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HOUSE TO APPROVE
BUILDING SITE BILL
Little Objection Expected
Torrornw to Authority
for Mall Purchase.
BY Wll.l. P. KENNEDY.
Authority 10 purchase all of the
ftnv« tely-owned land lif!» , pi>n Penn
sylvania avenue and the Mall, from the*
Capitol to the; White* House —a Na
tional Capital development that has
been de*laye*d for more than a quarter
of a century—with an appropriation
of 825,000,000. to he made promptly
available as an addition to the Federal
building program, vv II be approved by
the House tomorrow, without serious
objection.
The House also is ready to pass the
Heed bill which adds another Sl>*«*.-
poo, 000 to the Federal budding fund
for expenditure outside of Washington j
ttnd increase the amount that can be
spent annually from $25,000,000 to
$35,000,001*. This means $10,000,000 a
year in Washington and the rest on
projects throughout the States.
Both of these measures are being
handled by Chairman Elliott of the
House committee on public buildings
and grounds, who. in the last two,
j ears, has put through almost a score
of important measures for the CapoC
development program, including the
purchase of all the land between the !
Capitol and Cnion Station, which oar
j jcs with n provision for a new av enue
from Union Station to Pennsylvania
avenue
Important Forward Step.
The passage of the authorization of
purchase of the tr. angle south of
Pennsvlvania avenue to the Mall will
provide sites for the new Federal ,
Building program and will force early
action on the important development
on the north side of the Avenue from
third street to 7th street, south of
Louisiana and Indiana avenues as a
model municipal tenter to adequately
house and properly coordinate the
District Government agencies. It
means also the cleaning up of one of
the most unsightly sections of the
Capital, and the removal of the three
branches of the market—retail, whole
sale and farmers’ markets.
So the action to be taken tomorrow ,
is a most important forward step link
ing tip several of the biggest city ini- :
provements ever attempted in any
great city in the world, practically re
building the entire heart of the Na
tional Capital. When this improve
ment is completed visitor* will have
within a mile and a quarter stretch, ■
the entire government structure vis
ualized.
Another important measure that J
will be presented to the House for a< -1
tion tomorrow is a House reorgani- J
station reform resolution presented by
the committee on accounts. Chairman
MacGregor said last night that his j
resolution will make a net reduction 1—
nf m jobs, increase the salaries of J
most of the committee clerks and the
low paid employes to a minimum of
5i. 200. and will effect a net saving of
sl7 ,000 a year.
Superintendent** Abolished.
The most important position to be j
abolished is that of the superintendent
of the House folding room. J. M. Me- j
Kee, foreman of the folding room, who
has given most efficient service for
more than 43 years will be put in
charge of tlje room as a reward for
his long and faithful service.
The Hous<* also will dispose of a
n mber of, bridge bills >n the unani- !
mous consent calendar tomorrow'. |
Practically all of these ask for an ex- j
tension of time for the construction (
work, and they will be disposed of i
quickly.
The plan of procedure and program I
for continuing the investigation of all
branches of the District Government j
which was started during the last Con- j
gress, and which has already resulted 1
in the adoption of several pieces of J
remedial legislation, is expected to be j
agreed upon tomorrow at the first con- i
lerence of the enlarged Gibson sub- j
committee of the House District com
mittee. Chairman Gibson expects to j
bring to the attention of the other
members the disagreement between ;
the District Commissioners and the
United States Bureau of Efficiency, :
which has been reporting to the Gib-!
son subcommittee Hearings will be i
started after the Christmas holidays.
Alien Property Bill Tuesday.
On Tuesday the House will take up
the alien‘property bill, with the pros*;
pect that it will be passed that day. j
This would clean up the program j
■which House leaders set for accom- !
plishment before the holidays—pas-:
sage of the urgent deficiency appro- j
priation bill, passage of the tax-reduo- j
tion bill and passage of the alien prop- j
erty bill.
The House District committee ex-j
pects to meet Wednesday morning
and Representative Blanton his prom
ised that he will at that time have an
agreement to present on the insurance
code bill between himself, Representa- i
five Underhill sponsoring the adminis I
tration measure and the District sn- ;
porintendent of insurance. The com
mittee has promised to act quickly on j
the insurance code as soon as the !
proper authorities have approved the
measure. This legislation has been j
hanging fire for more than five years, j
Chairman Zihlman is anxious to get j
several of the most urgent legislativ i
proposals which the committee has |
previously considered and approved t
out as soon as possible so j
that the District committee will have
them on its calendar and ready to I
claim its regular days in the House ;
immediately alter the Christmas holi
days.
The House itself will probably <1« |
little on Wednesday, which • get !
away day for the holidays. Being |
calendar Wednesday th» call of com
mittees is in order, but most of the j
committees have not vet reported out |
arty bills. The judiciary committee j
has two measures awaiting action
which may be disposed of.
