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261 SEA VICTIMS LAND KJ f WEATHER | | I | I anil r«*«4.ty. untrttUd ll||l a " d o<ra*ton<iUi/ Ihrralrmn,/ 111 I I vrufhrr. V rntlr rattrrly u-inrfa. 4(||l [ FORECAST VOLUME 24. NO. 200. Homo Brew: Howdy, folki! \Vearing your rubbers today? Sure, we're mar ried. too. • • • Reginald Pltiffralil, the rollicking collegian. tell* ti* that driving ulong the Bo then road he gets >0 kisses to the gal. • • • With from one to five fatal acci dent* every weekend, may we not call itunday a day of Heat in Pnct? thanks. • • • At* ixrtNnr* IUS rmHtm UanllM «ta ttak AMw. IWI-rii«U»»l toaediag aaaMe to iM «U.k» I*n—rmMml llsntlng »ipm n« Inln <« < tali tlwka. IW» fiwlilral Harding tmmml pw|. Alswfca trip. im-rmMwi sreests (kuWCI lailuiU* «• <ut Alaska. IMS—rmMfil waWt ta make Alaska trip Ikla year. * * • It now develops that Carl Cass man. whom the mayor wants made superintendent of street*, used to be a meter reader In the light depart ment Perhaps this explains why the council won't give him quarters In the city ball. e • • Councilman Fttxgarald declared that ('.numan had been dismissed from the light department for "gen eral worthle*snesa"" That gives him all the qualifications for public office. ess , WAR CORRESPONDENTS Imagine being a Turkish sol- Arr marching off to the front singing "The Girls I Left Be hind Me." o o o And Imagine how much to loft of * Turkish doughboy's pay after he has made allotments to his seven wtves' see At that, we bet a Turk soldier never goes A. W. O. L. In order to visit his wives . see It Is also a matter of speculation as to whether all of the wlveo take out war rijot Insurance on their hus band. I see POST MORTEM The best thing about the re cent world series was thst It kept many men out In the open, watching the score board. • • • The king of Spain haa bought the gambling report at Peauvtlle. Oo*h. lan't being king enough of a gamble? e • • J**«re tnu a sir ret girt from Decatur XV\o married a handtomc young waiter. To Florida they went And lived la a (rat. But, tad to relate, on alligator. • • • Judge Griffith* haa culled a grand Jury to Investigate Prosecutor Mai oolm Doug la*. What for? Malcolm baa never done anything In his life. • • • iiohi m: ho-hcm! We suggest that it would bo peculiarly appropriate if all cam paign speeches were delivered In Drraniiand rink. • • a Why not make thla Cancel-All- Debta week? a • a Irving Berlin wan reported engaged to one of the Talmadge "later*, but the girl must have remembered the old cry and got On to Berlin, a • a Oeraldlne Farrar I* going to alng here tonight. A lot of people won't go to hear her because they aaw her In the. movies. a a • ■ * UX GEE OEE, Til' OPPICE ! VAMP, HE/: fttyle nukm *ay th' ahort j skirt h on It* la it l^g*. • • • "Ha* your aecond wife a more even temper than your firat?" "More even? No, even more." e e • The trouble In Thrace la that the •tanking armie* of Greece and Tur key refuae to atand. • • • We're glad that the league of na tion* haa abolished war, otherwlae there might be trouble along the Dardanelles. e e * CANDIDATE FOR THE POISON IVY CLL'B The bird who aak* you out to dinner and forget* lo tell hi* wife that you arc coming, e * • IJoyd Ornrg* nay the Turku fcotwt killrd t. 000,000 Armenian* and flrrrkt ninre /glf. Oo»h, but they mu»t be recklrn drlvtrtl • • • D'Annunrfo la all het up. He'a Pluming again. • • e 'Hot Llpa," the *ong hit, mut have b»en written by one of thoae fellow* who amok' * u of gar dorm to the laat quarter-Inch. • • • NATURAL HISTORY NOTE Home men «inoko a cigar down to the last rhew. 0 0 0 Well, left call it another day. the carl I LEGION MEN DEW JAP EXCLUSION; POINT OUT ! GROWING MENACE HERE National Session of Former Soldiers Hears of Violation of Gentlemen's Agreement, Many Thousands of Japs Having Come West Since 1909 NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 16.