WEATHER.
*U. 9. Weather B.tieau ForeesM i
Fair and continued cold today, to
tnorrow partly cloudy, rising temper
ature.
Temperature: Highest, r.B, at 2 pm;
lowest. 27. at ti a.m.
Full report on page 7.
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xNo - 4,101- No. .ivJ.'HD. , )OSI office. Washington. D C.
SUBMARINE SUNK WITH CREW OF 43
WHEN HIT BY COAST GUARD SHIP;
FATE OF VICTIMS IS IN DOUBT
S*4 on Trial Trip
as Crash Sends
Her Down.
VESSEL RESTS
IN 20 FATHOMS
Attempt lo Signal
Victims Ends
in Failure.
the Associated Pi»w.
PROVINCETOW N*. Mas*.. Decem
ber 17.—The fate of 43 officers and
men, tlie crew of the l . >• S s»h
marine S-4. was in doubt tonight a s
the vessel lay on the ocean floor in
deep water oflf this port, afirr a col
lision with the Coast Guard de
stroccr Paulding.
Whether the hull of the submarine
was crushed and her crew all
drowned, or whether the crash had
merely disabled her machinery and j
made it impossible for her to come
to the surface, still was unknown, j
Those who witnessed the collision j
feared, however, that a major ma
rine disaster had resulted, compar- j
able to the loss of the submarine
S-51 in September. 1925. When that
vessel was sunk in collision with the
steamship City of Rome, off Block j
Island, 33 officers and men perished
Submarine Struck Amidships.
The destroyer, off patrol duty off
Provincetown, was making for the
harbor. Suddenly her lookout saw
the S-4 running submerged dead
ahead. There was no time to swerve
from the course and the vessels
crashed. The destroyer made port
with her lower hold flooded. The
Paulding was struck amidships, but
the point at which the submarine!
felt the force of the blow was not
known.
Damaged Ship Sink* at One*.
The P-4 vena down immediately, J
Boats that cruised about the place for
hours found no survivors, giving the
faint hope that the teubmar.ne s hull
had not been pierced. A fresh breeze
and rough seas hampered the work of
the small boats taking part in the
Mork of rescue. . . Sf . n
The S-4 went down a bare 1A
yards from the chore off Mood End
Coast Guard Station, which is situated ;
on the outer, or ocean, side of the har
bor. The water at that point is %e D
deep, which, it was admitted would |
increase the difficulties of raising the
sunken vessel.
The Paulding's wireless message re
porting the collision started a rescue ,
fleet from thfc New London Coast ,
Guard'and Submarine bases and from
the Boston and Portsmouth, N. H-.
ra vv yards. The submarine tender
Wandank was the first to reach the
position of the collision. The Mood
Knd Coast Guard Station sent its life
boats to search for possible survivors,
but without result.
S-4 on Trial Trip.
The Paulding is a 740-tori destroyer
which was turned over by the Navy to
the Coast Guard service The S-4.
while as the same class as the S-51. is
somewhat smaller. She is -31 feet
lone and was built ai the Portsmouth
NaV v Yard in 1919. She was making
her standardization trials after an
overhauling when the collision oceur-
Tf< li was impossible to undertake ef~
forts to raise the S-4 early tonight be
cause no vessel had reached the scene
with the necessary equipment for the
nurpose. The M'andank place-1 six
buovs to mark the exact point at
which the submarine had gone down,
rontoons to be used in lifting opera
tion were sent from New London, but
H was not expected that they would
be here before tomorrow morning.
Paulding Badly Damaged.
The Paulding was beached at Lons
Point Light in Provincetown Harbor
when it became apparent that her hull
y.been damaged badly. A member
of her crew named McGinley was
seriously scalded by the bursting of a
steam pipe after ,h(1 ro,Usion - He
will be taken to the hospital here to- j
male by the M’andank in- j
dieated that the water is from IS to
*>o fathoms in depth at the po.nt
here the S-4 went down.
NO RESPONSE FROM CREW.
BOSTON. December 1. <**> 'lie;
submarine tender Wandank. winch is
the position where the M v.u
fojnk today in collision with the < oast
ruard destroyer Paulding, endeavored
t 0 communicate with the crew of the
limken vessel tonight bv sounding
Hr vices but obtained no response.
d V message from the Paulding, re
reived at the navy yard here at 11:4a
n , said that the S-4 after the ml
L"„n went down wi.h a list to port.
