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2 = THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1929. | PUBLIC IS INCLUDED IN BUSINESS PLAN President Calls Upon Citizens for Confidence in Prospect for Prosperity. | [ | | (Continued From First Page.) ; mediately throughout the entire Ford, organization. He advised that similar| steps be taken by employers the Nation | over. i From their conference with the Pres- ident the Eastern railroad men went to Chicago for the annual meeting of | the American Railway Association. | ‘There they laid the results of the ‘White House discussion before the great | rallroad executives of the entire coun- | try, and late yesterday Mr. Hoover re ceived a telegram assuring him of the | support of the transportation men. and | that 1930 will see an increased demand for railroad equipment and steel rails New Work in Prospect. The President also conferred late in the day with representatives of the building industry. They told him that 8 10 per cent increase in highway con- struction is in prospect for the next year and estimated that the total ex- Ppenditure for this purpose would be ap- proximately $1,100,000,000. The construction group is to form & committee which will co-operate with the committees of other industries in co-ordinating and advancing the President’s plans. Representatives of the electric power, light and gas in- dustries are to meet in New York om ‘Tuesday to see what can be done s their fleld in conformity with Mr. Hoover's program. ‘The United States Chamber of Com- merce has called a meeting for Ds- cember 5. at which its general com- mittee will be established. Text of Report. The full text of the report of the railroad men to President Hoover 1s as follows: Chicago, Ill, November 22. ‘The President, ‘Washington, D. C.: ‘The railway executives who were called into conference by you at ‘Washington last Tuesday have, as you requested, communicated to their as- sociate executives at the meeting held today in Chicago, the views you ex- pressed to them in respect to main- taining stability and rn'on-umn*I Pros- perity in business, and I am authorizea %0 give you the assurance of their very sincere and earnest spirit of co-opera- tion in the work you have undertaken. These executives, in their assocl- ations, represent approximately 97 per cent of the total operating revenues and approximately 91 per cent of the total railway mileage in the United States. They realize the national im- portance to the social and economic well-being of the country of business TWO ARE HURT IN THIS CRASH The result of a collision between a truck and an automobile on the slip- pery paving early today at Eleventh and D streets northeast. occupants of the car, were reported seriously hurt. Two women, —Star Staff Photo. SEES MORE LEISURE AND HIHER WAGES Federation Head Predicts Outcome of Hoover Parley With Labor Leaders. Higher wages and greater leisure will be demanded and reccived by “a strong and aggressive labor” after a general restoration of confidence within a few | months, William Green, president of | the American Federation of Labor, said | yesterday. He observed that the initial effect of the coliapse of the stock market has been sucoessfully overcome, and that al- though labor lcaders at the conference with President Hoover agreed it would be unwise to demand increases in wages at present, “within a few months in- dustrial conditions will become normal, confidence and stability in industry and | finance will be restored.” Labor’s Oppertunity. Then, he said, “labor, strong and ag- | gressive, will be prepared to demand and secure higher wages and a greater de- gree of leisure so that the use of the products of the mill, mine and factory will balance with the facilities of pro- duction.” Green ascribed a dissipation -of “natural apprehensiveness” ing the future to the conferences called by the Chief Executive, out of which ‘thave stability and prosperity and their duty 0 to discharge their transportation re- sponsibilities as to make their service harmonize with the wisest and most intelligent judgment and plans for the public welfare. ‘The program of capital expenditures already arranged for is immulve, amounting up to October 1 of year to $1,247,792,000 for class 1 railways, of whfixeehwcua.rn,oo% lelfll!fl on l.ha; expended. s figure of $1,247,792,000 compares with a capital program of $902,307,000 for the same period of 1928, an increase of over 38 per cent. ‘The number of freight cars on order come pronouncements and assurances of expanding construction undertak- ings by the Government, industry and on the transportation lines, which will serve as a guarantee against widespread unemployment.” Situation Is Reviewed.. Re' ing the reiteration of labor itatives at the Hoover confer- ence of the policy of the American Fed- eration of Labor regarding “the pay- ment of high wages and the main- tenance ‘of a high purchasing power among the masses of the people,” Green said. the labor men were more con- on October 1 was 28,481, ‘dfre“" fig- ure than on the corresponding date in any year since 1925, and