Senate leaders have not an-i
pounced any program for the coming
Week, and the Senate District com
mittoe has not yet held a meeting. |
although two new members have been
appointed, Senators Waterman of!
Colorado and Blaine of Wisconsin.
Deficiency Bill Passed.
the past week the Senate
passed the deficiency appropriation
bill. The House on Friday approved j
the conference report and the Senate j
approved it yesterday. ' r his bill tar-
5703,224.35 in strictly District >
GhjFernment items, besides which there
a number of important general
jtarns to tie expended here, including j
Ih£ total amount needed for the cur- j
- work on the Federal building pro- I
gHMn $600,000 for relocating and en- !
larking the National Botanic Garden
njpvi $'.jO(»,000 to acquire a site for the
National Arboietum.
The Senate organized during the '
past week, with Senator Moses of
No;." Hampshire as president pro tem
pore: Edmund P. Thayer of Indiana
as secretarv and David S. Barry of
lih ode island as sergeant-at-arms.
The chief attraction in the Senate
during the week was the ch arge liuil
four Senators had accepted jl .500,not*
of Mexican money, which is lieitig in
vestigated by a special a-armmittce a»t
which Senatair Daviai Heed of Penn
sylvania is a-hairman.
The Senate late yesteralav adopted
the resolution previously passed bv
the House f*>r the Christmas recess
f pop; Decern bet 21 to January 4.
f
Delayed Transfer
May Cost Life of
Submarine Officer
By (lie \«*(V-iatP<l
Otilers were issued sometime
ago for the transfer front tin* sub
marine S 4 sunk yesteralay in a
collision off Provi na-etown. Mas:-.,
of Lieut. .1. A. McGinley ot Norris
town. Pa., one of the era;lt's four
officers.
But they vvere helai in abeyance,
and McGinley is helieveai here ta>
have gone down vv:'. It his ship
The alelay in carrying amt the
tr insfer. which was ta» have taken
■ I place hefatre yesterday, was able, it
was said at tbe Navy Dep irtment,
{ to a request of lie officer, assigned
to renlaa-p MrGinla»y. that he be
p limited tai remain at his present j
paisi to spend Christmas.
,\s a result, it was said. MeGin
lev was instruct'd t<> remain an
other month with the S I. ami so
far . s the Nnvv Department knows
lie was ahaaaral h<>r yesterday. His
wife is listed as living in San
CORCORAN GALLERY•
RECEIVES IMHO
Widow of Ssnalcr Clark
• Makes Surprise Donation
to Institution.
A gift of Si 00.000 to the Corcoran
i Gallery of Art has b en received bv
i'll? baaaral of trustees from Mrs. Wil
liam Andrews Clark, the vvldanv atf the
Montana Senatair, to defray the ex
penses incident to the organization of
the institution’s biennial exhibitions
lof cotemporary American oil paint
ings. |
Mrs. Clark’s donation supplements j
p 8100.000 trust fund given tat the gal- !
l«rv by Senator (’lark on January 1.
l’<2l. income from which was to be
expended in perpetuating the William
A Clark Prize awards at the biennial ;
exhibitions w ith any surplus'going to
the purchas a>f works by American
artists fair the permanent collection of
the gallery.
In addition (o the donation, an
nounced last night by Charles C.
I Glover, president of the gallery's,
board of trustees. Senator Clark’s
■ vviaiovv and three daughters have con j
; tributed $700,000 for an addition, now '
nearing completion, to house the fa-j
mous art collection bequeathed the in
stitution under Mr. Clark's will.
Donation Is Surprise.
! Mrs. Clark's latest donation came
! wholly as a surprise to the trustees
and demonstrates the friendly interest
she has in the progress and welfare
lof the gallery, which now ranks
I among the foremost in the world by
the addition to the rare Clark collec- 1
tion. which soon will be ready for pub
lic exhibition.
From th» income of the original :
8100,600 trust fund the W. A. Clark j
prizes, aggregating $5,000, are award- :
ed at each exhibition. From the sup- j
plemental donation by Mrs. Clark all ’
expenses connected with the organ!- j
■ zation of the biennial exhibitions are !
i ;n h° defrayed and anything lefi over
will be added to the other fund for !
! the purchase of works for the perma
nent. collection.
The gallery's eleventh biennial ex
hibition will be held next Fall. These
exhibitions have done mu< h to
Ktimuate th® zeal of many heretofore
unknown American artists and have
drawn entries from the most, promi
j nent artists in the country as well.
! Through Mrs. Clark's generous to
j operation the way is now clear to
! conduct the exhibitions on a wider
| scale than before and to add many
,‘ additional works to the permanent i
I exhibition which could not otherwise !
! have been afforded.