!, ft er about 100 fee. of the .Dntroye,
humped over her.
1 The message from the Paulding
and conning tower came
ciddenlv a little on our port bow
»he lifting the Paulding,
1 -iderably out of the water forward,
and the forward part of the periscope
cd conning tower ripping a large hole
from our stem aft on the port side for |
ab °The peSope and after part of the
v -vine were sighted as she went
doK lining to port. Not one of the
rI T- About "jo"* feet of the Paulding
.Aa’one over the submarine be
c U^ P went down The Paulding
= about to round White Buov off
AVood End for Provincetown. and the
submarine was maneuvering or stand
ln *'rhl‘ lifeboat was lowered iinme
a and search for survivors made.
T'Zuoy was Planted and the con,
’"•Vhlf"va"ndank tonight attempted to
, m ; r a sounding line as a guide for
dher to reach the sunken vessel
l. u t the effort was abandoned uniil
light,
WASHINGTONIANS ON SUNKEN S-4 |
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OFFICERS AND CREW OF S-4
I
The follow ing: list of the officers and j
crow believed aboard the S 4 was
given out by the Navy Department
last night. It was explained that the
list included all men assigned to the
vessel, some of whom might not have
been on the vessel when it met with
the mishap.
Officers:
Lieut. Comdr. R. K. Jones, in com
mand, Hennessey. Okla. His wife and
' two children reside at Halethorpe, Md.
Lieut. Comdr. \V. F. Callaway, -01
i Shepard street, Chevy Chase, Md.,
Navy Board of Inspectors and Sur
| vey.
Lieut. Graham Newell Fitch. 2400
Twentieth street, Washington, D. C.
j Charles A. Ford, 1016 Montana ave
nue northeast, Washington, D. C.,
I civilian, chief draftsman for the
Navy Board of Inspectors and Survey.
Lieut. J. A. McGinley, 818 Swede
street, Norristown. Pa.
Lieut. Donald Weller, Los Angeles.
Calif.
Crew:
Walter Bishop, radio man. Wife, I
Thelma Bishop, 1228 Pennsylvania ;
avenue southeast, Washington, I>. C. j
Clarence Ferdinand Bethke, engine- i
RESCUE APPARATUS
SPEEDED ID WRECK
Submarine Tender Leaves
Portsmouth for Scene
of Disaster.
By tha Associated Press.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., December j
17. —The submarine tender Bushnell i
left the Navy Yard here at 7 o’clock \
! tonight for Provincetown, Mass., to]
make an attempt to raise the sub- j
marine S-4, which was sunk today in
collision with the Coast Guard dc-,
stroyer Paulding.
The Bushnell carried divers who
will begin operations at daybreak to
morrow, if water conditions permit.
"The vessel also is equipped with lift
ing apparatus. Comdr. 11. M. Kan
ham is In command of the Bushnell. j
The si. which was built at the
Navy Yard here, is the fourth vessel j
of her class to tiguie in a serious!
accident. Three years ago the S-h,
ran ashore on the outer liar at Orleans.
<"ape Cod. Four years ago next month. 1
the S-4S ran ashore at Little Haihor. !
near here, during a storm. Tlip S-.il j
was sunk with heavy loss of life off ;
Block Island in September, 1925.
II DIVERS ON WAY.
j Naval Crew Speeding to Scene of
S-4 Disaster.
j NEWPORT. R. I , December 17
(TP).—Eleven divers from the Diving
School of the Naval Torpedo Station,
under command of Lieut. F. E.
i Mathews, started for Provincetown,
Mass., tonight to take part in the
attempt to rescue the crew of the
: i s-4.
The divers expected to arrive at *hej
s<ene of the disaster by dav’ceak,
where they will join the submarine
tender Falcon, which left New London
with diving equipment.
The detachment is making th» trip
l>v motor, three trucks carrying equip
merit besides the personnel. Rhode
Island State poliee escorted the naval
trucks to the Massachusetts doe to
jiexpedite their journey, and in Maasn
(Continued on Page 2, Column 2J
©he iimikxi Staf.
WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION '
WASHINGTON, 1). C\, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1927-122 PAGES. *
i man. Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. Mother, ’
Clara Bethke, 405 Fifth avenue North, j
Wisconsin Rapids.
Earl Welsh Boone, chief electri
cian’s mat,"'. Wife, Mis. Josephine Y. ,
Boone, 499 North Los Robles. Pasa
dena, Calif.
Henry Handy Brown. fireman.
Father, Young Samuel Brown lives
at 701 Sultana drive, Fitzgerald, Ga.
Joseph Leightcn Stevens, seaman.
Mother. Mrs. M. L. Stevens, 188 Ala- j
bama avenue, Providence. K. I.
Mariano Tedar, mess attendant. Sis-,
ter, Filomena Tedar, Naramis, Occi
dental Negros. Philippin Islands.
Carl Harold Thompson, engineer, j
Wife, Marie Thompson, 625 Green
wich street, San Francisco.
Walter Ross Tolson. seaman. Sis-1
ter. Gladys Bright, Fountain City. ]
Tenn.
James Johnson White, fireman, j
Mother, Mrs. Nannie White, Rock- !
mart. Ga.
Rudolf James Rose, electrician’s i
mate. Father, Roger Rose, Delia, Al- !
berta, Canada.
Frank Snizek, torpedo man.
Mother, Katherine Snizek, 8 Edison
street, Ridgefield Park. N. J.
j Roger Leslie Short, torpedo man. j
j Mother, Minnie G. Short. 804 Spring ]
l street, Boonville, Mo.
Donald Fred Goerking. electrl-1
(Continued on Page 2. Column 4.)
SUBMARINES SET
| DISASTER RECORD
Submersible Craft Have Pro
vided Many of Greatest Ma
rine Tragedies of Decade.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 17.—Sub- i
j mersibie fighting craft, while forming j
j a comparatively small part of the J
j world’s great navies, have furnished j
i some of the outstanding marine dis- |
asters of the past decade.
The Inst great submarine disaster
was the loss of the S-51 off Block
Island, IS. 1., when 34 men were killed
in the sinking of the submarine in a
'collision with the City of Rome, Sep
tember. 1925.
Other accidents to underseas craft,
as shown by the Associated Press
records were:
* The American submarine 0-5, in *
I collision with a steamer at the At-j
! lantic Ocean entrance to the Panama i
1 Canal in 1923: three men lost.
' In 1915. at Honolulu, loss of 22
I officers and men of the F 4.
:
42 Rescued in 1922.
|
j in December. 1922. 42 men were ,
■ trapped 8 hours tinder water when !
i the S>-48 went to the bottom with an
open hatch. All were rescued. The
accident happened on a trial cruise off
Bridgeport, Conn.
In August, 1923, a new unnamed
Japanese undersea boat sank on its
first trial trip at Kobe, with the largest
recorded loss in submarine history, 85
men were killed when the craft listed
and sank.
March 19, 1924, 49 lives were lost on
the Japanese submarine No. 43. in col
lision with the Japanese battleship
j Tatsuta off Suscbo.
j January 10. 1924, 43 officers and l
men of the British submarine L 24
' were lost off Portland, hjiigland, in a
!collision with the British dreadnought
Resolution.
In September, 1925, the Italian sub
marine Sebastian** Yentero was lost
during maneuvers off Sicily, with 50
men aboard.
I March 23, 192?, during war games
I off Gibraltar, a British submarine
(Continued on Page 2, Column 7.)
Four Member?
of S-4 Crew
From D. C.
ALL BELIEVED
TO BE ON SHIP
Officials Startled by
9/
News Wilbur
Orders Search.
News of the sinking of the sub- j
marine S-4 off Provincetown, Mass..;
startled the Navy Department here I
and Secretary Wilbur remained at
his offices until a late hour last night
in personal charge of the mobiliza
-11 hi of all rescue agencies which j
were directed to focus their attention j
upon the submarine and her im
prisoned crew.
Four Washingtonians are believed
to be aboard the submarine and their 1
friends besieged newspaper offices
and the Navy Department for infor
mation regarding the progress of
the rescue work.
(.'apt. Adolphus Andrews, com
manding the submarine lease at New
London. Conn., was ordered to dis- J
patch aM available vessels to the j
scene of the disaster at once.
