Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1933, Page 13

FROM CRAF I BAY DURNEWLD STORM Two Men in Open Boat Res- cue Capital Group on Makeshift Raft. 17 PEOPLE ARE TAKEN FROM ANOTHER VESSEL Couple Battle Heavy Surf Time After Time to Get Yacht Party to Safety. A daring rescue by two men in an open boat saved the lives of five Wash- ingtonians stranded on a 20-foot cabin cruiser in the wind-lashed waters of Chesapeake Bay late yesterday after the party had fought vainly for 24 hours to reach the safety of the shore and escape the wrath of the gale that swept the bay yesterday. The rescue was one of three in which 3¢ persons were taken off disabled pleasure boats in the bay yesterday, two Baltimore men carrying 12 occu- pants of one vessel to shore and a Coast Guard cutter taking ashore 17 others from a boat foundering in shallow water. The Capital party, composed of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. White, their 7-year-old son, Edward, and Mrs. Bertha Arnold, sister of Mrs. White, all of 2617 Thirty- first place northeast, and Willam Davidson of 231 Eighth street north- east, abandoned their boat in which they had left Saturday at Dares Beach, Calvert County, Md., and clung to a raft made of pillow-type life preservers until they were picked up by the two men. Caught in Storm. Proceeding up the bay toward Gales- ville, the five Washingtonians were caught in the very center of the thun- derstorm that struck without warning Sunday and were helpless in the rag- ing waters that were lashed into a fury by high winds. Davidson and White, alternating at the wheel of the small cruiser, at- tempted to make their way to shore, but were frustrated by the high wind and current. They anchored and man- aged to kep the boat on an even keel. Mrs. Harriet Dressler finally sighted the party battling the high waves off Dares Beach late yesterday afternoon and the Washingtonians dropped anchor & mile from shore after Mrs. Dressler signaled the occupants of the boat that an attempt would be made to_take them off. Realizing the futility of an attempt to bring & boat alongside their bucking craft, White and Davidson improvised a raft from a number of life preservers, securely tied the boy on one of the pil- lows and the party then abandoned the ve;sel and attempted to make their way ashore, Pulled to Safety. Joe Dressler and James Miller put out in a 16-foot boat, made their way to within a short distance of the raft, threw the Washingtonians a rope and pulled them to safety. Several other men swam out a short way from shore and helped the party to the beach. The party was taken to Mr. Dressler’s cabin, given dry clothing and treated for exposure. They returned to their homes in the Capital sometime later. ‘White's boat rode safely through the night and was pulled ashore this morn- ing when the waters became calm once more. The Whites, Mrs. Arnold and David- son were all completely recovered from their harrowing experiences today fol- lowing their first night of real sleep since Saturday. They sung the praises of thelr rescuers, Dressler and Miller. The tiny craft that White and Davidson built a year ago in the former's shop at 321 Rhode Island avenue also came in for its just share of praise. It rode the wildest sea the Chesapeake has seen in many years without showing the slightest indication of breaking up. White served as a sailor during the World War. He came to Washington several years ago from Santa Barbara, Calif., where with his family he saw the earthquake and tidal wave that wrecked the West Coast town. \ Game Little Fellow. Asked how 7-year-old Edward be- haved when the 20-foot waves rolled up to the little boat, Davidson said: “He'’s the gamest litle fellow I ever saw. He didn’t even whimper during the whole time. I think he enjoyed being put in the water there at last.” C. Merrit Twilley and A. Bond Mer- ritt of Baltimore, wearing life belts and tied together with an 8-foot rope, plunged time and again through the raging surf pounding the beach at Pinehurst-on-| the-Bay and rescued 11 persons from | the schooner,”Harriet P. Ely, that sank | 300 yards off shore early yesterday. | The two men swam out to the