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FIRE TOLL REACHES 3, WITH 210 HURT Fifteen Victims Unidentified ¢« After Pittsburgh Home for Infirm Burns. i | i | | ; THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JULY 26, 193I—PART ON Fire Traps 230 in Pittsburgh Home i | N By the Associated Press i PITTSBURGH, July 25—Bereft of! fhe home that was transformed 1mm“ & merciful shelter to an inferno of death | and terror, scores of elderly men and women were in hospitals here tonight, and the bodies of 30 others lay in the county morgue, | ‘They were the victims of fir> that left M ruins the Little Sisters of the Poor Hqee for the agea, a charitable haven for .30 infirm persons, none of them under 60 years of age. Two hundred and ten men and women were in the hospitals. Many of them were racked by me rory of a night of horror in the fire-swept four-story brick building at Penn and Aiken ave- nues. Some of them were valiant volun- teer rescuers, policemen snd firemen who labored to save the helpless in- mates. Seven More Victims Die. The number of dead rose to 30 to- night when seven victims of the fire succumbed in hospitals. They werc Samuel Berry, 72 years old: Mrs. Rosie Lang, 71 years old: Mrs. Sarah Ludden, 70 years old; Mrs. Kate Isaacs, 68 years old; Mary Burns, Mrs. Mary McAvoy, and George Becker. Some of the inmates of the home were close to 80 years old and suffered ! from shock and exposure, in addition to burns. Seventeen of the dead were not even partially identific Although some | wers burned badly, making identif tion difficult, it was believed all were inmates of the institution. 0il Mop Clue o Origin. Besides the 230 men ard women, the home housed 16 nun attendants. All had retired to rest when the alarm was sounded late last night. Fire Chief Richard L. Smith, who estimated the property damage at be- tween $45,000 and $50,000. said the cause of the fire had not been estab- lished. He said the floors were ofled | and polished yesterday and that a mop, | possibly soaked with ofl, had been left on the first floor, and may have caused spontaneous combustion. Four Inquiries Started. Four investigations eity and county authori sentatives of the Fire Underwriters' Association. Chief Smiti said much of the loss of life and damage would have been averted if there had been proper safeguards in the old building. The fire staried in the basement, whirled up an elevator shaft and burst out on the third and fourth floors in sections where crippled and bedfast in- mates lay. Some of the victims died at their beds. Others were carried out by police, firemen and volunteers. Dead Unidentified. ‘The death list: Mrs. Mary Waldier. Mrs. Mary Thomas. Mrs. Martha Tilley. Catherine McGuire. Mrs. Mary Jacobs. J. Stewart (tentative). Fred Eddelman. Andrew Watermeyer. Cornelius Moore Samuel Berry. Mrs. Rosie Lang Mrs, Sarah Ludden. Mrs. Kate Isaacs. ary Burns. Mrs. Mary McAvoy. eorge Becker. Ca hetine Carraher. Gustave Moll. Fifteen unidentified men and women. GOV. LA FOLLETTE SAILS | e | “Six Days of Sleep” Object of Cruise to Halifax. NEW_YORK, July 25 (P)—Gov. Philip F. La Follette, Wisconsin's 30- year-old Governor and brother of Sen- ator Robert M. La Follette, sailed to- | day on the Red Star liner Belgenland | on the vessel's six-day cruise to Hali- fax. He said he was sailing to get “six days of sleep.” Because of the long session of the| ‘Wisconsin Legislature, he said, he had ! worked from 16 to 18 hours a day and | he felt the need of rest, although he | did not have the time to make a Eu- Topean trip. SPECIAL NOTICES. WANTED - RETURN LOAD FRO mond, Norfolk or vicinity. July 30-3: NEILL BROS. TRANSFER. Decatur ‘TH] NNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- holders of The Potomac Insurance Company F_street Mondass Aueust 3, 5031, ot 1 Books for the transfer of stock will be closed from July 25th to August 3rd, [ inclusive. ~ ALEXANDER K. 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Bottom photo shows first ald treatment being RESCUERS SCALE BLAZING LADDERS AS BLAZE KILLS 33. | i he burning build- Top Poison and Marriage Secret Bzlieved to Figure in Affair of Texans. = | By the Associated Press. | HOUSTON, Texas, July 25.—An ap- | parent marriage tangle was disclosed tonight as the possible explanation of the deaths of two 19-year-old Rice Institute students, Miss Hazel Glover, freshman beauty, and Dan Powell Stratton, a junior. The two were found dying in an au- tomobile parked on a street here early | today. Authorities expressed the belief they had taken poison. An autopsy was ordered. Screams Rouse Residents. The students were found by resi-| dents awakened by screams. Miss| institute’s first-year students and se-| lected for the year book beauty section, died en route to a hospital and Strat- ton died two hours later. Neither was| able to make a statement. | Officers were told by Mrs. E. C. Smith, aunt of the youth, that he had con-| fided yesterday that he and Miss Glover | were married June 25. A letter found | in Statton's effects from Miss Glover read: “I realy can't wait ’cause I'm| going to break the news,” and told of wearing a Ting. Record of a Marriage. | The investigators also found record | of a marriage performed in Fort Bend | County in March in which Stratton | and another Houston society girl were named as principals. A check of sur- rounding counties showed no annul-| ment of the marriage, and members | of the family of the young womflnl‘ named denied knowledge of such a ceremony. Stratton and_Miss Glover, members | last seen by friends on a roof garden.