Washingtonians in Crew.
The missing four Washingtonians
are:
Lieut. Comdr. William Franklin Cal
laway, 201 Shepherd street. Chevy
Chase, Md.. submarine expert for the
j Board of Inspection and Survey of
the Navy Department.
Lieut. Graham Newell Fitch, junior
grade. 2400 Twentieth street, who at- j
tended the Force School and the j
Central High School here.
Walter Bishop, naval radio oper- j
ator. whose wife’s home is given in ,
Navy Department records at 1228
Pennsylvania avenue southeast.
Charles A. Ford, 1010 Montana
.avenue northeast, civilian, chief,
draughtsman for the Board of In- j
spection and Survey.
Families Are Notified.
The families of Lieut. Comdr. ('alia
way, Lieut. Fitch and Mr. Kocd were
notified early last night of the acci
; dent and told that every possible ef
> fort was being made to rescue the
j men. At the same time they were
I informed that little hope was Doing
! held by the department for the safe
| recovery of those on board the sub
-1 marine. Mrs. Bishop could noc be
| located.
“We are mobilizing every aid to
’ raise the submarine as quickly as pos*
j sible,” said Secretary Wilbur, “but
this will depend on diving conditions
and the buoyancy of the submarine.’
Pointing out that the submarine
j weighs 900 tons and that the lift’ng
hunv will lift about 600 tons. Mr.
Wilbur said that Capt. R. J. King.
; who supervised the raising of the S-Vi,
| will go by airplane tomorrow morning
j from New York to the scene of the
j disaster.
“The submarine was apparently
operating on its regular standardiza- i
I tion tests.” said Secretary Wilbur, j
I "The area for this is located purposely |
so as not to be in the ordinary steam
ship lanes. Conditions there are idea)
for this work, as there is deep water j
and it is dose to shore. If this sub j
marine was struck by a destroyer go
ing IS knots there is propably very
little hope that any one survived, but
; we will endeavor to learn at the ear
liest possible moment by sending div
ers down to communicate if possible.
List May Not Be Correct.
Accompanying Secretary Wilbur
i when he arrived at the department soon
i after 10 o’clock was Capt. W. R. Sex
j ton, head of the material department
iof Naval Operations. Officers at the
i Navy Department as soon as they
| heard of the disaster began checking
up on the list of officers and crew'.
It was exp’ained that the list as
: finally made public might not be eor
! rect as to detail, as it was not entirely
iup to date. It was explained also that
! some of the men supposed to be on the
submarine when she went down might
j not have been aboard, while others j
not mentioned in the lisL might have
! gone aboard at the last minute.
Lieut. Comdr. Callaway has rounded
out two years’ service with the Navy
Department in Washington, and in the
next few months expected orders de
tailing him for sea duty. During his
residence in Washington, the first in
his naval career, he has been attached
to the Board of Inspection and Survey
as a submarine authority and in such
capacity made frequent, trials and
test runs on new', modified and oyer
j hauled naval craft. He left Washing
t ton Monday, expecting to return home
a few' days before Christmas.
I Born in Clinton. Mo.. November 7,
I ISB9, Lieut. Comdr. Callaway was ap
pointed to (he Naval Academy from
that State in 1907 and upon gradua
tion was assigned to submarine duty, j
| In 1917 he served aboard submarines
and continued in this duty until the j
] dose of the world war. Liter lie
! commanded the submarine R-19.
I
Wife Collapses.
In 1921 he was sent as an inspector
|of machinery to tlie Bausch Sulzer Co.
j of St. Louis and the following year
j went to the Asiatic Feet in command
j of submarine division No. 12.
Lieut Comdr. Callaway s next of
kin are his wife, who wias in a state
of collapse last night; a 6-year-old
son. William F. Callaway, ,Ir.: his
father, Jerry Callaway, of Clinton,
Md., and a brother, Peyton, w'ho is a
I midshipman at the Naval Academy.
Lieut. Fitch is not ret 25 years old.
