Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1934, Page 4

{ERNS HOTELFRE TOLL RASEDTO8 Probe of Ruins Now Reveals Recovery of 23 Bodies. 16 Identified, By the Associated Press. LANSING, Mich., December 13.—As the sorrowful task of probing the ruins | of fire-swept Hotel Kerns went for- ward today, State police ‘listed 26 “known dead,” with 23 ‘bodies re- covered, 16 of them identified. Eleven bodies, of which the cen- suming flames left little more than! skeletons, had been taken from the jce- sheeted debris of what once was one of the State capital’s popular meeting places. All were beyond identification, except for a few personal effects, such as rings or other trinkets found with some of them. Dies of Injuries. The mortality list among the guests who sought escape from the flames by jumping from upper windows to the street or into the Grand River, which flows at the rear of the hostelry, was increased by one as State Representa- tive D. Knox Hanna of Tuscola County died of his injuries. He was the seventh member of the State Leg- islature to die, six of them Representa- tives and one Senator. At least a score of legislators were staying in the hotel during an extraordinary “lame duck” legislative session necessitated by petitions for a recount growing out of the November 6 election. The tragedy broke an impending deadlock in the next House of Repre- sentatives. Fifty Republicans and 50 Democrats were elected or re-elected. Three re-elected Republicans and one re-elected Democrat died, leaving the Democrats theoretically in control pending special elections, which can- not be held before the House organ- 1zes for the regular session in January. At least three bodies were found in the ruins this morning and moved to a temporary morgue set up in a near- by warehouse. Diver Explores River. Earl Ewing, a diver, was engaged last night to explore the depths of the river. He came up with the report that he had located one body, but im- mediate efforts to bring it to the sur- face were not successful, and Ewing said he would descend again today. One of the seven charred bodies in the temporary morgue set up by the coroner’s office was identified through a ring as that of David Monroe, the hotel manager. Several survivors said they remembered seeing Monroe in the glare of the flaines staggering through a corridor of the doomed hotel. DANIEL E. M'COY HEADS D. C. DARTMOUTH CLUB General Commercial Engineer for Chesapeake & Potomac Tele- phone Co. Named President. Daniel E. McCoy, general com- mercial engineer for the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone. Co., was elected president of the Dartmouth Club of ‘Washington at its meeting last night at the University Club. He is & grad- uate of the class of 1918. Other officers elected - were: .Vice presidents, Chief Justice Alfted A. Wheat, 1889; former Justice Wendell P. Stafford, 1901; J. B. Reynolds, 1890; Frederick L. Pearce, 1915; secretary and treasurer, Wellington F. Barto, 1929; historian, Henry P. Blair, 1889; Executive Committee members, W. C. Kendall, 1899; W. D. Bruner, 1912; E. T. Papson, 1914; W. S. Hoge, 1927, and P. F. Hannah, 1927. The meeting was in observance of the annual Dartmouth night celebra- tion, which is held simultaneously by the undergmaduates and alumni throughout the world. Prof. Caino to Lecture. Prof. Domingo Caino of George- town University will give an illus- trated lecture on “Italian Architec- ture” tomorrow at 8:30 pm. before the Arts Forum. The lecturer, who is professor of French and Spanish, has made a life study of art and is a well known au- No. 1—All that remains of the Hotel Kearns at Lansing, Mich., destroyed by fire. Firemen and workmen are still searching for charred bodies in the debris, many of which are still un- accounted for.—A.P.Photo. No. 2—Wilda, 7, and Ralph, 3, chil- dren of Rollo Horney of Cleveland, listed among the missing. The chil- dren are reading a letter received from their father in which he said he would be home for Christmas. The letter was written in the hotel the night of the fire—A. P. Photo. No. 3—Fred Van Dyne of Owosso, Mich., who escaped from the fire. His daughter, Betty, watches over him at the hospital —Wide World Photo. No. 4—William Jacobi, Rutherford, N. J, talking over his escape with his nurse, Marie Behan. He leaped from a third-floor window to the kitchen roof and then to the ground.—A. P, Photo. No. 5—Miss Erva Baye, 20-year-old entertainer, drinking a cup of coffee | after being carried down a ladder by a fireman.