Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1935, Page 4

SA 4w THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SEPTEMBER 8, 1935—PART ONE. _ WYNEKOOP HOME DISTRICT VETERANS riiezed | |OANADIAN PEGGING Pyre for War‘ Veterans Killed in Storm MISSIG N STORN 0. H. Morris Named Cas- ualty—Stephen Pascha- lis Disappeared. The fate of two World War veterans who formerly lived in Washington and ~have beerr reported missing since the Florida hurricane still is in doubt. +~Mrs. Nan Morris, 3033 Sixteenth -street, anxiously awaits word of her husband, Owen Hughes Morris, 42, " who went to a veterans camp in Florida about three months ago, while friends of Stephen Pascha- lis, 49, one-time restaurant pro- prietor here, held slim hopes for his survival Report Uncon- firmed. The name of Morris, a native of Clifton Forge, Va., had appeared in casualty lists, and Paschalis was | listed among those missing. The Red | Cross, however, has not confirmed Yeports on either of the men, and an American Legion official in the storm-swept area has not been heard from. " Morris is a graduate of the Rich- mond College of Pharmacy and served overseas as a sergeant with the 319th Ambulance Corps, 80th Division. He participated in several major engage- ments and recelved the Purple Heart award and other citations. Came Here in 1898. Paschalis, who was born in Sparta, Greece, came to Washington as a boy in 1898, living here until last year, when his health failed. He gave up the restaurant he had operated at 615 Beventh street southwest since 1920 and went to Florida. Paschalis was a veteran of several Balkan wars as well as the World War. He served with the American Jarces two years as mess sergeant. He was active for many years in the affairs of Vincent B. Costello Post, American Legion, and also Washing- ton Lodge, No. 15, B. P. O. E. RED CROSS ASSISTS THOUSAND FAMILIES Florida Keys and Alorg West Coast of State Given In- tensive Relief. ‘The Red Cross announced last night it was caring for 1,000 families in the Florida Keys and along the West | coast of that State. “Food, clothing, shelter and prospec- tive care of these families for weeks to come has been assumed by the Red Cross,” it said. “In the key district, the Red Cross will meet needs of 200 families. In Taylor County on the West Coast, 300 fam- . ilies have been driven from their homes, and it was estimated that $2,000 a week would be required for the Red Cross to feed many of these whose homes have been destroyed.” Workers also were sent into North Carolina and the Eastern Shore of Maryland to care for those in dis- tress as the result of tornados there. DIXIE'S PASSENGERS REJOIN FAMILIES Tears of Joy Flow as Wrecked | Ship's Survivors Reach Gotham By the Associated Press. NEW YQRK, September 7.—Pas- sengers and crew members of the “stranded liner Dixie, comrades through a howling hurricane end a thrilling rescue at sea, parted tonight | to seek out their homes in scattered corners of the Nation. They arrived today by special train from Miami to greet with glad em- brace, tears of joy end laughing anecdote relatives and friends who crowded into Pennsylvania station. Two hundred of the rescued pas- pengers and 69 crew members re- -geived a tumultuous welcome here. Fourteen others had left the train at Philadelphia and one passenger Alisembarked at Washington, D. C. .* Only a few had managed to bring #ny of their possessions from the _Dixie, still aground with a skeleton .erew on French Reef off Florida Keys. Bome, however, carried small packets ¥rapped in brown paper. .+ All the passengers, some near hys- feria as nerves relaxed after the strain of more than 50 hours on a storm-lashed sea, had high praise r Capt. E. W. Sundstrom of the Pixie and his crew. DR. MAIN MEMORIAL i\ SERVICES TO BE HELD ?ormer Washington Psychiatrist | Owen H. Morris, barely Florida hurricane, rode into Washing- A funeral pyre for 36 World War veterans, killed in the Florida hurricane, At 2 pm. yesterday pine boxes containing the bodies were plled high at the tiny rescue camp at Snake Creek, 75 miles south of Miami. The blaze shot high into the air and burned for hours. Air view showing remains of Veterans' Camp No. 1 at Matecumbe Key, scene of heavy loss of life, —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. —Wide World Photo. F.E.R.A. Blameless in Deaths By Hurricane, Says Veteran H. E. Hawkins, Hitch- Hikes Here to Tell Story to Hopkins. Escaped Disasier by Jumping on Running Board of Passing Car. A sun-tanned war veteran, who escaped the death-dealing ton yesterday after five days’ hitch- hiking to assure Relief Administrator Harry Hopkins the F. E. R. A, was blameless in the rehabilitation camp debacle that took the lives of 300 ex-soldiers. H. E. Hawkins, stationed since July 1 at camp No. 3, Islamorada, Fla., Monday afternoon rode 66 miles from H L H s 4By the Associated Press. to Be Buried in Arlington National Cemetery. 4 [PALATKA, Fla, September 7.