He w’as horn February 26. 1902. at
Fort Logan H. Boot, Ark. He is the
son of Col. Graham D. Fitch, a retired
officer of the Army. His father and
mother live at 2400 Twentieth street
here, and were almost, overcome last
night when they were notified of the
disaster. After attending the local
schools Fitdi was appointed to the
Naval Academy h.v- tlm President In
(Continued ori Page 2, Column SJ
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sre
CHANGES IN 6040
i BILL MAY BE ASKED
D. C. Heads Indicate They
Will Urge Reduction in
Committee Personnel.
The District Commissioners prob
ably will recommend to Congress this
i week several minor modifications in
! the bill introduced in the House bv ,
Represen i itive Zihlman of Maryland*
to restobe the 60-40 basis of appropri
ating; for the District.
The bill already has been referred
to the Commissioners for considera
tion and report, and while they have
net definitely decided on their reply,
it was indicated at the District Build
ing; yesterday that they likely would
urge a reduction in the personnel of
the committee it proposes to create
to recommend annually what the per
jcentaga contributions of the Federal
and District Governments should he.
, The Zihlman bill provides fob a coin
| mittee of 15, consisting of five Sena
tors, five Representatives and five citi
zens named by the Commissioners.
The Commissioners, it was said, be
lieve that a committee of seven mem
I bers would be sufficient.
The personnel of the committee |
under th' plan to be proposed by the .
Commissioners would consist of the j
chairmen of the Senate and House ;
District committees, or some other :
member designated by each of them; j
the chairmen of the Senate and House j
j appropriations committees, the director
of the budget, a commissioner desig- *
nated by the Board of Commissioners
and a citizen of the District desig- j
nated by the Commissioners.
The Commissioners also believe that j
this committee should recommend the |
ratio of contribution between the Fed- *
eral and District governments for |
two-year period instead of annually, |
as proposed in the Zihlman bill.
Otherwise Ihe bill is said to meet
their approval, and a report urging
its adoption with the proposed amend
merits is expected to be drawn up.
DROPS BATTLESHIP FUND.
Reichstag Deletes First Install
ment From New Budget.
BE FILIN, December 17 C4>).—The
| Reichstag, which has been debating
1 Die Reich budget, today adopted by |
! a vote of 36 to 33 a motion introduced
I bv a Prussian deputy that the sum .
i of 9,300,000 marks, the first install
ment toward construction of a con
templated new battleship, should be
deleted from the budget.
The Prussian deputy pointed out
that it had been difficult to make
the 1928 budget balance and that the
second installment of 30,000,000 could
hardly be raised in 1929, so that con
struction would last so long the ves
sel would become obsolete before it
was completed.
TODAYS STAR
PART ONK—S6 PAGES.
General News —latcal, National and
Foreign.
Schools and Police.*—-Passes -hand -1.
! Ve’erans of the Great War —Page 31.
I Army and Navy News—Page 32.
1 Spanish War Veterans Page 34.
District National Guard News Page
! Around the City—Page 36.
I Parent-Teacher Activities Page 39.
1 News of the Clubs—Page 45.
; D. A. R. Activities —Page 46.
; Radio News— Pages 49, 50 and 51.
PART TWO—IB PAGES.
| Editorials and Editorial Features.
| Notes of Ait and Artists—Page 4.
Review of New Rooks —Page 4.
I Washington and Other Society. ,
I Tales of Well Known Folk —Page 12. j
PART THREE—I 2 PAGES.
I Amusements—Theaters and the Photo j
play.
Music—Page 5. j
Motors and Motoring—Pages and 7.
Serial, “The Amazing Chance’
Page *• „ „
Fraternal News —Pages 9 and 11.
Civilian Army News—Page 11.
PART FOI R—4 PAGES.
Pink Spoils Section.
PART FIVE—B PAGES.
Magazine Section.
PART SIX—IO PAGES.
Classified Advertising.
Financial News—Pages 7,8, 9 and 10
GRAPHIC SECTION—IO PAGES.
World Events in Pictures.
COLOR SECTION—4 PAGES.
Mutt and .left; Reg'lar Kellers; Mr
1 and Mrs.; High Lights of History.
Duck, Migrating
From Iceland, Is
Shot at Cape Cod
By the Associated Pres’.