—A. P. Photo. In Capital Letters Cummings Likes His New Tag—"Just An- other Ham on Rye.” BY GENEVIEVE FORBES HERRICK. TO THE Crime Conference, now «in- session, host Homer Cum- mings is the Attorney General. To & certain soda jerker here he is “just another ham on ‘When the Justice Department head- quarters were in their old building, Mr. Cummings was wont to drop in frequently at a nearby drug store, eat his favorite lunch—a ham on rye, with mustard, a chocolate soda. The same clerk always waited on him. Other guests at the counter would whisper to the soda jerker, “Hey, you know who that is? That's the At- torney General.” All of which the boy knew. But he was unimpressed. Grew pretty bored. thority on Italian architecture. He has frequently lectured here and else- where on the subject. ITHE WEATHER I District of Columbia—Fair tonight, minimum temperature about 28 de- grees; tomorrow fair, slightly colder; moderate west and northwest winds. Maryland—Fair tonight; tomorrow fair and colder. Virginia—Fair tonight; fair and slightly colder. West Virginia—Fair, slightly colder in northwest portion tonight; tomor- row fair, colder in north portion. Report for Last 24 Hours. Temperature. Barometer, Degrees. Inches. .33 29.95 .32 29.86 . 30 29.17 tomorrow Yesterday— .28 29.70 .27 29.74 . 41 29.74 Record for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 41, noon today. Year ago, 32. - Lowest, 24, 7 a.m. today. Year ago, 9. Record Temperatures This Year, Highest, 101, on June 29. Lowest, —612, on February 9. Humidity for Last 24 Hours. b (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 79 per cent, at 7 a.m. today. Lowest, 43 per cent, at 4 p.m. yes- terday. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today. ‘Tomorrow. 1:07a.m. 2:10a.m. 7:52a.m, 8:48a.m, 1:42p.m. 2:42pm. 8:26 p.m. 9:28 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Rises, Sets. Bun today ... 7:18 4:46 Sun, tomorrow. 7:19 Moon, today .. Noon Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date): Month. 1934. Average. Record. January.... 197 3.55 7.09 3.22 327 418 3.5 227 §4 A 3.84 3.70 2387 413 2.88 47 5.21 4.01 September. 17.45 324 October.... 0.75 2.84 November.. 3.58 237 December., 132 332 6.84 8.84 9.13 10.69 10.94 10.63 14.41 ‘1745 8.57 8.69 1.56 ‘34 '85 '89 01 2 The Department of Justice moved to its swanky new building over on the Avenue. Mr. Cummings wanted his old-time ham sandwich. So he went back to the familiar counter the other day. Customers nudged the clerk; murmured, “He&kid, that's the Attorney General.” To which the soda jerker replied, in a voice you could hear all over the store, “He may be the Attorney General to you; he’s just another ham on rye, with mustard, to me.” And tickled the A. G. so much he's kept on going back to the place. Mrs. Owen on Crime News. While we're on the subject of crime, it may be mentioned that J. Edgar Hoover, director of the division of in- vestigation, and Ruth Bryan Owe_n, Minister to Denmark, )nve opposite views on the value of crime news in the papers. ‘Madame Minister, who sailed the other day for her post, has been making speeches in America deploring the fact that so much American news (about 75 per cent was the figure she gave) filtering into the Danish papers is about crime and criminals. Shock- ing, she says. Mr. Hoover pays tribute to the newspaper as an aid in the punish- ment of crime. A Forum Problem. Did you know that Mr. Average Citizen is less inclined to talk in an open forum if the floor on which he is standing is inclined? Sounds fantastic to me. When the Chamber of Commerce banned the Town Hall series from its sacred precincts there was @ search for new quarters. A theater was immediately suggested. And immediately rejected, so a Town Hall derictor tells me, becduse the floor of a theater is slanting, and “you can’t hold an open forum on a slanting floor.” Think it over. Masquerade Gives Thrill. Mary Dewson, chairman of women's activities for the Democratic party, has had many and varied experiences. But never, until she went to the White House masquerade the other night, had she worn men’'s trousers. She was enchanted with them. Dressed as the. Forgotten Man, in khaki pants, yellow shirt, ranch hat, she walked around the east room with a greater feeling of exhilaration than she had experienced even on election day. Here's another problem for the wife of a newly elected Senator. The wives of the cabinet members must do her the honor of calling on her first, but A THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1934, she must do them the honor of sitting below them at luncheon. . Study in comparisons: The men's Gridiron dinner, at which the Presi- dent was guest of honor, was over be- fore midnight. The women’s mas- querade, at which the President’s wife was hostess, didn't break up until 10 minutes to 1. Husbands, hunting for wives, kept the telephone bell at the White House jingling, The masculine voice at the switchboard (the famous Miss Hack- master was at-the -party) kept re- peating: “Yes, sir; the party's still on. No, sir; I don't know when the ladies will be leaving.” (Copyright. 