— Memorial services will be held tomor- &ow for Dr. D. C. Main, who was killed Monday night on Matecumbe ey by the hurricane which took the Jives of scores of World War veterans finder his care. 2 Rev. F. M. Whitmore, pastor of Melaka Community Church, will con- luct the service. » Funeral rites were held today at . Main’s former home in Pomona. body will be sent to Arlington National Cemetery. » 'A veteran of the Spanish American ¥ar, Dr. Main, in 1918, became med- director of St. Elizabeth's Hos- in Washington, serving there fo years. He formerly was associate fessor of psychology and psychiatry Georgetown Medical School there. o ‘RESERVISTS THWARTED Yack of Funds Prohibits Calling 1,000 to Active Duty. f1As a result of & flood of applica- ons, the War Department announced terday it is impossible to call 1,000 rve officers to active duty now, be- use of lack of funds. Congress last session enacted a law thorizing the President to call 1,000 rve officers to active duty for one and to commission 50 of them in Army as second lieuten- Regular fants. But no funds were appropria o carry out the authorization. the edge of Mangrove Swamp to Miami on the running board of a car packed with 15 other refugees hurrying to escape the big blow. He is believed the first veteran to reach Washington from the camps. Nobody Was to Blame. “It's horrible to read about what happened,” he sald yesterday before he left for Rockville to spend the week end with his sister, Mrs. Marie Donvan. “But there wasn't much that could be done about it. Nobody was to blame for those' poor fellows dying. “We used to talk over a lot what we would do if a hurricane did come. We'd been told that no matter how bad the storms got the water never ran over the railroad tracks, which are about 12 feet above the highway. So we decided we'd tie ourselves to these tracks. But it didn’t work. The water came over them and washed them out in a good many places. “I'm going to try Monday to see Mr. Hopkins and tell him how I feel about it. I think he might be re- leved.” In Florida Twe Months. Hawkins was sent to camp No. 3 two months ago from the Transient Bureau here. He worked for $30 a month as a fireman on a dredger digging & hurricane slip at the tip end of Forida which was to be uced as a safe anthorage for the veterans’ works projects water craft in case of storm. ¢ “We got the slip finished,” Hawkins said, “but they never did get the boats up in it.” Hawkins was paid s week ago t4d | Friday and went into Miami for the week end with a veteran from camp H. E. HAWKINS. —Star Staff Photo. No. 1. Monday morning they started back for the camps, 95 miles south. ‘When they reached Taviner, 66 miles below Miami, the wind began to blow strong. Hawkins decided to return to Miami, but his companion headed for his camp. “I reckon maybe he's been killed now,” Hawkins said, “although I don't know.” Jumped on Running Board. Hawkins saw a car jammed with passengers starting northward from Taviner. He asked for a ride, but the driver said the automobile was already too crowded. But Hawkins jumped on the running board: and held on tight while the wind whipped him with a fury. “When I got to Miami Monday night late, I looked around for some other boys from the camps but couldn’t find any. I got a ride in a truck to Fort Pierce, and then rode in a car to Henderson, N. C. From there I rode into Washington.” . S JAPANESE LEADER DIES TOKIO, September 7 (#).—Take- jiro Tokonami, minister of communi- cations, died here early today from asthma and complications. Tokonami was a veteran political figure in Japan and had served as minister of rallways as well as home minister. He was prominent in many movements to form new parties. He was once president the Imperial Railways, (Continued Prom First Page.) | Highway, U. S. route No. 1, north of | Doswell, and the Mattaponi was still rising near Bowling Green on route 2, already washed out in two places. The Richmond city gauge showed 24 feet 8 inches, with the James still rising as hundreds of workmen, aug- mented by C. C. C. workers, hastily reinforced a 4-foot dike thrown up Friday afternoon and night. Base- ments and ground floors in buildings been evacuated. Disruption Feared. Should the mounting crest top the eastern levee it would put out of com- mission the Shockoe pumping station and disrupt sewage service from Fif- teenth to Twenty-fifth and Broad streets, Gamble Bowers, director of public works, said. Shipping was at a standstill, and three vessels tied up at the city docks were isolated except by boat. Flyers who braved murky skies to view the situation from the air de- scribed the river as a swiftly moving mass of muddy water, sweeping trees and other debris toward the sea. A number of farms in the river lowlands were partly hidden by the flood. One life was lost when James Jer- rel, jr., 5-year-old colored boy fell into the swirling waters of Goodes Creek. Other towns along the James River reported heavy losses in property. Scottsville citizens took to boats as the water menaced their homes. Route 6, the James River road, was