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SCENES AT THE RAISING of the United States sub
marine S-4, sunk off Provincetown, Mass., three months
ago with the loss of all her crew, are shown here. In the
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As the pontoons were released
from the sides of the S-4 they
wore pushed to the front end of
the drydock by naval workers
with long poles.
Public Is Barred
Rear Admiral Phfllto And rews.
commanding the First Naval Dis
trict, today assigned a Hue jacket
watch to march with, the ambulances
tonight from the drydock to Chelsea
Naval Hospital.
Admittance .to the navy yard to
day was by special permit, the pub
lic and an vehicles being barred.
The first men to enter the sub
mersible will be Lieutenant Com
mander Dowling, a medical officer
and the medical examiner. They
planned to proceed directly to the
torpedo compartment, open the bulk
head and continue on to tjie cham
ber where the bodies of Lieutenant
Fitch and his mates lie.
Will Examine Bodies
They win examine the bodies and
prepare them for removal in ambu
lances to Chelsea Naval Hospital.
This will be under cover of dark- ,
ness. Then the whole board will I
gather for inspection to look for
messages and to explore the whole
ship with a view of determining the
necessary repairs to again place her
In naval service.
J. H? Taylor, finger-print expert
of the Naval Bureau of Navigation,
was at Chelsea Nava! Hospital
ready to Identify the bodies tonight 1
and to arrange for their dispatch !
home in flag-draped caskets. <
A death watch was assigned to .
guard the submersible until the last
body wis removed.
Naval investigators in examining i
the interior of the 8-4 will be able
to Piece together from mechanical
and Other indications the last hours
of the six men in the torpedo room
who tapped "will it be long now.”
Besides Lieutenant Fitch, there
were torpedo men, Rojer L. Short,
of Boonville, Mo.; Frank Smizek, of
Richfield Park, N. J., and Russell
A. Crabb, of Fall River, and Sea
men Joseph L. Stevens, of Privi
dence, R. 1., and George Pelnar,
of South Onjaha, Neb.
Two other bodies, believed to be
In the engine room, are those of
Machinist Mate William Dempsey,
of Walkerville, Ontario, and En
gineer Joseph W. Sternman, of
Riverside, N. T.
Snatched from the ocean bed, 102
feet below the surface, in a naval
engineering triumph, the undersea
boat was floated by pontoons and
with only the conning tower show
ing above the water was brought
safely up to Pier 4 by naval tugs
after an,all night voyage from
Provincetown.
Arrived Sunday.
Arriving here Sunday morning, the
S-4 was tied up awaiting the turn
of the tide at dawn today.
Lieut. Commdr. K. E. Stone and
Lieut. John J. Herlihy were as
signed to care for relatives of the
monos the submarine who awaited
farewell messages which the bat
tered hull might contain. Col. Gra
ham D. Fitch, father of Lieutenant
Fitch, was among the relatives
who came here.
Keel blocks were in place so that
the $2,000,000 craft may settle
easily and evenly in the drydock.
A beautiful basket of flowers was
here, sent by the Pittsburgh Deep
Sea Diving Telephone Company, to
be thrown on the waters off the
yard by Capt. Ernest J. King, in
charge of salvage, in memory of
the 40 gallant men who lost their
lives, in the disaster.
Among the relatives here were
father, mother' and wife of Lieu
tenant Fitch, the latter the former
Senorita Marie Herrera.
Slow Work
Just escaping the dismal fury of
a northeast rain storm, the, 8-4
was held outside the yard all night
In order to avoid the danger of
working on her in the dark. Day
break today found the sun replac
ing the rain and the start of opera
tions of drydocking under way. It
was a slow process, the swinging of
the B-4 and her six pontoon toward
the drydock.
FORD BAN LIFTED
BERLIN. March 19.—The Berlin
court today lifted the ban upon
Ford automobiles upon assurances
from the Ford agency that the
brakes upon the new models would
•onform entirely with the German
regulations.
U. S. Workers March for More Pay
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CROWD ON CAPITOL GROUNDS BEFORE PARADE
MORE THAN 600 men and women, Federal workers,
formed a parade at the Peace Monument today and
marched into the Senate caucus room in the Capitol, there
to demonstrate for the Welsh bill to increase their pay.