sink- ing craft 11 times and each time re- turned safely to the shore with one of the maroonldmpnny to the yope between them. The 17 persons rescued by the Coast Guard cutter CG-128 were guests of Mrs. Willlam Whitehurst of Baltimore aboard her yacht Creeper. The party Jeft Baltimore Sunday and the Coast Guard was called for assistance when they dldhnot return to Baltimore late that night. The disabled Creeper was located in Craig Hill Channel, near Pooles Island, 5 Mln the picture, front row, left to Back row William street northeast. Davidson right: Edward White, 7; his mother, Mrs. White, 2617 Thirty-first place niortheast, and her and J. M. White. The Foening Shat WASHINGTON, D. C, ONE KILLED, TWO INJURED IN' EARLY JULY 4 OBSERVANCE Homemade Dynamite “Fire- cracker” Explodes at ‘Mitchellville, Md. J. L. SIMMONS, 26, DIES ON WAY TO.D. C. HOSPITAL Twin Brother Ioses Arm and Bernard Tydings Receives Minor Burns. J Lois Simmons, 26, vice = den‘é‘e‘;!ll the Prince Georges counm“tly ‘Taxpayers' Association and a third- year student at the National University when & homemade cracker” exploded during a premature Fourth of July celebration at his home, near Mitchellville, Md., last night. His twin brother, Lyle L. Simmons, was seriously injured in the explosion, while Bernard Tydings of Mitchellville, recelved minor burns avout the arms. Sibiey Bospital, " while Tydungs B in , while g8 Casualty Hospital,*where condition is reported as not serious. Joseph had both arms blown off, his left leg fractured and suffered from a concussion of the brain and burns sister, Mrs. Bertha Arnold. Davidson lives at 231 Eighth —Star Staff Photo. IFOUR ARE INJURED N AUTO WSS Three Girls and Boy Hurt in Accidents—One Is in Serious Condition. Three girls and a boy were among the five persons injured in automobile accidents here late yesterday and last night. ‘Twelve-year-old Fanny Wright, 111 Third street northeast, was the most seriously hurt. She was knocked down | at Third and B streets northeast by an automobile, sald by police to be driven by Robert Chambers, 25, first block of D street southwest. At Casualty Hos- pital physicians said her pelvis may be fractured. Florence and Ethel Watson, 7 and 9 years old respectively, of 1123 Penn- sylvania avenue southeast, were cut and bruised when struck by a taxicab near their home. Police reported the cab was driven by Leonard J. Long- hurst, 30, of the 100 block of Portland street southeast. The two girls were treated at Providence Hospital. William Russell, 15, of 612 Ninth street southwest, was cut on the face and right arm by flying glass when the automobile in which he was riding was struck by a street car at Third and Rit- tenhouse streets. He was treated at a nearby drug store. The automobile was operated by Calvin Campbell of the Ninth street address, and the street car by Thomas Dodson, 5300 block of Fifth street, the police reported. James S. Canter, 22, 100 block of F street -southeast, was cut and bruised about the face and body when his car struck the guy wire of a telephone pole at Twenty-fifth street and Naylor road southeast. He was treated at Provi- dence Hospital. PROMOTIONS ARE WON BY D. C. BOY SCOUTS Three Advanced to First Class and Eleven to 8econd in Court of Honor at Camp Wilson. Promotions and advancements of Boy Scouts took place at the court of review and court of honor at Camp Wilson, Burnt Mills, Md., Saturday 3 The following Scouts advanced to second class: J. Thompson, W. Poland and H. Sanders of Troop 10, A. Hamil- ton of Troop 12, H. Kelley of Troop 14, H. Dempsey of Troop 28, J. Walker and T. Cook of Troop 83, Earl Kimmell of Troop 204, Willlam Draper and Robert the | Pratt of Troop 209. Scouts advanced to first class were G. Richard of 14, Charles Read of Troop 67, V. Orsinger of Troop 82. The following boys qualified for merit badges: John Lacraw, Troop 6, for first aid, handicraft, civics and pathfing ; C. Mullady, Troop 9, for safety; W. Englehardt, Troop 9, for 10, pathfind- safety; G. Poland, mrlc, ; J. Obert, Troop 12, for swimming; Ludwig Kroutil, Troop 28, athletics and pioneering and public Tt health; Edward Dietz, Troop 38, chem- istry; G. Firmin, Troop 43, sc! H P. Prank, 67, wood hlndlfll!t:% public health and woodwt . Troop 98, plumbing and safety; S immante, Troop. 