Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1931, Page 5

TORNADD SWEEPS TRAIN FROM RALS One Dies, More Than Score Hurt as 12 Coaches Hurtle v Into Prairie. By the Assoclated Press. FARGO, N. Dak., May 28.—Dashing along at a 50-mile-an-hour clip, th crack Great Northern Empire Builder, coast train de Iluxe, eastbound from Seattle to Chicago, was picked up like a top from its tracks and wrecked by & tbrnado eight miles southeast of here late yesterday. One life was lost, mors than a score injured, one probably fatally, and scores of passengers shaken up by the freak accident. The death resulted when Andrew Anderson of Montesano, Wash, was hurled from the train thiougi a window and ground to death beneath the wheels of the following coach. Mrs. Emily Hannan, Seattle, suffered a broken back and was said by physiclans today to have a slightechance for recovery. Mrs. N. Troll, Minot, N. Dak., also was said to be in a serious condition at a Fargo hospital where many of the in- jured were taken. An infant daughter of Mrs. Hilda Qualley, Winchester, ‘Wash., suffered a seriously bruised head. Lifts 12 Coaches From Track. ‘Without’ warning the entire 12-coach train was lifted from the tracks, moved east from the roadbed and deposited with a thud on the prairie, leaving only the engine and tender on the tracks. A moment or two passed before re: ization of the horror of the wreck be- came manifest among the passengers. Men struggled frantically to make their ‘way over the debris, through shattered windows and jammed doors. Passing motorists speeded into Moorhead, Minn., notified rallway officlals and within a few minutes doctors, nurses and ambu- lances were en route. Scores of volunteers, including po- lice, farmers and Moorhead citizens, climbed inside the coaches and passed the injured to waiting hands. Scores Escape Injury. Despite the tremendous shock of the impact, scores escaped uninjured, due chiefly to the fact all cars of the train were of steel. None of the coaches col- lapsed. ‘The first of the injured were rushed to hospitals at Moorhead and Fargo in automobiles cof passing motorists. A few minutes later a special train from Fargo reached the wrezk and took the remaining injured and other passengers. One of the herces cf the wreck w's Andrew Jackcon, Seminole Indian, en route t> Pawnee, Ok’a., who aided in- jured and assisted in restoring order immediately after the crash. Seven Imprisoned Half Hour. Seven persons were imprisoned for half an hour in the train club car ‘when doors were jammed. The bar- riers were chiseled away and the per- sons, several hysterical, were taken out. The luxuriously equipped train, one of the fastest in the Northwest, wes named after the late es J. Hill, “empire builder” of the Northwest, and been in service for three years. In teriors of many of the coaches were wrecked. Engineer McKee and Al Klinfehn, Minneapolis, sald the 12 coaches literally were jerked away from the locomotive. ler snapped as the high wind struck, Youth Killed in Home. Edward Brandt, conductor in charge of the train, was still in a dazed con- One other fatality was known to have resulted from the tornado. | er and former art instructor, a n2tive Melvin Hatledal, 18, was killed as he crouched in the basement with other mempers of the family at his farm home 8 miles north of Watts Siding. He was struck by a concrete block. | the stage as Florence House. She is ‘The of Rustad in y County and swept northeast, striki near Sabin. Then it continued on- , crossing Normen County to end its destruction near Fertile, cutting a swath of about 50 miles. Widespread damage was done to farm property in the two counties, dozens of build- ings, school houses and one church reported demolished or damaged. tornado amnremly started north 2. ing FRATERNITY PLEDGES 'STROTHER IS GUEST | COLLEGE PRESIDENT Dr. D. A. Robertson of Goucher Honored "by Chapter at Maryland U. Special Dispatch to The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 28.