Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1931, Page 11

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7% SEA REFUGEES WIL LAND TODAY Survivors of Wrecked Pan- ama Liner.on Way to San‘Pedro. .- / By the Assoclated Press. SAN PEDRO, Calif,, September 16— As preparations were completed for the lwsm; here today of 230 refugees from the Panama mail liner Colombia, wrecked on' the coast of Lower Cali- fornia, word was recejved from the salvage tug Peacock that the ship prob- adly would be a total loss. The ms said the Colombia had | & 30-degree nd: was being heavily | pounded by g seas which frus- trated efforts to board her. The stern| ‘was_entirely submerged. The wreck occurred at Point Tosco, nearly 700 miles south of here. The Colombia was bound from New York to San Francisco, - The Peacock, out of San_Pedro, reached the side of the stricken last night. Crew an | bia, picked up from small boats into | which -they were discharged soon after | the: liner after mid- night Sunday, are on the banana car-| rier La Perla, scheduled to dock here| this morning. The captain, chief mate and chief engineer of the Colombia, transferred at séa to the Peacock, were aiding in/ ‘the_attempt to reclaim the cargo, in-| cluding gold bullion reported to be worth $850,000 consigned from Central | America to San Francisco banks, ROOSEVELT TO SEEK PORTO RICO AID FUND| Carnegie Foundation May Get Plea, Governor Says on Arrival Here. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 16—Gov. "Theodore Roosevelt arrived Monday from Porto Rico on the steamer Coamo on his way to the American Legion Con« vention in Detroit. He went to his home, at Oyster Bay, last, night to spend a few days With his family before leaving for Detroit Friday. On returning. to - New York, Col. Roosevelt said he would renew his cam- %\' funds'to feed undernourished chl of Porto Rico and €xtend his educational program to the provision of radio sets for rural families of the island. “We shall need money,” said Gov. ‘Roosevelt. “We have been doing our 1 cope with undernourishment, wl the lives of -200,000 children. We now have 93 milk sta- tions, and in addition to our child- fesding, 50,000 children are”being given | . special school lunches.” i &mded asking’ the Cars negie Foundation for funds. He wil spend several days in Washington dur- ing his stay in this eountry. On his arrival the Goyernor received a detailed account of the storm which tore through San. Juan after he left. NEW PLANE CHRISTENED Mexican Attache Flies Craft With " Wife and Ambassador. ‘While Ambassador Tellez of Mexico end & group ol-{riends bassy looked. oft, BENOrA wife of the esterday christened with <l husband’s new plane, Ilhuicamino. Immediately afterward Col. Aguliar | had been placed in solitary confinement passengers of the Colom- | the 114 last. piloted his new craft over the Capital, with his wifée and Ambassador Tellez as first passengers. G0 PLACES olbry che B more 5P THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. G PRISON-MANUFACTURED SHOTGUN]|U. S. ORDERS FURTHER | i, o e st by siriane from ine AND PISTOL SEIZURE HALTS BREAK Three Guards and Three |F1ane to Be Sent From Canal Zone, Nine Convicts Plot to Slay Trusties Discovered as By the Associated Press. Cache Is Uncovered. the guns had been loaded with ball LANSING, Kans., September 16.—A | bearin, plot By nine convicts ‘to kill three guards .and’ three- trusties and escape | from the Kansas Penitentiary in War- den Kirk Prather's automobile yester- day was frustrated by selzure of a cache of firearms and the rounding up of the plotters on the eve of the attempted break Monday. Prison officials in revealing details of the plot today said the conspirators and might be kept there the rest of their lives. All of the men ‘involved are consid- ered desperate and are serving life sentences or terms equivalént to life. Three shotguns and a pistol manu- factured in the hine she of the prison twine plant; a rifie, which had been smuggled into the penitentiary, and a quantity of ammunition was found 1 ache hollowed out in the wall of wine plant warehouse and sealed over with bricks and