this number hnbeenlnemuduo{flovzmrerlm 33,642, which is 21,651 compared with the same date a year ago. On October 1 there were 354 lo- comotives on order, as com| te in 1! and 134 113 on the same daf in 1927, Steel Ralls Ordered. are also now on order ap- ly 1,500,000 tons of sf for delivery teel s early in 1930. It is estimated that this will be increased by orders for lpmonmm 1,000,000 additional tons, which would make the rail deliveries in 1930 approximately 2,- 500,000 tons and substan in excess ast year. Not believing that there is anything vinced than ever that the prosperity of the Nation depended upon the pur- chasing and consuming power of the people. ——— FRANCE HELD KEY NATION AT PRESENT IN ARMS SITUATION (Continued From Pirst Page.) firm, for Briand has never quite for- given the treatment France received at Washington. It is not Briand, how- ever, but Andre Tardieu himself who will present France's case. ‘The writer is able to reveal that Tar- | thing possible would be done to keep in existing conditiors to require it, the | dieu intends to go to London, it not for executives have no purpose whatever to | the entire conference at least for a part reduce or abandon any part of this pro- | of the time. And it is well known that Elm ‘They are proceeding with con- | Tardieu's opinion of how to deal with lence in the future business prosperity | the “Anglo-Saxons” is to be firm. of the country and in reliance upon the full co-operation of industry in all its Oarry“Out Navy Fhan, branches, equally interested under these | Immediately after the Washington circumstances. It is their hope and | conference France adopted what jt still expectation to proceed on at Y:nt a | calls its naval statute or plan, which normal basis in their future capital and | since has been carried out in yearly maintenance expenditures. slices undeviatingly. Other ministers . A movement to increase them, how- | come and go, but Georges Leygues has iever has been started and is being ac- | been minister of marine for the last six tively and intelligently pressed forward. | and is so still. His effort has been de- In urect to your desire to organize a | voted not only to the bundmznui of & committee of “contact for the various|depleted navy, but also to improving industries and with a view of harmon- | technic by having numerous cruisers lzing and stimulating constructive work, | showing the French flag in all the seven resolutions were adopted at this meet- | seas and by & steady campaign to ing.designating me as chairman of the | arouse naval interest throughout the executive committee of the Associa- | country. tion of Railway Executives, to act for It is characteristic of this French the railways as a means of keeping |naval rlan that it is not concerned with them in touch with other indus capital ships, but concentrates on groups and with developments as they | cruisers and submarines. occur; and I was requested to assure | The only thing thus far actually de- you of the willingness of the executives | cided is that France at London will to assemble and make serviceable, | deny any thought of questions of pride through competent agencles, current |or prestige in its naval demands and figures with respect to capital expendi- | will found these wholly upon the tures and other available information |theory of the needs of employing, if that may be desired. R. H. AISHTON, President the American Rallway Asso- ciation. ‘The following comment on the re- port came from the White House: “This program will assure larger em- ployment in the railway equipment in- dustry next year than in 1029 and a very substantial addition to the rail- way demands for steel.” —_—_— WAR MOTHERS OBSERVE DATE OF ANNIVERSARY possible, the same principles as Great Britain and the United States used in computing their own respective needs. As the world's second colonial em- pire with a population of over 100,- 000,000 with possessions on all the seven seas and special interests in both the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, France, its statesmen and people,.cannot equi- tably be refused an adequate navy on any ground whatsoever. ‘The general French thesis on _dis- armament remains unchanged. It is that the London agreement, if any, disarmament agreement through the Organizer of Chapter in District of Columbia Features Meeting ‘With History Sketch. The tenth anniversary of the Wi ar Mothers of the District of Columbia was celebrated last night with a meeting in League of Nations and that naval limi- tation must be by global tonnage rather than categories, or at least tonwage must be interchangeable between cate- gories. What to Expect. Putting all the foregoing together it can be surmised that the French stand must be contingent on a later completay the Hamilton Hotel. at London will be deployed somewhat ture of the session as _follows: N’{hgy ’hed‘r: Roscoe L. Oatley, o“rfi:nlt First. France intends to maintain ger of the District chapter, which fol- | intact its Washington capital ship al- lowed a short business meeting. Mrs, | lowance of 175,000 tons, but in effect