New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1927, Page 1

LAY V2 WUG) ‘PaojpnH ) “1daq apy LU ey ynu.muuog News of the World By Associated Press BRITAIN HERALD Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending Dec. 17th ... 14,581 ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1927.—TW NTY-FOUR PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS 'TERRIFIC EXPLOSION ABOARD FIRF CHIEF FILFS MPAAP:{KHEII]!NT[ERHSS Eslhll\lvEgR NF ~ AIRPLANE CARRIER LANGLEY ({1 FIR $6:600 OF POLICE AND GETS AW {Fire Follows Blast—Two Reported Killed, Five (N AUNT'S FSTATE Injured in Disaster at San Diego Wi]liam—Edward Hick- REMUS lNSANE UR "':,'[1,'Iwirlm“1,fl ]"".,"Itfl:‘\’ the | Cane of Isabella Rogers Dur- man, With $100,000 £UNTY [§ RULING 5 inie ™™ s ve i im ing Declining Years [] Fire Breaks Out |Plane carrier Lang upon which | _ Reward Offered for, B e R R T ) His Capture, Escapes Judge Declares Outright AC-‘{):.;[,",;' o e ',‘,"”}i;fl“;l.,‘."_‘;,v-1 Wil accampansing e taieal 10 TAKR the Langley rted fight- w York harbor, A HIS EVIDENCE pr 'ing the flames w guished the and fireho Ne {States fleet in m and extin- [the ship was the Koko |uon o ) quittal Is Impossible put out of commis by Sixty Seconds, Us- Ambrose ! v explosion Attorneys Mangan and Monkiewicz rrived. & E Ambulances 2 tt iel g S l A B a 200 kilowat or, whicl g tolen uto. 1JURY CONS]DERING GASEJ..x»‘ rushed to the waterfront from | oqrring i ction | Appointed by Probate Court to P | the naval hospital, but 30 minutes ||ine o it I after the explosion none of the in- il Y At Hear Nephew Eaplain Why He N while Alleged Kille . . 1 Af. — ;dured had been brought ashore IGeder 4 . it | Meanwh g |“mq Retires at 14:49 P. M. i aina e s e o Lt o Wants Refmburesement—8ills A 2 : PRI - | Court’s Decision Dashes Remus' '¢d that no details of the explosion |zs o : A for $6.100 for Services and 8500 Mother, Residing in Kan ; Ihad been received other than that | oy She iy e s @ 3 | Fope For a Verdict Giving Him two men had been killed and five in- |yom i ! : for Money Eapended, sas City, Is Stunned by | |jured, Naval o Gt i vessel fn 1 N oL 5 Ereditum; ibeliet that the explosion was from ' missio A e King or News of Son’s Connec-! .. .= . o 20 (B—George Eisolin stored on the Langlcy. Ma Her air equipment o e o =% . ) Remus' hope for an ontright acquit- S Sl ke H ) £ tion With Awful Crime. () or the charge of first degres mur- Is Sccond Explosion Cal T der for slaying his estranged wife Washington, Dee. 20 (P — The e i 3 3 i { Imoge: was dashed today when dirplane carrier Langley carried i Later dispatch 1 Chief M. N ! \ s o g o | Judge Chester R. Shook decreed that stores of gasoline midship, Adn hintst 86D, Thoraton T < ANOTHER SUSPECT [the Dbest Remus could hope for |Hnghes, chict of naval operations, | four men serionsly e i |would. be acquittal on the sol: B l osi said today. The ship was in com- HELD IN CUSTODY {ground of Insanity. The case went to | determine the DBrtiain War Vetcrans Memorial, Ine, IS at its greencst. “Lverything to hearing | the jury at 12:49 p. m. | | R = 5 w’u. (‘y e - cumcvaremons — NEMORIAL BUILDING CHRIST s les, Dec. 20 (®)--A mun | “The court fecls that In view of i s : “lward | the state of the record there can be | " be Wilitam Idward | i3 | absolutely no claim in reason, logic F ] 0 Yy th: police a ; } e Tt ™ L denial of an unlawful killing,” read | ‘ 4 ri e L et ‘;”'p 1, the opinion of Judge Shook upon the | | ond stolen automobile, slipp | i Em——— b through a tremendous police dr polnt. | 75 < 2t 19 roush & veniondous police drae=| Vimho court, upon carerul consia- ' About $2,100 Will Be Flowers Are Blooming, i mon: Isutiella and escaped A= foration, is brought to the inevitable s < 22 ts dived on A o ’ ] conclusion that the defendant Is en- Paid Back to Birds Singing, Miss dicd, leav I Nable Hiohohuze '“‘" A|titled to a verdict of not guilty on | D | 3 il o ! ort reached | ¢y0 gry Ranany | - Voo g - [ Was appol L 3 Jort reached | o grounds of