—Citing many Instances to demonstrate the growing menace of Japanese penetration on the Pacific coast, the national Oriental committee of the American Legion today presented a report to the na tional convention of the Legion, in session here, demand ing that former service men give their united support to Congressman Albert Johnson's pending Jap-exclusion bill und to all anti-alien land-holding bills that may como up in future. The report, which was pre pared by Thomas N. Swale, of Seattle, chairman of the Oriental committee, with the assistance of Councilman Phil Tindall, also of Seattle, was presented to the conven tion by Henry A. Wise. Washington state adjutant. It is a voluminous document, taking up nearly 50 typewrit ten pages, and is undoubted ly the most up-to-date sum mar)' of the Oriental immi gration question in existence today. It I* expected that the Legion will print the entire report and that copies will be presented to Authoress Dies Here Mra. Elizabeth Champney Funeral aervicea were held at St. Mark'* church Monday for Mrs. Elizabeth Williams Champney, a re*. Ident of Seattle for many yaara and one of the moat celebrated author eaaea In the country, who died la.it week at the Sorrento hotel. Mra. Champney, who waa born In Springfield. 0.. Feb. 0. I*so. had the distinction of being one of the oldect women college graduatea In tha coun try. She graduated from Vassur In 1141. taking an A. B. degree. In spite of her long and active career. Mrs. Champney was the soul of industry almost op lo tha day of Iter death. Last year, when graduate* of Vaaaar were railed upon to raise J250 apiece for the school by I heir own ef forts, Mr*. Champney was the first woman In tteatlle to earn the required sum. Mer husband, the late J. Well* Champney. wa* an artl*t of note. He and Mr*. Champney lived ror year* In Boaton and New York and then moved to Pari*, where they had a famous aa|on. After her hushand'a death. In 1001, Mr*. Champney tame to Seattle to vl*!t her *on, Frere Champney, who wan then here In connection with the Alaeka-Yukon-Paclflc exposition. She liked the climate NO much that she sfayed on. Mr*. Champney** book* Include: The Hobbling Teapot. Howling Wolf (•nil Ilia Trick I'ony, All Around a I'alette, liourhon I.lllea, Hoaemary «nd Hue. In the Hky Garden, Viuwiar Olrla Abroad (11 volume aerie*), Witch Winnie aerie* (7 volume*), Itemaa nnd Ttaughtera of Colonial I >ay*. Itniruincii of the Feudal Chateaux, Jlomnnce of the Jlenala aance Chnteau*. Knmance of the Bourbon f'hntenux, IComance of the French Abtieya. Romance of Italian Vlltaa. Romance of Roman Vlllaa, Homance of Imp* rial Home, Romance of Old JiclKlum, Roman CM of Old Japan. Homance of Huaalu from Rarlk to Ilolahnvlk. Hhe wo* prealrient of the boflpl of manager* of the Me*alah Home for Children and a member of Hor r»l* and the Hoclaty ol Colonial Datnc*. The paper with a 15,000 daily circulation lead over its nearest competitor The Seattle Star Bnt«r*l »i iMond CltM MilUr Mar I. lIM, at tha poatofflra at Huilla, W ash., tiadar tha Art of f»n|r#* March V, lift. Par Yaar, by Mall, II lo |l every member of congfVs* before Representative Johnson'* bill come* up. "At the outset." the report ' says. "It i* thought wurthy to remark that the only remaining Oriental question Is Ihe Japanese question. "Chinese Immigration was termi nated more than IS years ago by ths severs! Chinese exclusion act*, and practically ail other Asiatics except Ruselan* were excluded by ths act of February I. 1»IT, which created the so called Asiatic barred son* "Japanese Immigration alone con stitute* a problem for this country. Nothing is to be gained by refusing to discuss the Japanese question I frankly. The solicitude for Japanese sensibilities which has dominated our handling of this question In the past has been harmful rather than bene Octal. 