| They were said to have danced to- gether several times, but for the most part spent most of last evening in conversation. WOMEN GIVE.N CREDIT FOR IMPROVED SPEECH By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 25.—Woman's tongue is credited with smoothing bad | pronunciation from American speech, in an announcement tonight from the American Council of Learned Societies. “Women, more eager for culture than men, are easily influenced to change their pronunciation,” says the state- ment, ~which is made by Dr. Hans Kurath of Ohio State University, spokes- man for the work. “Every member of 2 women’s club wishes to spesk like the leader. Women are the ones who give stri attention to radio an- nouncers.” PHILCO RADIO Day. Dec. 2700—Evenings. Clev Furniture Repairing Upholstering Chair Caneing CLAY ARMSTRONG 1235 10th St. N.W, Metropolitan 2062 Bam tion 21 years. which i St s ek rade workmansnip. o 7 None Better— Few as Good Sold on Easy Terms GIBSON’S 915-19 G St. N. WIFE BLAMES “FAME” Opera Star and Mate ‘“‘at Parting | DIE MYSTERIOUSLY of Ways,” She An- By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 25—Mrs, | tonight an- | nounced her separation from her hus- | band, Lawrence Tibbett, Metropolitan | | : | Opera and movie singer, with the com- | the Edison Cement Works at New Vil- ment that “fame and family happiness | 1age, where he became deeply inter- Grace MacKay Tibbett are not consistent.” The Tibbett twins, . are at a | electric motor, several nt vins, age 10, are At > |Chines and other equipment which Edi- mountain vacation camp near “Lawrence and I have come to_the | " said Mrs. Tib | his Tesearches with cement manufac- | “It was inevitable, | turing processes. parting of the way: bett's statement. It was a case of incompatibility and | mental cruelty over a period of years. “Fame and family happiness are not | Ford for his Edison Museum in the Hollywood nor | Edison Institute of Technology at Dear- | another woman have played any actual | born. Unspectacular, | consistent. Neither part in our difficulties. but true.” Mrs. Grace MacKay Smith of Chicago. FAITHFULL GIRL'S FATHER| IN APPEAL TO GOVERNOR Sends Two ' Special Delivery Let-| ters to Roosevelt for Help « in Mystery. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, July 25.—Stanley E. stepfather of Starr Faith- Faithfull, full, whose body was washed ashore Long Beach, on Long Island, June appealed to Gov. Roosevelt today for help in solving the mysterv of her death. Faithfull sent two special delivery| letters to the State executive, one ad- | dressed to his New York City home and one to Hampton Bays, where the Governor is passing .the week end. He refused to divulge the letters’ contents. The grand jury will investigate the | case next Tuesday. Moore in Mayor's Race. 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The heat | affects him a little, but he is as ever | absorbed in_his experimentation work."” While in New Jersey, Mr. Ford visited ested in an old locomotive, a bi-polar grinding ma- | son used long ago or still is using in | The locomotive and the dynamo, the latter in use, will be presented to Mr. | ‘The dynamo, a small type, is about 52 years old. It is one of the oldest in | and will complete the series of “a dozen { or more” which Mr. Ford has collected and placed in the museums. “It will be quite a contrast,” Mr. Ford sald, “to the newest one we have, the | only one of its kind in the world, a 150,- 000-horsepower General Electric genera- | tor instslled the day before I left.” The locomotive in which Mr. Ford | was interested is about 40 years old | and first was used by Edison while ex- perimenting with methods of extracting iron from ore in the mountains of Northern New Jersey in 1893. | (CAROLINA POLICE TRACE | SUSPECT IN MURDERS By the Associated Press. | ASHEVILLE, N. C. July 25.—Police tonight sought to trace C. Rex King's movements during the past nine months while holding him for Arkansas author- | ities, who have charged him with killing | |two North Carolina youths near Ma- | rion, Ark., last Fall. ‘The youths were Burton Hensley and Woodrow Wilson, both of Yancey County, N. C. They were found dying on the embers of a camp fire near Marion, Ark., last October 22. No valuables were found on the bodies | of the two youths and police were try- | King's p i one of them. Relatives of Wilson and | Henley, who examined it, were un- certain. * From Come to Any of ou'TThru Yards o MAIN OFFICE—15th & H Sts. N.E. DOWNTOWN—6th & C Sts. S.W. BRIGHTWOOD—5925 Ga. Av. N.W. 2.8.2.2.0.9.0.2.0.9.0.0.2.9.