insanity: | onors | Cowles Writes lestate, con ] rrest, b ‘The judge's ruling was upon a | | ash in the te 1s 0f demand by Prosecutor Charles P. | | — e 3 7 outhern | magt, 11 mus be held to some Approximately $2,100 contributed It sces odd to Miss C. Due to th th i 1 continued drive form of accountability for the slay- at various times toward a fund for|COWles, R. N., who is a was adr Car Speeds Away ing. l : S hurs ¢ iyt f dawn, a blue Cadillac| Should the defendant obtain the |* WA memorial bullding will be re- | ArSe Under the e e wheels pulled info a ! acquittal because of insanity, rather |turned to the donors and the move- \:):.‘:’;L",u‘“ifw;”\. i dol f‘,‘.l “;“”;'\’ ,m : on on West Sixih street, | than some form of direct punish- ment dropped, according to n))-‘;\hnn‘;pr» “ ::‘“,t':l\‘\”“f g‘,“[mm ; e ked for five gallons of | Ment ranging up to electrocution, nouncement made today he ¢ gt & E 1 10t an y Ol e case ouid e thrawn nto & | nOURCEmENt made today by the New | the world In her part of the globe SUNE}AY RfiLLER P[]lfl i ts. While | Sanity he build. | Present state of his mind. The corporation has amended s SA¥ With blossoms and hird songs,” H]REE WAY INTI] R[mM Ing} ot conteitlions omtnus apralo] era e s s sl L I\ g i g |Ing costs and plus interest that has Cowles, a brother Raymond T, = i accrued since the close of the Cowles ar Mrs. Mar o ive with $100,-! ose of the war 0 and Mr ATeus | o, 5 A B e e s HN[}E E S’"“]M “EAI] {\when the association was formea. | White: : 1ed e ve- Petition Sigued by Fans ot | s Us | Through the sale of articles mada | Corircr 25 15 at hand," Miss Cowles 4 s o e e b o 1o s of articles made, gontinyes, “by the cager expectation to Be Presenfed ol s thatofears thun el : .'.]l{’n n their stations the sum ! of 700 children, who are being just Tomorrow R I B ey et e . vacty. | Of 31,000 was raised and given over | as good as they ean be, and attend- ome ;Po.lce Called to Inves for the lmv‘molnl fund. A forfelted ing Sunday hool with alarming = e G boxing bout fee of $1¢ - o R SRty s Yugitive Gains | s o “ 3 E o | regularity ‘jes 'fore Christma T o F dway ningi *Lam’ Discover BOd) ~“["" h\'(lh' city, bringing the total, Miss Cowles is a third neration ¢ on cot ) ¢ with interest, to $1,114.99 onarvian 3 il | I the fugitive mn,.’ on 31, i missioniry and prior to her going Somdona talsi police about | Bed amerlean Legion donated $ {to the fleld did private and district ften je mad chase which was headed ‘”"‘l-”m‘ t 1fmu~1‘ amount I nursing in Am 1 horn 1 T LR Sl T A d the grand total to nearly ST : y W Almas i dineatigafoniths heaniiartars| B a0 ¥ fbremore than #24Mhoural Il 100 orihiaH kot tETsas Till i Ingi e Balalnghuy snoy of tion wil e 1 by about of Merman . Cline, chief of detec- | g e e i j < 5 will be Te- por carly years in Afriea w - Gt is room a ) Fast in street, | turned to the city and one-third to o resident. electors, charge of the man hunt. Tt | (o ~ Str missionary parents. Then s 0 ] et t| Charles C. Strom, 65 old, was the Legion, s ) ! as veen taken tn ac = i who last night announced | yo¢ discovered until 3:15 o'clock & meeling Iyeatora iy ar s a1 hCk HoRAmarica ifor UHEE Section 1 sier = n souzht for the KHINZ |erday afte o ves-| At a meeting yesterday aftérnoon | ,nq attonded Oberlin coll Scetion 1. pe % T 2 0 rday afterncon when the police it was voted to cantinue the corpor : HEQue i ublic Ar 1927 which once emploved in the ihroke in and found him on his bed. |ation with Maurice Pease as ehair LG ARG L girl’s father was an | police authorities had acted on In-iman and Curtis L. Sheldon as ‘sec. | She was connected with the ficia J | formation given tlem by Raymond | retars-treasurer, 5 tive Nurse association in N _The detective chiof threw a squdd | Boyle of tho same address, Who sald | Amendments to the charter affect. | OF Mass, when in 1925 s of 10 officers Into the strect at aine thought Strom had been “acting |ing the return of contributions are: | 0 PACK to Africa as district - moment's Tefore they could | qu of late. e 4T | for women and children J. MeDonough, owner S ach the fon the fugitive.