were greatly pleased with the sight of the food and drink which was proffered them. They explained they were well pre- pared for their flight, and had attempt- ed to reckon every factor to a nicety, and that it was in no way physical fatigue which prevented their reaching Rome. Shortly after their landing residents of Santander learned of their arrival and trooped to the field to welcome them. They were taken to the civil gov- ernor, whe made a formal address of welcome and congratulated them upon their feat, remarking that theirs was the second plane from America to land near Santander within & month. He said he hoped their trip would terminate as successfully. The Americans were plied with ques- | tions from the Spaniards. Through an interpreter the aviators willingly satis- fied curiosity. They sald they had kept | to a height of 10,000 feet and over dur- ing the greater part of the journey be- | cause of the fog. Came Lower Near Coast. It was this factor which prevented their being spoken by any ship. Within a short distance of the Spanish coast they dropped to 1,000 feet and main- | tained that altitude. They estimated that counting the detours inevitable in such a flight, they must have covered something like 3,400 miles. Despite the lateness of the hour at 11 pm. the American flyers were taken | to the Club Maritimo for a special supper. Williams developed pains in his stomach as a result of eating and drinking too much and too soon after the long abstinence on the flight. They remained up and about until a late hour this morning, feted and applauded by the admiring Spaniards. “We hope that s Spanish airplane will make a direct flight to New York so that not only American people, but their nv-fmzx;‘s :1;% may be able to retu some of e itality shown us, Capt. Yancey llld.m ¥ Prepare for Reception. ROME, July 10 (4).—Warned by post- poned departure of the American avi- | ators, Capt. Lewis A. Yancey and Roger Q. Williams, at Santander today M":t they probably would not arrive here until after dark, the Italian government authorities switched their preparations to receive them from Littorio airdrome to that at Ciampino. Littorio is the commercial airdrpme and the more suitable for their arrival, but the military field at Ciampino is the only one that can be lighted for landing at night. The field being a military establishment, however, crowds which ~otherwise would witness the arrival of the Pathfinder will be ex- clged. om Santander to Rome is a 850 miles, almost due East, wnh‘m route extending the full length of the Pyrenees, across the Mediterranean Sea, ebove Corsica (Napoleon's birthplace) and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Eternal City. Possibly 10 hours, or even more, ;v!;.shtflpecftd to be consumed in the The air ministry ordered all air dromes along the west coast to keep a sharp lookout for the aviators, with 20 military planes taking the air along the proposed route as soon as announcement, was made of the d San- tander. May Land at Littorio. If it was still light enough when the Pathfiinder arrived it was intended four or five of the planes would alight at thwrtlg nfln"d“t‘h'g'fiem‘ to the Ameri- cans they r plane there rath than at Clampino. ©. ¥ It was understood here the Ameri- cans, unaware fully of the situation, had planned to land at Ciampino in any event, and the suggestion of the planes landing at Littorio seemed about the only method of communicating with Harris faces a second charge in con- | them. nection with the death of Oscar Lowery, brother-in-law of James Harris. Press. LONDON, July 10.~Even the Prince of Wales is not exempt from shaking hands with the uninvited guest. Monday night at a banquet given at the Mansion House in honor of Sir Abe and Lady Bailey, pretty young woman of about 28 arrived and had herself announced under a fictitious English title. The Italian newspapers prominentl; displayed news of the flyers’ arrival. 