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his early career briefly, stressing
his religious activities. Until he
came into the relationship with
Hrs. Snipes, which ended with his
indictment for her murder, Faison
•aid his life had been exemplary.
A Whirlwind Affair
He told of meeting Mrs. Snipes
at the home of a mutual friend, of
a whirlwind “love affair” and of a
“honeymoon” trip to a Petersburg
Hotel two weeks later. On certain
occasions, he testified, he found
Mrs. Snipes with a revolver in her
hand in hotel rooms where they
had spent a week-end or a night.
On these occasions she had been
drinking bootleg liquor, he declared.
He declared he had decided to
break off his illicit .relationship on
November 11. Four days later, he
testified, he went to the Snipes
apartment to obtain a brief case.
Mrs. Snipes became hysterical on
a ride which followed, he declared.
On the early morning of Novem
ber 16, the time Mrs. Snipes was
shot, he testified, she had been
drinking. As was his custom,
when be arrived, he took his .38-
caliber Spanish revolver from his
pocket and laid it on the table.
He had a permit to carry this
firearm because, as manager of the
Hermitage Country Club, he fre-
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first photo, Tom Eadie, Navy diving expert, is pointing
out to his colleagues, John Kelly and Bill Carr, the spot
where the ship sank. In the center is shown Comdr.
Coal Probers to Call
Pennsylvania Governor
Governor John 8. Smith of
Pennsylvania may be summoned to
appear before the Senate Coal In
vestigation Committee, it was in
dicated today by committee mem
bers.
Last Friday Governor Fisher, in
a speech at Easton, Pa., criticized
the special sub-committee which in
spected the coal fields.
Before his election as governor,
Fisher was a director and counsel
for the Clearfield Bituminous Coal
Corporation, a New York Central
subsidiary.
quently carried large sums of
money.
* When he confirmed his former
announcement that he would dis
continue their relationship, Mrs.
Snipes went into another room and
talked to his wife on the telephone,
he said. A few minutes later he
heard an “explosion,” and, entering
the bedroom, found her slumped
in a chair with cozing from
her forehead.
He then called his wife, he said,
and told her Elsie had shot herself.
Then he frantically took her to
Stuart Circle Hospital.
The defense introduced several
character witnesses at the closing
session Saturday. Teese of the re
volver will be made today before
opening of court, it was announced,
to see if it can be determined
how far away the pistol was when
the fatal bullet sped from it.
A jury which tried Faison on
the same charge some months ago
wai unable to reach a verdict.
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I Another crowd was already in the room and calls /or
order were frequent. A section of the crowd of workers
on the/Capitol grounds just befone the march started is
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O.K.rofl GORDON
DEWED
The Senate Judiciary Committee
today failed to take any action upon
the nomination of Major Peyton Gor
don to be judge of the District Su
preme Court.
It appears probable that at least
another hearing upon Gordon’s name
will be held by the Judiciary sub
committee, of which Senator Deneen
is chairman. It was not disclosed,
however, whether new charges
against Major Gordon, presumably
involving the local enforcement of
the prohibition act, had been brought
before the subcommittee.
At the first hearing, last week, a
rather poor showing was made by
the opponents of the nomination.
They confined themselves to old
charges which were considered and
dismissed by the Senate Judiciary
! Committee two years ago when
Major Gordon was renominated as
i District Attorney.
CHILE DEPORTS “REDS”
SANTIAGO. Chile. March 19.
Thirty-three communist anti-govern
ment plotters have been banished
by the Chilean cabinet. Part of
the accussed men will be exiled on
Easter Island and the balance on
1 Juan Fernandez Island. Both
islands are in the Pacific.
TA« National Dotty
H. E. Saunders turning on the air lines attached to the
wreck, which forced it to the surface of the ocean. In the
photo at the right, seamen of the U. S. S. Falcon are
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tion with the disposition of the
Continental Trading Company’s
mysterious 13,080,000 Liberty bond
“slush fund.” It involved a former
high officer of the Republican na
tional committee and would throw
an entirely different light on some
interesting testimony already given
the Senate committee.