| " Dr. John Purney, deputy medical| That article 2, Scetion A of the | MIe Mining section of Britain franchise in the - n, spun east and lexaminer, was called and after he | . wrter of New Tiritain War Ver. PUF& A year ago she 3 I darkness. Later {viewed the remains, expressed the orane Memorial, Inc., be amended [°77°d o Johannesburg wher man was the fugi-{opinion that the man had been dead Al e ible work from the photographs more than 24 hours. He was a Der- | wipn the cvent that mon ”_‘”‘,” district n lule for readg |son of quict habits and few people |y .y : tor toacys BUAN | fernity service and clinic s by the | ; | have heen reccived for the purpo: ile a guard was | knew very much about him. He lived | acouivingld memortal Bullal 2" land old. Since last May the clinics agers at a meeting n around central police station falone in his room. Dr. Purney be- | g M4 INI0E B BOHOTAL DARANE OF g or 2,660 men, women and future. - a man whose name was not |licves death was due to exposure and | or ¢ 0F PUIRGSS tor WRICh TS| 4o g o ot iss Cowles, Already ts’ 1 hut who is said by Cline to [heart disease. inoration ey creatgadiandithie Ll g ioe tigiworla fover, and iy been an intermediary between | Although he was last employed by | [¢FRNA! 00 Shall by vote., determine R G R e peTE ductor and the Parker fam-|the Smith Monumental Co., he had |70 @ ACHUSe Such building or per-| '% By e white brothers an Iy, is being held. This man, an |been about this state and places in | (W7 ShCh OLIE Purhoses, said cor-| FE ., mnee aviation ent came here re-{Massachusetts considerably., His|POrition Bha f have the power to re- BESE 000 e dovelop- | toothall to ntly from Kansas City, former |only relative s a son, C. O. Strom : EREDERPO . T home of Hickman. | of Hartford. disRnCotintor Bowius |s resaonsrile $100.000 Reward Offered FFuneral arrangements, In charge A S The intensive search, given fm-/of Erickson & Carlson Co., are in- i . ; il e T nteed ¢ health clus by ¢t that a price of | complete. ks asmuch Sas areimi|,S LiCneNg ol AE08 e S 0 “ | 1\} l,.r".r‘ 1‘7 : T iteg e the City of New Brituin, memorials | Programs among the teeming & head, got under w this morning = fo its citizens who died in the jvil | tions of Jot 1 ifter the police had announced that | WOODS AND GREENSTEIN War and the Spanish War and there : @ recent fly en ] e e is In process of erection a memorial | Phillips who Is another service | TP ! Rrinioys Latiind) Ros A led iTiet ASK SALARY [NGREASESW those who died in the World War, | missionary of fhe American hoard Sanh S e {1t has become impractical for the | showed moving pictures on the dan- f : 1"7\1‘ ively identified m‘u;mn finger- INew Britain War ¢ ns' Memor- | ger of flies, to large andi i3 prints and photographs as the sl: Asslstant EPetton| ol i e moHALuo e i Sl ) : fahend s denr sl s ncil for Raise of | this amendment to the charter is of- | fliers, Finall ool chil i Bt EENROE UG 0 fective, that the wurer he - re offercd ti tho! v hours of ) mother, Mrs M. H » that em- | were offercd three m ! s o o el b $1.000 Each, powered and instruct=d to return to | who brought - petitioner R s the donors any money contributed t ! | N =R Advanc i 3 Y ited to | time the la RPN MoliyeaisaAdyanced B J. G. Woods | the New Britain War Veterans' Me- | flies, “Tt was « 1 Cha Wilhe ol Sox the sl dnaning; | anaPAsialant Prosecufing W (tornay |mbvlate Tnaariaclsa ik in e bae il re e st o e ic ] g laying and dissection of Marlan.