I Publication of Mr. Glover's enlight- j
: ening article in The Sunday Star of j
December 11. explaining in detail the
j collection bequeathed by Mr. Clark,
i has stimulated wide public interest
iin the gallery. While the beautiful
! new addition which will house the
I famous collection is under construc
tion. the trustees are engaged in put
-1 ting the entire collection in the best
1 possible condition for exhibition.
While the collection does not repre
sent the original in its entirety, it
I contains a majority of the noted works
j of art which have attracted the at
' tention of art lovers the world over.
Included in it are 198 oil paintings,
numbering th* works of siu-h old mas
ter* as Rubens. Franz Hals. Rem
t brandt, Van Dyck and others.
Louis AVI Salon.
One of the most interesting phases
! is the Louis XVI Salon, which will
j b a feature of the new building. This j
j will provide an appropriate setting
for the rare furniture of the Louis
i XV and Louis XVI periods which form
a patt of the Clark collection, and
will also house the valuable an
! tiquitics, draperies and other furnish
! ings which add to the collection's wide
| variety.
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RESCUE APPARATUS
SPEEDED TO SCENE
OF S-4 DISASTER
(Continued from First Page.)
j ohusetts. police of that State per-
I formed a similar service.
TUGS READY TO LEAVE.
Two Ships to Sail for Province!own
With Pontoons.
NEW YORK, December 17 (A 3 ).
I Two seagoing lugs were ordered t<>
I stand by at the Brooklyn Navy Yard ;
i late today, awaiting instructions to
I proceed to Provincetown.
The lugs Juko and Sagamore were I
i being equipped with the same type of:
large pontoons that were used in res- j
i cue work at the sinking of the subma
rine S-TI in Septemtjer, 1925. All i
available hands were enlisted to pre- :
pare the tugs for sailing to the scene
J of the S-4 wreck as quickly as pon
! slide.
The tugs were to proceed to;
Pro'incetown at a speed reduced to
four or five knots by the weight of
the pontoons.
PONTOONS ORDERED.
Norfolk Navy Yard to Rush Appara- !
tus to Wreck Scene.
■NORFOLK. Ya.. December 17 (/P).
| —The l.\ S. S. Wright, flagship of
: Rear Admiral .1. J. ltaby, commander
Ii f the aircraft squadron, scouting
! fleet, now at the Hampton Roads
Naval Operating Base, tonight re
ceived orders to proceed to sea to
engage in salvage work in connection
! with the sinking of the submarine
S-t.
Because a number of the members
of her crew had been granted shore
liberty, it was not expected the
Wrigiit would get away before to- !
morrow
Rear Admiral W C. Cole, com- j
ma tiding th Norfolk Navy Yard, has
| been directed to make ready for j
immediate shipment to the scene
of toe submarine disaster four huge J
pontons stored ;it the 1m I plant.!
I While fishing iti the North Sea re- j
cently a trawler landed a big German
mine.
I
TITF SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. DECEMBER 18. 1027-PART 1.
IADMIRALI ADMIRAL REPORTS !
i ON RESCUE PLANS
Naval District Commander:
Orders Ships to Scene
of Disaster.
j
By the A**nciatfw! Pr«*«.
The following official report oh the
sinking <>f tbs submarine S-4 was re ;
reived at the Navy Department late |
I lust night front Rear Admiral An j
draws, commandant of the First Naval
District, which includes the point
where the disaster occurred:
“The S-4 at 3:37 p in., December 17.
while submerged, was rammed and i
I Mink near I’rovincet.own Mass., by i
the Coast Guard destroyer Paulding. ;
making IS knots. The Paulding re- l
ported that the submarine’s periscope |
Marled to tome-nn just under the port J
j bow of th** Paulding Position of the j
J sinking given by the Paulding. Wood- |
j end Light bearing 19 degrees: Long j
i Point 23 degrees. Position given by
! U. 8. S. Wandank. District tug. in at- j
j tendance on inspection board. 112 rie- j
gtees from Woodend Light, distance,
i 1.800 yards.
' Boats searched for survivors, no j
! body seen. Marker buoys planted by [
i W andauk. Oil slick seen. Depth of j
1 \yh te r at wreck 102 feet. Weather at
|3:30 p.m.. wind from northwest 25
miles tier hour, rough sea, visibility j
i 1 o miles.
Destroyer* On Scene.
“Two Coast Guard destroyers at the !
■scene of collision by ti p.ui.. and the
|i ug W.andank standing by. The Nav y
.minesweeper U. S. S. Dark left. Boston
.1 0:45 n.m.. with diving apparatus,
divers and underwater cutting equip
: ment from the navy yard. The sub
marine tender U. S. S. Bushnell left
the navy yard at Portsmouth, N. 11.. j
, a: 7 pan., with diving gear, naval con- •
stmotor nod other officers with sub- j
marine experience on board.
I Comdr. Strothers, division command
er on board the destroyer Sturtevant,
| left Boston at 7:43. The minesweeper
Mallard will leave Boston at 11 p.m.