¢.¢.9.9.0.¢¢0 ¢4 * FIVE APACHES HEED INMURDER OF GIRL Columbia Co-Ed Abused and Stabbed, Coroner’s Jury Decides. By the Associated Press. WHITE RIVER APACHE RESERVA- TION, riz, July 25.—Five young Apache bucks, descendants of tribes- men who once terrorized the Southwest with thsir raids on Indian and white man alike, were arrested today as three agercies of the law sought to solve the brutal killing of Henrietta Schmerler. The arrests were made among a small but lawless group of Indians who live with their more friendly, peaceful kin on the Apache reservation here. The names of the suspects were not disclosed. Another was hunted. Announcexent of the arrests was made after a coroner’s jury had listened to testimony from officials, indicating that the young woman, a 23-year-old research worker in anthropology from Columbia University, had been attacked and slain. Officials believed several men abused her before her death, which probably resulted from knife wounds. head and_shoulders. bruised. that she had been “murdered with a sharp instrument.” Letter Key to Mystery. ‘The key that might unlock the mys- tery was found by authorities in her cabin. Authorities said they had ob- tained a letter, sealed but not mailed, which she had written to relatives in New York saying she had reason to fear for her life. Sh2 mentioned the actions of an unidentified Apache man. ‘The remainder of the Indlans, among whom she had worked in her .efforts to learn the customs and beliefs of their lives, had treated her courteously and shown a spirit of friendliness, she wrote, ut one man had tried to molest her, and she planned to be alone with him at no time. She was | stabbed in the throat and cut on the| Her body was | ‘The jury returned a verdict | RNEST F. HENRY, attorney, filin yesterday against the bankrupt E THREE DIE ASAUTO HITSB. & 0. TRAIN She had participated in the weird. | grotesaue dances of the tribe in her hunt for the lore of their life, and of- ficers surmised that it was either as she was en route to one of these dances. or returning to her cabin, that she was waylaid. carried off to a ravine, a‘tacked and killed. Wore Indian Costume. Physicians éxamining the body said she had been slain either last Saturday night or Sunday morning. She was last seen on Saturday. A search was started for her on Thursday, ending vesterday with the finding of the body in a ravine | back of an Indian cemetery. about half a mile from some school buildings. She was garbed in an Apache cos- tume. which an Indian girl had made for her that she migh: appear as her redskin friends did at the dances. Miss Schmerler had been warned, it was testified at the inquest, that it might not be safe for her or any young woman to live alone in the village. The spirit of the tribe was friendly. she was told, but there were some who might try to’molest her. Apache leaders. who welcomed her and had interested them- selves in her work. tonight grieved at the fate of their friend. | and Speculations that she might have | struck upon some guarded secret of the tribe or aroused the fealousies of other young Indian women and paid with her life had no place in the investigations. Miss Schmerler was an attractive brunette of medium height and athletic build, weighing about 135 pounds. Her | body was sent to Winslow today by air- plane pending word from relatives on arrangements for burial. LINDBERGHS’ HOP WILL NOT START BEFORE TUESDAY __(Continued From First Page.) at more than 2,000 miles, and only two of the projected 11 legs on the flight from New York to Tokio run more than 1,000 miles in direct air line. They will have the shortest jump on the first leg to Ottawa, if they start from New York, a distance of 336 miles. Their longest will bring them from the Temperate to the Frigid Zone in a 1.115-mile flight from Baker Lake, near Hudson Bay, to Aklavik, on the Cana- dian airmail route to Arctic shores. A deviation to Great Bear Lake, however, will leave the longest hop from Nomr, Alaska, to Karaginsk, Siberfa, a dis- tance of 1,067 miles. Farm Hand, Wife and Daugh- ter, 4, Victims of Crash Near Rockville. (Conttnued From First Page.) that the engineer applied the brakes 15 seconds after coming into view of the stalled automobile, and that the train_was running 74 miles per hour, or 100 feet per second at the time. This shows he attempted to stop as soon as h: saw the obstruction, the statement says. Formal Statement. The formal statement of Mr. Gallo- way follows: “The coroner's jury in its investiga- tion of the unfortunate sccident at Berwyn crossing, in which Engineer J. A."Ward and Fireman L. B. Walter lost their lives and Fireman J. W. Lundy was burned, as a result of a train colliding with an automobile on the crossing, either failed to develop or entirely ignored the fundamental facts that would be expected to influence an intelligent investigation, and their find- ings are