mortar. The fresh | mortar led to the discovery. Wilbur Underhill, received at the prison less than two weeks ago to serve a life sentence for the ing of Merle Colver, Wichita policeman, was named as the leader of the p! ‘Underhill previously had served prison terms in Oklahoma and Missouri and “escaped from the Oklahoma Penitentiary July rison officials said the convicts had ned to make the break about 6:15 when tre warden's car was driven into the groupds. O. M. Spencer.. a | guard in cell house No. 8, was to be' the first victim. ‘Then Dudley Clark, guard in Cell House C, was to be shot. The driver. of the warden’s car was to bé disposed of, and John Lashley, guarding a gate from a tower on the prison wall, was to be slain, along with two trusties who han- dled the keys under supervision of Lash- ley. Officials sald it had been learned that the #hotguns and the pistol were secret- 1y manufactured in the machine shop within the last six months. Shells for sme arings. The rifle, the officials said, had been smuggled in early last May concealed in a wooden }r.w which some one on the outside d fastened underneath the automobile of E. H. Vanosdell, leader of the prison band, unknown to him! There was a large amount of am-~ munition for the rifle and about 50 shells for the shotguns. Authorities learned several months ago of the rumored existence of the weapons in the prison, but were unable to locate them until last night. 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Ne extra cost for Richfiold's Golden oxtra quelity. ‘ GASOLINE = IELD Golden MEDICINE TO BELIZE By the Associated Press. ‘The Situation Held “Well in Hand.” RF Navy Department ordered additional nlledlclll supplies for | hurricane-swept Belize, i I I N J J ! n ; i § 4 i ¥ Pl yesterday | Comdr. G. H. Bowdey of Sacramento reported last ht that additional supplies were n L Navy officlals conferred with Red Cress ‘authorities here before ordering (P! the supplies which were expected to reach Belize before nightfall. Aside from the shortage in medical supplies, Comdr. Bowdey re] ed local authorities had the situation well in hand and that disposal of bodies within 'hete:"y had been practically com- eted. The commander reported that the Governor .of British Honduras had WHOLESOME CANDIES Cocoanut Tri-Colors, Ib.......29¢ Mammy Lou Candies, Ib. box. .49¢c Cashew Nuts, Ib.. . . ‘Salted Mixed Nuts, 1B..........79¢ Hershey Bars ¥4 Pound = WORE SUSTAINING THAN MEAT. FERSHEY'S SWEET MILK CHOCOLATE. WET WEIGHT HALF POUND Plain or 19c¢ ‘These wholesome candy bars are very popular with every one. Your choice of the. plain or almond at this unusually low price, R WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1931. from New Orleans and that none be required from the Canal Zone. would the . 'The the gunboat | cruises: at Belize this n the, relief work which has been carried on by the Sacremento. — . From the standpoint of college and | untversity administration, the estab- | lishment of well organized and perma- | nent research centers for the study of higher cducational problems has been British Hon- made arrangements to procure food 'a development promising large returns. —The Better to Serve You INCOME TAX FALLS OFF Northern Illinois District Chief Re-/ | veetw S0 Pet. Drop. CHICAGO, September 16 (P).—In- come tax collettions for the third in- stallment period of this year have been 50 per cent loas than.a year ago, total- }r;go $6,466,842, against $13,356,727 in Robett E. Neely, a internal revenue for e Northern Tilinois district, sald total collections for 1931 have been $75.413,470, com: pared with $126,466,561 last year. collector of || CLUB LUNCHEONS SERVED DAILY For Accuracy and Distance— Hawthorne Golf Balls 39¢; 3 jor *1L A Hawthornes have tough, durable covers that are practically cut- proof. Tee off with Hawthornes and notice the difference. Pennsylvania Tennis Balls 5oc eac'h 3 for ‘Ii—‘f Used by many professional tennis players. Balls come to you hermetically sealed in a metal container to preserve their liveliness, QUALITY MERCHANDISE AT SENSATIONAL LOW PRICES! 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