blocked at half a dozen points and the tracks of the James River division of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad were un- der water. Trains were routed by Charlottesville. Traffic was resumed on the line between Richmond and Newport News and the Southern had a crew working to reopen its spur line to West Point. Telephone Lines Down. Telephone lines were down in many parts of the State, the Gloucester- Mathews area being practically in- communicado because of disrupted service. Repair crews were at work all over the storm area. Breaking mill dams were responsible for many highway washouts, particu- larly in the Northern Neck and Mid- Tidewater sections, In addition to highway damage, losses were suffered by fishing clubs enjoying private fish- ing rights. The greatest crop damage was re- ported from the lowlands of the James, Appomattox, Pamunkey, Mat- taponi and other rivery. The best corn crop in yerrs was believed prac- tically ruined in most of the flooded sections. Wheat land prepared for sowing will have to be treated again. Damage to dark tobacco in the Lynchburg ares was reported, but the bright tobacco in the Danville-South ’ in the threatened area had already | Boston sector appeared not to have been damaged. From Winchester, where the Shen- andoah River was a raging torrent, came reports that heavy rains had fos- | tered the spread of scab on the apple | crop, necessitating a fight on fruit disease for the next five weeks. Traffic Rerouted. * Traffic over route 360, from Rich- | mond to Tappahannock, was rerouted | over a 20-mile dirt detour, as the de- | partment promised the road would be | open late tomorrow aftermoon, pro- | vided the Pamunkey and Mattaponi do not cause new trouble. Route 10 was opened today as wa- ters of the Blackwater River threat- ened danger to route 460, main route between Petersburg and Suffolk. Route 10 had been closed at the Surry-Prince George line, between Hopewell and Smithfield. Route 301, Petersburg to Emporia, was reported blocked by high water at three points between the two cities. Route 3, from Fredericksburg down the Northern Neck, was reopened, as was route 17, between Tappahannock and Fredericksburg. Only meager reports were available about. roads in Gloucester, Mathews and Middlesex, though several wash- outs were known to have occurred there Friday. At Danville damage from the tor- | nado that struck 3 miles south ot‘ | Ringgold was estimated at $15,000, in- | cluding the loss of buildings, crops | | and live stock. 3 1,000 Are Homeless. Federalsburg, on the Maryland Eastern Shore, still bore the brunt of the flooding waters, which had receded to a depth of 7 feet, following & high level of 10 feet in the business sec- tion of the town. ‘The first thoughts there were of relief for the 1,000 or more persons driven from their homes. The Red Cross and private agencies in nearby counties rallied to their aid with food, clothing and other supplies. ‘Warnings were given to all residents that water should be boiled before being used for cooking or drinking. More than 100 persons were being cared for at emergency headquarters set up in the Federalsburg High School Bullding. i One of the worst relief problems to be faced there was that of caring for 50 colored people stranded across the Nanticoke River in a school building. They were without food or dry cloth- ing all Friday night and most of yes- terday, but supplies were ferried to them late yesterday. They were to be removed to the high school as soon as possible. Bridges Out. Bridges out as a result of the high waters included East Run bridge, on the Great Mills-St. Marys City high- way; the St. John's Creek bridge, the ‘St. Inigoes road bridge, the principal ’ NOW BEING RAZED Gloomy Chicago Mansion Sold and Wrecking Crew Begins Work. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 7. — The Wynekoop mansion—gloomy memorial to one of Chicago's most sensational murders—is being razed. A wrecking company set a crew of laborers about the task of destroying the 16-room structure today. Two years ago, late one Autumn night, the scantily clad body of Rheta ‘Gardner Wynekoop was found on an operating table in the basement of the house. She had been anaesthe- tized, then shot. Detectives questioned the victim's husband, Earl Wynekoop. Suddenly their suspicions shifted to his mother, Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop, elderly physician and member of a respected family. She was tried, convicted and sentenced to 25 years in the woman's prison at Dwight, IIL. The residence was sold last July by Dr. Wynekoop's three children to the owner of an adjacent apartment building. The reported price was $1,200, plus assumption of a $9,000 mortgage. “COUNTRY TYPE” MAN SOUGHT IN ROBBERY Local police yesterday were re- quested by the Secret Service to look out for a “country type” man who is wanted for the theft of 36 tax refund- ing checks stolen from the office of the collector of internal revenue at Richmond, Va. While the