Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1931, Page 4

RELIEF HANPERED | BY NEW TRENORS Three Americans Dead—To- tal Stands at 1,000, With 2,000 Hurt. (Continued From Fiist Page) National Penitentiary when the struc- ture tumbled about them. ‘The American refugees gathered at the Merine barracks, where food and medical attention was supplied them. Thousands of natives camped outside the city along the roads. Many of | them wandered back Into the streets | in the hope of reclaiming lost po: Authorities posted orders t any one caught looting wou!d be shot on the spot. No depredations had been reported. Communications Severed. All communications were severed ex- cept. those of the Trcpleal radio, erating from a plant outside the Railroad tracks circling the town suspended In the sir at places to landslides. The railroad was open from Corinto to Asososca Station, about eight miles from the city. ‘Workers of mercy were expe-t>d from many points. Th: U. §. S. Rochester left Panama for Corinto last n'ght, and the Salinas is cxpected to lcave today with a cargo of food and supplies. ‘Twenty-four Army planes from Panama and five ships of the Pan-American Afrways from Miami, Fla., were awa't~d. It was plann:d to ship out all American women by air today. American Minister Hanna is expected from Guatamala Cif air to take charge of civil relief until & rep- resentative of the Red Cross can arrive from Washington, D. C. ‘Moncado Abandons Palace. So far as.is known there is nct a habitable building left in the beautiful Central Americah city. second in size in the republic. dent Moncado himself abandoned ihe national palace for a tent. Both Brit- ish and American legations are in ruins. There is no water evailable, the tremors having broken the water mains and flooded the streets, while a land- slide covered the pumping station on the edge of Lake Aosoca. The Central American Power Co. station was not damaged. A great loss of life occurred in the national penitentiary, when the walls and ceilings of the building tum- bled about them. As many more were injured. Many Nicaraguans were killed in the public msgket place snd two Nicaraguan National Guards were burned to death while attempting a rescue. Distribution of focd was taken over by the United States Marines, whose officers reouested Washington to cancel orders withdrawing them from Nica- ragua in order that they may cope with the situation created by the quake. Villages Believed Damaged. Although most of Nicaragua felt the quakes, which occurred with deadly suddenness just after 10 o'clock, only Managua suffered any real damage. Granada, Masaya and Corinto, port md‘ terminus of the railroad in Managua, were not hurt, but it possible that some mountain vill with which there is -little communication, were damaged. i A complete check of casualties *will not be possible until the blaze has been guelled and rescue squads have a chance to dig through the debris of the city, if then, Many bodies are buried be- | neath the crushed adobe walls, and many injured imprisoned in the debris| probably have been killed by the flames. ‘The Marines, in taking charge of the situation, issued orders that individuals caught loof would be shot on the spot, but no looting or depredation has been discovered. ' ‘The Marine Corps Barracks was turn- ed into a large hospital and refugee camp. Pifteen hundred persons came there early in the night and were cared for. Families of American officers re- mained there all night, there being no place at all available for them in Ma- nagua. It was regarded probable that all American women would be taken out by airplane today, either to Panama or some other Nicaraguan city. Relief Work Speeded. Rellef work from without the city| was_speeded during the night. The| U. 8. 8. Rochester left Panama at 7 p.m. for Corinto, and the Salinas was ordered to come with a cargo of food and supplies. Twenty-four Army planes from Panama and five planes of the Pan-American Airways, which suspend- ed regular operations to aid in the re- lief, were assigned to fly to Managua. M. E. Hanna, the American Minis- ter, who has been in Guatemala City for the past week, is_taking ap air- plane for Managua to take charge of civil relief work until a representative of the Red Cross can arrive. In an effort to prevent spread of the blaze, which was started when short circufts develo in the wiring of sev- eral fallen buildings, Army officers from the Nicaraguan canal survey at Gra- nada took over the task of demolition of several structures in the path of the flames, one such ardered destroyed be- ing the Anglo-South American Bank Bullding. ‘There was $500,000 in coin and cur- rency in the bank vaults, but it was believed impossible to reach it. The National