—Dr. | French Strother, who reiires June 1/ David A. Robertson, president of Goucher Ccllege, was extended the honor of membership in the University of Maryland Chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa, national honorary leader- ship fraternity, here yesterd:y. Twelve outstanding students also were tapped by the honcr society at the pledging ceremony, which was held in conjunc- tion with the assembly for the in- stallation of officers of the Student ‘Government Association, In the Ritchie Gymnasium. Students who were selected are Ralph Garreth, James Lee, Walter Dent and Edwin Gue, all seni°rs, and Gordon K. Zimmerman, Claude Smith, | Edward Ronkin, Theodore Meyer. Her- bert O. Eby, James Greely, Charles Mzy end Charles Fouts, juniors In the first pert of the progrem of the assembly Henry J. Whiting, re- tiring president of the student gov- ernment. delivered his report cf the work of the. year, over the duties of office to Claude Smith, incoming president. Other new officers are Louis Berger, vice presi- dent: Minna Cannon, secretary, and Edwzrd Ronkin, treastrer Claude Smith presented certificates of apprecisticn to students who have served in important offices during the the acsombly president of who proceeded tomy. Allen Pearson of land introdur=4 when the visiting col- w28 called upon to re the the assembly, n Delta Kappa n of Dr. Rob- luncheon in kal', foliowing ts cMoets of Omi c mnlcted the initiaty e“son The student pledges were initiated a8t a benquet held at the College Inn la_t night TR, EX-KING HUSSEIN ILL JERUSALEM, May 28 (). —Reports today from Amman said ex-King Hus- pein of the Hedjaz was seriously il again. At 2 Last November the former King was d to e died in exile on the of Cyprus, while his son, King Feisal of Irak, was hurrying to his side. Hussein was one of the rwost r.- mantic figures in the Arab revolt against Turkey in which Lawrence cf Arabia yed s0 important a part in the World War days. He supportsd the allies, but in 1924 he was overthrown 8s King of the Hedjaz and went into .- fireman on the engine, | found off Darien, Conn., Monday. the | Mics Dewey, cl athing suit an g et e e D STid ciruck | Ted facket, near Norwalk. Conn, t the 154,000-pound locomotive stuck , tification was made by Prof. Robert W. | to the tracks. iS?elr of N:w York University, a friend o | Snedden, an associate professor at New dition today suffering ,from bruises to | York University; Robert John:t'n, 38, the head. | night club entertainer, formerly of the Empire Buflder and then turned | university I THE EVENING Scientist Plants 'Soya Beans SOWS SEED FOR CROP ON GOVERNMENT LAWN. | 1 { Bureau of Plant Industry, Department i R. W. A. TAYLOR, chief of the D of Agriculture, with a group of his assistants, is seen planting the beans which will be grown cn the grounds fronting the Agricultural buildings. —Wide World Photo. SEEK FIVE MISSING | INSLO0P DSASTER Coast Guards and Airplanes Continue Hunt in Long Island Sound. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, May 328.—Convinced that either firs or an explosion brought diszster to the s'oop Sea Fox and its party of f¢ men and three women, | Corst Guard craft and airplanes coi tinued to search Long Island Sound ¢ day for the five victims still missing. The finding of a second woman's Dewey, a psychologist at Bellevue Hos- pital, end bits of a charred life pre- server, led Coast Guard officials to be- lieve the entire party had perished in |en explosion of the autiliary motor on | the s'0op. Priends of th> party, all of whom were known in medical and edu- | cational circles, said the engine did not | work properly when the yachting party | | started out Saturday. The body of Mrs. Donald Snedden, | wife of the owner of the sloop, was C.V. | Peters, a motor boet owner of Flush- | Iden- members of the yacht party. The five missing are: Donald Snedden, husband of Mrs. | Eureka, Calif.; Mark Coyne, 28, paint- | of Marquette, Mich.; Robert Menden- hall, 29, statistical instructor at Co- lumbia University, and Mrs. Robert Mendenhall, 28, his wife, known on the former wife of Samuel Schmal- hausen, writer on psychology. Miss Dewey was a native of Castile, N. Y., and a graduate of Cornell Uni- versity. Most of the others attended Stanford University. | Eight Coast Guard cutters, several private and New York police planes, as well as