Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1935, Page 9

SHIP SETH PARKER AGAIN N DISTRESS 600 Miles From Honolulu, Depends on Worn-Out Pumps to Float. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, September T7.—The Juckless schooner Seth Parker, once | proud broadcast ship that became a fish carrier, labored through - mid- Pacific waters today depending on a wornout set of pumps to keep her afloat while a Coast Guard. patrol boat raced to her aid. She was 600 miles southeast of Honolulu. Her crew of 15 was with- out food. Her pumps were in danger | of failing any minute, and she was| reported taking water at the rate of | 5 feet daily in calm weather and dou- ble that amount in choppy seas. Patrol Boat on Way, The patrol boat Tiger, which left here last night, reported she might be | able to reach the stricken vessel by Sunday night. Until a queer set of circumstances | ended her career a few months ago | as a ship of romance, the Seth Parker was the globe-circling ship of Phillips | Lord, radio entertainer. | A radio message to the Coast Gyard | from Frank Eckman, skipper of the Seth Parker, revealed details of her predicament late last night. “Main pump now beyond repair.” Eckman said. “As long as pumps work, there is no alarm. However, these may stop any minute. May Lose Electric Power. “Electric power is in danger of be- ing put out by bilge water, so if our| radio should stop, it would be due to | this. Pumps may last into Honolulu. | If so, 0. K.” Comdr. William Derby, commander of the Coast Guard cutter Itasca here, said the Seth Parker had no chance of finding heavy weather. BYRD VOICES HOPE FOR LESS SPENDING| Senator Hails “Breathing Spell” Statement and Asks Cur- tailment. By the Associated Press. WINCHESTER, Va., September 7.— While terming President Roosevelt's | announcement of a “breathing spell” THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. Served Many Presidents Charles B. Lee Put in 20 Years as Steward on the BY HENRY A. LYON. HARLES B. LEE, 60, retired from the Navy in 1919 after he established what he claims to be the long-service record on one vessel. The glory of the achievement, he declared yesterday, is heightened by the fact that his long stretch was aboard the first presiden- tial yacht, the Sylph. Lee claims a number of enviabie “firsts” as & result of his 20 years’ assignment as steward to the Com- mander in Chief on the Sylph. In the| first place, he confided yesterday at his home, 942 8 street, he is probably the first and only man ever to have held the rank while steward to the Commander in Chief of both the Army and the Navy. Cabin steward is now the highest grade attainable for stew- ards in the Navy. Lee is probably the first steward ever to have attended a President on foreign soil, and he is certain he is the only one ever to serve two Presi- dents on foreign soil—Theodore Roose- velt in Panama, Colombia and Fuerto Rico, and Woodrow Wilson in Faris. Promoted in Three Days. Lee rose to his rank of steward 0 the Commander in Chief in three days. He enlisted when 23 years old as a mess attendant. He had served as a reading room attendant in the old Army and Navy Club, and, just prior to his enlistment, as head waiter at the Logan Hotel—then known as the Woodmont Hotel. Lee passed through two higher naval grades as steward to reach the top in his calling, where he supervised meals and superintended their service to Presidents McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson. Throughout his long term, during which time he served at White House formal affairs as well as at the table of the President aboard the Sylph, Lee saw a vast panorama of official life pass by. He was present at the Roosevelt and Wilson White House weddings, took part in the Taft silver jubilee and unique of all in his recollections, the “divided” dinner given for diplomats of the two war- ! ring factions by President Wilson just prior to the United States’ entry into the World War. “Those were great days prior to the war,” said Lee. “There was less hurry and pressure in diplomatic life. There was time for the finer things and peo- ple enjoyed simpler ways.” Was With Shipping Board. After his term of service with the| for industry “both timely and gratify- ing.” Senator Harry F. Byrd declared today that “the next logical step is to make a drastic reduction in govern- mental spending in recognition of im- proved business conditions.” Commenting on the President's| views as expressed in a letter to Roy ‘W. Howard, newspaper publisher. Sen-‘ ator Byrd said: “As one who opposed in the Senate to the limit of my capacity this spend- ing on borrowed money, I hope and believe that the President will soon see the wisdom of curtailment. “To announce next that he will preserve in the Fedetral Treasury a substantial part of the emergency funds appropriated will do more to start business