Evening star., 1922-11-14
FEAR MARINE MET
WITH TRAGIC FATE
Appeal Broadcast in Search
for Corp. PorkoIab, Croix
de Guerre Hero.
HAD BEEN AMONG FOES
Recently Fired On by Sailor and
Went to Scene of Strike
Trouble.
HAD BEEN AMONG FOES

Belief that corp. Victor Porkolab
United States Marine Corps. who
disappeared from marine barracks
here, November l. has met with foul
play today set the entire intelligence
department Of the United States
marines to work to unravel his mys-
terious disappearance. His budcies
at the barracks have started on new
clues. The Marine Corps broadcast
an appeal for assistance in finding
the youth.
Porkolab. a model soldier, popular
with his comrades. and without
known enemies, wears croix de
guerre. has two enlistments to his
credit and character excellent
after his name. He was one of four
men picked by the Marine Corps to
go to the Teapot Dome naval oil re-
Serve and drive squatters therefrom.
Not long ago he was fired upon by
sailor whose elopment with a girl
had been foiled by the assistance
Porkolab gave the father. and later.
it was learned. he had done some in
searching for man who stole his
overcoat and had committed other
thefts at the barracks.
An official statement, requesting
newspapers to broadcast the descrip-
ton of Porkolab and points surround
Ing his disappearance says:
Fear Serious Fate.
"Porkolab has been doing military
intelligence work. and it is the feel
ing of his friends and family that
he has been either murdered, drown
ed or carried off by deserters. whom
he has been tracing, or has been
taken seriously ILL.,"
Porkolab was last seen by First
Sergt. Harry Hutton on the night OF
November l. Porkolab was starting
out to see Mrs Marion Dubois of 42S
c street northeast. to whom he was
engaged. At that address. it was
said today. he never arrived. and nc
word or intimation of his movements
has reached either the investigators
or his friends since that time.
Eight. months ago" Hutton de-
olared. "Porkolab went with friend
to find the latters daughter, who. !
! understand. had run away to get
married. The father brought the
daughter back. The man with whom
she had run away became enraged
at Porkolab and fired a shot at
with Porkolab at the time. AS no harm
was done Dusser did not think of
the incident until this morning, when
he told me about it. He obtained
a pass and Is now out investigating
1t is understood the girl married the
sailor and subsequently returned to
Washington with him.
At Halloween Party.
An aunt Of Porkolab's 1ancee. in
whom Mrs. Dubois has found a conf.
dante. declared that on Halloween
Victor was at the house for a party
He wore borrowed overcoat, because
his had been stolen some short time
previously. He told them, however
that he had been over in Baltimore
searching for the thief Of his over
coat-who Is suspected Of number OF
other thefts in the barracks-and that
he found the suspect in dive in Bal
Find that man and you will find
Victor" is the way that that aunt OF
Mrs Dubois expresses her sentiments
for 1t was only a few days after he
had told this story that he disap-
Porkolab. it was stated. is the son
of an Austrian family OF Philadel-
phia, reputed to be wealthy. He re-
ceived an allowance, in addition to
his pay in the Marine Corps. amount
ing to 500 per month. coming to him
in quarterly installments. His mother
is Mrs Bertha Porkolow of 1435 South
47th street. West Philadelphia
Mrs. Dubois is widow employed
in local downtown ONCE building.
Shei became widow during the war.
and Porkolab was in the habit of
calling upon her several times each
week. She became alarmed after not
seeing him for q week, and inquired
of authorities for word of him, also
notifying his mother Of the disap-
pearance.
Extremely Fair Completion.
In the official communication from the
Marine Corps Porkolab Is described as
follows: A man with extremely fair COM
plexion, hair parted on the lett and gray
eyes. His age was given as twenty two
years. When last seen he was wear
ing civilian clothes, a dark blue suit,
Q light tan overcoat-borrowed from
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