total| amount of the checks was not made known to police, it was said they were all for small amounts. The theft, according to the lookout, occurred on Wednesday. The thief 1s described as being between 25 and 30 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches in| height and weighing 140 pounds. He | was dressed in the “country ty‘pe."] ;ceordlnl to the information given | ere. Several of the checks have been passed at small stores between here and Richmond, it was said. Pyres (Continued From First Page.) | Hopkins, Federal relief administrator, commented that as far as his investi- | gation had progressed “I find no basis for disciplinary action against any one.” “It is hard to arrive at a conclusion as to whether any branch of the Fed- | eral Government can be blamed for the Key disaster,” said Willlams. The F.E. R. A. spent approximately $250,- 000 in construction and maintenance of the three Veterans' Rehabilitation | Corps camps since the first veterans were sent last December to build a| bridge across one water gap in the overseas highway from the Florida mainland to Key West. ‘Williams, after questioning witnesses concerning weather reports and the special train which was caught in the hurricane, said: “I am forced to the conclusion as far as my investigation has gone that the people of Miami do not take hurricane warnings seriously. I presume it is because of the cry of ‘wolf-wolf’ that has been raised here so often.” Legion Investigating. Williams said he would not attempt | to fix responsibility, but to place the facts on record for transmission to| President Roosevelt. The American Legion, on behalf of its members in the key camps, also is investigating. Emest Carson, in charge of the Miami Weather Bureau, has been questioned by both Worley and Wil- liams. Other witnesses have been trainmen and veterans. Worley said his inquiry would con- tinue into next week, when officers of the ill-fated camps would be called wo testify. Pingerprint records of many of the veterans reached here from Washing- ton for checking against prints taken by identifications officers before the cremations. Sheriff Coleman sent word 18 bodies held in coffins at Snake Creek had been sent to Lower Matecumbe and with 11 others would be buried in the tiny seaside cemetery there. Conrad van Hyning, Florida emer- | gency relief administrator, issued in- structions that full military honors were to be paid the dead at each Mate- cumbe burial. Graves are to be so marked that later removal of the cof- fins will be possible if relatives desire. Sheriff Coleman said every possible identification means was being em- ployed. A card index system giving physical measurements, dental pe- culiarities and identifying marks is being kept. John L. Teets, field representative of the American Red Cross, sald many thousands of dollars for storm rehabil- itation work is needed by that organ- 1zation and must be raised by public subscription. He said the Government has made no grant of money to the Red Cross, which has set a tentative goal of $75,000 for rehabilitation. Mayor W. H. Malone of Key West telegraphed the Red Cross at Wash- ington “immediate assistance” was needed at Key West by 1,500 persons. Many refugees from the storm-stricken keys have been taken to Key West. Mayor Malone advised the local Red Cross chapter now had the situation under control, but said supplies were limited and replenishments would be required soon. The Red Cross said information at ‘Washington showed that at least 1,000 families were dependent at Key West upon the Red Cross for relief over an indefinite period. | | bridge on the St. Inigoes-Ridge road and one small span in the section. Efforts were being concentrated to secure early reopening of Route 213, which was closed south of Preston. That road is the main route down the Eastern Shore. Attention also centered on Route 404, closed east and west of Queen Anne’s, which is the regular route from the Metapeake ferry to Ocean City. Two routes were open to Ocean City. One was around the Upper Chesa- peake Bay by way of Elkton and Dover, Del., and the other from Mata- peake ferry by Queenstown, Centre- ville, Church Hill, Goldsboro, Marydel and Dover. Four small bridges were washed out on the shore. Mill dams broke at three points near Salisbury and blocked highways in that section. Dams were down at Vienna, Pittsville and Powelsville. ERNEST CARSON. State’s Attorney G. A. Worley of Miami yesterday was investi- gating Carson's predictions of the Florida hurricane. Carson, weather forecaster who has been stationed at Miami for two months, did not predict the true course of the storm, records indicated. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephcto. LEAGUF TOFIGAT FORPROCESS TAY Midwestern Econom ic Equality Group Preparing Brief in Hoosac Case. By the Associated Press. SIOUX CITY, Iowa, September 7.— The Midwestern League for Economic | Equality announced today it would go | to bat next month for the A. A. A. in its court battle to retain the process- | ing tax. LTS VHEATPRCE Minimum of 8714, Jumps Quotations More Than 2 Cents in Chicago. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 7.—Revela- tion of Canada’s latest plan to bring her wheat farmers prosperity stimu- lated sharp wheat price upturns in world markets today. Canadian wheat producers, nor- mally competitors with United States farmers for world trade, are to be guaranteed a minimum of 87% cents per bushel for their 1935 grain. As many importing countries are believed looking to Canada for bread- stuff, grain market bulls bid up the price. The minimum was higher than most traders had expected. Wheat here jumped more than 2 cents and maintained this gain de- spite occasional setbacks because of profit taking. December closed at 94%-7; cents per bushel. Other do- mestic markets showed corresponding gains, with September at Minneapolis, the leading Spring wheat market, closing at §1.20%. Winnipeg jumped the 3 cents permitted for one day, October closing at 88%. Liverpool advanced around 2 cents, October closing at 86%. BALTIMORE PLANS FIREARMS EXHIBIT Bowie Collection Will Be Seen at Fort McHenry During This Week. A. E. Demaray, acting director of the National Park Service, Interior Department, announced yesterday that the famous collection of firearms, made by the late E. Berkley Bowie of | Baltimore, Md., for the first time will be on public exhibition at Fort McHenry in that city September 12, 13 and 14—the commemoration of the bombardment of the famous old ‘The league is preparing a brief of | intervention in the Hoosac Mills case, | in which the Boston Circuit Court of | Appeals held the A. A. A.’s processing ‘tax was unconstitutional July 16. It has until October 15 in which to file its plea being written now by Ver- non Vrooman, Drake University law professor. O. L. Brownlee, league treasurer, said “We want to set forth our con- tention that the processing taxes and the protective tariff must stand or fall on the same provisions of the Constitution. “Then, if the court fails to sustain that contention, we will enjoin some manufacturer from adding the tariff | to his cost price. We will thus drive | a wedge between the protective tariff and the tariff for revenue only.” The league expects to bolster its | case with a battery of 50 law firms. | “We're going to match the mheny\ League's famous legal counsel,” Brownlee said. —_—— BAGGAGE AND CARGO DISCHARGED BY DIXIE Capt. E. W. Sundstorm Still Fails To Indicate When He Will Leave' Ship for Aid. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., September 7.—The stranded Morgan liner Dixie was dis- charging either baggage or cargo into two barges when observed late today by the pilot of a Pan-American Air- ways plane winging here from Ha- vana, The wrecking tug Warbler was also alongside the Dixie, which grounded on French Reef, 80 miles south of Miami, in Monday’s hurricane. Only a skeleton crew remains aboard the Dixie. Tropical Radio, in communication several times today with the Dixie, said there was no indication in public messages of when Capt. E. W. Sund- strom would go ashore for rest and medical attention. Capt. Sundstrom suffered back and leg injuries during the storm. The Morgan Line directed him to go ashore if necessary for rest and treatment. fort by the British in the War of 1812. ‘Then “The Star Spangled Banner” was written by Francis Scott Key. The Bowie collection of guns, pis- tols, revolvers, cutlasses, swords and | bayonets is “generally regarded a the riost complete collection of Ame: - ican military firearms in existence,” said the National Park Service, | “Particularly noteworthy is the d play of weapons in use by the soldie of the Confederacy. Some are the finest European make and we smuggled within the lines. Some wc | improvised and some are very cruc “Weapons of much earlier date lik | wise tell their story. There are flir |locks of the Revolutionary perio cutlasses which were in use duri: the War of 1812. The Mexican W has its quota of samples. Even tt World War is well represented by variety of rifles featuring the typ- used by combatants of all the na- tions involved.” The collection is being housed i one of the old barrack buildings, sz Harper L. Garrett, acting superintenc ent of Fort McHenry National Par John A. Sachse, curator, is preparir the display as an expert on milite: and naval material and history, off clals here said. ROSE WINNER IN AIR Finishes Well Ahead in King Cup Event in England. LONDON, September T (&).— | Tommy Rose won the King's Cup | handicap air race today, finishing | well ahead in a seven-lap race around & 50-mile course. H. R. A. Edwards was second and O. Cathcart Jones was third. A plane entered by the Duke of Kent was in | sixth position. —_— KU KLUX FOLLOW U. C. V. AMARILLO, Tex., September 7 (&) —A parade of fhore than 25 Ku Klux Klansmen after the close of the United Confederate Veterans' annual reunion here yesterday was a topic of lively comment today. 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