Two "Continentals” Theory
Then Senate Committee also care
fully guarded premature publication
of a third investigation being con
ducted by Government agents into
a “tip” about the existence of a
second “Continental Trading Com
pany.” The committee has become
convinced that such a company
existed inasmuch as it had never
been able to account for all the
$3,080,000 “profits” accredited to
the Continental. Only $2,400,000,
approximately, of this sum came
from the Continental’s oil deal with
the Sinclair Crude Oil and the
Prairie Oil and Gas companies.
The source of the remaining $680,-
000 of “profits” has been a mys
tery to the committee.
The perfect business men's lunch—
• cafeteria—is mentioned in today’s
Tiroes and Herald “Who’s Who” col
umns on next to the last page.
MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1933
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FLOODING THE LAST PONTOON
Faison Letters Rave
Over Elsie 9 s Name
RICHMOND, Va., March 19.—Another batch of love letters
and notes, exchanged between John Wesley Faison, 31, former
young clubman, and hiii sweetheart, Mrs. Elsie Holt Snipes,
28-year-old divorcee, whom he is accused of slaying and for
whose killing he is now on trial, have been introduced in
court. Like the others, they show the great infatuation be
tween Faison and the dead woman. They follow:
To . Mrs. Snipes at Princeton/
N. C., dated September 12:
“Dearest wifie: Came over to
work but couldn’t do a thing until
I tell you once again how I love
you, the most wonderful gitl God
ever created, the most wonderful
sweetheart a man ever had. I love
’till it hurts, but I *want to love
you more and more and make it
hurt worser. I can feel your sweet
response. All the love I can com
mand, my dear, darling wife, is
yours. I love you, I love you, I
love you. It is so wonderful I
want to tell the whole world about
it. It is the most wonderful thing
that has ever come into my life.
I hope nothing can ever happen to
dim our future. Saturday is so far
off. All my love, my dear ling.’’
Thrilled by Name ’
- To* Mrs. Snipes, 3131 Hanover
Ave., Apartment 1, dated Septem
ber 17:
“Elsie—You do not know how
thrilled I am to write that name,
Elsie. There is so much signifi
cance wrapped around it. In the
first place, it Is the nan» .of the
world’s most wonderful little lady.
“Its very meaning lr quiet, rest
ful and affectionate. It is beautiful
in itself, its melody is gorgeous,
sublime. It portrays the beauty of
its owner, beauty of form, figure
and expression. It is a symbol of
rich character, sympathetic under
standing. It is a symbol of love
and happiness, of life’s highest
ideals. Do you wonder, then, that
anyone should be thrilled when
caught within the folds of this mag
netic word?, I am thrilled, overjoyed,
enraptured that I am privileged to
hear it, say it so often, and a
greater pleaaure awaits me when I
can be in the loving presence of
its reality.
“It is such wonderful bliss to
hear the rich melody of that name
and still more wonderful to hold
you to my heart, you, the most
wonderful love man ever possessed,
and just to think you belong every
bit to me!
“You beautiful sweetheart! I know
we shall always be happy.
“Love, Hubby.” » ,
Sorry He Was Bore
To Mrs. Snipes at 3131 Hanover
Ave.:
“Dear Elsie—Sorry I was such a
bore last evening. I saw quite
well your expressions and read
your thoughts and feelings. Os
course, I will not see you this
evening. I left a note in your
mail box and a package at your
door today. Best wishes.
“WESLEY.”
To Mrs. Snipes, from Princeton,
N. C., September 10:
"Dear Elsie —I am ashamed I
haven’t answered your letter, but
I was sick last night and did not
feel like doing anything——’’
Another on the stationery of
Studio, Ashboro, N. C.:
“Mr. Faison:
“I am sending you the desired
shown on the last pontoon, flooding it in order to lower it
to the side of the S-4.
information and wish this to be
the last I hear from you. Follow
ing is an affivadit of the clerk
of the superior court: (The affi
davit attested divorce case of I. A.
Snipes against Elsie Snipes in 1924.
March 19). This is the finding of
the court and I hope it gives you
the desired information.