'The first essential to a frank dis cussion to to call the subject by Its right name; and wo therefore recom mend that In future this committee. If continued in existence, be desig nated the committee on ths Japanese question " The report gives census and other figure* to show the alarming extent of Japanese penetration on tha Pa cific coast, demonstrating that the so called "gentlemen's agreement" has been Ineffective In putting a stop to this growth. "It will be m n." uj-> lh« re port. "thai Unce the 'gentlemen'* •pMownl' wmt Into effect In 1M». ■ total of 104.<01 Japanese Immigrants ha*# entered conti nental I'nlted MatM and Hawaii. -In addition to the**. 1«.4I» came in during Ih* year ending Jam ». IM, the Interval be twrrn the rnnrlwlon of the MfMnMnt and the data of Ita going Into effect. During thla period the nuDrtwr of Japaneae In continental I nited RlalM in- rrawd 43.7 M between 1010 and 1970, while the number of Japa ne»e In the Hawaiian Inland* in rrea«e«l 70.590. "By contrast. the Ch!nes« popula tion of continental Cnlted state*, un der the Chinese exclusion law», de creased from 77.47J to 34.741 In the JO-year period from 1400 to 1010. and It Is estimated there ha* been a fur ther darraaae of 10 per cant alnca I*lo. "The question naturally arise* ** to how thla seemingly anomaloua condition ha* come about. In the main, the results In question have been achieved by the u*e of three fic tion*. which, tho plainly violative of the eplrlt and purpose of the 'centle men'* agreement.' have furnished the Japaneae a boat* for the contention that thsy have adhered to the letter of the agr'-ement. "The first of the** fiction* haa been the d"*lgn*t)on of person* a* 'student*' who came here with no thought but that of making It their permanent home, A second fiction waa that of designating person* aa 'parent*' or 'children* of former re*|. dents who were such only by adop tion, contracted for the express pur pose of qualifying them to come to thla country under the provlalon* of th» 'gentlemen'* agreement.* "A third fiction ha* been that of designating n * 'wive** of former real dent* women whose claim to the title waa derived thru the formality of accepting n* her husband a man In thl* country, usually, tho not alwaya employing a photograph to symbol ize hi* presence." Since thl* third fiction haa been eliminated, by refusal of pnasporta to picture brides, tha report goes on. Japanese women have *tlll been com ing Into the United State* a* "Kan kodan" or "excursion bride*," spe cial rate* and privilege* being pro vided by wealthy Jap* and the Jap ana** government to permit their countryment to return home and mary and bring back their wive*. "In consequence of llii* heavy influx of women." the report continue*, "the 1020 census re port *how* lliat, whereas. In 1010 there were only 9,0(17 Japanese female* In continental In It erf State*, a* agalnat 03,070 malea. In 1020 there were 38.303 fe malea, aa ugalnat 72,707 malm. In the la*t nalyala, It la (ho prea ence of lit" Japanese woniett that preaent* the moat formid able aapect of llir Japaneae quea- lion. Kxcept for these women, lite problem Mould be act tlril by the enactment of an exclusion law, and the dying off or return lo Japan of tlie men now here, (Turn to Page 7. Column 3) SEATTLE. WASH., Vi REGISTRATION TO CLOSE TUESDAY AT 5; BETTER HURRY If you liawn't registered thla year you will not be |»ermltte<l to vols unlaaa you vlalt Hairlatratlnn Clark K It. iViffin at the County city bulklln* try 5 p. m Tueadny. Itegtatratlon to data la vary low fj.600. aa aftalnat 119.T54 In 1(10 It you hava regtatered thla y»ar. but hava moved Into a new precinct alnca than, you muat alao vlalt tha realatratton Clark. Natur allied cltl/ena will t>a required to ahow their naturalisation pai>*ra. COUNTY FRAUD TRIAL STARTED Wilkins and Wood Hearing Is Under Way W. A. ("Weary") Wilkin*, propria, tor of the Parlflo bindery, and Charles It Wood, county purchasing agent. Indicted by the laat county grand Jury for alleged grand larceny, went on trial Monday before Superior Judge William P Askren. After exhaustive examination by Peputy t'roaecutlng Attomeya T. 