such a glaring inconsistency so sbsurd and ridiculous that the unjust criticism of Engineer J. A. Ward cannot go unchallenged. “Mr, Ward was an outstanding engi- neer, intelligent and competent in the handling of a passenger locomotive, as has been demonstrated in his handling of important high-speed p2ssenger trains between New York and Washing- ton, and his outstanding ability was recognized by the management of the Baltimore & Ohio, who are responsible for the competency of the men en- gaged In train service, and to hold thet he should have seen and stopped before strikirg this obstruction is an unwarranted aspersion upon him and the splendid men who make up the personnel of locomotive enginemen, Who deserve and do receive at the hands of intelligent understanding the credit (hat is properly due them for their work. Going 74 Miles an Hour. “Assuming, for the sake of argument, that the jury is correct that Engineer Ward should have seen this car on the track, because he is alleged to have had half a mile sight of it, and stopped before striking it. At the time of the accident the passenger train was run- nig westward toward Washington and passed around the curve at Branch- ville and on to the tangent, which gave the first view of Berwyn station, where it was possible to see straight ahead, and at this time the train was | running 74 miles an hour, or at the The route is fairly well within the | range of radio stations, but in Siberia the vacationers may be somewhat iso- | lated unless surface ships are plying near enough. The coming week bids fair to be a busy one in aviation history. ©On & world flight, scheduled to start a 5 oclock tomorrow morning, Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon hope to lower the Post-Gatty record of 8 days 15 hours and 51 minutes. Before the week is out Miss Laura rate of 100 feet per second. The sealed speed recorder, with which all Balti- more & Ofio passenger locomotives are equipped, shows that Engineer Ward applied the brakes approximately 15 seconds after coming on the tangent. “It is clear from the investigation which the Baltimore & Ohio manage- ment has made of this accident that distance to-stop this train if he had done all the things the coroner’s jury| said he should have done. It is fur- thermore evident from our figures on Ingalls may begin her solo flight to|the positicn of the train at the time Europe. fuel consumption tests, one of the last preparations for the ocean hop. Three Die in Polish Air Crash. DEMBLIN, Poland, July 25 (P).— She was aloft today making | the brakes were applied that he did see this obstruction and was trying to stop. But unfortunately he is dead and cannot speak for himself. Tgnored Facts. “The coroner’s jury seemingly ignored | the fact that there is a warning bell Three Polish Army flyers were killed | on each side of the track at this cross- and one was seriously injured today when two military instruction planes collided in midair. ing controlled by track circuit; both bells were ringing at the time of the approach of the motor car and before RE-OPENING SALE MONDAY, JULY 27TH FUR COATS Large assortment of BRAND _NEW Fur Coats in Ponies, Lapin, Sealine (Dyed Coney) and many others—some beautifully trimmed. ‘39 Latest Styles All Sizes Great Savings on Fur Coalg_ Slightly used Fur Ceats remodeled into latest styles. Each coat has been cleaned, glazed, re- lined with new lining. Look like new. ‘29 i 14 to 48 YOUR MONEY BACK IN THREE DAYS IF NOT THOROUGHLY SATISFIED We also carry a finer and bet- ter assortment of Fur Coats ranging $39.75 to $129.75 EVERY GARMENT GUAR- ANTEED as REPRESENTE, Parker’s Fur Shop 903 F St. NW. Rheem Creditors Rush Claims Miss Inez C. Burrows, secretary to Referee Fred J. Eden.—Star Staff Photo. g some of the numerous claims received Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co., with it got on any part of the track and were | also ringing at the time the accident occurred. The jury also seemingly | iznored the fact that there is also at| this crossing a wig-wag signal that| was signaling danger in full view of the | appproaching motor car. | | “The driver of the motor car ignored | | both of these danger signals and con-| { tinued over the crossing, running under | one gate while it was being lowered. | This lowering of the gates did nof however, begin until after the cross: ing bells started to ring and the wig-| wag signal started to flash its warning| of danger to the approaching motor | car. | | Serve Long Apprenticeship. ! | | “1t locomctive engineers were ex- pected to stop their trains every time | they saw a_trespasser on the track or | an automobile attempting to cut a train off at crossings, it would be im- | possible to successfully operate the trains. Such conduct on the part of motor vehicles is a dally occurrence. “In this connection, the relative re- quirements of a locomotive engineer and of a person being licensed to oper- |ate a motor-driven vehicle (and in | many States no license or examination | |at