|W, M. Greenstein will present peti- | donors pro ratn. sharo of ihe ek |t o A : was supplied in the police hypothe: | tigns to the common conncil omor- | peme op e corparrion o agy | s col r Hickman two years ago Was|row evening for salary increas T (o Py i s oyl d e {81,000 each. Mr. Woods' salary 18 | 4,10 interest.” g LT e (Continued on Page 19) 183,000 and Mr. Greenstein's is $1,500. | i QUL o s —— | Neither ofticlal received an increase | R oo i MAGRUDZR ATTACKED |~ | P TBARNUM ESTATE =" e s T 3 | - In Amerien w ived £ | effort and money are ! Property of Famous Circus Magnate, ot Deposed Commander Assailed by I LAl s Circus Magnate, | 4 nnally to protect 11 - S Long Unsettled, Now to Be Pinal- | 2nd childdhood of th : Representative Britton, Who De- | Goorgo H. Hildchrandt and Former | & RV loBe Binals ot b it e 1 R 4 : ; 1y Divided. Vb wonton: 1 pre mands Specific Facts About Navy. Eleanor H. Lewis Separated by | i Einais e « i i Bridgeport, Dec. 20 P —Iinil dis- |y g o ; ! Washington, Dee. 20 —Rer| lemo, Nevads, Doesee tribition of the estate of Phincas T. | 1w w7 % Admiral Thomas Magruder, de- : divorce was. enferaq |Barnum, world known showman, | e oot posed commander of the Philadel- M\“‘]d" % s ,‘_:"“';‘1_' cgating $1,271,125.74 is in italilorkyon 7 NAVAL BRAND OF INQUIRY phia® navy yard, was accused today [ FOSISECRYEEE B8O § SIIBER OV ot ite pros 2 need i this © 1 Was n, Dec, 20 (UP)—Ad ] ! 3 s Y agreement in the case of Eleanor H. | Mediate prospect following a bear- zoi1 const wh ; i by Deprescutaiife Drition, sepubli | ildebrandt ve. George H. Hilde- | ing scheduled for lomorrow morn- | fiouciia zum COIImIEY ¢ { van, Illinois, of bring unable to sub- |y, ang of this city. The custody of | ing in probate court he and where figures his to s admini with specific naval stantiate the daughter, Jean, is given to the | Six heirs who e the e number of cha waste in mother during the first fiye years, | estate, of which 1208.41 remains | porn on the streets o 1 tration. _ l\with right of visitation by the father. for distribution are as follows: e e T Seda ! Representative Britten, who i8] ztter the end of five vears the cus- | Marcus B. Butler, ‘executor, one- | (ja noor mothers could 0. Lt { chairman of the house naval itoqy will be subject to further order third; Helen 1. Rennell, grand- Hs £l worters of - Miss BARBERS ON STRIKE i committee, told the admiral 1hatiof the court. Mrs. Hildebrandt was daughter, one-sixth; Bridgeport | Cowlas' work in New Dritain will | Torrington. Dec. 20 UPreJournes “when we ask for concrete fcts, T|Miss Eleanor Lewis of this city be- | Trust company, administrator, one- | (e snecinl plensure af this season men barbors of Torrington wont on find you have nothing at all.” fore her marriage. [sixtn; Clinton ~ Barnum Sceley, | when the throahtd af (e word At LR T 50 o e Magruder said he thought Brit- oo = | Evandann, ione-ninihy Murshall WAL { yiormad towanda o 1iils biba, 1o seals | fHots domands for. closing at 8. o fon's statement was unfair and of- FLIERS FORCED DOWN | Bon Mt tniSkraltor Sose St KON s o o e e v e e e fered to got the specific data. | San Francisco, Dec. 20— —Aft- |ton Barnum Seeley, administrator, | ara doing in A frics i e (i ; | “The committee can get that t00.” | or remaining in the air for 49 1-2 | onc-ninth, E L o Sl veplfed Britton, who added: ! hours in an attempt to break the| The probable course, If the final Qam pron wenEn i THE WEATHET: ‘We would rather get it from you ! yorld's record for an endurance | accounting to the administrator of | Yyanenirgton, T 0 (P—1nvesti-| | : | you have bheen in the limelight | flight, the tri-motored monoplane |the Barnum estate with the will an- gation hv a house committes of the | | New Britain and vicinity: ! a great natal expert. | “Spirit of California” was forced [nexed is accepted. will be the ap- cinking of navy snbmarin 4 ana || Partly cloudy tonight and ! “T fake exception to that,” retort- | down at Mills field here today on ac- | pointment of a committee to malke ! S.5 wn nckad fadav b Renvecenta- | | Wednesday; continued cold, | | «l Magruder, count of an exhausted fuel supply. |the distribution, [tive Griftin, democrat, New Yorks i e e SOUND HEARD FROM WITHIN SUNKEN SUB GIVES HOPE MEN STILL LIVE AND ARE TRYING TO MAKE ESCAPE TEAPPE[] []H: IGER Faint Noises Det;c_ted Just Before Noon— H ARS []F PRAYERS Weather Handicaps Rescue Attempts and —_— Officers Are Discouraged—Impossibie to Get Acknowledges Information Sent Out Through Torpedo Tubes—New and Dar- Wite and Mother ing Relief Experiment to be Tried This After- TWO SAVED BY ILLNESS Meo™ v hy Y Provincetown, Mass.,, Dec. 20 (AP)- heard from within the sunken submarine 8-4 at 11 o'clock to- day, but ‘IM‘.