11. patterson and Bert C. Roaa. repre •etiting the state, and Ivan Hyland and Wllmon Tucker, the Jury waa eeated shortly before noon. Wllklna and Wood are charged In the Indictment with defrauding the county of 11.200. This sum repre aenta the value of 40 Justice court civil docket* form*. Wllklna la al leged to have received payment for the docket* upon representing that they had been delivered to the coun ty, when, a* a matter of fact. It la charged, delivery waa not made. Wood la alleged to have encour aged and aaalated WUklna In obtain ing the money. The first wltnaaa waa scheduled to be called after the noon reeaga. RAIL WAGES INCREASED CHICAOO. on. 14 —nulea twra Ing niM %nd *«rkln| condltlona of the ytrdmurtTi on railroads thru mil ih« country were announced by th* railroad labor board today. Th* rule* virtually amount to an ln<-re«»e In wage* of IS per rent, J. L. Kl tlrMfo, prMldfnt of the Tudvuttra' awrkllon. dtciiml. This 1* th* flnt tim« In th* hi*- lory of railroad* that yardmaster* have Imn governed by uy s*t of work in conditions. The rules specify elgtit hours as a work day Previously, yardmastsrs worked unlimited hour*. Overtime will be paid on a pro rata basis. Many yard meat em hold seven-da ye a-week poeltlona. The new rules provide for two days a month off for these men. Seattle Man Weds University Co-ed PAHOO, Oct. 1« Miss Margaret McDonald, former Unlveralty of Washington student, and Harold Zlrckel. of Seattle, were united In marriage here Friday evening by the Itev. Dr. M. M. Raton at the home of the bride's psrents, Mr. and Mrs. Osorg* McDonald. Following the reremony the couple left for Oakland. Cal.. where they will make their home. STABBED OVER STRIKE ISSUE During an argument over the strike situation st Kenton Hundsy night, Joe Hlchnrds, 11, employe of the Pacific Car A Foundry Co. at Itenton, was stahbed below th* light ear by one of several assailants and left for dead In the street. Illchards was found unconscious and In a dying condition later and rushed to the Kenton hospital wliere the flow of blood was stopped after desperate efforts by attending physicians. Klchards recovered consciousness Monday. He probably will recover. Dance Halls Seem . to Be Winning Out No recommendation of action against hall* In the "skid way dis trict," south of Ye*l«r way, will be made to the city counoll license com mittee, It waa understood Monday, following n meeting of the latter body. Councilman Lou Cohen report ed at the meeting that he had made a perHonAl Investigation of the hall* In qMrtJon and had found that "the girls ware more orderly in conduct and dress than In uptown halls and cabarets." SLAYER SAYS SELF DEFENSE Self-defense will be Uis plea of William DeUraff, who was being tried Monday before Superior Judge A. W. Krater on u charge of murder in the first degree, for the killing of Joe Nelson on August 23. This wuii Indicated at the outset of the trial by Thomas J. Casey, De- Graff's attorney. DeUraff was a lamp lighter for the Northern Pacific railroad He is al leged to have shot and killed Nelson while under the Influence of liquor, during the progress of a quarrel over Mrs. John Colberg, a colored woman living at 4602 10th uve. & ONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1922, HAIL TRAIN AND FREIGHT IN COLLISION Eight Men Injured in Accident on Great Northern Near Ephrata Right men, Including Ihrr* members nf tlic crew anil five mall clerka, were Injured early tlil« morning when weatbouiid mull train No. A, (irral North ern. rraahed Into an eaatbound freight train at Irby, near Kphrata, Waah. The Injured: nick oster engineer on mall train, slightly Injured and ahaken up. J. C. henson en eon. fireman on mall train, badly Injured about body, K. Kenyon. mall train brakeman. Injured slightly and ahaken up. The following m.