BOSTON, December 17.—A Euro
pean widgeon, a speciea of duck,
which flew across the Atlantic from
Iceland, was shot on Cape Cod re-
I centlv by G. Herbert M f indeler.
member of a Boston insurance
firm. A leg band on the bird bore
the name of Peter Skovgaard, Vi
borg, Denmark. ,
GIRL’S BODY TOSSED
| AT FEET OF FATHER
Victim of Kidnapers Thrown
From Car as Parent
Gives Ransom.
By the A,seriated Pres,.
I.OS ANGELES. December 17. The
mutilated body of Marian Parker. 12,
bank official's daughter, kidnaped last
Thursday noon, was tossed out of an
automobile tonight at the feet of hei
j father, Perry M. Parker, who had gone
to an appointed street corner in the
■ northwest section of the city, carrying
I $1,500 in ransom money demanded by
i the abductors.
| First examination of the body re
vealed that both legs had been cut off .
close to the body.
Parker received a telephone call at
j 7:35- o'clock tonight Instructing him to
proceed to the corner of Fifth street
j and Manhattan place with $1,500 in
1 gold certificates and his daughter j
! would be returned to him there.
I , Goes to Corner.
The father, distracted and nearing
collapse, proceeded to the street cor-.
Her with the money, arriving iheie
shortly after 8 o'clock.
A few minutes after he arrived, a |
small roadster drew up alongside :
j Parker’s automobile. The banker saw
his daughter in the seat beside the ;
driver and was told by the kidnaper
that the little girl was asleep.
“Here's your child.’’ he said to
Parker. “Give me the money and fol
low Instructions. She is asleep.
Parker handed the kidnaper the
$1,500 in the S2O gold certificates des
ignated hy the kidnaper.
According to the agicement, the man
! after taking the money, drove ahead,
! of the father a littD way and climbing :
out of the car. laid the body of the
girl on the grass in front of a house a
few* doors tip the street.
Lured From School.
Marian was lured from the Mount |
Vernon Junior High School grounds
last Thursday noon by a man who
represented that her father was ill.
When she failed to return home at
night. Parker communicated with
school authorities and when told of
the ruse, notified police.
One of the most intensive man hunts
| ever conducted in southern California
i began that night and increased in
! scope hourly.
As soon as the man had driven away
Parker ran frantically to his daugii- j
i ter’s side, clasped her in his arms and !
i found she was dead.
A wiie had been twisted so tightly t
! around the girl's throat that the flesh I
had been cut deeply into a gapingj
wound. The wire was run around th« j
back of the head and to the face, j
, where it was thrust through her eye j
| lids.
The head of the little girl was ex j
posed, but otherwise was so wrapped
i that first examination disclosed no
further mutilation.
Hundreds upon hundreds of detec-!
lives, deputies and peace officers in
the Eos Angeles district awaited the
flash that the kidnaper had appeared,
and with the tragic message tele
phoned to police headquarters a tre
mendous drive was on to find th“
| fiend.
I
Trapper, One Leg Burned Off, Crawls
15 Miles to Hut to Wait Delayed Rescue
I
j By the Associated Press.
I CORDOVA, Alaska, December 17.
After lying alone for more than a
month in his cabin in the wilds of
interior Alaska, with one leg burned j
off nearly to the knee and the other
foot badly injured, Nick Raworth, a
v„ung Canadian war veteran, was
i taken to the Kennecott Hospital to
j day. Hospital attendants said that
! he had a chance to live.
On November ?>. Raworth, operating
a trap line 150 miles north of Cor
dovan on the Ouikana River, was at
tacked by a bear. The trapper's dog
fought nobly to save his master's life,
but lost his own in the unequal bat
tle. The bear then turned nri Ha
worth knocking him unconscious. !
I
"from Press to Home
Within the Hour ”
Hie Star is delivered every evening ami
Sunday morning to Washington homes ai
~ytj cents |ier month, fclepiione Mam 5000
tml service will start immediatelv
(A>) Means Associated Press. 1" I\ K CEX IS.
CAMPAIGN IS SEEN;
TO DRAFT COOLIDGE
Hilles Edict Viewed as Open
ing Drive for Renomi
nation.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
Demand for the renomination of
President Coolidge, voiced by Charles
D. Hilles, vice chairman of the Re
i publican national committee, at a Re-
I publican dinner in Syracuse, is the
forerunner, it is believed in some quar
ters, of another Coolidge-flor-President
movement, notwithstanding the Presi
dent's reiterated assertion that he
does not choose to run.