1934. by North American Newspaper Alliance. Inc.) ALUMNI CLUB PLANNED Haverford College Group in Capi- tal to Unite. Plans for orgafiizing the Haverford Society of Washington for alumni of Haverford College were made last night at Sidwell's Friends Suburban Gymnasium. A ‘dinner will be held soon after the first of the year. Of- ficers will be elected then. Among the 36 active’ members are John R. Hoopes, assistant to the director of advertising of the National Geographic Magazine, and Nathan Sangree, special assistant to the head of the Aeronautics Division in the Department of Commerce. Man Stumbles Into Car. John W. Roberts, 78, of 706 Ninth street southeast received serious in- juries yesterday when he stumbled while crossing Pennsylvania avenue at Seventh street and fell into the side of a passing street car. Taken to Emergency Hospital by a passing motorist, his condition this morning was said to be “improving.” Shop Early Make up your Christmas Bud- get now and do Jour shopping Early $540 $1,200 $100.00 $6,000 $500.00 It is not necessary to have had an Ac- count at this Bank to Borrow, THE MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S, Treasury 1408 H STREET, N. W. Quakes in Honduras Area Seen Stronger and More Frequent Residents of Copan Zone Wire Govern- ment Something Awe-Inspiring and Terrible Is Happening. By the Assoclated Press. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Decem- ber 13.—Something awe-inspirinz and terrible is happening in the Copan zone, residents of that quake-devas- tated district have wired the govern- ment here. Earth shocks that have shaken the region continuously since early last | wegk are becoming stronger and more frequent, especially about Santa Rita, San Jorge, Cabanas and Copan, the messages sald. Underground rum- blings are constant in the neighbor- ;).ood of the nearby Cerro Azul Moun- in. ‘The messages said it was believed some tremendous phenomenon was imminent in that region, since moun- tain slopes were sliding and sinking almost without ceasing. A general belief is that a volcano is on the verge of eruption, and authorities of Santa Rosa have re- quested that a commission of geolo- gists be sent to study the terrain. Reports from Tela said rain had been falling incessantly for five days and the rise of the river Tela threat- ened to flood the city. MONTSERRAT SHAKEN. Quakes That Commenced December 10 Are Continuing, PLYMOUTH, Montserrat, British West Indies, December 13 (#)—Se- vere earthquake shocks shaking build- ings for the last few days have been causing alarm among inhabitants of this Caribbean island. Several stone buildings in Plymouth were seriously damaged this morning by a tremblor. Some buildings considered unsafe for dwelling were being vacated. The quakes started the morning of De- cember 10 and are still continuing. The last serious disturbance here * was in May, when tremblors rocked buildings, damaged walls and put resi- dents in a state of panic. They were the worst earth shocks recorded here in 30 years. For safety, British war- ships stood by in case inhabitants would be forced to flee. Three religious denominations joined in a service of z;mllfitiun and prayer for cessation f shocks. , Situlted 27 miles from Antigua, the island of Montserrat is 11 miles long and 7 miles wide. It is of vol- canic ‘formation, rugged and moun- tainous, and has a population of 13,062. PABOLES TO BE TOPIC Problems of the parole system will be discussed before the Monday Eve- ning Club at a meeting next Monday night at the Willard Hotel. Fred A. Moran, executive director | discuss “Essentials of an Adequate Parole System.” Other penal authorities who will take part are Sanford Bates, Federal director of the Bureau of Prisons; Wilbur La Roe, jr, chairman of the District Parole Board, and Allen Nolan of the Rehabilitation Bureau. Plan Christmas Party. ‘The Massachusetts Society will hold its annual Christmas party and dance in the main ball room of the Ward- man Park Hotel tonight. There will be dancing from 9 pm. to 1 am. AN OPPORTUNITY JEWELRY SALE Here is a chance to buy gifts of real value at a very nom- inal cost. We are closing out our branch store, and offer- ing this stock to you at one-third to one-half its value. It is now on sale at Golden & Sons, 1419 H St. N.W. Sterling Silber $6 Sugar and Cream. .$3.45 $6 Compotes. . ......$3.45 $3.50 Silver Handle Steak Sets ........$2.38 $1 PieKnife ..........79 CheeseKnife . .........59¢ $5 Goblets .........$3.95 Heavy Bread and Butter Plates, perplate . . . . .$2.00 Sat and Peppers, pair. $3.45 ““Silver Vases . ... $5.50 Baby Cups Smiall Baby Cups Candlesticks, pair .. ..$3.50 ....8$3.50 ....$3.50 «+..$2.00 645 odd pieces of sterling silverware at 209, off, this includes hollow and flat silver. FINE Silver-Plated Tea Sets 3 Pieces, $5.50 You can match sets of 26 pieces from this collection. SOLID GOLD Complete selections of Ladies’ Birthstone Rings, $4.00 Up Ladies’ Diamond Watches, 6 to 8 diamonds. . . ...$37.50 We also have a complete line of Men’s Watches, all nationally known makes, Cigarette Cases, Watch Chains; Cocktail Sets, etc. GOLDEN & SONS 1419 H STREET N.W. FRIDAY CLEARANCE THE HECHT CO. MEN'S SHOPS Broken Lots of $25 and 29.50 SHELDON Suits, O'Coats and Topcoats 9.75 132 SHELDON SUITS. 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