-Ul cletfca auatalned [ minor Injurlea: A. R. Weaver. Henry O. Smith. Al fred llenarl, Roy Mcaaner. Mark | Trafton. The train crew ll yea In Kpokana: 'the mall rlerka run Into Seattle. All were taken to a Apok&ne hoapltal for treatment. The arrUmt occurred at lt:ll The flagman an the freight, ac cording to Information terelred at Heal tie, failed to appear In time at a aharp curve Ju«t went of the atatlon at Irby. The mall train, running at fall »peed, ahot around the rune and »ma»hcd head on Into the freight befere the brake* could bo applied I* effect a full atop. Both engtnea partly left the track. One expreaa rar attached to the mall train waa ditched, but the balance of the train waa left Intact and no mall wan damaged. STAREN HANGS SELF AT PEN TACOMA. Oct l«—Paul staren. murderer, has made good hla boast that ha would never he executed by the atate at Walla Walla. He hanged himself In the death cell her* llatur •lav night. Ills body was found dangling at the end of a strip of ■heeting In the cell. Efforts to re vive him proved futll*. Rtaren ahot to death August BonJl oml, of Wilson Creek, on September 21. st the ftonjloml farm, and badly wounded John BonJiorni. August's uncle. STATE TAX ON INCOMES 0. K. WASHINGTON. Oct. it.-— A tat ss have Ihe right to levy a special tax on Incomes for a special purpose, su< h as the maintenance of public schools, the aupreme court held to day. Thla was announced bv tha court In upholding the Massachusetts stats law of ltll, placing a special tax on Income* to raise funds for paying higher salaries to public school teach ers. The court held In effect that pub lic school maintenance 1s a general and state-wide purpose that properly can be accomplished out of state funds. Woman Surprises a Negro Burglar Surprising a negro In her home at ISO 6 11th ave M after walking hom* from a dance. Mrs. Sarah Heeler, ex candidate for the stats legislature, ran from the door, she told the po lice Sunday night. The colored bur glar took )14 owned by the Al-Asar lodge nnd fled. Police found a 12 bill on the rear steps. While the employes of the nramer A Marx garage *ere busy In the rear Sunday night, a thief quietly rifled the cash register, taking |TO. A diamond lavalllere valued at lI2S wa* stolen from Miss I. Davis. 1411 Minor av*„ early Monday. The house waa thoroly ransacked. Crawling thru n kitchen window, a thief stole two rings set with opals and rubles, from W. F. Brotherton, 2208 K. Lynn st. TENANT SLAYS RICH FARMER BOISE. Idaho, Oct. I«.—W. D. Patterson. 5(1, wealthy rancher living near Cascade, SO miles north of Holse, was shot and killed Saturday by I). L. Hoagland, living nearby on one of Patterson's ranches. Sheriff Drlgg* of Holse county, fearing mob violence, brough* lioag land to Poise. Hoagland claims he was angered when Patterson on Friday removed some cattle from his place without dividing them on shares agreed upon previously. Brewers Start Suit Over Medicine Beer WASHINGTON, Oct. I«.~Suit at tacking the validity of the Willis- Campbell amendment to the Volstead act, barring manufacture and sale of beer as medicine, was filed with the supreme court today by Plel Bros., former brewers. Old Boy 8 Were Man, 98, Likes *Tf a fly peopj* wer* not becoming numerous at such a rapid rat* I would be perfectly satisfied with th* present "fast *#<•' that bu taken on ! much ipffd since the world war." ■aid Lafayette Skinner, 674t Qreen I-ak* way. who 1* leaving Wednes •lay on a motor trip to California In celebration of hla Mth birthday. "Mayb* Ita because my eyesight U if'Un* poor that I am under the impression that ugliness among our younx people la getting mere com mon." he continued. "Outaide of that I like our flappera and ev*n the boya , arent ao had theae daya. I hear a lot of talk about the fast pace the young men ara leading, but they haven't got anything on the boyi hack In '42. That waa when I was going bast—ll years old and married, and now I have seven aona and daughters. 