Evening Star Newspaper, September 2, 1929, Page 4

SAN JUAN INQUIRY - REOPENS TUESDAY Total Number of Passengers on lll-Fated Steamer May Never Be Known. 'SAN FRANCISCO, September 2.— Two questions presented by the ram- ming of the passenger liner San Juan ‘Thursday midnight by the oil tanker S.,C. T. Dodd awaited official answers yesterday while the inquiry intp the ter which took at least 71 lives in recess over the week end until Tuesday. ‘The first was, How many people were aboard the San Juan when she left San Francisco Thursday evening for Los Angeles? The second, Why did officers of the San Juan misunderstand signals said to have been given by the tanker and try to cross the Dodd's course? May Never Be Answered. The first question may mnever be answered definitely. The number of men, women and children rescued was 42. Early announcements said the ves- sel had carried a crew of 45 and 65 passengers. Later it was announced that a number of persons had pur- chased tickets aboard the ship just be- fore she sailed and that the local office of the Los Angeles and San Francisco Navigation Co. had no record of their names. The company, however, fixed the number aboard at 113 or more. Testimony thus far before the United States Board of Supervising Inspections has indicated” that had the vessels maintained the courses being followed when the lights of the San Juan first were sighted from the bridge of the Dodd the accident would not have oc- curred. ik Capt. H. C. Bleumchen of the Dodd, in testifying, blamed the collision on failure of the San Juan's officers to un- derstand his signals. His testimony was corroborated by the other officers of the tanker, al- though there was some doubt whether the San Juan's fog horn had been blow- ing or whether there were any whistle signals from the passenger ship except those in direct response to those from the Dodd. Goes Down in Five Minutes. The Dodd struck the San Juan amidships and the liner sank within five minutes. The tanker was not seri- ously damaged, although it was stated after survey that replacement of her punctured and ripped bow plates would cost several thousand dollars. She came inte San Francisco Bay under her own power after the accident. The los Angeles & San Prancisco Navigation Co. has brought libel suits totaling $1,800,000 against the Standard Oil Co. because of the sinking of the former's ship. Under instructions from Washington supervising inspectors here are to fix responsibility for the crash, but it was announced that every phase of the ac cident will be investigated before the board reaches such a conclusion. Five Coast Guard cutters patrolled the waters off the coast of Santa Cruz County, soutd of here, today in a search for bodles. The cutters swept over the scene in endless circles. The Tahoe, flagship of the fleet, sighted two bodies late yes- terday. The cutter wirelessed that be- fore a boat could be lowered the bodies were lost again in the fog. Mariners familiar with the coast and current declered that it may be a week or more M{‘ore wreckage or bodies are washed ashor Woob FAMILY OF NINE, WITH TWO ILL, LIVE (Continued From First Page.) PR Eotiie i bl L] handful of bills into the hands of the mother. away a ragged, shifty-eyed man was collecting the coins from the children, Get First Medical Test. The consequences of such living n | the Blue Ridge Mountain hollows were revealed on the closing day of the Sum- mer school at Nicholson Hollow when the 20 children were given their fi physical examination. man, Baltimore orthopedic surgeon, who is & guest at Skyland, the nearby fash- fonable mountain resort, volunteered his services, Almost without exception, Dr. Gel- man found poor posture, malnutrition, body worms of all sorts, enlarged ton- sils and adenoids and rotten teeth. The skinny little bodies had accumulated no reserve flesh during the bountiful Summer_to ¢ them through the hungry Winter days ahead. All com- plained of feeling sick. Dr. Gelman had some trouble in getting the children to strip off the rags. This was not due to modest, There is hardly any such thing in the mountains. Some of the children didn't know how to undress themselves and others couldn't because of the cus- tom of sewing them into their clothes, which are worn until the rags fall off the growing bodies.. ‘The doctor solved the problem by cutting away stitches with his jackknife. Bathing Is Unknown. Most_of the children, according to Dr. Gelman. obviously had not had a bath since they were born. The mis- slonary efforts of the school teacher As the philanthropist turned | Dr. Moses Gel- | this Summer have caused some im- provement. There is soap and a wash basin_at the schoolhouses and faces heads have been scrubbed. The s of those attending the school are "nountains probably are an offset to of the living conditions, says Dr. | Gelman. The children go barefoot Summer and Winter. The skin on the toles of the feet is thick so that boys nd girls are little affected by the sharp | iones on the roads or by snow. The | result is that the foot musc | formly strong, with perfect arches. Nearly all are cross-eyed, due to ;hrl'rdll)‘. Most have yellow hair and black or dark-brown eyes. The genera- tions of inbreeding probably have weakened the bodies, although most of the physical defects can be traced to diet and insanitary conditions. They are such as cannot be remedied over- night, Dr. Gelman says, On Starvation Fare. Almost complete lack of milk, eggs and meat in the diet is largely respon- sible for the underdevelopment. The traditional salt pork of the Southern mountaineers is lacking smong these people. A baby is nursed by its mother until there is another addition to the family or until the first set of teeth 1s fully develoj There are unweaned children three years old. The mothers vious the little ones are on starvation fare. Some of the little girls deny that the: chew tobacco. The school teacher ha: told them that the habit isn't approved. But the physician found tell-tale rings of tobacco juice around the mouths of nearly all. A cud dulls hunger. Whether the habit is harmful in any great degree is not known with any certainty. After the physical examination the children had a difficult time dressing themselv “I ain't got no sense tc 10™ 11™ F AND G STREETS Special Prices for a Limited Time Personal Engraved Mountain w, the min- aff Photo. Upper, left and right: families near Oldrag. Belo