“Tbe submarine rescue vessel. U. 8.
S. Falcon, which assisted at the sal
vaging of the submarine S-51. with
• 'apt. Frank H. Brumby, commander
'control force, on board, loft New Lon
don. Conn., at 6:10 p.m. for scene of
i wreck. Navy yard, New York, lias
been ordered to ship salvage pontoons
and salvage gear to the scene of the
wreck. The chain for the pontoons is
' at the Boston Navy Yard and will be
l shipped to the scene of the wreck.
Capt. Ernest King. F. S. X., who
I had charge of the salvaging opera
tions of the S-51 and who is at pres
ent in command of the naval aircraft
lender Wright, now at Hampton
Roads. Vi;., has been ordered to re
port to the senior officer present at
the scene of the wreck to assist in the
salvaging operations and he is now
en route by rail and plane. The sub
marine S-8 has been ordered to re
turn to Provincetown by the coni
! mander. submarine divisions. The
Coast Guard cutter Tampa and Tus
] carora left the Navy yard, Boston,
for Provincetown at 9 p.m.
Will l sc Seaplanes.
“The destroyer Patriding is badly ,
! damaged but has reached Province-!
| town. The tug Mohave Is at the Navy i
! yard. Boston, ready to take material !
to the scene nf the wreck as demanded-
The commander of the control,
force has been requested to please |
j call for anything needed, with the '
suggestion that destroyers lie used |
for quick transportation.
“The civilian diver at the Boston !
Navy Yard, Madden, had experience j
on the S-51. Comdr. Dysart. from the j
navy yard, Boston, is on the mine
sweeper Lark to act as a liaison offi
cer and advise on facilities available 1
at the navy yard. Eleven divers left j
Newport, R. 1., for Provincetown by ;
automobile with Lieut. Matthews in j
I charge. Seaplanes from Squantum !
will help locate the submarine Sunday j
morning if weather and sea are favor
j able.’’
SEEK WRIT TO HALT
ANNEXATION TRIAL
Counsel for Arlington and
Fairfax Counties to Make
Plea Tomorrow.
Armed with documents challenging
j the constitutionality of Alexandria’s
: annexation proceedings, counsel for
Arlington end Fairfax Counties will
go to Richmond today in readiness for
an appeal tomorrow to the Stale Su
preme Court of Appeals for a writ of
prohibition.
The application for the writ, grant
ing of which would halt the annexa
tion trial, will be made to Justice
Prentiss, president of the court, who
will receive the pica during recess of
the court. The regular term does not
j begin until January 9.
Barbour at Head.
Th'* delegation of lawyers will be
headed by Jghn S. Barbour of this
city, chief of counsel for the counties,
and will include Commonwealth At
torneys William C. Gloth of Arling
ton County and Wilson M. Farr of
Fairfax County, State Senator Frank
D. Ball, Delegate Charles T. Jesse,
Ciandal Mackey and F. S. McCandlish.
While full plans of the lawyers have
not been disclosed, it is considered
probable they will ask Judge Prentiss
I to stay the proceedings pending hear
, ing of the petition for a writ of
prohibition when the court convenes.
Efforts to have the annexation court ,
I suspend the trial for similar reasons.
I failed during the past week.
By agreement between opposing
j counsel, concurred in by the special
; tribunal of circuit judges hearing the
j ease, resumption of the trial will be
delayed until Tuesday morning at I<*
| o'clock, it was announced last night.
The court previously had announced
the trial would continue tomorrow.
.Motion Rejected.
The basis to be cited for granting
of the writ is expected to be the
sant ■ as that announced at the open- i
ing of the trial, when counsel for the
| counties moved suspension of the pro
| <-oedmgs on the ground of unconsti
tutionality of the act of 1924, author
| izing courts of three judges to hear
! annexation cases. The motion was re
jected by the judges.
At that time it was claimed that
tbe State constitution gave the Legis
lature authority to prescribe rules and
regulations governing established
courts, but not to create new ones or
interfere with the powers of any
already in existence. The counties
argued that the tribunal appointed
under the act of 1924 to hear the
present annexation proceedings was
t new court, and declared, further
i more, that the assignment of two
j judges (Com other jurisdictions to sit
! wit i the regular circuit judge for
Arlington County rendered the latter
I impotent and ’'relegated his court t (|
, the scrap heap.” t
- ~
To rush the work on the Lloyd Ra- i
rage and Canals project in India. 17 i
j steel barges and six crane pontoons I
have been added to the massive equip !
meal* _
VESSELS FIGURING IN COLLISION OFF NEW ENGLAND COAST AND RESCUE SHIP
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l pper: The S-4. sunken submarine; tenter, feast Guard eutter Paulding; lower, l . S. S. Ruslinelf, submarine
tender, dispatrhed to seene sf disaster. __
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CREW OF S-4
.
(Continued from First Page.*
I dan's mate. Mother, Mrs. Celia Goer
j king. 225 York street, Vallejo, Calif.
Pedcr Haaland, machinist's mate.
Brother, Oscar Haaland, Ada. Minn,
j Aaron Albeit Hodges, chief rna
, chinist a mate. Brother, John
Hodges, Riverside. Calif.
Arthur Frederick Hodges. ma
: chinist's mate. Mother, Mrs. Sophia
I Kenerson, New London, Conn.
Daniel Michael Galvin, fireman '
! Brother, Joseph Calvin, 485 West
! 135th street, New York.
Charles Reresford Caleett, ma-;
I chinist’s mate. Sister. Mrs. Nellie !
j Smith, 905 Fifteenth avenue, Melrose
Park, 111.
Elmer Lyfford Cash, chief radio
man. Wife. Viola Maude Cash. 19
Biinman street. New London, Conn.
Russel Archibald Crabb. torpedo
man. Wife, Mildred Boyce Crabb, 2131
First street, San Diego, Calif.
William Dempsey, machinist's mate.
Sister, Mrs, May Marchand, Walket
ville, Ontario, Canada.
John Joseph Pencil, machinist’s
mate. Father, William Fehell, 557
Cheisford street, Lowell, Mass.
Dewey Victor Haney, ship's cook.
Mother. Cota C. Haney. Unity, Ky.
John Joseph Kempfer, electrician’s :
mate. Father, Arthur S. Kempfer, ;
Nan tv Glo, Pa.
J. H. Long, fireman. Father. Henry j
Kong. (>22 South Clements atreet,
Gainesville, Tex.
Fred Henry Oshields. enginetnan.
Mother, Mrs. Savannah Roddy
Oshields. 514 Griffin street, Atlanta.
Ga.
John Joseph Powers, coxswain.
Mother, Mrs. William Dietz. 5 Biglow
street. Won hester, Mass.
R. W. Diefenbach, quartermaster.
1013 Caldwell street. Louisville, Ky.:
next of kin, sister, Lucille Diefen
bach. care of Mrs. Robert Tyler,
Bueehel, Ky.
Charles F. Burrell, seaman: next of j
kin, father, Fred Burrell. 539 East
Elm street, Tamaqua, Pa.
Buster Harris, seaman; next of kin,
mother, Hattie Harris, 1408 Hiller
street, Newberry, S. C.
George Pelnar, seaman: next of kin.
mojher, Mrs. Kate Melziva. 5609
South Nineteenth street, Omaha,
Nebr.
C. B. Strange, seaman: next of kin.
mother, Alice Blanche Strange, 1427
Adams street, Chattanooga, Tenn.
.1. W. Sternman; next of kind. wife.
Myrtle Frances Sternman, 80 Knowl
ton street. Riverside. R. I.
A E. Seaton, quartermaster: next
of kin. father. James Alfred Seaton,
517 VV -; Thirtieth street, Norfolk.!
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! FOUR D. C. RESIDENTS
INCLUDED IN CREW
OF SUNKEN VESSEL
(Continued from First Page*
F)l9, and upon his graduation, in 1923.
i was assigned to the U. S. S. Rochester,
i In November, 1925. at bis own request,
ha was sent to the naval submarine
! school at New London, Conn. Upon
graduating from that school he en
tered the submarine service, and has
been aboard submarines on both th*'
; Atlantic and Pacific coasts ever since.
His wife. Mrs. Maria Herrera Fitch,
1 is at present in Boston,
j Mr. Ford accompanied TJeut. Comdr.
! Callaway when they left here last
-Sunday to inspect the submarine S- * j
on Thursday, and they were undei j
orders to make the tryout trip on the
overhauled S-4.
Ford Native of Laurel.
Mr. Ford was born in T-aurel, Md.,
in 1874, and when a child came tn
Washington to live, and has resided i
here ever since. He attended the |
public schools and in his youth de- i
veloped a strong desire for draw
ing, which subsequently led him into
the drafting work, where he gained |
some experience before becoming
connected with the government.
Recently, he completed 30 years
! service as a draftsman in the Navy j
Department. Since his attachment to
l the Board of Inspection and Survey as '
a draftsman, Mr. Ford has spent half
i of his service away from home, par
! tieipating in trial runs of naval craft
from submarines to battleships. ■
These trials are undertaken in con- j
iiection with acceptance tests from
the builders of new craft as well as \
for remodelling, reconditioning or j
overhauling of the war vessels.
Mr. Ford has devoted practically all
of his time to his post of duty in the j
Navy Department. His only activity j
aside from this duty has been in re- j
ligious evangelical work. In this re- \
i spect ho is prominently identified with
the activities of the Full Gospel As- !
sembly on North Capitol street and
the Gosjiel Mission.
Mr. Ford's mother. Mrs. Mary C. j
Ford, was officially notified of the
submarine accident last night by E. W. j
Collamore, chief clerk of the Board of j
Inspection and Survey, who brought
word from the Navy Department that
there was little hope to cling to that
her son and the other persons on
board could be saved. Mrs. Ford
collapsed on receipt of the news.
Expected to Return Soon.
Mr. Ford recently moved from the
residence he owns at 2032 Pierce Mill
road, with his mother and sister. Miss
1 Grace M. Ford. He has a brother, I
1 Francis .T. Kurd of 1114 Kuelid street,
j and another sister. Miss Ida -1. Ford
!of Risbee. Ariz. When Mr. Ford left
for the submarine inspection work
I Sunday, he informed his family he ex
pected to he hack in Washington
i December 2;?.
j The Navy Department last night
ordered several naval vessels to steam
at full speed from New London and
from the Portsmouth Navy Yard to
aid in the rescue operations, the most
important among them being the F.
S. s. Falcon, which is peculiarly
adapted to submarina rescue work. |
A message was received by the De
partment a little before midnight in
dicating that the naval divers when j
they start the rescue work today will j
have an oil “slick” to guide them to
the place where the S-4 lies. The ,
message was as follows:
“Following intercepted from the F.
S. S. Wandank to commander suh
| marine division four: ‘S-4 sunk. 132
degrees from Wood End Light. Prov
incetown, distance 1,800 yards. 102
feet of water. Have placed buoys.
Oil slick in sight. Nothing else.’
‘‘(Signed) Commander Destroyer
Force, New London.”
The Wandank is at the scene of the
disaster.
Boats Are Standing By.
The Coast (iuard headquarters here
| were informed from the station at j
New London that the boats of that
division of the Coast Guard, including
I four destroyers, were cruising in the
| vicinity of the collision, ready to give
i e\ erv possible assistance.
• Admiral Hughes, chief of naval
operations, remained on the job until '
an early hour this morning. He was
of the opinion that the trapped nu n
| could live from one to five days. He j
: was hopelul that the hull of the silli
marine could be stood on end, if nec
! essary, and punctured, so that the men
| may leave from the tip sticking out i
of the water.
Admiral Hughes ordered the Boston j
Navy Yard to dispatch divers to tlie i
scene, directing that they descend to j
| the sunken vessel and tap the sides in |
j the hope of receiving signals from the
i men inside.
| Orders went forward from Secretary
j Wilbur to Vice Admiral Ashley H.
. Robertson, commander of the scouting
■ fleet, whose flagship, the battleship
! Wyoming, is at Philadelphia, to dis
! patch to the scene whatever cruisers
and destroyers under his command
! he thinks may be of use. The aircraft
j tender Wright was ordered to Prov
incetown from Norfolk. Admiral
Hughes was of the opinion that little
could be done toward raising the
S-4 before dawn today. Telegrams
were sent by Admiral Hughes to the
next of kin of all men believed to
' have been on the submarine, notify
ing them of the disaster. The j
■ customary words of sympathy were \
I omitted and the relatives were in- [
■ formed that they would l>e kept ad- j
; vised as to future developments.
IS-51 Disaster Recalled.
Immediately upon receipt of the
j new: of the disaster at the Navy f)e
--| partment yesterday, clerks were sum- j
moned from their homes to the de
partment to prepare the craft’s |
muster role. At Coast Ouard head- j
quarters there was a similar activity, j
First reports at this ofilee were '
meager, indicating that the Pauldingl
thought she had lammed the s-4, and j
thill she had made Provinectown |
Itarhor with her hold full of water. j
N ival officers here regard the sink- j
ins o| ' the S-4 as the worst disaster :
' in ihe Navy since the S-'>l was sunk j
jin .September, J 925. They said it j
j would he impossible to estimate how j
] long the men might live in the sub- |
! marine on the bottom of the ocean i
: until it could be established what j
! reserve air there was in the vessel i
when she went down. This, they '
said, was difficult because the S-4 J
was running beneath the surface at j
the time she was struck. If she had J
been submerged for some time they
said it. was probable she was run
ning short of air.
The Navy Department was in- \
formed that the captain of the Pauld- |
ing did not know the submarine was
near until her periscope was sighted |
! off the port bow.
I l.ieut. C’omdr. Roy Keller Jones. !
rthe commanding officer of the S-4. j
j was born August S. IKDJ. in Okla- j
| l.oma, and was appointed to the i
I Naval Academy in 11)12. During the j
. World War he served on the battle- i
I ship .Michigan, and in 11*20 he was!
j ordered to the t’. H. S. Fulton for in- j
struetion in submarines.
I F.xeept for a short tour of duty as
nn\ al aircraft inspector on Dong
| Island. h® has b®®n attached t«» sub
marine divisions since 10Me as
i sumed command of the S-4 in Octo
hr, 1925. Mis father. John Maple
Jones, lives at Hennessey, Okln.
Li°ut. Comdr. Jones was married
, about 11 years ago to Ruby Evelyn
i tlond, daughter of the late Richard H.
Rond, n vice president of McCormick
& Co., a spice manufacturing concern
of Baltimore. They hav® two children
Mrs. Jones makes her home with her
brother, Richard H. Bond, jr., at Hale
thorpe, Md. Sin* is visiting friends on
i the Severn River and up to a late hour
last night had not l»een notified of the
disaster.
Lieut. Joseph Albert McGinley was
(born at Bridgeport, Pa.. November
It). 1898. He was appointed a mid
shipman- from the eighth district of
Pennsylvania July 31. 1917, and sent.
; upon his graduation, to the U. S. S.
New York. He served with subma
rine divisions of the Asiatic fleet and
has been on submarine duty since
1923. His father is Joseph J. McGin
ley, 1818 Swede street. Norristown,
Pa. His wife, Mrs. Adelina Moore
McGinley. lives at 2310 Fifth street,
San Diego, Calif.
Lieut. (Junior Grade) Donald Wel
ler was born in Los Angeles in 1901.
and appointed in 1919 to the Nava!
Academy from the tenth district of
California. He has been on subma
rine duty since January, 1923. His
mother is Mrs. \V. Weller. 1429
Southwest Moreland avenue. Los An
gel®:-!, and his wife is Mrs. Marion
K. Weller of the same address.
Paulding Named for Admiral.
The destroyer Paulding was named
|in honor of Rear Admiral Hiram
Paulding, who was born in New York
in 1797. He was appointed a mid
shipmen in 1811 and in the War of
1812. aboard the President and Ticon
| detoga, he took part in the actions
, against the British fleet on
'Champlain. He was commended by
I Commodore MacDonough for gal
! lantrv in the action of September 11,
1814.'
1 As a captain, he commanded the
! sloop of war Vincennes and in 3 SIS
; he served aboard the Constellation in
war with Algiers and took part in the
! capture of Algerian cruisers. Among
his duties was that of serving as aid
to Commodore Biddle on his expedition
j to Japan in 1845.
On his return from this cruise he
i was ordered to visit the Baltic Sea
j aboard the St. Lawrence which was
the first man-o-war to display the
Stars and Stripes in the ports of
! northern Europe.
On the outbreak of the Civil War,
jhe was placed in command of the
Pawnee.
j Curiously enough, in the light of
yesterday’s disaster Admiral Pauld
ing was appointed to serve on the
naval hoard which examined and
adopted Ericsson's plans for a turreted
monitor. He was named a rear ad
miral on the retired list on July lfi. j
i 18(52, and died at Huntington, Long
Island, on October *.’o. 1878.
PAULDING SAILOR SHOOTS
MOTHER BY ACCIDENT
Member of Crew'. Home on Fur
lough. Discharges Gun While
cleaning It.
By the Associated Press.
CALDWELL, N. J.. December 17.
—Alfred Krltzner, home for his
Christmas furlough from the Coast
Guard destroyer Paulding, which
rammed and sank the submarine S-4
today, accidentally shot his mothei,
Mrs. Louise E. Kritzner. tonight.
Kritzner was cleaning his gun for
a hunting trip when one of the shells
accidentally exploded. The shot
penetrated a wall and hit Mrs. Kritz
ner. \\ ho was sitting in the next
room.
She was taken to a hospital, but j
her condition was not believed to be
serious.
New Potato Record Set.
STOCKTON, Calif December 17 (JPY
—A new world record for potato pro- !
duction wax claimed here today. An 1
acre of British - Queen potatoes dug i
on the Krederieh 11. Riudge Delt»
I tract just west of this city, yielded
| G4,7i>7 pounds, the State Department
lof Agriculture announced. The fnr
! mer record of <12.293 was held by
i Zuckerman brothers, also Stockton
] Delta farmers.
SUBMARINES SET
j DISASTER RECORD,
REVIEW REVEALS
(Continued from First Page.)
I with 23 men aboard, was rammed and
[ sunk by a British destroyer,
j In 1918 a British submarine sank in
J the English Channel, and during the
• war numerous German underwater
j boats were lost and never recovered.
January 30, 1925, the American S-48
j giounded off Portsmouth, N. H., in a
j snowstorm but was floated the next
day. and during the same month the |
j S-19 grounded for a short time off
| Cape Cod.
! An accident at the Brooklyn Navy j
(Yard in 191# caused four deaths and
I many injuries to members of the crew
ion board the United States Navy E-2.
I The accident was caused by an ex-
I plosion.
The explosion of gas in the storage
battery compartment of the United
States submarine S-49 at New London,
Conn., killed three men and injured j
nine others, April 4, 1926.
MARKET CLOSURE
111 1929 IS URGED
Smoot Bill Sets January 1 as
Date for Abandonment
of Center Stalls.