“(Signed) “I. A. SNIPES.”
Here is another letter:
‘Dear Sir: Some time ago Mrs.
Snipes called Mr. I. A. Snipes over
long distance and requested he tell
her when and where he obtained a
divorce, this in order that she may
know definitely if she is free to
marry again. It is Mrs. Snipes’
desire to learn immediately if she
is divorced and if so to obtain a
copy of the action.
“No record of a decree has been
found. • • • Snipes* indifference
would suggest that a divorce was
never obtained. You are authorized
to institute any action necessary
against Snipes to ascertain when
and where he got a divorce. Please
acknowledge receipt of this letter
and let me know what your fee
will be.”
This letter was not addressed and
not signed.
Another letter was addressed to
a Smithfield attorney asking him
to investigate the grounds on which
Snipes divorced her.
“Mrs. Snipes now is in a posi
tion to obtain justice in court if in
justice has been done her.” said the
letter. It was in Faison’s writing,
but was unsigned.
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whipping post,” “They dishonored
Kossuth,” "A Hapsburg Lackey”
and similar sentiments.
Hugo Gellert, well known New
York artist and president of the
Anti-Horthy Association of America,
and Ben Marsh, of Washington,
led the picketers. Questioned by re
porters as to the reason for the
demonstration, he gave out this
statement:
“The people of Hungary, muzzled
by a bloody caste rule, without a
responsible parliament, without a
free press, without a jury, the yoke
of the corrupt administration awaits
the return of Kossuth’s spirit.”
DIPLOMATIC MOVIES
The Bureau of Commercial Econ
omies will show diplomatic motion
pictures of Belgium in the caucus
room of the House Office Building
tonight. The Ambassador from
Belgium will be the honor guest.
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that committee member* could
enter the chamber.
Thousands pushed, mobbed, and
fought their way Igto the room and
the demonstration was noisy and
enthusiastic. Representative Welch
and others were given a* salvo of
cheers as they came in.
Slogans Withheld
The majority of the crowd, under
the leadership of the Federation of
Federal Employes, arrived without
participating in Mrs. Margaret Hop
kins Worrell’s parade, organized at
the Peace Monument, which was
frowned upon as “undignified” by
the federation spokesman.
The paraders were forced to march
without banners, which were held
up, according to Mrs. Worrell, by
officials of the Interior Department
because they did not like the slogans
upon them.
' “Word has come to me that these
banners, which were bought and paid
for by the workers, were held up by
the Interior Department,” Mrs. Wor
rell said. “It is a high- handed piece
of business.”
The marchers, 600 strong, circled
around the Senate wing of the Capi
tol and crossed the plaza while bat
teries of cameras were levelled at
them. They arrived at the House
Office Building only to find hundreds
of others storming the doors of the
caucus room, already packed almost
to the last available cubic foot.
Ashurst First Speaker
The biggest crowd that has ever
attended a Congressional committee
hearing jammed its way into th*
House caucus room for the hearing
before the Civil Service Committee
on the Welch bill to increase salaries
in the Federal classified service.
The crowd was so great that a
special squad of Capitol police had
to clear the way in order to let the
committee get into the room.
Senator Henry F. Ashurst, of Ari
zona, and about a dozen Congress
men appeared before the committee
at the opening of the hearing, in
support of the bill.
Senator Ashurst, the first speaker,
sounded the keynote of the drive by
Federal workers when he said that
there has been a horizontal rise in
prices everywhere within recent
years, in which the Federal employee
have not participated.
“The purchasing power of a dollar
today is only about 61 per cent of
what it was 14 years ago,” said Sen
ator Ashurst.
The advance in the cost of living
has been followed by a dispropor
tionate raise in the salaries of Gov
ernment employes, he said.
“It would be a reproach for us
longer to delay the Government em
ployes an opportunity to earn a fair
and decent living. The Government
owes every person in this nation a
chance to earn a fair and decent liv
ing,*’ he declared.
Senator Ashurst explained the
presence of so mans’- Federal em
ployes in order to meet some criti
cism which had been heard from
members of the committee, who
thought that the employes should
have been at work.