4 ol Doma, growing Ilyrical, says: “Rome vibrates, awalting the American aviators, and is grateful to them for having chosen her as their goal. * All the Roman populace will be resent this evening to welcome Wil- liams and Yancey. Seeing from their enterprise there springs forth a solar verity, which men of all the world feel. ‘The fascination of the Eternal City, not only the capital of Italy, but the capi- tal of that vast empire, which is civi- lisation. The point of convergence of all enterprises, all audacious deeds of Romel!” mhndln. eXpri pleasure and asked to be kept in auuh with the news throughout the . essed | 1O s skl |VICE CONSUL AND WIFE | | MAY GET CHINESE TRIAL, | FACING DEATH PENALTY | ___(Continued From First Page) __ with the State Department. explained at the legation today that there is no diplomatic immunity for consule or their families, as they are not_regarded diplomats. Officials of the legation here are watching the case carefully to learn whether the evidence will justify a charge of smuggling against Mrs. Kao or will uphold her contention that she did not know there was opium in her | trunks and sult cases. | FACE TERRIBLE PUNISHMENT. It was | i Life Imprisonment Minimum Penalty in China for Opium Smuggling. SAN FRANCISCO July 10.—Either the headman's sword or life imprison- | ment with regular weekly floggings in a | | Chinese prison. ! According to persons high in San | Prancisco’s Chinatown _such fates may awa Chinese vice consul here. ly young and vivacious wife, in case | the United States Government does not | prosecute them for alleged opium smug- gling. Federal authorities here indicate | { that they will let the Chinese govern- { ment deal with both. | Regarding the whole case. both Fed-| {eral authorities here and the Chinese consul general’s office are pursuing aj policy of close-mouthed secretiveness {But it is intimated by Federal men| { that there will be no Federal prosecu-| i tion of either the young vice consul or { Mrs. Ying Kao. i Punishment Terrible. | { But they will be punished, says Chinatown—terribly _punished. ‘The | Chinese diplomatic service is proud of itself, they contend, and defining more | specifically the fate of both. they an-| swer, “The headsman's keen-edged | sword.” Mr. Yink Kao will be behead ed, they say, because by Chinese code a husband is responsible for his wi acts, and although he may be ‘nnocer of any knowledge of the opium smug- gling plot, he must pay the same pen- alty, they contend. ; That Chinatown may be right in its forecast of the punishment to be meted out_to both is, in a measure, verified by W. G. Kung, Chinese consul general b ere. “Their punishment will be very se- vere. It cannot be less than imprison- ment for life for both,” he sa: Ying Kao, formerly was & the University of Wisconsin. been in the Chinese diplomatic service for several years and vice consul for | approximately four years. His father, reputedly wealthy, has likewise been in Chinese consular service for many years. Father Is Rich. Mrs. Ying &ao, mother of two small children, 1n the daughter of Liu Ming | Fong, present Chinese Minister to Cuba and a reputed millionaire. ‘But Chinatown here says that neither the wealth nor the influence of the fathers can save their children from the fate which the Chinese government and the Chinese diplomatic service will | insist on meting out to them. DECORATED VETERAN FALLS ON FLOOR; DIES Corpl. James A. Oakes Regarded as Outstanding Hero of United States Marine Corps. By the Associated Press. GULFPORT, Miss.,, July 10.—With a medal of honor for distinguished serv- ice in the World War tucked away in his trunk, and with citations for bravery on the battlefields of Chateau Thierry and Bealleau Wood among his papers, James A. es, 40 years old, corporal of the United States Marine Corps, died at the veterans’ hospital here yes- terday from injuries suffered when he bathroom_ floor and against a door frame. Corpl. Oakes entered the service from fi“ooruvme. MluK ‘wl'::e his body pl'.l? it was sald that the record of Corpl. Oakes showed that he had f« t in every major ement. of the - rines in the World War. He was dec- orated for bravery on three separate and was regarded bi his 3‘:'.'3'3 held ‘the h&to%eu L p] { of the service. | the total of lives lost in submarine losses | since the War to 221 from a total of | 'HUNT FOR BRITISH SUBMARINE IS VAIN: CREW MAY BE ALIVE! ___(Continued From First Page) | information that several fotillas which | had been holding maneuvers off the| coast of Ireland were returning to base. | Thrown From Tower. It is said the shock of the mmswn‘ of the H-47 with the vastly larger