100, athletics; K. Peterson, yesterday and the yacht was taken in | Lee tow and carried safely to port after members of the Coast Guard crew put ting part ely al cutter. ‘Waves running 12 feet high washed away & motor boat pler, sank several small boats and carried ‘another boat ashore at Colonial Beach yesterday. Property damage was only slight, how- ever. The water was calm today. S P ST T OLDES'.I' INHABITANTS HEAR TALKS AND- MUSIC Rev. Charles T. Warner Pflnclpd' Speaker at Association’s Patriotic Exercises. The annual Fourth of July patriotic exercises of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants were held today at the Western Presbyterian Church, ‘;: H street between Nineteenth and en- tieth streets. Rev. Charles T. Warner, rector of St. Alban's Church, delivered the principal address and there was a program of music. Prior to the patriotic exercises there @.was a business meeting. and FATHER AND CHILDREN ESCAPE FIRE IN HOME Pender Man, Awakened by Smoke, Leads Family to Safety From Blaze. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va,, July 4—Awakened by smoke at 4 o'clock morning, J. D. Denny of the Pender neighborhood barely had time to conduct his several to safety before his entire home was in flames. It was completely | destroyed before the Fairfax Volunteer Fire Department could reach the scene. Denny told firemen he had no idea fire started, but that it had and cuts about the head and body, acco! to police. le lost his left arm and was also ly burned in the explosion, the police report says. The Simmons brothers were brought to the hospital by John , their brother-in-law, and Joseph and Thomas Ackerson of Wi . ‘The injured men are brothers-in-lgw of Sheriff W. Curtis Hopkins. County Policeman Elon Turner, who investigated the explosiop, sald he tained several guests at their home on the Crain Highway, near Mitchellville, last night. After the supply of fire- works, which had been bought for the party was exhausted, the men filled a pipe with dynamite. Officer Turner sald they had used this type of homemaae firecracker before. mrd‘:lfedw the policeman, the dy- namite to go off, however, and the men were examing the pipe when suddenly it exploded with a terrific blast that could be heard for miles. ‘The Simmons brothers resided with their mother, Mrs. C. Boyce. Hawford Talbot, 49, 915 Fifth street, | was treated at Emergency H‘:xlm last | night for burns to his legs icted by | : an exploding firecracker tossed from a passing automobile. COURT CLERKS’ MEETING POSTPONEMENT IS URGED President of Association in Vir- ginia Proposes Delay in Letter to Members. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., July 4— Postponement for one week of the scheduled convention of the Virginia Court Clerks’ Association here “August 18 and 19 was suggested by W. L. Prieur, jr., association president, in a letter today to members for the meeting. Mr. Prieur expressed the belief that many high State officers, who have accepted invitations to ad- calling of the spe- of the General Assembly by Gov. Pollard on August 10. Plans already have been made for a Merchant Dies J. EDWARD CHAPMAN. EDWARD CHAPMAN EAPRES SUDDENLY Coal Dealer Dies of Heart Ailment at His Home in Chevy Chase. J. Edward Chapman, 72, wealthy coal dealer, died suddenly from a heart . attack last night at his residence, 5810 Connecticut avenue, Chevy Chase, Md. Mr. Chapman collapsed in his chair while playing cards with his family. A phys! ‘was summoned by his wife, Mrs. Annette Chapman, but efforts to Tevive him were futile and he died about 10 minutes after the doctor arrived. nothing furth decision is made as to a definite con- vention date. Among the events ar- ranged are addresses by Attorney Gen- eral John R. Saunders and Senator C. to the birthplaces of Geo: 'ashing- ton and Robert E. Lee. KW DYING MAN ASKS AID IN LOCATING HIS WIFE Police and Newspapers Requested to Institute Search for Mrs. Emma Brown Hanley. Police and W for severgl days, Mr. his office yesterday. Born April 28, 1861, at Richmond, was one of the most prominent individ- ual coal dealers in Washington. Mr. Chapman was a member of the Fourth Degree, Knights of Columbus; the Association of Oldest Inhabitants, Columbia Country Club and the Church n ashington. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Railway Shops Will Reopen. KANE, Wash, July 4 (®).— orthern Railroad officials said He sald he knows she is in ington and when he last heard of her she was working in a private home on either Vermont or New Hampshire avenue. Princess Asks Annulment. PASADENA, Calif., July 4 (P.—A suit asking an annulment of her marri- six &mmogel&ndmmotmw. m:“byedhdj xgn:z: ja y 'hom:ndlludulformerm princess. ' DIFFERENT KINDS OF WATER FREEZE AT VARYING SPEEDS Academy of Sciences Report Shows Melted Ice Three Times Faster in Change Than Condensed Steam. ? §2 § i ¢ ragH EE’EE H b f i s TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1933. Flood Inundates Potomac Park HEAVY RAINS BRING RISE THAT COVERS HAINS POINT. Jrreer=a Here’s how the boat house and landing at Hains Point, in East Potomac Park, looked late yesterday afternoon when the turbulent Potomac River, gorged with Summery rains, burst the bounds of its banks. Below: The seawall that girds East Potomac Park was unable to hold back the charging waters that swept '-hle ‘;’ulky as the aftermath of the cloudburst. The waters on the Georgetown Channel side of land. SEEKS CONFERENG Inspgctor Demands Parley With Former Fairfax Postmistress. By & Btaff Correspondent of The Star. FAIRFAX, Va, July 4—Her failure to appear yesterday and assist in the transfer of the post office here to L. M. Coyner, newly appointed acting post- master, has resulted in an insistent de- mand by Postal Inspector Hugh E. Al- | ford for a conference with Miss Lurema Sayre, who has served as postmistress here since her appointment by the late President Harding. She was a close friend of Mrs. Herbert Hoover and a frequent visitor at the White House during the Hchver administration. {g:hr term would have expired in Alford said that the usual examina- tion of the records of a post office hanging in Fairfax again tomorrow morning. Ege g b it i Winfleld, with whom lived for a number of years, formed the latter was pot receipt of this inf he left word that he wq the former postmistress just she returned Miss Winfleld sald this morni Bl g o i Ffl- eEE jeit =§§§ H acting postmaster was em- e office of County Treasurer . W. Huddleston until he received the ew appointment. RENOMINATE HUTCHESON Shenandoah G. O. P. Takes Action at Woodstock Convention. Soecial Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va., July 4—Joseph Hutch. eson, member of the House of Dele- gates from Shenandoah Coun the 3 . tinue to do all he could to secure money for the ‘would favor s re- duction of automobile and taxes. . Hutcheson as bas no Demo- At it gc“delaud two Greet was Eugene 'Greet, 15. e t, Tett Jeg. described as limping from a sore Five Die as Home Burns. ON PUS_IMHANGE cl hands would not be completed | for several days and that he would be| Occoquan Prisoner Released to Attend Funeral of Wife | | | to Occoquan for 60 days after his conviction on a theft charge was released from the workhouse by special order of Judge Ralph Given yesterday to sttend funeral services for his wife, who died | | ‘ A man who last week was sent E. Sanford, 33, first block of Seventh street northeast, is the sentence for the of 5 gallons of gasoline. Judge Given issued the order immediately upon learn- % about the death of the man’s e. VOLUNTEER BLOOD FORGRLLEAPER =555 : Three Firemen Respond to Aid Young Woman Who Jumped From Hotel. Firemen volunteered their blood last | night in an effort to save the life of Miss Blanche Israel, 20, of Greenwood, 8. C., who leaped from her fifth-floor pelvis, ie(r}u.md skull and possible internal in- Jus Meanwhile, police were holding for in- vestigation E. M. Headrick, an unem- ployed electrician, of Knoxville, Tenn., who was said to have registered at the hotel with Miss Israel Friday morning. Miss Israel lation of the Mann act. ROAD BUILDER OFFICIAL RESCUES TWO BOYS Charles M. Upham Saves George Minker and Clarence Welch From Upset Canoe. ‘Two small boys were