\" were not signals, officers of the submarine S-8, sister ship of the ill-fated ciaft, said. It appeared to those on the surface that the survivors of the S-1 were making vain ef- forts in their own behalf. Weather Hampers Rescuers Meantime weather conditions continued to render rescue attempts impossible. Wind and sea at that hour were much worse than at any time since the submarine was rammed by \':n: coast guard destroyer Paulding off this harbor last Sat- urday. Members of Crew S-1 1nt sounds were pital—Lient. Fitch Hears of Mother's Supplications Via Morse Code—Relict Ships on Scene, G T e - Hope Is Fading ven hours by th As the salvage crew impatiently * " GALLES AND OBREGON - v55 5 consone o “Your wif |new diving operations. Captain Ern- DILYINE 0K § 9 | cst T. King, in charge of this depart- ey Lut litile hope that any of the im- e iy ,f,‘.\ b N;::m;‘;'.\:' prisoncd men would be taken out by radio, (Each Expresses Pleasure ! ) The mine sweeper Falcon, stand- | G ot Ll S g e | Airplane Trip With ther moderated at low water, Ing over. the 8.4, ratioed base | at plane Trip Wit |wihich falls about 3 o'clock this it wi still lowing 00 : e s S 4 . 5 2 Inlel'llall()l\'l[ Hel() | ernoon, divers would be sent trong o per the Falcon to got | i down and an attempt would be into position s it oa diver might | by them to get tanks of oxy- g0 down to sS4 IO el e e o e nd liquid nourishment into the w planned to fore ot Calles and former President |S-4's torpedo compartment through into the fubetlonglvesilie ity al 8 v BN E Rl CHOTDT the listening g N "S- s e e aty |Obregon today made separate flights ‘.’:”‘I'N‘ pinEgEsar oy oh i e le to lower a diver, ' ’_(m”“. “m loancd for the! Such a procedure has never been st il = | attempted before, he said. SAvel iR B and General| Commander Edward Ellsberg, who bl in'the air about | raised the submarine §-51 and who & i : | rejcined the navy to aid in salvag- 25 miny The ing the S-4, corroborated Captain King's statement that the feat of sending air and foed to a sunken in this manner had wot making up first with plane 5 . and landing Mexican ident, i news of their shipmate Hasen x U s ot is the oply | “Wo are full of bright'fdeas, 1 we e e e e e 1i for nex,|can only get favorable weather. ou fhe day that the -4 left candidaie left Lon e Probably at Work re after repairs for her standard- Year's presiden WML UR L geseribing the sounds heard on ey idp 1 ate frer dent. 5 o - BHlon testaitha A Gl dpn St YRt o, | from the S-§ at 11 o'clock officers was taken to the hos- Obreson. mrobably the two meet | 0f the sister submarine, the §-8, said from a lame back. |28 BAteEON B0 oo, oxpreses | Uhere was nothing to indicateAtRet SRITELs mate EOHCTEL IS S |they were intended for signals. It month e seemed rather that the imprisoned and compl R ioan aiowan S mpting some kind of Nove Ninean st | bly in the hope of aid- ¢ entered the | , ) their own release. an An.! St Louls, Dec. 20 (P it officers said there wag mo mes from | [POit-to-Mexico City flight of Mris.!yoeGiie way in which the prisoners : if. Both were trans- vanschy Cinfberghimail could better their condition. Al ered ago from Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh help, they maintained, must ecome Maryl S-4 del. d today because of a stripped from t outside bt il gear in the Ford tr ) sing the theory tha . SHips on Soone aringihollorn. 4 Discussing the theory that all but J . carrying pa one of the men might emerge Washington, Dee. 20 (UP) t0 be completed by noon Shiransh tha orpedo b Jomelees ated at the ssels coneer The revised plan was to fly to Tul-{y;5ining hehind to send the others of the S-4 disaster were listed by the 'sa, Okla, today with a stop at 3 officers said this could not n ent today as follow pringfield, Mo. It was decided not bechike there wess no iy marine reseue vessel. 