Closing of Center Market at the #
i of the calendar year I#2S, to Hear the
; path for the Government builrtins
I program. is provided for in a joint
; resolution introduced in the Senate
yesterday afternoon by Senator
j Smoot. Republican, of Utah, and
• referred to the committee on ptthlit
buildings and grounds for considera
tion.
Although Washington has known
for the past year or two that ihi
downtown retail market between
Seventh and Ninth streets would hr
| abandoned in the not distant future,
j this is the first step toward fixing a
definite date for its discontinuance, '
i The Center Market was taken ovei
i by the Government five or six veaiy
! ago. and since that time has been op
erated by the Department of Agricul
j ture, w hich leases space to dealer*
Gives Ample Notice.
Senator Smoot explained that his
| only purpose in offering the resolution .
j at this time was to give ample notice
|to those who will be affected b> the
1 abandonment of the market. The
j text of the resolution follows:
“Resolved by the Senate and
j House of Representatives, that the
I Secretary of Agriculture be and is
1 hereby directed to give notice, that on
and after January 1. 1'129, the Govern
ment will cease to maintain a public
market on Pennsylvania avenue be
tween Seventh and Ninth streets. The
land now occupied hv Center Market
shall, after the date above specified, he
available for construction of puplic
buildings of the Government.'’
The general plan of the Public
Buildings Commission for develop
ment of the Pennsylvania avenue. Mall
triangle contemplates erection of the
new Department of Justice, building
on the market site, and the r»solu
tion indicates that those in chatge of
thp program expect to t»e in a posi
tion to proceed with that strueture
- at the end of the coming year.
leases End in June.
! The Department of Agriculture
leases the stands in the market for
one year at a time, expiring in June.
If it is decided by Congress to make
January 1, 1329. the date for closing ,
the market, the leases made next
; I Summer would be for six months.
Since the problem of market facili
ties in general has been under dis
cussion during the past year or more,
there has been speculation as to what
would lie done with the center retail
' market. There have been some indi
cations that when Center Market is ,
done away with the Government
■ would not wish to establish another
, Government-owned market. In that
event the retail market facilities for
the future would be a private devel
opnient.
! In any event the taking of steps to
fix a certain date for abandonment of
Center Market is expected to give
i renewed interest to the entire subject.
New Site Is Sought.
’ It comes also at a time when Con
gress is about to turn its attention to
; the report of the District Commission- '
! ers concerning the Farmers’ Market,
in Which they recommended placing
the farmers temporarily in the Mall,
south of B street !»et\veen Sixth and
Seventh streets. The farmers must
move immediately front the existing
sheds between Tenth, Twelfth, B and
Little B streets, and District author
ities took the position that, if possible,
the permanent site for the new Farm
j ers' Market should not be acquired un
til it is known where the commission
merchants plan to move to.
The commisson men, now grouped
j along Louisiana avenue near the
farmers' sheds, also must look for
| new quarters as the Government build
; ing program progresses, and the Com
missioners felt the farmers should go
wherever the commission men decide
to settle.
The city heads told Congress that
if a permanent site Is to be bought at
this time, they favor one in the South
west section. •
The Public Buildings Commission
plans to accompany the District Com-
I missioners on an inspection Thursday
■ morning of the site suggested as a
| temporary stand for the farmers. The
1 views of the members of the Buildings
I Commission may have an important
j bearing on what provision flnalh is
i made for the farmers.
DISTRICT EMPLOYES
! ARE GIVEN HOLIDAY
|
City Forces Will Get Next Satur
day Off. Commissioners
Announce.
An official order granting municipal
! government employes a holiday Sat
j urday, Christmas eve, was issued yes
' terday by the Board of District Cotn
; mission<?rs. This action followed the
j executive order of President Coolidge
closing the Federal departments on
that day.
The text of the order of the Com
missioners follows: “Ordered that
the District Building be closed on
Saturday. December 24, 1927, and all j
clerks and other employes in the ser v
ice of the government of the Dis
trict of Columbia, except those who
may for special public reasons be ex
cepted from the provisions of this
j order, or whose absence from duty
would be inconsistent with the pm-
I visions of the law. are herebv excused
from duty on that date." >
BRATIANU REGRETS RIOTS
i Rumania, December
i 17 ( A*). — Premier Rratianu, addressing
the government’s parliamentary ma
jority today, expressed the govern
ment's deep regret over student ex
cesses in anli-semetic riots at Oradea
Mare and Cluj earlier in the month.
The prime minister declared that
those who have a mistaken idea <>f
nationalism must be put on the right
and profitable path and youth directed
to serious work,
■■ •- ..ci" ar-:a.
Shop Early
fsiiii
December 18.
I
7 Davs to
Christmas
Buy Christmas Seals—
Aid the fght
against tuberculosis*
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