all is required) is of interest. It | requires on the average about 18 min- | utes to make a motorist to operate a | machine capable of a speed equal to | that of the average locomotive, and | all over the highways at the will of | the operator. As against this, we | have the locomotive engineer, who the | records will show has put in an ap- | prenticeship in junior service of some- | thing between 17 and 19 years before | running a passenger locomotive, not- | withstanding the fact that locomo- | tives Tun on tracks that guide them, and their movements are governed by signals that, so to speak, talk to them, telling them what they can and can not_do. | “It is significant in considering the question of competency of motor ve- hicle operators, I am informed, that the operator's license card issued to the driver of the motor car in this | accident gives her a driver's experi- ence of less than 120 days. | “Whoever is responsible for this ac- | cident, the management of the Balti- more & Ohio is definitely positive that | |1t is not Engineer Ward.” | DRIVER'S PERMIT SUSPENDED. | Miss Ethel Thomas' License Withdrawn Pending Investigation. | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. | BERWYN, Md., July 25.—Miss Ethel Thomas, driver of the car which stalled | in front of a Baltimore & Ohio express | | here Tuesday, resulting in the death of | | two members of the train’s crew, yester- day had her driver's permit suspended | by the Maryland Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. | | The permit was suspended “without prejudice” pending the completion of an | investigation by the commissioner’s | office. | State police explained it is customary | to revoke a driver's permit “without | prejudice” for about 10 days in fatal accident cases. and to restore the mo- | torist's driving privilege if no charges are preferred. Pope Receives Nun. VATICAN CITY, July 25 (#).—Pope | Pius yesterday granted a private audi- | ence to Mother Superior Dionisia of the | Sisters of Charity of New York. - | Engineer Ward did not have sufficient| # A-3 SENATOR QUERIED ON LOWER TARIFF Watson Says Democratic Critics Are Not Specific in Their Replies. By the Associated Press. The first of a series of open letters to Democratic Senators asking whether they would favor downward revision of the tariff on certain commodities was made public today by the Republican Nationa: Committee. In the communication, Senator Wat- son of Indiana, the Republican leade: renewed a tariff exchange with Sen: Robinson of Arkansas, minority I by asking him if he would favor duction on several important Arka products. Robinson Is Queried. Senator Watson recalled that the Arkansas Senator had said there would be an effort for revision of the tariff in the next Congress. “I therefore ask you whether, in the congressional revision which you pro- pose,” Senator Watson continued, “is it your intention to urge a reduction in the tariff rates on bauxite, the ore which forms the base for aluminum; on kaolin or china eclay; on casein; on rice, on long staple cotton, on cattle, {and on vegetable oils?" Senator Watson seid he had address- ed an open letter to Democratic Sena- tors who had assailed the tariff asking them to specify what tariff rates they would reduce “in the general revision of the present law which they have so persistently urged.” Senators Not Specific. “None of the Senators so addressed,” he added, “has come from behind the bulwark of generalities where they have been standing throughout the months of sniping at the new tariff law.” The Republican Senate leader said revision of any specific rates would mean a general revision of the tariff. “Our stand is definite,” he said. “We e against any tinkering with the tar- iff at all in the next Congress and are quite content to permit revision to be ientifically made by the Tariff Com- mission.” RUTH McCORMMUT AS HOUSE CANDIDATE Eliminates Self from 1932 Race in Announcement to Publishers. By the Associated Press. ROCKFORD, I, July 25.—Ruth Hanna McCormick, defeated by James Hamilton Lewis in last November's senatorial campaign, announced tonight that she would not be a candidate for Congress in the 1932 Republican pri- maries. Setting at rest several weeks of rumors, the former Congresswoman-at- large’s declaration was made at a meet- ing of editors and publishers of the fif- teenth congressional district. Mrs. McCormick's announcement was not, however, an indication she is through with politics. ERNEST BROS. Bladensburg Rd. N.E. ot ol At 4447 Sts. 1109 3_Blocks 15th and H (Salaries, $1,260, $1.440) Ass’t Statistical Clerk (Salary, $1,620) Special Coaching Courses All subjects thoroughly cov- ered. Printed lessons and graphs given to students. No problems, under on of experts in each No similar instruc- tion offered elsewhere. Tuition—Night, $10; 1 day, $15. School every d. every night. Back lessons given to those starting Monday. Correspondence Courses now on sale, $10 each. 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