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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-10

ed four-inch guns and 21-inch tor
pedo tubes.
Each carried a crew of six of.
ficers and about ninety men.
The Nicholas. one of those re
ported destroyed, was the vessel
which stood by the U. s. Transport
Henderson. upon which President
Harding was returning from Alaska,
when the transport and the de-
stroyer Zeilin collided off Puget
Sound.
The lost ships can be replaced
under the naval treaty, as no lini-
tation was put on the number of
auxiliary ships.
The loss Of seven vessels, while
severe, does not materially affec-
the efficiency of the navy at this
time, as the United States is we'll
equipped with this type of vessel
DENLY Issues Statement.
DENLY later issued the. following
formal statement:
THE Navy Department is In ig-
norance of the exact details and we
are, therefore, suspending Judgment
for we don't know how this hap.
pened.
1.-THE destroyers are piled up on
the beach, while mail steamer
went on the beach about thirty miles
away, driven, possibly. by the same
impulse that drove the destroyers
ashore. At this time there 10 moth
ing we can say excepting that We
are deeply grateful that the loss of
life was not greater.
One of the destroyers was broken
In two. and 1t seems as if she was
carried bodily up and dropped. We
don't know but that some agitation
due to the earthquake may have
caused 1t. 1t may have been a tidal
wave that hit them. We don't know
whether they were steaming in col
umn or not. but evidently they We're
for they all piled up one after the
other. A board Of investigation was
ordered automatically.
Material to Be SaIvaged.
They are working salvaging ma.
terial as some of the ships are hone
lessly wrecked and some were
beached which We may be able to
get off.
This disaster happens to a type
Of vessel with which we are well
supplied. having a couple of hun
dred in reserve. The accident Is in
comprehensive to us, but we know
the situation in the Pacific and we
are inclined to wait for something
more definite"
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was also filled and barely escaped
with his life.
Tells Of Escape.
81 was on the top side under the
life Jackets" said M. Stallman, first.
class seamen of Brazil, Ind, ''when
the crash came.
THE Jackets were thrown into the
water by the impact and was swept
overheard. l found i. T. Scotty and
q raft which we managed to climb
aboard.
With three other men we battled
with the stiff waves and current
for some time and finally found our
selves near q light house from which
a line was thrown US and we were
hauled ashore. We were then three
miles from our ship, the Young"
Stallman exhibited a bandaged leg,
which had been crushed.
First-Class Petty Officer C. Stew
ems of the Delphy, claimed he was
the most fortunate man in the
crash. The wreck was the third
he has experienced. he said.
He was in his quarters aft and
rushed to the deck with the noise
of the crash and slid overheard.
The Delphy and Young are q
lOtaI loss, according 10 the crews,
as the DelDhy was broken IN two
places, one near the fantail and
ono near No. stack.
Commander Is Silent.
The Young, which Topped over on
her side, is said to be lost beyond
hope. The others can be saved,
tfnV said
Captain Watson, commander Of
the Deil'hy, The first to strike the
tJCks an6 leader Of tho sHua!r0n,
refused to discuss the disaster. His
face was heavily lined and plainly
showed worry and need Of sleep.
Speaking for him, Commander
Calhoun gave out the laconic state
ment that all information Of the
wreck had been forwarded 10 the
of the Eleventh Naval
District at San Diego.
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MAN BUYS CAR WITH BAD
CHECK, IS SOUGHT HERE

WILMINGTON. Del, Sept. To-
Police have admitted that for a week
they had been conbing Baltimore,
Washington and Philadelphia for !.
man calling himself John Gulden,
who IL missing from this city with
a $1,000 touring car which he
bought" leaving behind wOrthlessl
checks. The man represented him
self az about to operate a shoe. lac
tory. He visited various realty
brokers about sites and then bought
the car, giving a check on an Al
toona bank.
Authorities from Altoona .ihave
since wired the local authorities that
a check for $4,000, which Gluden
had deposited there. was worthless
and they want him on q charge oil
forgery.
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TWENTY-FIVE DIE WHEN SEVEN u S. DESTR0YERS GO ON ROCK
Convict Who Broke
Jail Returns to
Sing Sing