Such a movement will find adherents
in many States. Rut many political
leaders in Washington today are con
vinced that the President's wish will j
lie observed, and also that he would
not accept the nomination if it came
to him. His statement to the national
committee when he received that body
at the W hite House is regarded gen
erally as having definitely ended the
matter. Senator Fess of Ohio, who
has been one of the most earnest sup
porters of the plan to draft the Presi
dent since the Black Hill statement of;
August, admitted yesterday that there |
seemed no probability of the Repuo- |
lican national convention nominating j
the President, unless a deadlock
should arise.
Deadlock Is Scouted.
"Rut I do not look for a deadlock
now." said Senator Fess.
The effort of Mr. Hilles to breathe
I new life into the plan to draft Presi
dent Coolidge is regarded also as a
move to solidify the Republican or
ganization in New York and to hold
together the delegation from the Km
I pile State to the convention next Jun- 3 .
The New York leaders had planned to
accomplish this through a delegation
| instructed for Charles Kvans Hughes.
I former Secretary of State.
But Mr. Hughes has spoken in un
mistakable terms. He has taken him- |
! self out of the picture. Until Mr.
Hughes’ recent statement, Mr. Hilles;
had strongly favored his nomination
and had expressed the opinion that
the President was definitely out of the
1 running, in Syracuse, therefore, the
vice chairman of the national commit
tee executed a complete about face.
It is no secret that New York Re
publicans have favored the renomina
| tion of Mr. Coolidge. or barring that,
! nomination of Mr. Hughes, believing
j that with either of them, it would be
; easier to carry the State against Gov.
Alfred K. Smith, if ha be the Demo
j cratic nominee, than with any other
: Republican nominee. The New York
Republican organization has been
more or less shot to pieces in recent
years, so much so that the State now
has a Democratic Governor and two
Democratic Senators and a majority
of the New York delegation in the
House. The Republicans of New York
are. therefore, most anxious to show a
united front in 1928 and to have a na
tional ticket which will make it easier
to carry the Republican State ticket to
victory, too.
Aimed At Hoover.
| The demand for the drafting of Pres- j
irient Coolidge is regarded here, too, as j
! an effort to head off the movement in
; New York for Secretary Herbert
Hog>ver of the Department of Com
| merce. Mr. Hoover has no little
| strength both up-State and in the city
I of New York, so much that it is re
! sarded as practically certain he will
have some of the New York delegation j
to the convention unless it can be so- |
; liditied about some other candidate, j
1 Certain interests in New York City are j
reported to be in opposition to the |
nomination of Mr. Hoover. j
The Hoover boom for President has.
gathered much momentum since the
second statement of President Cool
idge and wit lid ra wa I_o f Mr. Hughes.
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Raworth said that he could re
member nothing from that moment
until he regained consciousness to
And one leg nearly burned off and
[ the foot of the other leg badly burned.
I Evidently he had previously regained
! consciousness and built a Are. but
! passed into a coma again from shock
] and loss of blood.
1 Suffering intense agony, Raworth
crawled more than 15 miles to one of
| his cabins where he lay week after
j week, scarcely able to secure food and
I water.
He was found by an Indian trapper,
who packed the crippled man by dog
i team to Copper Center. 30 miles away.
From there he was taken to Chitina.
where he was placed aboard a train \
land taken to the Kennecot Hospital,
f.
*
MOTHER OF LINDT
TO FLY TO MEXICO
: FOR YULE HOLIDAY
Will Start Trip Tomorrow in
Tri-Motored Plane From
Detroit Field.
JOURNEY IS SEE* !
AS GOOD WILL BOOST
State Department Announces Pro
posal—Tellez Extends Pirst
Official Welcome.
sh» AsßOfiaiprt
A new messenger of American g‘ od
will toward neighbor peoples will
take to the air at Detroit Monday
when Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh sets
i out by airplane, to join her son in
| Mexico City for the Christmas holi
j days.
i Flying in a tri-motored Ford plane,
■is the guest of the Ford Co., and
! piloted by Harry Brooks, a licensed
! test, pilot of the company's staff,
"Lindy's" mother, as dauntless as
j himself, will lie swept swiftly south
(ward to cover in three or four days
i an aerial distance just a little greater
than that her son negotiated in 27
I hours to write his latest epic in the
pages of aviation history.