Bank Building was damaged, but not severely, - The Nicaraguan Brewery is practically intact and is fur- nishing water and other beverage to victims and Marines. Willard Leon Beaulac, American charge d'affaires, stated that it was not safe to enter the ruins of the American legation All communications were several ex- eept those afforded by the Tropical Radio. Its Managua office was demol- ished by the quake, but the employes Tepaired to the power station 3 miles outside the city and transmitted thou- sands of words of press‘and urgent matter from there. JUSTICE AND TREASURY SPLIT LIQUOR CONTROL Control of the vast legal trafic in industrial alcohol %11l be divided be- tween the Justice and Treasury De- partments under the new regulations, effective today, of the Bureau of In- dustrial Alcohol. Under the new rules dentists, for the first time, will be placed on a par with physicians on the amount of liquor made available for office use— six quarts each year. Provision also was made for both to receive quan- tities of alcohol for professional work Continued use was ordered of the new non-poisonous denaturant in com- mercial alcohol, described as smelling of “bad eggs and garlic” and as being impossible of extraction for bootleg w 3 » Alcohol Bureau said “the appli- ecations of doctors and dru small quantities of permitte uors, and 8 few other classes of applications of minor importance, are generally not subject to joint action of the two de- partments. 'DONT SLEEP ON LEFT SIDE, GASHURTSHEART i ts for || CAPITAL MAN NAMED | ‘IN $2,000,000 LEGACYj P E. S. Perot, Jr., to Get $1,271,487 by Father's Will at Death of Mother. Specjal Dispateh to The Star. NEW YORK, N. ¥, Aprl 1—| CAUSED R'IOI cRAsH Edward S. Perot, jr., of 2881 Woodland | drive, will eventually receive half the _ two-and-a-half-million _dollar estate Court of Inquiry Reports Haste of left by his father, the late Edward S. s Perot, of Yonkers, N. Y., according to Thomson on India Trip Was report of New York State Transfer 3 Tax Department fil'd here yesterday. | Incidental Fact. He will get $1,271 487, which represents | half of the residue. Mr. Perot died r;br:ary 6, 1920, leaving an estate which was apprgised today eputy | LONDON ril 1.~ Sthte Tax Gommissioner Miurice A | mgo ‘;‘h"“ 5 I“h':;‘;"b‘ - ""r: Stephenson at $2.599,7€0. WERGEE WEIP as 29 (% WG Mrs, Elizabeth Lee Perot of Yonkers|of inquiry to have causec the crash of receives $2.542.975 residue and personal the giant dirigible R-101 on a hillside property worth $9,228. After her death | s the sesidue is to be divided between two | '*F Beauvals, France, on the early By the Associated Press. children, Mr. Perot and Mrs, Sara L.|Morning of October 5 with the loss of | | Perot Oakley. Mr. Perot, president of Perot, Adair | & Co., Investment bankers, with offices | published yesterday. |48 1ives. closcly agree with in the Shoreham Building, declined to | the opinion of Dr. Hugo Eckener, com- | discuss the inheritance yesterday. | o1 2 s B e o emperitance Jesterday. | mander of the Graf Zeppelin, who testt fied at the inquiry. however, he denied that he expected to receive any large legacy. Mr. Perot for- | The board discounteranced sugges- mrly was president of the Southern |tions that the start of the trip was un- Dairies Co. | duly accelerated. because of the wish of Lord Thomson, secretary of state for R Yo * |air, who died in the accident, to make FRENCH BUDGET GIVEN [th¢ trip io India and back during the APPROVAL OF DEPUTIES Imperial Conference ir. Londoh. Al- though the report said the fiight other- wise unquestionably would not have et S {been started so scon, it added that all i i | concerned belj the ship would be Few Minor Alterations Made Be-| Jncemed beyered the Srp lieved Acceptable to Senate. The report, which was unanimous, was written after testimony had been | taken from aeronautic experts and sur- [\‘A\'urds from the R-101, Members r;r the | board_were Sir John Simon, president; PARIS, April 1.—The Chamber of |Col, W. T. C. Moore-Brabazon and Deputies, by a vote 458 to 120, approved | Prof. C. E. Ingles. They made no rec- the budget today with few mincr alter- | ommendation for avoiding similar trag- ations and sent it back to the Senate | edies. for final approval g = The Senate, it was reported, was pre- “fl Is_the visicnal credits. As scon as the Senate's i times on questions of eonfidence during Laval Sustained 4 Times. pared o accepl. the budget just as the | amber returned it, thus ending a long struggle and avolding a vote on pro- Vg P teed to approval was given, it was said, the e Chamber would adjourn until May 5. | Sis. G “Rew Premier Laval was sustained four | e R “ oH the vote on items in the budget. i CRACK-SHOT 52455 SURE THE NAME IS WM. PAUL BRODT, MAKE