Oatley told of the history and growth | has built none in 16 years and would of the organization here. prefer super cruisers of the new Ger- Readings were given by Mrs. Sarah | man type to the costly replacing of any Deeds existing capital ships. E&mmim‘.,d"‘m'n of the Tesolutlons | X gecond. France is satisfied with her France will require a con- t | siderably larger ratio than that of ‘Washington in large and small cruisers and destroyers. France's naval statute puts the global limit of these categories at 360,000 tons. Fourth, France is planning to build 96,000 tons of seagoing submarines and 34,000 tons of coastal submarines. Prance will not consent to abolish sub- marines, and if the others press this issue France will demand the abolition of capital ships, the consideration of naval air forces and the discussion of Mary T. Shanahan, a former presi- dent, was presented with the pasf president’s jewel and flowers. A benefit card party for the hospital fund will be held December 2, it was announced. Mrs. Ethel S. Nock, presi- dent, presided. Arrangements for the meeting and_ refreshments were made by Mrs. E. C. Wagner. JOINT SERV.ICE IS SET. - Joint services will be held by the con- | the freedom of the seas, gregations of St. Paul's Engiish Luth-| Al in all, it appears that the French eran Church and Memorial Lutheran | will hold out in the so-called auxiliaries Church ’l'mnksgtvmg1 day at_10:30 | for a ratio of about 10—10—5 instead o’clock at Memorial Church, on Thomas | of the Washington ratio of 10—10—3%. Circle. lpét l‘l)e-m;y Wl uBnyd!‘rh '3: new pastor of St. Paul’s, will preach the ser- mon. . His theme will be “One Out of Ten.” Rev. George M. Diffenderfer will preside. For a number of years these congre- gations have held their Thanksgiving services er, alternating between |can't fly planes for pleasure. Speci .the two churches and their pastors tak- permits will be given for commercial ing turns in preaching the ltnnm train Skylarking Is Barred. RBOR, Mich,, November 3 work or for | HEADS OFCARRIERS * ACT FOR BUSINESS |Executives Indicate Decision to Carry Out Hoover’s Plan to Aid Prosperity. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 23.—The rail- way industry started yesterday to fulfill | the promise its leaders gave President Hoover three days before—that every- the Nation's business on & normal level. One hundred and ninety executives, representing most of the large railroads in the country, conferred for several hours, discussed the condition of the industry as a whole, compared budgets and drew up a lengthy report that was telegraphed to the President. The rail heads declined to divulge the contents of their report to President Hoover, saying any such statements must come from the White House. They reiterated, however, their indorsement of the President's views. Expansion Indicated. Statements by individual executives indicated the industry would be able to carry out the billion-dollar expansion program outlined to President Hoover. . E. Johnston, president of the Kansas City Southern, said: “Our 1930 budget will provide for capital expendi- tores a little higher than this year or last. There is nothing I can see in the outlook for next year to indicate a decreased volume of traffic.” W. B. Storey, president of the Santa Fe, also snid next year's budget would probably exceed this year's, and Carl R. Gray, president of the Union Pacific, announced that his road contemplates improvements costing millions of dol- lars. Capital expenditures for this year were estimated at $800,000,000, in a statement prepared by the Bureau of Railway Economics. Counsel Re-Elected. Alfred P. Thom of Washington was re-elected general counsel of the execu- tives' association, and the executive committee, headed by R. H. Aishtor was also re-elected. W. G. Bierd, re- ceiver of the Chicago & Alton Railroad, was added to the executive committee. Some of the executives and the roads they represented follow: P. E. Crowley, New York Central; John J. Bernet, Chesapeake & F, D. Williamson, Burlington; J. E. Gorman, Rock Island; E. C. Denney, Erle; L. A. Downs, Illinois Central; W. L. Ross, New York, Chicago & St. Louis; W. Baldwin, Missouri Pacific; J. M. Davis, Lackawanna: T. C. Powell, Chicago & Eastern Illinols; A. C. Needle, Norfolk & Western; N. R. Kur- rle, Monon; H. A. Scandrett, M IBYRD MEN DEVELOP| ANTARCTIC FILMS Work Results in 220 Aerial Pictures After Delicate and Difficult Task. | | BY RUSSELL OWEN. By Wireless to The Star and New York Times. LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, No- vember 22.