a score of private yachts, joined in the search of the sound from Block Itland, R. I, to City | Island, New York. OF CORRESPONDENTS Retiring Administrative Aid to Hoover Honored at Buf- fet Dinner. as administretive assistant to President Hoover to resume his literary work, was | a guest of honor at a buffet dinner given last night at the Mayflower Ho- tel by a group of members cf the White House Correspenden s' Assoclation. Lewis Wood of the Now York Times, chairman of the Committee on Arrange- | ments, was master of ceremonies. There were several humorous skits portraying certain incidents of Mr. Strother’s two | years; sssociation with President Hoover, Speeches were made during | the dinner by Richard V. Oulahan of the New York Times, Paul R. Mallon of the United Press Assoclation and president of the White House Corre- spondents’ Association, J. Russell Young of The Washington Evening Star and Paul Wooten. The later's speech was incidental to the presenation to Mr. Strother of a desk ornament wi‘h a sil- ver plate upcn which was engraved Mr. | Strother’s name and a tribute from the | White House correspondents. Several songs were sung by George O'Connor, | accompanied on the piano by Matt | Horne | Mr. Strother made an impressive re- sponse to the tribuies paid by the speakers 'NEW YORK RESIDENCE | [ DEMANDED IN WILL Heir Must Quit Washington State Home to Obtain Third Share | of Father's Estate. | B the Associated Press NEW YORK, May 23.—The late John M. Schumacher, well-to-do mer- chent, provides in his will, filed Tuss- day, that Harry Schumacher, his con, shall re: e cne-third of the residuary estate, provided he moves | from Everett, Wash, and lives in New York State for five years. If he elects not to do so he is to receive only the income cn the one-third. The estate has been estimated at several hundred thousand dollars. Bt 1 P ) S8 Trees for Iceland. . ‘Treeless Iceland is beirg made into wooded fasinesces tircugh the whoie- cale traneplanting of trees thot ar- sscured from the northern parts c: Ceenda. T Cer2dicn tre"s thai have bzen shipp~ so far have ben warmly appreciated and carefully attended and found to be ideal for the climate. Spruce, pine, | tamorack and balsam are the vari-ties that have proven most succersful. bility to secure wood will mean much to the inhabitants of the isla mmuummmim efforts_are being made 1o, year. other countries. " | (The Pope) out of the window " | took them to the Piazza Colonna, near | body. yesterday, thet of Miss Doris B. | | all brigges, | great bronze doo: | naval advisory exports MUSSOLINI HALTS FASCISTS VIOLENCE AGAINST CATHOLICS ___ (Continued Prom Pirst Page) Pascist students must be stopped and that the controversy must be limited to newspaper polemics. The newspaper battle continued tonight both in the Rome Journals and in Osservatore Ro- mano, organ of the Vatican. Civilta Cattolica Stormed. The young blackshirts stormed the headquarters of Civilta Cattolica last night, stoning the windows and com- miiting other depredations. They tore an oil painting of Pope Pius from the wall, corried it into the streets and trampled on it, crying meanwhile: “Here is a traitor to his country!” Heaving coples of the beok “II Papa” they the foreign office, and consigned them | to a bonfire, together with copies of Os- servatore Romano, the paper which has been publishing accounts of purported Fascist indigniiles, ‘The march on the publishing house was without interference by the police. Later, authcrities dispersed the stu- dents as they broke into small groups | and began parading the streets, shout- ing deprecatory remarks against the | church. The incident was expected to lead to an exchange of notes between the can and the government and perhaps l.ouccmlvllcnw an already strained sit- uation. Vatican Approaches Guarded. Fear of further disorders caused the Italian police today to ion guards at all approaches to Vatican Oity. These guards were so few in number that they attracted little notiee. Two carabiniere were posted at each end of apparently to give the alarm if Fascist students should start a march on the Vatican. The Italian government is supposed City, but so