INC. Dressing Up for Easter? You’ll Want One of these New Spring EATS Vs $6).45 up to. $3.50 Make the comparisons we've made ourselves and you'll agree these fine felt hats are worth several dollars more. All sizes and colors in all styles. Other New Spring Styles, $2.95, $3.50, $5 Wm. Paul Brodt TON, D. O, U. 3. RUSHES FOOD AND MEDIGAL Al Planes Flying to Managua Carrying Antitoxin and Surgeons. (Continued From First Page.) not yet under control. He said the dead 3nddoubud1y would total several hun- red. “Water supply destroyed, with intakes and pumps burned,” he added. Surg. Gen. Cumming called Nicara- guan officials, offering the services of the Pan-American Sanitary Bureau if they were needed to prevent an out- break of disease. Officials of the Sanitary Bureau and the Public Health Service said there was a possibility of an outbreak of typhoid and other epidemic diseases, due to the destruction of Managua's water system. Marine and Navy physicians will co-operate with the Nicaraguan health authorities, but additional as- sistance might be needed. Chairman John Barton Payne of the Red Cross reporte dto President Hoo- ver that if more funds were needed im- mediately the Red Cross would make them available. Payne said he hoped that the $10,000 already supplied would be sufficient until the Red Cross representatives could get to Managua and. co-ordinate relief activities. . President Hoover and Secretary Stim- son extended the sympathy of the American Government in messages to President $oncado and Julian Irias, Nicaraguan minister of foreign affairs. Serum Sent to Managua. A meeting to mobilize medical sup- plies for Managua was held at Red Cross headquarters. At its close Vice Chairman McClin- tock said serums near the earthquake area were either already in Managua or on the way. There consisted chief- ly of anti-typhoid and anti-tetanus serum, he said. If more medicines are required,/Mc- Clintock said, they will be purchased in the United States by the Red Cross and sent to Nicaragua by Navy planes. PLANES REACH MANAGUA. Red Cross Representative to Board Plane at Miami Tomorrow. MIAMI, Fla., April 1 (#)—Airplanes | bent on missicns of mercy ew ‘into | Managua today as Pan-American Air- ways, Inc, turned all of its available equipment to_bringing relief to the stricken populace of the Nicaraguan capital. Two of the company's planes, cne from Panama City and one from San Lorenzo, Honduras, landed at Managua today and reported their arrival by radio to R. I Duntcn, operations man- ager of the company here. Plane Leaves With Antitoxin. Another is due late today to aid in work of removing injured persons to | hespitals or ca | supplies as may be necessary. Still another plane left here today carrying & shipment of antitoxins and | medical supplies dispatched by the Red Cross, It was to pick up other sup- plies in Havana before proceeding over |the Gulf of Mexico to the stricken | regions WEDNESDAY. ing food and mt‘dlf:il| Upper: Air view of the Nicaraguan capital. Center: The National Theater in Managua. Lower: The City Hall, one of the finest buildings in Managua. The conclusions in the bulky report, | Dunton said President Juan T. Trippe ordered that all of the company’s equip- mient here, in ‘the Canal Zome and in Mexico be made available for relief expeditions. Swift En Route to Miami. Ernest J. Swift of the Red Cross, due here early tomorrow by train from Washington, will leave on a regular passenger plane of the company shortly after his arrival. The plane was sched- uled to leave in the afternoon, but time of departure was moved up in order to hasten the shipment of supplies to Managua. Trippe offered the company’s equip- ment for use by the Cuban, Mexican, British Honduras and Honduran gov. ernments, Dunton said. Such planes as are sent into the | stricken area will shuttle | forth from Panama City, San Lorenzo and Havana. —A. P. Photos. $2,500 IN JEWELRY TAKEN FROM WOMAN Marlboro Shopper Tells Police Wal- let Was Stolen in Capital Office Building. | AMERICAN. TEACHERS RETURN FROM RUSSIA By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 1.