—While men are swarming over the big Ford plane after her moun- tain trip and fortunate landing on rough, hard snow, trying to find the cause of the unusual gas consumption and remedy it, another group has been busy in the photographic laboratory de- veloping the aerial film on which pic- tures of the remarkable mountains of the Queen Maud Range were registered. Three men splashing about in the dark for 18 hours, filling and emptying | the 50-gallon tanks which hold the big| rolls of film, spilling water because of their cramped quarters, tired but over- joyed because their work showed good results—it was an inconceivably deli- cate and difficult task under these primitive conditions. But how their work was repaid— dozens of clear-cut and beautiful pie- tures of magnificent peaks, rising step by step from the Barrier Plain, stark, bleak and majestic! They are now be- ing assembled so they can be studied in detail and some day will be the first accurate record of this part of the Antarctic. Melfing Three Tons of Snow. Preparations to develop the films were mldepnwhfle the plane was in flight. About 800 gallons of water were needed. That may not mean much to people at home, but down here there “ain’t no water.” It has to be made. Some ex- peditions have found it difficult to get enough water for necessary cooking and washing purposes. Coal is necessary, and coal down here is as valuable as diamonds. A pailful of hard-packed snow makes about & third of a bucket of water. So to get 800 gallons of water more than three tons of snow had to be hauled and melted. But how to melt it quickly and keep a continuous flow? Joe Rucker, who, in addition to being a camera man, seems to be able to turn his hand to anything, and Jim Feury, who has long legs and an aptitude for mechanics, put their heads together and evolved a snow melter that would melt. With the help of a lot of the other men they dug a deep trench in the snow outside the photographic labo- ratory, which is now buried so decp that they could construct a small snow- house under the surface which would still be above the level of the photo- | graphic laboratory. How the “Cookers” Worked. Then they cut square holes in the sides of two empty steel gasoline drums and placed them on their sides on & framework constructed of boxes and an odd pair of steel skis which had be- longed to the famous snowmobile. ‘Under this they put a pressure kero- sene torch, which gave a roaring flame, giving off terrific heat. Then they con- nected the two drums, ran a hose from the connection down to the laboratory and were all ready for operation. Each one of these drums held 100 gallons of water, a tank in the labora- tory held 75, another spare tank in the mess hall held 75 and four developing tanks held 50 gallons each. That made 550 gallons which could be made ready before the work began, and the melter would supply the remainder as it was needed. They turned on the torch and, with half the camp hauling snow, quickly filled the drums outside, which were drained into the tanks in the labora- tory, where Blackie, as G. Hamilton Black is known, filled them. Ice Water Underfoot. After Capt. Ashley McKinley, the aerial photographer, had had a few hours’ sleep on his return from the flight, he started in about noon on Wednudlx. Joe Rucker hel&ed him with the developing and Blackie helped with the water, while Jim Feury ran the torch. re- ry | right) : Above: Snapped as they arrived to ald in the inquest at the District Morgue yesterday into the deaths of the Me- Crory explosion victims, are (left to Willlam H. Collins, assistant District attorney; Robert E. Lynch, as- sistant corporation counsel, and Maj. Donald A. Davison, Assistant Engineer Commi ner. Below: Two of the men who aided in the rescue work after the McCrory ex- plosion: Marcus Walton (left) and Aaron Colman, —Star Staff Photbs. PRESIDENT MAY SPEAK MESSAGE Congress Communication Ex- pected to Be Delivered Sec- ond Day of Session. President Hoover hopes to complete | by tonight or tomorrow the writing of his message to Congress upon the state of the Union, which will be submitted to that body when it convenes in regu- lar session December 2. « The President has indicated a desire | to read this paper to the joint Congress rather than send it by a messenger and ve it read. However, he has not def- itely decided this point. It is thought likely also that the President will not deliver the message until the day fol- lowing the assembling of Congress, which will be December 3. Whether or not the budget estimates of the execu- tive departments for the next fiscal year will be submitted on that same day or. the day following has not ‘yet been decided. Public Interest Keen. ‘This thessage, which will be the Presi- dent’s first annual message to Congress, is being looked forward to with con- siderable interest, Besides serving as his maiden effort, the document will serve as a definite outline of jJis ad- ministrative program for the immediate 312'.