24 grandchildren, seven More Than 9,0 Star's Thrift Crusade By noon Monday more than 9,000 persons had started on the road to Thrift as a result of The Star's Thrift campaign, which began October 4. Hundreds more were waiting at the bank windows ready to get their share of The Star's Pot of Gold. Four thousand, five hundred opened accounts Friday and Saturday. Saturday was a world beater. The bank was nearly swamped with new recruits in the Thrift army. Everybody, it seemed, wanted to enlist—wanted that gift of 50 cents and the Liberty bell savings bank that goes with it. There's still time to act if you hurry. The campaign does not close until 3 o'clock Monday afternoon and maybe you might sneak in a little after that—if you really want to Rtari. SANDERS IS UP FOR TRIAL MEMPHIS. Tenn.. Oct IS—a. V. Sanders, editor of the Memphis Pre**, todsy faced Federal Judge J. W. Ron on a charge of contempt of court. The charge against Sanders 1s based 011 an editorial published tn the Press attacking the Wllkerson and Ross Injunctions In connection with the shopmen's strike. Specific charge against Sanders Is that he commented on the nrrest of Jacob Cohen, editor of the Labor Review, while Cohen's cose was pending be fore Judge Ross. Cohen wo* cited for contempt of court for referring to strikebreakers as "scabs" and was sentenced to six months' Imprisonment and fined SI,OOO. Engagement Broken; Man Takes His Life PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. I«.—De spondency because his sweetheart broke her engagement to him was the alleged cause of the suicide here Sunday of A. T. Reed, police believed today. Before shooting , himself through the heart Reed attempted to kill his sweetheart, Hefcn Stock house. She lies In a hospital danger ously wounded. Reed was 211 and Miss Blockhouse 18. Lafayette Skinner, 08 —rbete by Prtoe * c*ft«r. Iltr Stiff FJio!o»r»ph.r. ' great-grandchildren and 11 great great-grandchildren. Now I dont ! rail that so slow." Mr. Skinner doean't believe that there Is any aet way to attain a long life. He aays you're lucky If you can hold on as long as he has. and the best way to do la to "watch your step" and don't take too many chance* or keep "preaalng your luck" too much. "Eat lots and keep active," he aays. "It amuses me to see these lads at <0 talking about old age. Why, they ere young yet. If they only knew It. You see them carefully feeling their way with a cane and wondering how many more daya they can hold out. That's all nonsense. Why. when I waa to. I climbed the highest peaks of the Canadian Rockies, but I would have been crippled, too. If I had let myself think I was old. A man Is no older than he thinks." RHINE YANKS WILL RETURN WASHINGTON, Oct. 1«. The 1.000 troops constituting the United (Hales army of occupation In Ger many are to be returned home. It was understood today following n conference of Secretsry of War Weeks and General Pershing with President Harding. It was learned that this question wa» taken up by Weeks and Pershing with the president and that a virtual decision was reached to return the American army on the Rhine. Crime Wave Spreads in Rock Island, 111. ROCK ISLAND, 111.. Oct. 16. Rushing of state troops to Rock Is laiul to aid In cleaning up <he crime situation loomed us 11 possibility to day following the killing of five men In 10 days. The late»t victims were Policemen Edward Hlner and Oeorge Oreen. They were shot to death In an under world dive yesterday. Another po liceman wa« seriously wounded. BUILT HOME FOR HER MAN I<AKE COMO, Pa., Oct. I#.