L-12 | was so great that the smaller boat staggered and went down like a crushed | shell of steel. Lieut. R. J. Gardner, oom- | manding officer, and Sidney Cleburn, | telegraph operator, both were thrown | from the conning tower into the water | and saved, the only men of the craft’s normai crew of 28 to be rescued. The disaster has been made the occa- | sion for a fresh appeal for abolition of | the submarine by Comdr. Joseph Mon- | tague Kenworthy. M .P., in an article in | the London Daily Sketch. He contends that despite all the lessons of past years, | and advance in the science of under- | water navigation. the submersible re- | mains a highly dangerous vessel to the | crew, either in peace or in war. He | says it is time to make an effort to | abolish the dangerous craft by interna- | tional agreement, declaring that the feeling in favor of abolition is growing among European nations. These, he ! says, heretofore have clung to the sub- | marine as a defensive weapon, and he | calls attention to receni American de- clarations favoring their prohibition. The sinking of the H-47 represented | the worst British submarine disaster | since 1925, when the H-1 sank off Star | Point with a loss of 68 lives. It brought 17 such mishaps. The L-12 was apparently only slight- 1y damaged and proceeded to Milford Haven under her own power. She anchored in the harbor there. i Preliminary Report. | A preliminary report on the sinking| the H-47 revealed that the sub-| mersible sank within a few seconds of | being rammed. | The preliminary report stated that| both the H-47 and L-12 were cruising on the surface at 8 o'clock in the morn- | ing when the collision took place. The | L-12 struck the H-47 on the port side | &t right angles just abaft the foremost control room bulkhead. The L-12's bow penetrated about two feet and the H-47 sank in a few seconds. The stricken craft went down con- siderably by the bow in a depth of 55 fathoms or 330 feet. | Orders had been given to close water- tight doors and abandon ship. From the evidence of Lieut. Gardner the commanding officer, and of the tele- graph operator who escaped from the control room, it did not appear that the doors could have been closed at the { time. The L1-12 was carried down 40 feet at an angle of approximately 50 de- grees, bow down after the collision. ‘The captain, officers and men on the deck were thrown into the water and a considerable amount of water entered the submarine before the hatches could be_closed. The admiral in his report added: “I am convinced that there is no possibility of any of the crew of the H-47 having remained alive more than a few minutes. The weather at the moment is against the successful loca- tion of the sunken vessel.” Upper left: A damaged rain: which permits roof water to pour corner of the building, causing dec: sills and vertical timbers. Upper right: One of many rotted piles under the Benning School Here decay, hidden by board sheathing, is in such an advanced stage that chunks ef the worm-eaten timbers meant to support the portable may be torn off with bare hands. Lower: Here’s how the “daylight” and Wintry blasts get into the portables— | Sections of the paperboard panels on! the exterior of the Maury School porta- ble have been torn away by the ele- ments and by children at play, permit- ting complete exposure of the wide cracks | the shrunken boards that form | between the walls. The paperboard panels were put on this building when the asbestos composition board panels became brit- tle from many years of exposure and broke like so much INSPECTORS BROIL AS MERCURY CLIMBS TO 102 IN PORTABLE ___(Continued From First Page.) year said today, was bitter cold last Winter. This structure is wood-sheathed on the interior and exterior of its frame, while some of the bulldings visited yesterday had their exteriors covered only with paper board composition or an asbestos sheeting. which was cracked badly from constant moving. _Structurally, the seven buildings visited before noon today were sounder than those covered yesterday afternoon. One of the portables visited then—that adjoining the Benning School—suffered from decayed corner posts, which were so badly rotted that chunks of the pithy timber could be torn out with bare hands. Another of the portables