OSSIE1NG, N. Y, Sept. 10.
-Four hours after he fled from
Sing Sing prison farm at Wing
dale, N. Y, Edward J. Van
Tassell, twenty-nine, honor con-
Wet, who has served three years
for forgery and would have been
released in three months, re-
turned and told keepers he
thought he had made a mistake
He was sent to Sing Sing.
Van Tassell, whose home is in
Wappingers Falls, N. Y, was
convicted of forgery. He es-
capped from Dapnemora, but was
captured. Good conduct made
him eligible to be sent to Wing
dale, and he went there two
days ago.
az felt I broke my promise
not to run away, and that's why
I came back" he said. 81 must
have had a brainstorm."
He can be forced to serve his
full sentence of three more
years and also be tried for jail
breaking, the penalty for which
is five years.
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Woods Reports Fever
Epidemic Is Adding to
Difficulties at Tokyo
BY International News Service.

by AnternatiOnal News Service.
To add to the horrors of the
devastation and pestilence in the
Japanese earthquake area, an cpl
demic of fever has broken out in
Tokyo, according to a dispatch to
the State Department today from
Ambassador Woods. The dispatch
said:
IAN epidemic OF fever has al
ready broken out in Tokyo.
"ln accordance with your instruc-
tions, | have appointed Red Cross
relief committee in Tokyo"
A dispatch from the commander
of the Asiatic fleet, transmitted
through the American embassy at
Tokyo. said:
Amy aid from the American
people for the more than l,OOO, 900
homeless japanese should prefera-
bly, take the form of timed meats,
galvanized iron sheets and .dimen-
stoned timber for one story struc-
lures"
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DestrOyers' Loss Worst
Disaster in u. S. Navy
History, Officers Say

The loss of the destroyers on the
rocks of the Pacific coast is the
greatest ever suffered by the Amer.
lean navy at one time, naval Of.
ficers said today. They believe 1t
almost miraculous that there was
not heavier loss of life.
The monetary loss to the Gov
eminent will be heavy. The de-
stroyers, all of which were com.
paratively new, having been laid
down since 1918, represent a cost
Of from 81 100000 to $1,000, 900 each.
They We're the newer type Of de-
stroyers. electrically driven. mount
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Olive P. william;
DIR. Bertha Van Hoosen;
Alice Van Hoosen Jones:
Sarah Van Hoosen Jones;
l.. H. G. Frost:
Clara b. Loomis:
Edward B. Smith;
James L. Detweiler, wife and
children.
John B. Dixson;
John Westerly frank, wife and
son;
Carabelle jerks;
Burnice Johnson;
Dennis Kildoyle;
Hazel D. Lynn;
Margaret S. Rogers:
j. r. Swift, wife and children.
The Navy Department was ad.
vised today that the supply ship
Arctic sailed last night from San
Francisco for Yokohama with a fun
cargo of relief supplies. The Arc
tic is due on October I.
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perfect images Of the sun shining
through minute holes in the leaves
During the eclipse today these
disks will become crescents each
inverted with relation to the sun
This phenomenon may be observed
to the best advantage by piercing
a tiny hole in q card with q FIND
needle and allowing the sun I'd
shine through 1t on a white sheet
Of paper. The hole must not b
too large.
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300 j. s.
FUGEES
To KOBE
Warships Rescue Survivors in
Tokyo and Yokohama.
Supplies Pour In.

Continued from First Pagel
homes of Japan's millionaires and
royalty were thrown open to the.
homeless and destitute.
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THREE HANG IN EGYPT
FOR BRITISH ATTACKS

Egyptians were hanged today for
anti British attacks.
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HUNDRED
SAVED BY
HEROES
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page.)
navigation officers, all vessels were
presumably about Weight miles off
shore.
However, unusually strong cur.
rents, probably caused by tidal
disturbance on the Japanese coast
are believed by dome TO have taken
the destroyers far from their course.
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Prices realised on Swift Company
for week ending Saturday September
1898 on shipments sold out. ranged from
11.O0 cents to 21.O0 cents per pound and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-10

f. Edison White, jr. Cat left),
son of the president Of Armour
& Co., was fatally wounded last
week on his fathers Illinois
estate when he attempted to
club an angry bull with his
shotgun. The blow fired the
gun and the full contents lodged
in the young boys groin. His
bOyhOOd chum, A. Watson
Armour Cat right, succeeded in
soaring the bull away with his
gun as the animal threatened
to gore the wounded boy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-10
Pure, Clean Ice