Seen as Aid in (iood W ill.
Evidence of the great value in
stimulation of good will between the
United States and Mexico, which
i Washington officials received not only
in Col. Lindbergh 9 flight, but also
foreseen in the mother's proposed
trip to join her son, was clear in the
fact that announcement of Mrs. Lind
hergh's plans came front the State
Department. There can be no doubt
that they regard these two voluntary
messengers of American friendliness
as important factors in the campaign
of rapprochement with Mexico, which
President Coolidge launched witli the
selection of his close friend, Dwight
W. Morrow, as Ambassador to that
country.
Because of its importance from the
viewpoint of international good rela
j tions, the disclosure of Mrs. Lind
bergh's plans came from the Depart
ment of State. 'Fite plane in which
Mrs. Lindbergh plans to make the re
turn trip also, with Brooks, veteran of
thousands of hours of flying, at the
controls, will leave Detroit at 10 a.in.
Monday and go byway of St. Louis,
San Antonio and Tampico to the Mexi
can capital, crossing the border at
Brownsville. Tex. Stops for refueling
will be made both going and returning
at St. Louis. San Antonio and Tam
pico, wliere the distinguished passen
ger and her pilot will have opportu
nity to rest and sleep. But to guard
against any mischance. State Depart
ment orders have been rushed to con
j suls along the route in Mexico and at
j the border to be on the alert to render
j every assistance.
Morrow Is Notified.
Formal notification of Washington's
approval of Mrs. Lindbergh’s adven
ture was also rushed to Ambassador
Morrow so that the certain co-opera
tion of the Mexican government to in
sure the safety and comfort of the
mother of the transatlantic flyer cou’.d
be obtained.
Ambassador Tellez, here in Wash
ington, however, needed no words from
higher Mexican authority to support
his prompt assurances that Mexico,
both her government and her people,
would be waiting with open arms to
greet Mrs. Lindbergh and share in her
delight at the Christmas re union with
her son. so far from home.
Part of the way, from the time the
, big plane picks tip the Mexican coast
line above Tampico, Mrs. Lindbergh
will he seeing the same country over
which “Lindy” sailed in the non-stop
dash from Washington to Mexico
City that has enshrined him anew in
the hearts of those around the world
who cherish ideals of human possi
bilities in cool-headed courage and
resourcefulness. Whether he will fly
down in the Spirit of St. Louis to
greet her high above a foreign land
and escort her to the Mexican capi
tal is not known here.
Brooks, a flyer of the highest
standing, expects to make the jonr
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QUEBECAROUSED
OVER 2 BURNINGS
Police Vigilance Redoubled Over
Catholic Institutions—Train
Passengers Scanned.
(By the Associated Press.
QUEBEC. December 17.—The burn
ing within two days of two children's
homes of the Sisters of The. Good
Shepherd with a loss of 50 lives
brought a redoubling of police vigil
i anee today over Catholic Institutions,
j Detectives scanned carefully pas
j senges on all outgoing trains in
j search of suspicious persons. The
origin of both fires continued a mys
tery.
! The break out last night of Are
I in a building housing the St. Jean
Berchman's boarding house for boys
and the St. Louis Acedemy. from
which 142 boys narrowly escaped
death caused a hysterical outburst
on the part of residents who still
were mourning the loss of 50 lives in
the fire that on Wednesday night de
stroyed the Hospic St. Charles.
Crowds stormed nearby buildings
where the refugees as the two fires
were taken and demanded they be
permitted to take them to their
homes. Militia was called to restore
order and the children finally were
turned over to residents who carried
them to homes outside the danger
zone.
Two persons were in a serious con
dition today as a result of last night’s
blaze. Sister Ste. Victoire. a nurse
in the academy, leaped from the top
fiorr into a fireman's net with a sick
bov in her arms. Both suffered seri
ous injury as a result of the 90 foot
drop. The other boys ranging in age
from 5 to 12 years were led to safety
by nuns.
Search of the ice-ooated ruins of
the Hospic Si. Charles was continued
by firemen as fourteen inmates of
the institute were still unaccounted
for.
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