seen yesterday afternocn, that at the Maury School, was a victim of torn and worn exterior paneling. Inspection Is Continued. The inspection is being continued to- day by the same two engineers who began the work. They are Harold H. Marsh, chief structural engineer of the municipal architect's office, and John A. Long, engineer in charge of the Dis- trict Repair Shop. While school officials speak of the “75” portables in use throughout the city, careful check of the list of those | to be visited shows that there are 78| of the frail one-room paper-and-wood structures being used as classrooms or student workshops. The inspection should be completed by next week. BORDER RUM BOATS WATCH FOR OPENINGS Eighteen Liquor Craft Wait Near Windsor for Dash Across Detroit River. By the Associated Press. ‘WINDSOR, Ontario, July 10.—Eight- | een boats loaded with liquor were the Amherstburg docks today, awaiting a signal to start them on a dash for | the United States shore. Ten have been | commanding: at the docks for several days. Many of the craft are rowboats equipped with outboard motors. Several rum ‘boats pulled out from East Windsor after dark last night and headed upstream toward the open lake. UNCONSCIOUS WHEN WED, BRIDE SEEKS DIVORCE Married While Suffering From Heart Attack. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. July 10—A bride who contends she was unconscious at her wedding has filed suit for divorce here. Myrtle Prosten of Middletown, Mrs. N. Y., in her divorce complaint alleges |St8D that her husband, Wayne R. Prosten of Stroudsburg, Pa., married her last year while she was unconscious from a heart attack. Bhe said she previously had refused to marry him. Since her mar- riage she has been living with her mother at Middletown. Premier Silent on U. S. Visit. LONDON, July 10 (#)—Premier MacDonald, asked in the House of Commons whether he could say when his expected visit to the United States would take place, answered that he was not yet in a position to make any statement. DAMON AND PYTHIAS EXISTENCE OF WORKMEN UNENDED BY DEATH ,Live Wil’e Takes Li{fi Of One nnd Compnn;on Expires Suddenly Few Minutes Later. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 10.—Even deatly could not separate John Joyce and his friend, Steve Noble, for long. They had been working together many years, these two. In electricians they had taken chances together, without serious accident. yesterday—— Steve, who was 51 years old, stretched beneath the fiywheel of a dynamo they were repairing at the Armour & Co. plant. Joyce, younger by 11 years, was at work on the main shaft above, J&yfle called to his comj to him a file. Noble did not answer. His hand had touched & loaded . He was dead. their trade as glass. —Star Staff Photos | But HOOVERNEAREND OF BOARD CHOICE President Hopes to Place Re- lief Work Before Experts Monday. President Hoover hopes by Mon- day to have the farm relief problem off his hands, at least temporarily. By that time he expects to have ecom- pleted the personnel of ‘the Federa! Farm Board and started it on its wax to the aid of agriculture. ‘The President has appointe® ste of the eight members of the board wi» will serve with the Secretary of Agri- culture, and it was announced at the | White House today that the two re- maining places will be filled between |now and Monday morning, the time set for the initial meeting of this im- | portant body. Meeting at WL .. House. The meeting will be at the White House and 1s expected to be brief and informal. The President will make | statement in which he probably wi outline the policies of his administra- tion and then will leave the board to its own problems r. Hoover has asked three members of the board to accompany him on his t| week end outing in Shenandoah Na- tional Park, Va.. during which time he | will diseuss the work w'be done by this body. These will be Alexander H Legge of Chicago, representing the so- called business group, ,and chairman of the board; James M. Stone of Ken- tucky, representing the tobacco growers vice chairman, and Carl Williams of Okishoma, representing the cotton “The Bresia 1 e Presidential party will leave the White House Friday in time to reach the camp on the headwaters of the Rapidan River for supper. It is the President’s intention to return