Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1930, Page 26

B-10 U. : AGENTS PROBE RIVER BOAT CRASH Four Killed and Three Miss- ing After Collision Spreads Panic on Barge. By the Associated Press. ST. HELENS, Oreg., March 31.—Fed- eral steamboat inspectors today bgean an investigation to determine blame for the collision of the excursion barge Swan and the coastwise steamer Dav- enport in the Columbia River, which turned a merrymaking throng of 286 passengers on the pleasure craft into a panic-stricken mob and resulted in the death of three women and one man. Three others, two men and a youth, are missing and twelve are in hospitals here and in Vancouver, Wash., suffering rious injuries. The collision occurred early yesterday as the double-decked barge, towed by the tug Dix, was returning to Vancou- ver, Wash., from Longview, Wash. Opposite St. Helens the jumber-laden steamer Davenport plowed into the fore part of the bargé. The tug Dix sank ‘when the pleasure craft lurched. When the barge floated down river and lodged on a saud bar and the panic which prevailed among the passengers ‘was quieted, a chuck revealed that Mrs. J. E. Hagedorn, 85; J. E. Larson, G. Lundy aud Mrs. Stanley "sw:fiA E. all of Vancouver, were dead. Richa: Belland, jr., son of Capt. Belland, owner of the excursion boat; Jank Hoffman, a deck hand, and Sergt. R. G. Ander- son, bandman, 7th Infantry, Vancouver cks, were missing. lilodses of the four dead were recov- ered. Dozens of persons were hurled into the river. Dozens of others walked over & gangplank to the sand bar when the barge came to rest. R. J. Belland, captain and owner of the Swan, said the ship’s lights were in order, although Isaac Turppa, Columbia River pilot in charge of the Daven- rt's down-river trip, rged wan didn't have regulation lights. TURKISH WOMEN GET VOTE IN CITY Right to Hold Municipal Offices Is Granted by Angora Parliament. By the Associated Press. ISTANBUL, Turkey, March 31.—The m u. says that i ment organ, Angora, says ¢ in 1932 the government will give women the full franchise with the right to sit in_Parliament. Milliett said that Turkish women’s ability was one of the most important factors in the nation’s grwnu snd the enfranchising law effaced the last of the old regime’s tyrnany and ignorance. GRANDMOTHE.R PERISHES TRYING TO SAVE CHILD Two Others Are Burned to Death as Flames Destroy Home in Gadsden Suburb. By the Associated Press. GADSDEN, Ala., March 31.- persons lost their lives in a fire which destroyed their home in a suburban sec- tion :fl-fly yesterday. Six others were Tescued. GIRL WORKERS WIN OUT IN BRITISH LOTTERY Employes in “Tipless” Restaurant Chip in 50 Cents Each and Draw Out $12,000, By the Associated Press, YORK, Buf & while they gave them- selves a tip and, with another 3 who is known only as Margaret, chip- &ed in 50 cents apiece and bought ticket 0. 11942 in the Grand National Lot- teries of England. ‘Today & cablegram came from Eng- land, announcing that the ticket had won $12,000. Until they get the money, the girls say, they'll con.tinue mopping up ee- stained counters. POPE’S SISTER DIES Donna Maria Sarto Expires After Brief Illness. ROME, March 31 (#).—Donna Maria Sarto, only surviving sister of Pope Plus X, died yest:rday. She had been 111 for several weeks. Donna Maria brother on many sions before his 1903, Optician—Optometrist 922 14th St. N.W. Established 1889 LOW BUS FARE to- BUFFALO, N.Y.—$9.50 ES-TO-SEA STAGES /f EDWARDS MOTOR TRANSIT CO. G PALAIS ROYAL | G STREET AT ELEVENTH THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 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