far the ys stationed at the main entrance d two others at the leading directly into the Vatican have not been reinforced. Tre church authorities were fremy concerned over the violence. It was | learned that Pope Pius had asked for | a full report on recent occurrences and had shown an interest in the effect cn public opinion. —_— ADMIRAL TO BE SWORN Samuel M. Robinson to Become Chief of Engineering. Capt. Samuel M. Robinson, who re- cently relinquished the post of man- ager of the navy yard at Puget Sound, Wash.. will be sworn in tomorrow at at the Navy Department as chief of the | Bureau of Engineering, with the rank of rear admiral. He will relieve Rear Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, one of the the London Arms Conference, and is leaving Wash- ingion to become commander of the Aircraft Battle Force. Capt. Robinson will be sworn in by R. H. Moses, assistant chief clerk in the Secrstary’s office, and the ceremony will take place shortly after the depart- ment opens for business. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY Meeting, Pi Psi Chapter of the Delta Sigma Fraternity, 813 Hamilton street, 8 pm Card party, Keane Council, Knights of Columbus, 918 Tenth strest, 8 p.m Carnival, Columbia Lodge of Elks, No. 85, 301 Rhode Island avenue, 4 pm Meeting, Free Lance Club, Thom- son Community Center, Tweifth and L streets, 8 pm. Dance, Employes of Washington hotels, Arlingt:n Hotel, 8:30 p.m. Meeting, Conduit Road Citizens' As- sociation, Potomac Heights Community Church, 8 p.m. Card party, Girls Priendly Society, Meconic Hali, Eighth and P streets, 8:30 p.m. Birthday_party. Brightwood Chapter, 8 pm. Meeting, Alpha Iota Kappa Fra- ternity, Hamilicn Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting, Board of Managers Sons of the American Revolution, Willard Hotel, 4:30 pm. Motion picture, “Half Way to Langley Junior High School avsices Parent-Teachers' — APARTMENT OWNERS! Assuming that only 5% of all apart- ment house tenants own and operate a radio set, have you considered the number of unsightly lead-in wires, make-shift antennae and mare of aerial wires that surrounds your building? This condition alone—of necessity causes bad reception conditions tenants, and renders your building susceptible to lightning hazards. New Antenaplex System just developed by RCA solves this problem. For full particulars, write or phone + RCA Victor Co., Inc. STAR. ISTORE MEN STUDY | SALES STATISTICS Only Largest Establishments Showed Profit During Year 1930. Statistics showing that only depart- ment stores with salés of more than $10,000,000 made profits on capital in- vested over and above interest during 1930 were the subject of study today by the group convention of the National l’Rlefi-l.ll Dry Goods Association, meeting ere. The report, compiled by the Harvard University Bureau of Research after a survey of 722 department and specialty stores with total sales of $1,680,000,000, was presented yesterday by Malcolm P. McNair of Harvard. WINS [IVWS J0j IYOid ON Smaller department stores, averaging less than $500,000 gross business an- nually, falled to make any profit, Mc- Nair saild, while those of medium size earned some net business profit, but not a normal rate of return on capital invested. Hclding the business depression was not the fundamental cause of the 1930 showing of department stores, McNair argued the slump merely had advanced by a few years a condition toward e 25 1 Gal. | E Paint, %2 WASHINGTON, DG, which trends of department store mar- gins, expenses and profits had been pointing for at least five years. ‘The Harvard economist attacked the retail sales tax, proposed by several State Legislatures in recent months, as unsound and asserted department stores were in no condition now to as- sume such & burden. Former Police Commissioner Grover A. Whalen of New York, vice' president of Jchn Wanamaker's, addressed the convention yesterday, urging bers to curb what he termed ‘wastes” through returned merchan- dise. An efficient solution of this re- tail problem would be an outstanding achievement toward reducing the cost of business, he said. 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