“’2‘ and n‘;fl l:&l;lt:l'? recommenda~- jons for VA on, 1t is too early for the President to in- corporate definite in the way of recommendations to improve law en- forcement. The Law Enforcement Com- mission nprolnted by him earlier in the year is not expected to make a report for some time to come. However, it is expected that he will incorporate the substance of a report from John McNabb of California, who was appointed during the Summer to study and formulate necessary changes piying and T¢- |in Pederal administration and judicial waukee; J. J. Pelley, New Haven, ai isha Lee, Pennsylvania. P e SHELBY’S COUNSEL ASK PUBLIC TRIAL ON JURY CHARGES (Continued From First Page.) determine the basis of the grand jury's charges against the two police ofllf:jel'g.y It is unlikely, however, that another effort will be made to get testimony from members of the grand jury who criticized Shelby and Kelly. It is evi- dent to Bride and Davison that the grand jurors probably would not re- spond to an invitation to appear before the investigating board in view of their former reluctance to testify, Of the 23 members of the grand jury called by the board at the outset of its in- vestigaton only five appeared. The board, therefore, is confronted with, a problem of adopting a new method of procedure, and the bulky stent phic transeript of the testimony of m wit- nesses who appeared before the De- partment of Justice investigators in the McPherson case appears to be the most logical solution. All of the information needed to de- gation of Mrs, McPherson's death is belleved to be in th® Department of Justice report, but there is a doubt at the District Building whether the department would turn it over to the investigating board. Bride and Davison probably would settle that question, however, by asking for the report. Robert J. Allen, who was removed from the police force yesterday when the Commissioners upheld the trial board’s findings and sentence, in his re- cent case, revealed today that he had resigned from his temporary position at a gasoline filling station on Eighteenth street. The former policeman said he resigned on his own violition because his employer was losing business on ac- count of his presence there. McPherson to Take Vacation. Robert A. McPherson, jr., whose book- keeping duties at a local bank were in- terrupted when a grand jury indicted wife, was making ready today to spend a two-week vacation with pay at the home of relatives in Massachusetts. Released from jail Thursday by the action of the present grand jury in clear- ing him of the charge, young McPherson was advised by bank officials that he has back pay coming to him for the period of his incarceration, and he wes told the bank wanted him to take two more weeks off, under more pleasant circumstances. Since his release from jail McPher- son has been showered with verbal written and telephonic congratulations from friends and also from many strangers who had believed him inno- cent of the charges. PREACHES ON “PRAYER.” machinery which will be recommended by the President with a view to more effective enforcement of the eigthteenth amendment. To Deal With Changes. This recommendation will be con- fined, however, to the transferring of certain enforcement agencies of the Treasury Department to the Depart- ment of Justice. For the purpose of giving his unin- terrupted attention to the completion of his report to Congress Mr. Hoover made no eng: lfimenu today. It is his aim to have the message in the hands of the public printer in time for fur- As they worked on, em| filling developing tanks dark, for aerial film has to be developed in absolute darkness, they could not help splashing water on the floor and oc- casionally. the hose from the outside tanks got away from them. They soon had an inch or two of icy water on the floor of the laboratory and worked in it for hours. Mac was intensely anxious to see what the first roll would show. Aerial film is hypersensitive and, under fa- vorable conditions, is not kept more than a few weeks. This film had bzen packed for a year and & half and car- ried through the tropics, which is death W hen Mae had s gpportunt e an opportunity to| nihing advance copies to the press peek at his first negative and found P o distinct images, he could have danced | "¢Xt dnesday. {esuinonial 'to the Fim and the “way : stimoni e and le wa the b:;.]uwh i p:: ':o:flnxin the ship U I A prol ly hel eep it. Forced to Reel Film by Hand. WITH PNE MON As“n_;gnflg l%m bfl:h of the film, a 10} eet long and 9 inches wide i i 8nd containing 110 exposures. was finc W. W. Griest, 71, of Pennsylvania ed, the next one was started and the i iti it e il o e e R Ty s, in Critical Condition at ‘This reel takes up moast of the outer room of the laboratory and water from on]e l‘n[e L;nk w}lll‘lch :;ulused in de- veloping and washing the last roll had e T Ay te By the Associated Press. man can just get under it with g in his hands by bending and pushing and, with a pail of water, it was a task to make any one vociferous. Then to make matters more compli- cated, the motor which turns the dry- ing wheel got wet and burned out and the reel had to be turned by hand after the last strip had been put in place, because, if the reel stops, the film streaks. But z‘;ow"h flm“ihs doneh ln‘fl there were photpgraphs, showing the | neer and mechanic, is the master of the Barrier all the way to the mountains | of] hut and is called “the oll king.” and back to the forced landing, also| when making ready for a flight or flcturu of the mountains taken from | during some interval in the work on he air and while the plane was on the | the planes, sometimes late at night, the ground at the mountain base. oll hut is filled with men. \ It had taken 18 hours of hard work| " The blubber stove roars and throws: on the developing alone and many | oyt a yellow flame, Light from the mid- Health Resort. MOUNT ber 23.—Representative W. of Pennsylvania, is in a dition here suffering from pneumonia, the legislator’s physician said. Representative Griest is 71. A suf- ferer from arthritis, he came here five months ago for mineral water baths. Pneumonia developed two weeks ago. but the legislator's condition was not considered critical until yesterday. He At s ot e e is_at a hotel here. him on the charge of murdering his | ga hours more in preparing for it. After a night’s rest, Mac began to print from the negatives, and every one in camp has been running in to look at the moun- tains of which all had heard so much. As soon as they can be assembled, a be:ué idea of what they show can be ined. Heater Contrived for Plane Oil. There is another ingenious heating device used by the aviation unit for heating oil for the airplane motors. The big Ford uses a lot of oil—too much to be heated over small torches in small cans. rt of the hole in which the Ford had n lying all Winter was blocked off and a fairly large snow-house with & canvas roof put over it. Jim Feury cut the tops out of two more gasoline barrels and placed them on their slides on supports which lifted them some | distance above the snow floor. ‘This lower space was then walled in blow torches were placed. Holes were cut in the tops of the barrels and faucets put in the front of the barrels near the bottom. That made a perfect | oil-heating furnace and l'-. is near the Dr. Milton Waldron is deliver series of sermons on “Prayer” at Shiloh B‘gfllfi Institutional Church, Ninth and P streets, He gt“:chu upon this subject every other caz at 11 a.m. and every other Sunday at 8 p.m. t 11 a.m. tomorrow the subject will be “Prayer as Taught in the Old Testa- ment.” At 8 p.m, his subject will be “How to Get Rid of > \ lanes, Before this furnace was made the oll was heated on the kitchen stove or in the ovens where George Tennan line drum was placed in a corner of the snowhouse and mads into s stove, burning seal blubber. Chris Braathen, salor, dog driver, engi- P oother with tin and under the barrels large | fires in the snow on which the oil was t | is indescribable but comforting. Memory night sun filters through the canvas top and shines through the chinks around the canvas flap that serves as a door. There are yells to “shut that curtain” when some one going in or out forgets and does not swing it back into place to prevent a blast of gold air rushing in. Men sit near the stove on boxes, dirty but contented, telling. yarns for all the world like a bunch of farmers in the old days around the stove in the; country store. They even talk politics, which is certainly the last word in the transplantation of American life. Outside is not a sound, the silence of the Antarctic breathes over the roof, the gentle wind chills faces and feet get cold standing in the snow hour after hour. ' But inside is warmth and laughter, jibes and the steady hum of the blubber stove and the torches. To those who were at Spitzbergen at the time of Comdr. Byrd's North Pole flight it brings back reminiscences of the hours spent in the open about heated, fires which ate their way down till they rested on the rocky ground, but here there is no ground underneath, a shelf of floating ice. ne creates one’s own civilization here, crude but nevertheless having at times a queer sort of coziness and homeliness which tugs at the heart. It stirs and that far-off place called home nearer. seems & . (Copyright, 1929, by_the o wRT iR Bt Lol poss-Dissatih g k Times for "Publication reserved vhroughout " the & e e s TIDAL WAVE SWEPT HOMES OUT TO SEA; TRAGEDY DESCRIBED (Continued From First Page.) on the lower levels. Throwing caution to the winds, they clambered to the roofs, smashed in the windows, drag- ;led out women and children and leaped to safety as the dwellings were caught in the turmoil and swept to sea. A man named Fudge of Port au Bras was & short distance from home. See- ing the incoming. flood, he rushed to save his family. His path was blocked by a house floating by. Aa the house passed he saw his wife and children in it, but he was too late to save them. In Stepaside, a house containing 10 persons was carried to sea three times. On the last occation that it returned to shore the elder members, holding the young children, leaped and all were saved. ' Another family also was car- ried out three times, only to be borne back and eventually to escape. One of the most tragic sights was that of a woman with a lamp standing in the window of her house as it was carried out to sea. G. A. Bartlett of the town of Burin, a_ member of the legislative council, who came with a delegation seeking as- sistance for the stricken fishing villages, described the scene at Burin when wall of water struck the town. He said he was aboard a vessel tied to the dock when the wave hit. He heard a roat and the hiss of spray, and the craft was lifted in the air and grolp(ped down several feet above ock. Store Lifted From Foundation. His store was lifted from its foun- dation near the wharf and carried into a field some distance from the water- front. Capt. W. H. Hollett, & merchant in Burin, said: “T had just finished my evening meal, in company with the mate of the steam- er Daisy, when the Burin. My home is 40 feet above sea level and the water entered the first floor to a depth of 3 feet. It receded within two minutes. E € “I rushed out to see what was hap- pening, when I saw the harbor filled with {:ouses and wreckage. “My store was destroyed and the stock scattered all over the harbor. Eight houses were lifted completely from their foundations and carried to sea with the speed of fast motor boats. They were quickly lost to view. I esti- mated that a total damage of a million dollars was done. EMO R S e BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra at Stanley Hall this evening at 5:30 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Point- ner, assistant leader. March, “Royal Australian vay,i:‘ W Overture, “Concert No. 2"....Kalliwoda Entr'acte— (a) “A Little Serenade’ (b) “Berceuse’ . ing county of the| on’ nim the struments_and the| Golvin_ said tidal wave hit| .. AONITS SLAYIG ANNAPOLS AN Decasto Mayer to Charged With Murder, Says Seattle Prosecutor. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, November 23.—County Prosecutor Ewing D. Colvin today an- nounced that Decasto Earl Mayer would be charged with the murder of James E., Bassett, member of an Annapolis, Md., family, who disappeared here more than a year ago. Colvin said the formal charge would be filed as @ result of a confession which: the prose- cutor asserted he obtained from Mayer. This slleged confession was, obtained with the aid of a “lie detector” and 3: lnjecbmndo! “truth serum” inw er's arm during tioning, Confession Is Denied. Mayer denied having confessed the murder and prepared to go into court to ask & permanent injunction restraiu- ficials from further using “lie detector” and “trutn temporary _order periods of ques- m.” He obtained a Thursday restraining Colvi Claude G. Bannick from using the in- from questioning him. the search for Bassett's body would continue and that if it were not found in three weeks the formal murder charge would be filed. Disappeared in 1928, Bassett disappeared September 3, 1928, after negotiating with Mayer for the sale of his car. Mayer and hw mother were arrested in ana, Calif., September 13, 1928, and found in possession of Bassett's car and wrist tch. They were returned here and convicted of the theft of the car, although Mayer insisted he had boush it. Both received prison terms. Then Mayer, who had a long prison recora, was charged with being an habitual criminal and convicted. He is now m the county jail awaiting an appeal from this conviction. FRANK SHORE ACCUSED OF “PADLOCK VIOLATION” From the 530 Edition of Yesterday's Star. PFrank Shore, cl with contempt of court in connection with the alleged violation of a court padlock injunc- 3 day to the United States marshal’s of- fice and was released on $1,000 bond. He was accompanied by his attorney, William E. Leahy. His secretary, Miss Mae Money, was arrested on a similar charge yesterday and furnished bond ‘in the same amount. Justice Wendell T. Stafford has set their case for a hearing on December 16. Shore conducts a tire shop at 1233 New York avenue. He was indicted earlier in the week on a charge of violating the tariff act, al- legation being made that he had im- ported liquor without paying the cus- toms duty. RUSSIA TO. MAKE ALPHABET CONFORM WITH NEIGHBORS’ Several Commissions Engaged in Reforming Complicated Orthography By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, November 23.—The Rus- sian alphabet of 36 letters is to be Lat- inized and mad: to conform with the alphabet of European neighbors. In its complicated form the alphabet for cen- turies has been the terror of Americans and other foreigners entering Russia for residence. Announcement was made today that the government has appointed several special commissions for reforming the present Russian orthography, their work to be completed by December 15. of Centuries. end of words terminating in hissing sounds, such as “tsch,” “ch,” “sh” as in vestsch, notch and vosh. Double letters | to rocession, Al be re-["the tarift, in foreign words such as pi accommodate and embarrass wi placed by a single letter. In all, there will be 18 important changes, which, L, will make the present intricate Slav alpha- bet and ortho[:-'rnny ag simple as the international alphabet and sys- tem of imillm"nl - i ¢ The question anging the present Hebrew orthography and the conver- sion of the Buryat, Mongol and Kalmik alphabets into Latin characters also is mn‘;.xu the attention of the govern- menf Turkey, Jugoslavia and other coun- adopted the Latin the Ihlfl%. of the in Russian\ as “myahkiznak” at the tries recently have - flllhfl't‘..