to Washington Sun- day night unless the heat prompts him to remain until Monday morning. The other members of the board al- ready appointed are Charles C. Teague of Los Angeles, Caiif. repre- |senting the fruit growers; William F. Schilling of Minnesota, of the da: men’s group. and C. E. Denman | Missours, representing the whea! | growers. Another Task Ahead. With the completion of the appoin:- | ment of this body the President will be free to give his full attention to | the appointments he is to make in the | foreign service. He faces the problem of filling a number of major posts | Not until then will he be able to en- {joy the remainder of the Summer | with relative quiet. { Foliowing his meeting Monday morning with the newly created Fed- eral Farm Board. President Hoover will motor to Baltimore to officially participate in the ceremonies inciden: {to the gathering of the veterans of' | the Rainbow Division, A. E. F. He will be guest at luncheon in Baiti- more and will review a parade, but is not scheduled to make an address. The movement of crops in the Guif section was the subject of a confer- ence today between the President and Chairman O'Connor of the United States Shipping Board. The President ‘was advised by the chairman that two vessels have been allocated to the port at Galveston, Tex., and that 23 others | are available and held in reserve for | Gulf business. Mr. O'Connor informed { the President. however. that the move- { ment of the tremendous grain crop in i that section has not been greatly acce!- erated by the availability of ships. |MRS. MELVINA ROGERS, ’ HERE 60 YEARS, DIES Mother of Star Employe Will Be Buried Tomorrow in Rock Creek Cemetery. | Mrs. Melvina Rogers, a resident of | washington for nearly 60 years. anc | mother of Prank Pish Rogers, an em | plove of The Evening Star, | Pie hiome of her son, 4 Hesketh stree Chevy Chase, Md., last night. | “Born at Sandy 'Hill, N. Y. July 1| | 1847, Mrs. Rogers came to this eity when a young_woman, where she since i has resided. In addition to the son | with whom she lived. she is survived by | three other sons, Raymond P., Fred F. | and Percy L. Rogers, all of this city. Funeral services will be held ® | the home at 2 o'clock tomorrow. In- | terment will be private in Rock Creek| | Cemetery. BAND CONCERTS. | Bv the Un" States Army Band iCurtis D. Alway. captain, Infantry William J. Stannara leader, and Thomas F, Darcy, second |leader, at the Sylvan Theater, Monu i rounds, this evening at 7:3 | ment Pillmo | o'clock: | March, | Overture. { Popular waltz, | Selections from | cana” . { ) “Iris { (o) “Shepherds { Finale from “Th | Buite” . | Orlental g ple Garde.". ‘Americans We" [New York Woman Says She Was Fox-trot, “From Supri Grand selection, ! Arranged by & | March, “8th U. S. Cavalry”. “The Star Spangled Ban: | By the United States Navy Band Charles Benter, leader, and Charle] ‘Wise, assistant leader, at the ban Navy Yard, this evening, at 7:3¢ o'clock March, “Light Cruisers”. ....Ben! (Dedicated to Rear Admiral A. L. Willard, U. S. N.) | Overture, “The Bartered Bride” ! Smetan: |Solo for cornet, “The Dchutante a Musician Ralph Ostrom. Grand scenes from the opera “Lucia d 3 _Donizet} Third and fourth movements from “Scheherazade,” “1,001 Nights,” Rimsky-Korsakof “The Young Prince and Princess.’ “The Festival at Bagdad.” Humoresque, “Comin’ Thru the Rye.” ted Valse, “Artist's Life’ rkd .. Btrauw Excerpts from “Maryland, My Mary LB s Ramber rgo from the ymphnony. “The New World” .Dvora “Anchors Aweigh.” “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Marine Bang ‘Taylor Branson, leader, and Arthur § ‘Witcomb, second leader, at the Unit States Capitol, this evening at 7 o'clock. Wagner pm “The Ride of the V: Overture, “The Flying Dutchman.” Cornet solo, “Walther's Prize Song.’ from ‘Meistersinger. Second Leader Arthur 8. Witcomb. Overture, “Eine Faust.” lo, “Oh, Sublime . Musician Albert Bennert. 7R TR T D, muscl as . After it had been with dragging steps, away. Two blocks from the plant he his hand fo his eyes, fell. When other workmen reached he moved the body. it done, he walked ‘Rule Brittannia.” Musiclan Winfred Kemp. Overture, “Tannbauser.” “The Star Spangled Banrer.” .-— e terious echoes frcm short wri radio als are being i .. X gated in se European count: