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FIRE TOLL REACHES!
33, WITH 210 HURT
Fifteen Victims Unidentified
e After Pittsburgh Home
;• for Infirm Burns.
Mr the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, July 25—Bereft of
the home that was transformed from
« merciful shelter to an inferno of death
fcnd terror, scores of elderly men and
♦omen were In hospitals here tonight
Mid the bodies of 30 others lay in the
county morgue.
They were the victims of fir? that left
fti ruins the Little Sisters “f the Poor
Hajne 'or the Age a. a charitable haven
for i3O infirm persons, none of them
under 60 years of age.
Two hundred and ten men and
women were in the hospitals. Many of
them were racked by me r.ory of a night
of horror in the fire-swept four-story
brick building at Penn and Aiken ave
nues. Some of them were valiant volun
teer rescuers, policemen Bnd firemen
who labored to save the helpless in
mates.
Seven More Victims Die.
The number of dead rose to 30 to
night when seven victims of the fire
succumbed in hospitals. They w?rc
Samuel Berry, 72 years old; Mrs. Rosie
Lang. 71 years old; Mrs. Sarah Ludden,
70 years old; Mrs. Kate Isaacs, 68 years
old; Mary Burns. Mrs. Mary McAvoy,
and George Becker.
Some of the inmates of the horn"
were close to 80 years old and suffered
from shock and exposure, in addition to
burns.
Seventeen of the dead were not even
partially identified. Although some
wer? burned badly, making identifica
tion difficult, it was believed all were
inmates of the institution.
Oil Mop Clue to Origin.
Besides the 230 men ar.d women, the
home housed 16 nun attendants. All
had retired to rest when the alarm was
•ounded late last night.
Fire Chief Richard L. Smith, who
estimated the property damage at be
tween $45,000 and $50,000. said the
cause of the fire had not been estab
lished. He said the floors were oiled
and polished yesterday and that a mop,
possibly soaked with oil, had been left
on the first floor, and may have caused
spontaneous combustion.
Four Inquiries Started.
Four investigations were started by
city and county authorities and repre
sentatives of the Fire Underwriters' ,
Association. Chief Smith said much of |
the loss of life and damage would have
been averted if there had be<*n proper
safeguards in the old building.
The fire started in the basement,
whirled up an elevator shaft and burst,
out on the third and fourth floors in
sections where crippled and bedfast in
mates lav. Some yf th® victims died at
their beds. Others were carried out by
police, firemen and volunteers.
Dead Unidentified.
The death list;
Mrs. Mary Waldier.
Mrs. Mary Thomas.
Mrs. Martha Tilley.
Catherine McGuire.
Mrs. Marv Jacobs.
J. Stewart (tentative).
Fred Eddelman.
Andrew Watermeyer.
Cornelius Moore.
Samuel Berry.
Mrs. Rosie Lang
Mrs. Sarah Ludden.
Mrs. Kate Isaacs.
Karv Burns.
Mrs. Marv McAvoy.
Ceorge Becker.
Ca heiine Carraher.
Gustave Moll.
Fifteen unidentified men and women.
GOV. LA FOLLETTE SAILS !
1
*‘Six Days of Sleep” Object of
Cruise to Halifax.
NEW YORK. July 25 (P).—Gov.
Philip F. La Follette, Wisconsin’s 30-
year-old Governor and brother of Sen- I
ator Robert M. La Follette, sailed to
day on th? Red Star liner Belgenland
on the vessel’s six-day cruise to Hali
fax. He said he was sailing to get
“six days of sleep.”
Because of the long session of the
Wisconsin Legislature, he said, he had !
worked from 16 to 18 hours a day and ]
he felt the need of rest, although he ;
did not have the time to make a Eu
ropean trip.
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RESCUERS SCALE BLAZING LADDERS AS BLAZE KILLS 33.
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LAMES In the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged In Pittsburgh trapped 230 Inmates in the burning bulld-
I i n g while firemen were blocked by locked gates. Thirty-three persons died In the flames or from burns. Top
I photo shows firemen scaling burning ladders to rescue victims. Bottom photo shows first aid treatment being
given. Inset: Holy figure silhouetted against sky by flames.
COLLEGE COUPLE "
DIE MYSTERIOUSLY
Poison and Marriage Secret
i
Believed to Figure in
Affair of Texans.
By the Associated Press,
i HOUSTON. Texas, July 25. —An ap
! parent marriage tangle was disclosed
j tonight as the possible explanation of
I the deaths of two 19-year-old Rice
! Institute students, Miss Hazel Glover,
1 freshman beauty, and Dan Powell f
I Stratton, a junior.
The two were found dying in an au- .
tomobile parked on a street here early
today. Authorities expressed the belief
they had taken, poison. An autopsy
was ordered.
Screams Rouse Residents.
The students were found by resi-!
dents awakened by screams. Miss
I Glover, one of the mast popular of the
institute’s first-year students and se
lected for the year book beauty section,
died en route to a hospital and Strat
ton died two hours later. Neither was
able to make a statement.
Officers were told by Mrs. E. C. Smith, :
aunt of the youth, that he had con- \
sided yesterday that he and Miss Glover,
were married June 25. A letter found ;
in Station's effects from Mss Glover j
read: “I realy can’t wait ’cause I'm;
going to break the news,” and told of
wearing a ring.
Record of a Marriage.
The investigators also found record
of a marriage performed in Fort Bend
Countv in March in which Stratton
and another Houston society g*rl were
named as principals. A check of sur
-1 rounding counties showed no annul-
I ment of the marriage, and members
!of the family of the young woman
j named denied knowledge of such a
ceremony.
1 Stratton and Miss Glover, members
of prominent Houston families, were
last seen by friends on a roof garden.
They w’ere said to have danced to
gether several times, but for the most
part spent most of last evening in
conversation.
WOMEN GIVEN CREDIT
FOR IMPROVED SPEECH
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 25. —Woman’s
tongue is credited with smoothing bad
pronunciation from American speech,
in an announcement tonight from the
American Council of Learned Societies.
“Women, more eager for culture than
men, are easily influenced to change
their pronunciation,” says the state
ment. which is made by Dr. Hans
Kurath of Ohio State University, spokes
man for the work. “Every member of
a women’s club wishes to speak like
the leader. Women are the ones who
give strict attention to radio an
nouncers/] ’
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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, T>. C., JULY 26, 1931— PART ONE.
TIBBETTS TO SEPARATE,
WIFE BLAMES “FAME”
Opera Star and Mate “at Farting
of Ways,” She An
nounces.
By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 25 Mrs.
Grace Mac Kay Tibbett tonight an
nounced her separation from her hus
band, Lawrence Tibbett, Metropolitan
Opera and movie singer, with the com
ment that “fame and family happiness
are not consistent.”
The Tibbett twins, age 10, are at a
mountain vacation camp near here.
"Lawrence ar.d I have come to the
parting of the ways.” said Mrs. Tib
bett’s statement. "It was inevitable.
It was a case of Incompatibility and
mental cruelty over a period of years.
"Fame and family happiness are not
consistent. Neither Hollywood nor
| another woman have played any actual
part in our difficulties. Unspectacular,
j but true.”
Mrs. Tibbett was the former Miss
i Grace Mac Kay Smith of Chicago.
FAITHFULL GIRL’S FATHER
IN APPEAL TO GOVERNOR
Sends Two Special Delivery Let
ters to Roosevelt for Help
• in Mystery.
! By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July 25—Stanley E.
! Faithfull, stepfather of Starr Faith
! full, whose body was washed ashore at
Long Beach, on Long Island, June 8,
appealed to Gov. Roosevelt today for
! help in solving the mysterv of her
j death.
Faithfull sent two special delivery
letters to the State executive, one ad
i dressed to his New York City home
and one to Hampton Bays, where the
i Governor is passing the week end. He
] refused to divulge the letters’ contents.
I Th? grand jury will investigate the
| case next Tuesday.
Moore in Mayor’s Race.
PHILADELPHIA, July 25 OP).—j.
Hampton Moore today formally an
nounced himself as a candidate for the
Republican nomination for mayor of
Philadelphia at the September pri
mary.
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the inventor “wasn’t very well just after
his return from Florida.”
"But to say that Mr. Edison has re- '
tired." he added, "is all bosh. The heat
j affects him a little, but he is as ever
absorbed in his experimentation work.”
! While in New Jersey. Mr. Ford visited
the Edison Cement Works at New Vil
lage, where he became deeply inter
ested in an old locomotive, a bi-polar
electric motor, several grinding ma-1
chines and other equipment which Edi-1
son used long ago or still is using in \
his researches with cement manufac- j
turing processes.
The locomotive and the dynamo, the ■
latter In use, will be presented to Mr. 1
Ford for his Edison Museum in the
Edison Institute of Technology at Dear
born.
The dynamo, a small type, is about 52
years old. It is one of the oldest in
existence of the types Edison perfected
; and will complete the series of "a dozen
or more” which Mr. Ford has collected
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and first was used by Edison while ex
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iron from ore In the mountains of
Northern New Jersey In 1893.
; CAROLINA POLICE TRACE
|| SUSPECT IN MURDERS
r ! By the Associated Press.
ASHEVILLE, N. C., July 25.—Police
' i tonight sought to trace C. Rex King’s
, movements during the past nine months
i while holding him for Arkansas author-
L itles, who have charged him with killing
two North Carolina youths near Ma
< rlon. Ark., last Fall.
The youths were Burton Hensley and
Woodrow Wilson, both of Yancey
County, N. C. They were found dying
on the embers of a camp fire near
Marlon, Ark., last October 22.
No valuables were found on the bodies j
■ of the two youths and police were try- i
» ing to learn whether a watch found in l
r King's possession was that carried by
one of thetn. Relatives of Wilson and
Henley, who examined it, were un
certain
FIVE APACHES HEtD
IN MURDER OF GIRL
Columbia Co-Ed Abused and
Stabbed, Coroner’s
Jury Decides.
By the Associated Press.
WHITE RIVER APACHE RESERVA
TION, /rlz., July 25.—Five young
Apache bucks, descendants of tribes
men who once terrorized the Southwest
with th7lr raids on Indian and white
man alike, were arrested today as three
agencies of the law sought to solve the
brutal killing of Henrietta Schmerler.
The arrests were made among a small
but lawless group of Indians who live
with their more friendly, peaceful kin
on the Apache reservation here. The
names of the suspects were not disclosed.
Another was hunted.
Announcexent of the arrests was
made after a coroner’s Jury had listened
to testimony from officials, Indicating
that the young woman, a 23-year-old
research worker in anthropology from
Columbia University, had been attacked
and slain.
Officials believed several men abused
her before her death, which probably
resulted from knife wounds. She was
stabbed In the throat and cut on the
head and shoulders. Her body was
bruised. The Jury returned a verdict |
that she had been ’ murdered with a
sharp instrument.”
Letter Key to Mystery.
The key that might unlock the mys- I
tery was found by authorities In her i
cabin. Authorities said they had ob- !
tained a letter, sealed but not mailed,
which she had written to relatives in
New York saying she had reason to fear
for her life. Sh* mentioned the actions
of an unidentified Apache man.
The remainder of the Indians, among
whom she had worked In her .efforts to
learn the customs and beliefs of their
lives, had treated her courteously and
shown a spirit of friendliness, she wrote,
but one man had tried to molest her.
and she planned to be alone with him
at no time.
She had participated in the weird, i
grotesnue dances of the tribe in her j
hunt for the lore of their life, and of
fleers surmised that It was either as j
she was en route to one of these dances,
or returning to her cabin, that she was
waylaid, carried off to a ravine, a’tacked
and killed.
Wore Indian Costume.
Physicians examining the body said
she had been slain either last Saturday
night or Sunday morning. She was last
seen on Saturday. A search was started
for her on Thursday, ending yesterday ,
with the finding of the bodv in a ravine I
back of an Indian cemetery, about half
a mile from some school buildings.
She was garbed In an Apache cos
tume. w T hich an Indian girl had made I
for her that she might appear as her
redskin friends did at the dances.
Miss Schmerler had been warned, it j
was testified at the inquest, that it j
might not be safe for her or any young !
woman to live alone In the village. The I
spirit of the tribe was friendly, she was
told, but there were some who mighi
try to molest her. Apache leaders, who j
welcomed her and had interested them
selves in her work, tonight grieved at
the fate of their friend.
Speculations that she might have '
struck upon some guarded secret of the
tribe or aroused the Jealousies of other ‘
young Indian women and paid with her
life had no place In the investigations.
Miss Schmerler was an attractive
brunette of medium height and athletic
build, weighing about 135 pounds. Her
body was sent to Winslow todav bv air- 1
plane pending word from relatives on
arrangements for burial.
LINDBERGHS’ HOP
Will not start
BEFORE TUESDAY!
. (Continued From First Page.)
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Before the week is out Miss Laura
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Europe. She was aloft today making
fuel consumption tests, one of the last
preparations for the ocean hop.
Three Die in Polish Air Crash.
DEMBLIN, Poland, July 25 (A*).—
j Three Polish Army flyers were killed
j and one was seriously injured today
when two military instruction planes
collided in midair.
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Miss Inez C. Burrows, secretary to Referee Fred J. Eden.—Star Staff Photo.
THREE DIE AS AUTO
HITS B. & 0. TRAIN
Farm Hand, Wife and Daugh
ter, 4, Victims of Crash
Near Rockville.
• Continued From First Page.)
that the engineer applied the brakes
15 seconds after comi'ng into view of
the stalled automobile, and that the
train was running 74 miles per hour,
or 100 feet per second at the time.
This shows he attempted to stop as
soon as he saw the obstruction, the
statement says.
Formal Statement.
The formal statement of Mr. Gallo- j
way follows:
"The coroner’s jury in its investiga
tion of the unfortunate accident at |
Berwyn crossing, in which Engineer
J. A. Ward and Fireman L. B. Walter j
lost their lives and Fireman J. W.
Lundy was burned, as a result of a
train colliding with an automobile on
the crossing, either failed to develop or i
entirely ignored the fundamental facts
that would be expected to influence an
intelligent investigation, and their find
ings are such a glaring inconsistency
and so absurd and ridiculous that
the unjust criticism of Engineer J.
A. Ward cannot go unchallenged.
“Mr. Ward was an outstanding engi
nes, intelligent and competent in the
handling of a passenger locomotive, as
has been demonstrated in his handling
of important high-speed passenger j
trains between New York and Washing
ton, and his outstanding ability was ,
recognized by the management of the
Baltimore & Ohio, who are responsible
for the competency of the men en
gaged in train service, and to hold j
that he should have seen and stopped
before striking this obstruction is an j
unwarranted aspersion upon him and
the splendid men who make up the
personnel of locomotive enginemen, who
deserve and do receive at the hands
of intelligent understanding the credit
i hat is properly due them for their
work.
Going 74 Miles an Hour.
"Assuming, for the sake or argument,
that the jury is correct that Engineer
Ward should have seen this car on the
track, because he is alleged to have
had half a mile sight of it, and stopped
before striking it. At the time of the
accident the passenger train was run
nig westward toward Washington and
passed around the curve at Branch
ville and on to the tangent, which
gave the first view of Berwyn station,
where it was possible to see straight
ahead, and at this time the train was
running 74 miles an hour, or at the
rate of 100 feet per second. The sealed j
speed recorder, with w'hich all Balti
more & OTTio passenger locomotives
are equipped, shows that Engineer j
Ward applied the brakes approximately
15 seconds after coming on the tangent.;
"It is clear from the investigation
which the Baltimore & Ohio manage
ment has made of this accident that
Engineer Ward did not have sufficient
distance to-stop this train if he had
done all the things the coroner s jury
said he should have done. It is fur
thermore evident from our figures on
the position of the train at the time
the brakes w r ere applied that he did
see this obstruction and was trying to
stop. But unfortunately he is dead and
cannot speak for himself.
Ignored Facts.
“The coroner’s jury seemingly ignored
the fact that there is a warning bell
on each side of the track at this cross
ing controlled by track circuit: both
bells were ringing at the time of the
approach of the motor car and before
it got on any part of the track and were
also ringing at the time the accident
occurred. The jury also seemingly
I ignored the fact that there is also at
this crossing a wig-wag signal that
was signaling danger in full view of the
appproaching motor car.
“The driver of the motor car ignored
both of these danger signals and con
tinued over the crossing, running under
one gate while it was being lowered.
This lowering of the gates did not,
however, begin until after the cross
ing bells started to ring and the wig
wag signal started to flash its warning
of danger to the approaching motor
car.
Serve Long Apprenticeship.