in a big way than any other one thing. “Not only is the Government creat- ing a great mountain of Federal debt but by the inducement of offering al- leged grants, the Government is influ- | encing States, counties and cities to indulge in the extravagance of bor- | rowing money for non-essential im- provements,” the Virginia Senator said. “Those who pay this debt will find to their sorrow that all taxes—Federal, | State and local—are paid out of the pockets of every citizen, and no citi- ven will escape the tax burden.” G. 0. P. WOMEN PLAN | T0 START CAMPAIGN | - | Mrs. Robert Lincoln Hoyal Calls, for United Front on Con- stitution Day. By the Associated Press. Republican women will start their 1936 campaign activities on Consti- tution day. Their new chief at headquarters here, Mrs. Robert Lincoln Hoyal, sent out a general call yesterday for a united feminine G. O. P. front on Sep- tember 17. “We are asking every Republican woman to make some special observ- ance of that day,” Mrs. Hoyal said. “As long as the Constitution will be a major issue of the campaign, our women should be informed as to what it means to the Nation, and not just say glibly, ‘we support the Constitution.’ " MRS. WILSON WOODROW, AUTHOR,_DIES AT 60, Heart Ailment Fatal to Writer. Funeral to Be Held in Chillicothe, Native City. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. September 7.—Mrs. Nancy Mann Waddell Woodrow, 60, author, who wrote under the name of Mrs. Wilson Woodrow, died at her home here today of a heart ailment. Puneral services are to be in Chil- licothe, Ohio, where Mrs. Woodrow was born. Miss Eleanor Waddell, a sister, of New York, and E. M. Renick of Chillicothe, a nephew, survive. Mrs. Woodrow contributed to a number of magazines and was the author of several books. Her last was “Pawns of Murder,” published in 1932. “MAGIC EYE" “MAGIC BRAIN" RCA VICTOR NOW at KITT'S 1330 (5 Strecet Navy he went with the Shipping | Board for nine years as reception clerk, resigning from his post in 1928. He is proud of his work with the board, but thinks most cf his record in the Navy. He rejected an offer to become head butler in the White House early in his naval career in order to keep his| standing as a military man. Lee believes his record of 20 years' assignment on the Sylph is superior to | that of Chief Boatswain’s Mate Charles | Small, who claims 18 years’ continuous sea duty aboard the Arkansas. ‘ “My duties did no take me far to' sea, as a rule, but I wouldn't trade | experiences with any man in the| Navy,” Lee said. “I have personal! letters from the men I have served. in- cluding the members of the United States Peace Commission, President Theodore Roosevel: and the various chairmen of the Shipping Board— records that I would not sell at any price.” It was Admiral W. S. Benson who first championed Lee as reception clerk of the Shipping Board; in fact, it was Benson who noted Lee's courteous, efficient service on a special occasion prior to the armistice and asked Presi- dent Wilson te allow him to accom- pany the Peace Commission to Eu- rope. 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He'd be drip- ping wet, but smiling and strong. “Before the days of so many auto- mobiles and good roads the Sylph served on & great many diplomatic missions along the river, especially to Mount Vernon. Other parties were intormal. The Roosevelt family espe- cially enjoyed trips to Mount Vernon while they were in the Capital. Col. Dodge, superintendent at the memo- rial, was a great friend of the family. SEPTEMBER 8, Baskets were usually spread for & pic- nic luncheon near a little white shack by a colored family in = wooded glade not far from the na- tional shrine. This place they jok- ingly called the ‘little White House.’ “The Theodore Roosevelts when at Oyster Bay enjoyed themselves in marvelous fashion. The President knew more stopping places along the island than you would have imagined existed. The Sylph, too, was capable of going up creeks and nosing into shallow bays. Those Roosevelt clam bakes were classic occasions.” Lee is still vigorous, and he retains a youthful look in his eyes and man- ner. His long training and courteous manner lend conviction to his hope that he may find some suitable work “to keep me busy.” “I showed them I could take it,” he smiled. “I was never once late, ill, or on report, in all my Navy career.” 1935—PART _ONE. TWO TOWNS DISPUTE ROGERS’ MEMORIAL Oologah and Claremore, OKla., in Flare-Up Over Most Famous Son B the Associated Press. TULSA, Okla., September 7.—One of the late Will Rogers’ two “home towns” in Oklahoma flared up against the other today over a memorial for the cowboy humorist. Oologah, Okla., near the ranch on which Rogers was born, wants to build one. So does Claremore, Okla., which claimed Rogers as a citizen. Today J. B. 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