ister’s son. —Star 8 get into this dress,” complained one puzzled little girl. But not all the children of the hol- lows were in the Summer school, A mountaineer appealed to the Washing- ton philanthropist to help his children and the kind-hearted gentleman en- dured a hard ride over the mountain trails to visic the cabin. It was a far cleaner house than most, and the corn patch was fenced in. But on the floor, almost naked, was & gibbering idic about 7 years old. In the crib was a child of 3 with shriveled legs who never has walked or spoken. A “Grateful” Parent. ‘The Washingtonian agreed to send a doctor to examine the children and to pay all the expenses for hospital treat- ment if it was decided anything could be done for them. The father and mother—the latter afflicted with some nervous disorder—were properly grate- ful, but the father collected his dollar for his services as & guide to his own house. “I'm sick” is the almost constant plaint of the natives—men, women and children. There appears to be a wide- spread lack of nervous erergy, perhaps due to_the body worms which infest the soll. Probably few really are able to do much work, they have sat and walted so long in their stuffy cabins. They have very little ive medical lore. Chewing tobacco and white mule are the principle remedies—and liquor does not appear to be plentiful, because there is little to make it from. There is no great amount of ‘drunkenness. White mule is the traditional remedy for rattlesnake bites. I nspite of it, these are sometimes fatal, the minister says. He himself remembers a case where a man 82 years old was bitten on the face by one of these reptiles. Because of his great age and feebl are so thin and anemic that it is ob- | ness his friends realized that strenu- ous measures were necessary. They made him drink three quarts of white mule at once. But so virulent was the poison that, in spite of all their efforts. the old man sank into & coma and died. Despite the sparse provisioning, con- ditions in the hollows never approach actual famine. This is partly due to the thinly scattered population with only three or four cabins in each hol- low. And in some, of course, conditions are much better than in others. There is the whole mountainside to live on, and it never is milked quite dr: WARD & LOTHROP SHUTTLE REFUELS DESPE WEATAE Transcontinental Endurance Plane Starts Second Record Attempt. By the Associated Press. CHEYENNE, Wyo., September 2.— Successfully, though hazardously, re- fueled here as heavy winds carrying a light, cold rain whipped the craft about, the Shuttle winged its y westward this morning toward Elko, Nebr., its next refueling point. Boening plane, piloted ‘The Shuttle, & by Capt. Ira C. Eaker, with Lieut. Bernard Thompson as co-pllot, circled | with its refueling plane more than an hour before & contact was made and 200 gallons of gasoline transferred. The pilots are attempting to establish a new endurance and distance refueling flight record. Battles Strong West Winds. Struggling against strong west winds, the Shuttle was three hours making an ordinarily hour-and-a-hal flight from Omaha to North Platte, Nebr,, which port it flew over at 11 o’'clock last night. It arrived at Chey- enne at 1:35 am. Weather reports in- dicated conditions were none too favor- able for the flight westward from here. ‘The Shuttle was refueled over the Cleveland Municipal Alrport at noon today. 'n{e Shuttle is making a second aty umgt to establish a record. The flyers made an easy take-off from Mitchel Field near New York, at :35 Eastern standard time, yesterday » | morning and headed into the West. Oakiand Is Western Terminal. ‘They planned two round trips across the continent with Oakland, Calif., as their Western turning point, and after that they hope to shuttle back and forth between the Atlantic™Coast and the Middle West “as long as the motor holds out.” The Shuttle's first attempt at an en- 4 begun at Oakland, Cali! Cleveland, after the plane had ‘flown here and was en route back to the West Coast. An accident occurred when the plane was taking on oil caused a forced landing. Capt. Eaker brought his plane here £ | water. MRS. HENRY BUSHEY, Seigal, 63, of Rochester, from a watery grave. Seigal had gone down the bank of the Oswegatchie River, at Ogdensburg, N, Y., to wash his hands. He slipped and fell into the Mrs. Bushey saw him from the window of her home. She rushed down to the bank and attempted to pull him out, but she, too, slipped. After a short struggle in the water she managed to get him to the bank. Mrs. Bushey was confined to her bed as a result of the experience, but doctors say she will be up and around in a day or so. —Associated Press Photo. SRR S Maryland Governor Is Guest. ‘The governor of Maryland, Albert Cabell Ritchie, was entertained at luncheon today at the Willard by the committee in charge of the Labor day parade. Saturday, intending to start his endur- ance flig! from a fire which caught from the ex- terda; A message that Eaker dropped at Cleveland stated that he was “glad to be under way once more and things are going splendidly.” plane had been fighting headwinds, but with that one exception the weather was fine. t then, but slight damage | haust caused a postponement until yes- |: He sald the|. WOOD FLIES EAST ON NON-STOP HOP Attempts to Beat Cleveland Derby Time—Goebel Withdraws. By the Associated Press. . METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, Los .| Angeles, September, 2—Maj. John Wood took off in his Lockheed Vega moio- plane at 1 am. today, in the hope of making & non-stop flight to Cleveland in less than 13 hours, 18 minutes, the mark set by Lieut. Henry Brown yes- terda, ‘Wood’s plane took the air with ease and immediately headed into the East. It carried 485 gallons of gasoline. Rus- sell Ward, a mechanic, accompanied {Ninety years old, who saved Louls Wood. ‘This was Maj. Wood's second attempt to reach Cleveland as a competitor in the non-stop race. The first try, last Saturday, ended at Willard, N. Mex, when Wood and Ward were forced down by a clogged fuel line. Maj. Wood was the last of the en- trants in the ‘race for $10,000 prize money to take to the air Col. Art Goebel, Pacific fiyer, announced his withdrawal last night because his plane which he brought here from Wichita, Kans,, late Saturday, was announced to be in no condition for the test. Lieut. 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