rescued their canoe at Dempsey’s Boat b Caught in the swift current, the frail ca) MISS MAHAN IMPROVES Police Hope to Obtain Complete ~ Story of Attack in Park. B - - Society and General PAGE B—1 LORTON PRISONERS FVADE CUARDS 10 MAKEGOOD ESCAP |Posse of 40 Searches Woods Between Reformatory and Mount Vernon for Pair. BLOODHOUNDS USED TO TRAIL FLEEING MEN Inmates Inform Prison Officials They Are Satisfied With Change in Food. A posse of 40 guards was searching the woods between the District Reform- atory at Lorton and Mount Vernon for ' two inmates of the reformatory who down the park moved a bit —Star Staff Photos. made a dash for liberty yesterday. Eight bloodhounds are on the men's | trail. Guards saw the pair as they ran away from the institution yesterday afternoon and immediately gave pursuit. After an all-night hunt, however, neither of the men had been captured up to 10 o'clock today. Those who escaped are John M. Ken- dricks, 36, sentenced to 10 years for as- sault with a deadly weapon, and Rob- ert E. Gayles, 41, serving a seven-and- one-half-year term on tw«:rzugeu of violating the Harrison n ies act. Each man has served a little more than & year of his sentence. I 2 o t was believed at the institution to- day that Gayles had become frightened at rumors that all narcotics addicts were to be transferred to the Federal penitentidry at Leavenworth, Kans. Capt. M. M. Barnard, superintendent of District penal institutions, today branded published about the transfer as a complete fabrication, say- ing no such transfer was or is éon- u%?ehml inma orma . tes of the ref tory were completely peaceful today. There SEVEN B GROPS T0 CONVENE HERE {New List Includes Hard-of- Hearing Federation With 500 Delegates. Seven large organisations made de- cisions in June to hold conventions in ‘Washington, Curtis Hodges, director of the Greater National Capital Commit- tee, said today. C. N. Nichols of the ccnvention de-' partment of the Greater National Capi- tal Committee, with offices in Chicago | | during the Century of Progress Exposi- | tion, reported three of the seven conven- | tions, They are the American Federa- | tions for the Hard of be held here June, 1934, tes; the Sigma Ph! to meet here June, 1935, with a probable attendance of 700, and the annual meet- ing of the Super-Mind Science Church, June 1-4, 1934, with a probable attend- ance of 250. Mr. Nichols also reported the Super-Mind Science Church would establish its national headquarters in Washington at 1614 K street. Prof.| William Estep, 1614 K street, is the national head of the organization, and Dr. Austin Love of the same address is the local representative. | was no work to be done and their holiday program includes a fleld day in the with boxing, tug-of- ;':.re ndeuomer “mmnm' and a game the Will Tree Athletic Club at 2 o'clotk.! 2 Prison Band Practices. The prison band was practic strenuously this morning and the wg:é' ings of its miscellaneous horns were the- sounds audible on the reserva- tion. For breakfast today the men were given scrambled eggs, rice, fat- back, coffee, and bread. syrup read. ured, their punish- prisoners E ment probably be to place chains ion their ankies so as to restrict their speed to a slow walk. They may have to wear these chains for 60 to 90 days, he said. A short chain is attached at each end to the man’s ankle. is no ball attached to the chain. LOUDOUN G. 0. P. ELECTS CONVENTION DELEGATES Cobnty Organization Chooses Rep- Tesentatives for State Meet- ing at Lynchburg. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. PURCELL . . July 4—The Republican County Convention, meeting here, elected the following delegates and alternates to the State convention, which was held at Lynchburg, Va., yes- today: Delega M. Sexton, L. P., Hickman, W. H - bl Pearson, Rodney Davis and Fen. organized to make arrangements for the annual convention in June, 1934, of the South- ern Hotel Association. More than 300 delegates will be expected. DETAILS ARE SOUGHT ON GAS OWNERSHIP BIBLE SCHOOL TO OPEN Classes to Be Conducted at Hyatts- ville Presbyterian. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 (Speci tlons for motor vehicle s ’ permits, which are