“If locomotive engineers were ex
pected to stop their trains every time
they saw a trespasser on the track or
an automobile attempting to cut a
train off at crossings, it would be im
possible to successfully operate the
trains. Such conduct on the part of !
motor vehicles is a daily occurrence,
j “In this connection, the relative re
quirements of a locomotive engineer
and of a person being licensed to oper
; ate a motor-driven vehicle <and in j
many States no license or examination
|at all is required) is of interest. It
requires on the average about 18 min
; utes to make a motorist to operate a j
machine capable of a speed equal to I
' that of the average locomotive, and j
all over the highways at the will of !
the operator. As against this, we |
have the locomotive engineer, who the
records will show has put in an ap- j
prenticeship in junior service of some
thing between 17 and 19 years before
running a passenger locomotive, not- ;
! withstanding the fact that locomo- j
tives run on tracks that guide them, i
and their movements are governed by i
signals that, so to speak, talk to them, !
telling them what they can and can
not do.
"It is significant in considering the
, question of competency of motor ve
| hide operators, I am informed, that
; the operator's license card issued to
the driver of the motor car in this
! accident gives her a driver's experi
ence of less than 120 days.
| "Whoever is responsible for this ac
cident, the management of the Balti
more & Ohio is definitely positive that
it is not Engineer Ward.”
DRIVER’S PERMIT SUSPENDED.
Miss Ethel Thomas’ License Withdrawn
Pending Investigation.
Bra Staff Correspondent of The Star.
BERWYN. Md„ July 25.—Miss Ethel
Thomas, driver of the car which stalled
: in front of a Baltimore & Ohio express
■ here Tuesday, resulting in the death of j
two members of the train's crew', yester- :
I day had her driver’s permit suspended
, by the Maryland Commissioner of Motor I
; Vehicles.
[ The permit was suspended “without
, prejudice” pending the completion of an i
; investigation by the commissioner’s ■
I office.
State police explained it is customary !
, to revoke a driver's permit “without
prejudice” for about 10 days in fatal
l accident cases, and to restore the mo- :
. torist's driving privilege if no charges
, are preferred.
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SENATOR QUERIED
ON LOWER TARIFF
Watson Says Democratic
Critics Are Not Specific
in Their Replies.
By the Associated Press.
The first of a series of open letters
to Democratic Senators asking whether
they would favor downward revision of
the tariff on certain commodities was
made public today by the Republican
National Committee.
In the communication. Senator Wat
son of Indiana, the Republican leader,
renewed a tariff exchange with Senator
Robinson of Arkansas, minority leader,
by asking him if he would favor a re
duction on several important Arkansas
products.
Robinson Is Queried.
Senator Watson recalled that the
Arkansas Senator had said there would
be an effort for revision of the tariff
in the next Congress.
"I therefore ask you whether, in the
congressional revision which you pro
pose," Senator Watson continued, "is
it your Intention to urge a reduction in
the tariff rates on bauxite, the ore
which forms the base for aluminum; on
i kaolin or china clay; on casein; on
I rice, on long staple cotton, on cattle,
i and on vegetable oils?”
Senator Watson said he had address
ed an open letter to Democratic Sena
tors who had assailed the tariff asking
them to specify what tariff rates they
! would reduce “in the general revision
of the present law which they have so
persistently urged."
Senators Not Specific.
“None of the Senators so addressed,”
i he added, "has come from behind the
I bulw'ark of generalities where they have
i been standing throughout the months
I of sniping at the new tariff law.”
The Republican Senate leader said
revision of any specific rates would
i mean a general revision of the tariff.
"Our stand is definite,” he said. “We
are against any tinkering with the tar
iff at all in the next Congress and are
quite content to permit revision to be
scientifically made by the Tariff Com
mission.”
RUTH McCORMICK OUT
AS HOUSE CANDIDATE
Eliminates Self from 1932 Race in
Announcement to
Publishers.
By the Associated Press.
ROCKFORD, 111.. July 25 Ruth
Hanna McCormick, defeated by James
: Hamilton Lewis in last November's
I senatorial campaign, announced tonight
1 that she would not be a candidate for
| Congress in the 1932 Republican pri
i maries.
Setting at rest several weeks of
rumors, the former Congresswoman-at
large’s declaration was made at a meet
ing of editors and publishers of the fif
teenth congressional district.
Mrs. McCormick's announcement was
I not. however, an indication she is
through with politics.
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