‘ tion issued last May 8, surrendered to- | in RITES HELD TODAY | FOR BLAST VICTIM Charles Jacobson to Rest in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Other Funeral Plans. Funeral services are being held this afternoon for Charles Jacobson, 2824 Twelfth street, one of the victims of the McCrory explosion. Last rites for Jacobson are being held at the home, Rev. V. O. Anderson of St. Anges’ Episcopal Church officiat- ing. Burial is in Fort Lincoln Ceme- tery. Mrs. Annie Cockrell, her 2-year-old daughter, Mary Ann, and the child’s aunt, Miss Kitty . Cullinan, will be buried Monday morning in Mount Olivet Cemetery, after services at 8:30 at the residence, 4505 Arkansas avenue, and at 9:30 at Sacred Heart Church. Arrangements have not been com- pleted for the funeral Monday of Mrs. Florence M. Darlington, 63 W street, another victim of the blast. Services for Miss Elizabeth Dawson, 337 Maryland avenue, the other victim, will be held at 9 o'clock Monday morn-~ ing at St. Joseph's Church. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. gk iy BOARD GETS READY FOR BLAST INQUIRY TO.OPEN ON MONDAY (Continued From First Page.) | | investigation. Corporation Counsel Wil- liam W. Bride has detailed his ranking assistant, Robert E. Lynch, to take charge of the legal aspects of the dis- aster and to co-operate in the investi- gation with Maj. Davison. A coroner's jury was sworn in on the case yesterday but after four witnesses had been heard, Assistant United States District Attorney Willlam Collins recom- mended that this inquiry be postponed until December 2 to give time for further investigation. was adopted by Coroner J. Nevitt. Inquest Adjourned. ‘The inquest was adjourned just when it appeared that important developments were imminent. Detective Sergt. Arthur Fihelly, who was on the witness stand, testified that he had talked with a colored porter at the store immediately after the blast and that the latter had told him “every- body ‘tends to that furnace.” This disclosure was interrupted by Collins’ motion. Frank Brown, head porter at Me- crory’s, and James E. Pendleton, his as- sistant, were present at the inquest. Acting Pire Marshal A. C. Achstetter said yesterday Brown told him he looked at the furnace at 7:30 am., Th ' and that it was last attended at 10:. by Pendleton. losion occurred three hours later. Maj. Davison will be chairman of the District’s special board of inquiry. Oth- ers on the board will include P. M. Greenlan of boilers; John w. inspector of buildings; Be‘A. R. McGonegal, inspector of plumb- ing; Fire Marshal Achstetter and & representative of ths corporation coun- sel’s office, presumaBly Mr. Lynch. Beiler Parts Missing. Investigators have experienced con- siderable difficulty in locating various of the boiler and its equi) which were blown out of the blast. It is believed some of have been removed by souvenir ‘Those in charge of the in vitally important that. all of t! be made available to them if a com- plete investigation is to be made. One of the im int parts that eannot be found is the valve on the inlet pipe to the boiler. The water tank which exploded and its heater were separated from the main heating plant. The tank was of uarter-inch steel, but examiners said welding at the top and bottom was of poor quality. The tank, 53 feet high and 36 inches in diameter, was in & the heated water inside was released. As it came into contact with the relatively cool pit, the hot “'lm e ged explosion which actually Two tional victims of the blast vertical position. ‘When the top blew off, loded sec- caused in and Sherift | terday. serious injury of one or more of its members in the disaster. | SENATE ADJOURNS FOR WEEK BEFORE REGULAR SESSION (Continued From Pirst Page.) Senator Watson of Indiana, the Repub- lican leader, at one time ndvofimn. poning all consideration of the for one year if a bill should not be approved Decembet by r 2. ‘The President’s reported opposition to prolonged tariff debate was understood to have been grounded upon a belief that such a procedure proves an un=- settling factor in general business con- ditions. At present he is d in an tensive campaign to stal and stimulate business activity. Because of the uncertainty of the Executive's views on the tariff, first of his regular an- nual messages to Congress is being awaited with particular interest. ‘The 8] 1 session was particularly notable for the number of political fac- tions that asserted their authority in the Senate and the breakin, the top-heavy Republican mg:flty in such a way that the independent Re- ?um the West in combina- lon with the Democratic membership wrested control from t.hla nominal Re- opposition from the Presiden! by the Senate, to be killed the House had taken a roll-call vote on_the proposition. "’111‘::, L{:eh. debenwhrem l;heme ‘was writ- n tarift the coalition. which i addition forced the adoption of an amendment which would relegate to the present presidential au- thority to raise and lgwer rates the flexible provisions of the tariff law Around these two actions is expectec much of the controversy that louse conferences or , when the former has finall; approved the measure. addition to the coalition, & new faction sprang up in :‘} the special session. t, approved after