—Mrs. I.tlltan Mills startled the country when she announced, a year ago. she would build herself a house with out the aid of a man. Yesterday she married D. D. Miller and he moved Into It. * HOMEIISf edition] l|||t WO CENTS IN SEATTLE PASSENGERS JOYFUL OVER SAFE RETURN Cheering Crowds Throng Dock as Rescued Leave U. S. Transport WIUfINGTON, Cat.. Oct W. —lCrlur I'ijc Ml oHlw», crew and pammirra of th« steamer Ctty of Honolulu, burned at sea, safe- Iy to land, the I'nltfd State*. army transport Thomas docked her* today. Cheer* re-echoed from the dock* a» the transport moved up the stream and warped Into her place at the Ix* Angeles Nleam ship Co. pier and the reecuad came ashore. Hundreds on the wharf cheered aa flilef Officer W. J. Bobbins of the Honolulu, one of thv laat four men to leave the burning ship, led ths aun'lvoni down the gangplank of the Thomaa. Hla wife rushed to him. sobbing a greeting. Other members of hla family rushed up and he was nearly amot tiered with emliraces. Then followed Mra. L. K. linker of Hollywood, leading her two Ilttla grandchildren, Barbara and Patricia Hillyard. by the hand. "The children just behaved wonderfully" were her first words to the I'nited Preaa repre sentatives. •They didn't even whimper. "It was magnificent the way Capt Lester handled the situation. "Shortly after the Ore broke out we were all aroused. It didn't look like anything serious until we had breakfasted and everyone was ding lng and singing to keep up goad spirits and allay the fears of aa? who 1 nare, with dense clouds of smoke to-' suing from the hatches and port holes. "Shortly afterward Captain Lester, In hla calm and collected way, an nounced that everybody would leavs {the ship. We were put over the die and In the water before we rmllaert the seriousness of It all. Captaia 1 and several of his officers re i mained aboard until the fire became ko hot and terriflo that they, too, Kmi I to take to the water in order to keep from being burned to death. The • *-« was calm and ths weather clear land no hardships were endured by anyone betm-een the time we took the water and were picked up In the afternoon by the freighter West Far rations. "A mighty cheer went up when the rescue ship appeared on the horlion aa a black speck and then grew larger and larger until it waa right upon us. The Far rallone picked us up and we «• Joyed a warm meal. "Ths following morning we ware transferred to the Thomas, which had stood alongside early In the moraine. I cannot praise too highly the offi cers of ths Thomas for the splendid treatment they gave us. "All thru the night flames shot upward from the burning palace of the seas. Illuminating the heaven* for miles around. It was a wonder* ful sight, but pathetic. Flames were chewing at the very heart of the i liner. The mast fell, then a funnel. A terriflo explosion followed; tha blue-white flames leaped Into the al* like a great geyser." Little Barbara Hill yard, when asked about the fire, said, bashfully! "Oh, yes. It was a greet fire. Bu| I wasn't scared, was I. grandma?". "We left when it got too hot," was the comment of Chief Ra dioman w. P. Bell. "My last message to the rovers of the seae waa; "We're leaving; good-bye.' The Farralone, Enterprise. Cast am and Thomaa all Intercepted our 8. O. S. calls, and we knew that help was on the way. Tha Farralone was only M milee away and replied, 'We're com ing; be of good cheer.' Tha Thomaa aleo sent encouraging messages before we abandoned the ship." Eight hundred men of Uncle Sam'a army, returning from the Islands and China, were aboard the ship. In com mand of MaJ. H. E. Mann. Lieut R. L. Hummon. Ninth cavalry, was ad jutant on the returning trooper. A mighty cheer aroee from tha men In khaki aa the Thomaa nosed her way Into the Wilmington chan nel and a moment later ahot the haw ser lines over the port side and mad* secure to the dock. Praise for Capt. H. R. Lester was sung today loudly toy Capt. Ham mohd. troop adjutant aboard ths Thomas. "He handled the situation so well," said Capt. Hammond, ••that the passengers didn't real ize the danger until it waa all over and they had been rescued by the West Kan-alone, and later transferred to the Thomas. It was a ripping example of fln« seamanship and great courage." As the passengers and crew m«m> hers streamed down the gangplank, there was a general rush to greet them. The scene was one of gaiety, with no air of tragedy apparent. No Uvea had been lost, and all ar-med to view their experience as a great adven ture. (Turn to Pace 7, Column I)