—Sixteen per- | sons, including a woman, who went to Russia to teach workers how to make watches, returned last night on the Olympic. Mrs. Sue Killen, one of the group, | expressed the opinion the Russians are | slow to learn and lack respect for pre- | cison and consequently would not be | dangerous ‘competitors of ,American | craftsmen in that field. Seven of the party remained in Moscow. “The Russians,” Mrs. Killen sald, “scarcely have the necessities of life, yet they seem contented and hdppy.” The watchmakers formerly were em- ployed in Canton, Ohio. Jack Stevens, a mining engineer of Denver, Colo., hired to supervise an oil- drilling_enterprise in the Ural Moun- tains, also returned. | Theft of jewelry valued at $2500 was reported to police- yesterday after- noon by Mrs. Juliet Danenhower of Marlboro, Md., who told detectives she was robbed while in an office building at Fourteenth and F streets. Mrs. Danenhower said that a leather wallet containing two rings, one valued at $2,000 and the other at $500, dis- appeared while she was visiting in the building. In addition the wallet con- |tained $9 in cash. i REPORT OF CONDITION As Made to the Comptroller of the Currency OF THE MORRIS PLAN BANK At Washington, D. C., at the Close of Business . on March 25,1931 RESOURCES 1. a. Loans and discounts. . . .$1,838,517.53 b. Less depesits assigned as collateral to loans..... 698,996.02 $1,139,521.51 25,000.00 19,525.95 243,997.03 73.00 7,679.82 Cees . $1,435,797 .31 4. Other bonds, stocks, and securities owned. . 6. Furniture and es. . 9. Cash and due from banks 10. Outside checks and other cash items. 14. Other assets. Total.coveunnennn ey Capital stock paid in Surplus........ Undivided profits—net. B Reserves for dividends, contingencies, etc F.eserves for interest, taxes, and other ex- penses accrued and unpaid 3 Time deposits (deposits payable days or subject to 30 days’ or more notice) and Postal Savings deposits . Other liabilities. . cesenezas Total.. ... . S IR TTIN GG 81,435,797 31 City of Washington, District of Columbia, ss: 1, WILLARD G. BARKER, Treasurer of the above-named bankf do solemnly swe the above statement is true, to the best of my knowledge sndbelief. WILLARD G. BARKER, Treasurer. W“mhktbflnfl:flhydhfinfi,‘lm FRANCIS J. L. CRILLEY, (Seal) \ Notary Pubfic. Commission expises December 14, 1931. i BERTRAM CHESTERMAN, GEORGE CURTIS SHINN, EOWAN A. MOOERS, LIABILITIES 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 23, .. 1,022,050.53 3. 659.02 back and | APRIL 1, 1931. Managua Ruin Deseribed Tour of Quake-Torn City Marked by Roar of Falling Walls, With Gaping Roofs Evidencing Devastation. BY CHARLES J. V. MURPHY. By Radio to The Star. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 1.— Severe earthquake shocks again rocked the stricken city of Managua today, following Tuesday's destructive tremblor, striking terror Into the populace and making extremely hazardous the work of the rellef parties: At 5:15 o'clock, only & few hours after the raging fires in the leveled city had been brought under control, a heavy tremblor shook the ground, put | out all the emergency lights and sent everybody rushing in panic from the provimity of the shaking walls, I am writing this by flashlight. Another slight shock was felt at 5:17. Fire Sweeps Center of City. The number of deaths, from both earthquake and fire, was placed at 500 today by Gen. Calvin Mathews Jefe, director of the Guardia Nacional. - Some Army and Marine officials estimate the total as low as 200. “I have just returned from a trlg through the town in company witl Army Engineers. It was a shocking ex- perience. Overwheimed by the appall- ing devastation and misery, I confessed I could go no furfher. The fire was whipped up by a breeze from the north. A towering column of flame, edged with the gray pall of smoke, lay hot and suf- (ocaun{ over the heart of the city. As we walked there were the dull roars of falling walls, collapsing before us as we groped our way forward. As they fell geysers of dust and debris stood out lividly in the glare. Every street bore, in riven walls and gaping roofs, evi dence of the devastating convulsion. Housewives Trapped. ‘The tembler's heaviest blow was struck at the market place, in the heart of the city. ‘Here were hundreds of housewives and the usual throng of buyers and sellers, - haggling excitedly over the jumbled merchandise, when the shock, in the passage of a few brief seconds, threw them all into the blazing ruin. Doors were nairow, and when the first shock came the crowds made & desperate struggle to escape. The sec- ond and fiereest shock caught them in the constricted corridors, I have just seen this appalling ruin and the harvest of death and agony. Barely & stone remains set on stone. The mud blocks in falling quite pul- verized one another. In the tangled, blackened residue lie a great many bodies—at least 200. One of the Army engineers concluded there might be four times that number in this small drea alone. I counted 15 bodies in one doorway and nearby were 3 more. Blackened hands protruding in fixed, desperate entreaty! Mangled forms, with tendrils of flame still creeping ravenously through the wooden debri U.S. INVESTORS 10P LIST IN NICARAGUA Holdings Put at $13,000,000 of Foreign Total of $20,000,000. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. 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