1o atte to reach San Antonio by 10 -compurtment to dis- marine tender, nightf torpedo. Gale Stll Blowing i on of the salvage equip- minesweeper. tevant, destroyer reraft tender. | THAT HE WAS SHADOWED 15 operations. + pontoons which arrived Kidwell fTells Sinclaic O Trial 1 in rai od in the in- s Aware of : S t Sagamore “hi L ot ) ) toon gear which destroyer Conyr W ston, Dec, 20 (Ah—Pl on & or Jouett A\ trur i, the governme y from Boston, 4 beside naval ti 11 inside rick lighter Cs towd ched Provine- oon, and it too the from E Fall tement that rritt. Chapmar obtain urot from M rritt Ch was being cs from the the : i ‘hor. On board ianton. Mas tostimony was consi ke commercial {1 S Vask i that no work the ne of the as claimed o contempt U hnee List of Personnel ourt could n conimit Cel b on. e, 20 (UP) : o rad left New York yes- I men 1 the : ; s at ; K witli the 1 by 3 : i Mo At noon aving boas expec rarch had not yet ap- i from verdiet in the trial of I aptain of the Beliar Sine ) and 1be; i e \ ones, leutenant com. | 1: Sinclalr, and Albert 3. abont 15 miles behid | Call rament witness to- ) o day Do identified two Durns detec s v Titch, unlor leu- | {jvos us (hose who followed him. | 7 Alfred McGinley, Meuten- | bl e Gloom in Washington e | detectives_approached ) w5 Dac 0 (P—Globm Wellor, junior tenant, ReTUEE LA SOl spread oy vy department to- [ les, Cal Merritt, had followed him | 5,0 55 nope the rescue of the " i | from the court house, hoarding S St e R 5 sme strect car, This tostimony w i i the first to show any Liember admirals, steled to hard. clriclan’s | conspiracy jury was aware dangers, staiked sternly surveillane e © to office «ngaging fu il nversations with fellow knowlodge of the s gave them a ctives, employ od ¢ Their subma 1eman, hisper cors N NO CHRISTMAS PARDONS hief electri- | f , I'a al full realization of the perilous plight Heory B. Drown, fireman, Fitz- A entombed men and they now gerald. G that nothing short of a GO Bnerdl scamon, Tamaqua, Coolidge Prefers to Issue Pardons to can bring them out alive. . | | honathay hold o Rt Cateort, Melrose Tagk, | ¥risoners From Day to Day, White | 7“"“"‘”\‘_"0;‘1{ 1§ ;;lr:x't\:r:’& House Explains, | through the torpedo t in the bow Elmer L. Cash, New London, | [that is buried in the mud. Before . | Washington, Dec. 20 (¥—Presi- this can be accomplished, divers Russe . Crabb, San Diego, Cal. dent Coolidge does not contemplate ust blow away the mud with spe- . R. W. Di ach, signalman first | the issuing of any special Christmas cial appars but news that all class. Louisville, Ky pardons, he is issuing pardons from diving had been held up because of William Dempsey, Walkerville, | day to day, it is said. at the White bad weather fell like word of & Ont | House today, so that every day might scparate disaster in naval circlea John J. Wennell, Lowell, Mass. | be considered Christmas for the men | Even should the mud be removed, Donald joerling, clectrician’s | so benefitted. | navy men now doubt that the fm- mate, Vallejo, Cal. | On Christmas eve, Mr. and Mrs. prisoned men would huve strength Daniel York city M. Galvin, New | Coolidge vxpect to be present at the annual munity gathering before enough to work the complicated ma- chinery that eperates the tube doors fireman, Dewey V. Haney, ship's cook, |a large Christmas tree which the | which are controlled from the inside. Unity, Ky {president will Jight by pushing a| Their fears in this Jirection were Buster Harris, seaman, Newberry, gold button. Later there will be 'increased by the faint taps that were s | carol singing on the White House |hicard from the men early today. Peter Haal machinist's mate, |grounds. Christmas day itself will be spent quietly by the president | | with Jus family, They believe that Lieutenant G. N. 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