Doctors write columns warn
ing vacatiOnists about the
water they drink. Cities
guard with all diligence the
water supply. The public is
told in every language of the
dangers from milk that is not
10O% clean and pure. Yet,
thousands of otherwise par
ticular people" give little
thought to the quality of
the ice that goes into their
drinks.
American Ice Is made from pure
city toGter-ertrG filtered 1t is frozen
~ sanitary plants and delivered in
clean tDn0OnS-GbsolutelV pMre-dbSo-
Iutely cIeGn--GbSoluteIy safe.
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was also filled and barely escaped
with his life.
Smyrna times., 1923-05-30
MEMORIAL DAY IN SMYRNA
American Legion Post Will Hold Ser
vices Here To-Day

To-day, Memorial Day, is a holiday
in Smyrna, practically all our stores
and business places and schools being
closed. There is the usual display of
the American flag while the trend to
the cemeteries in and about Smyrna,
is as marked as usual with floral trib-
utes to be seen everywhere. David c..
Harrison Post, No. IA, of the Ameri-
can Legion, are paying respects to the
men who lost their lives in the world
war. The eX-service men marching
behind the cOlOrs from the post room
to Odd Fellows cemetery, fired salute
over the graves of the four men who
are buried there. There was speaking
by the ministers of tn echurches at
the churches at the cemetery. The
Grand Army veterans was noticeable
by his absence. The G. A. r. Post
has become extinct and few veterans,
not enough to make a showing, are to
be had.
Smyrna times., 1923-05-30
PRESIDENT HARDING TO CO
THRU SMYRNA TO MILFORD
MAY NOT MAKE STOP BUT THE
SMYRNA FOLK WILL GREET HIM
President Will be Entertained an Will
mingtOn and Also at Milford
Itinery of President Made

If all plans mature President Hard
ing and party will motor thru Smyr-
ma Saturday afternoon of next week,
June 9, on their way to Milford to be-
come a member of Evergreen Forest
of the Tall Ceders of Lebanon, an
order composed of MasOns. No doubt
many will line Main Street to see the
President go through. Some have
suggested it would be nice for all
along Main street to decorate, the
school children to gather enmass, or
the Band be out or recognition of
some sort be made of the notable
event, for it is not often a President
of the United States honOrs Delaware
enough to come this way and since
his automobile party is to tour thru
our Main street, many no doubt will
want to get a glimpse of the eXecu-
tive. Probably some effort will be
made to have the President stop for
I five or ten minutes. All the way
from Wilmington to Milford no doubt
he will be greeted. Included in the
Presidents party will be the President
and Mrs. Harding, Postmaster Gen
eral and Mrs. Harry S. New, Assist
ant Secretary of Navy and Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt, Secretary of
Navy Edwin Denby, George Christian,
the Presidents secretary, and Colonel
Thomas w. Miller, Alien Property
Custodian and Senator Ball. The
party will arrive in Wilmington by
the Pennsylvania Railroad at 11.42
o'clock, standard time, and will leave
Wilmington for Milford at o'clock
in the afternoon. During their brief
stay, the President and his party will
be guests of the Young Mems Repub-
lican Club. At the meeting of the
club it is expected plans will be dis
cussed for an elaborate nOn-partisar
reception for the President. 1t is
likely that a committee composed OF
prominent men and women of the city
of Wilmington, regardless of party
will be named to cooperate with The
Young Mems Republican Club in the
entertainment of President Harding
and the party accompanying him. Al
elaborate luncheon at the Hotel du
POnt may be arranged. On the tril
to Milford, which will be made in au
tomObiles, the Presidential party ma,
be taken by way of Newark and b.
greeted by the student body an,
guests at the University of Delawar
and the Women's College, June 9 be
4 ing commencement dav at the WO
e mems College.
Smyrna times., 1923-05-30
WHOLE NO. 1888
STURGEON FISHERMEN BUSY
Woodland Beach and Other Shad Fish
ermen Making Up Their Losses
Thru Catching of Big Fish

In switching from shad to sturgeon
fishing earlier in the season than US
ual this year, several Delaware and
New Jersey crews of fishermen are
hopeful of catching enough of the big
fish to make up for their meager
profits on shad. Reports of the re-
cent catching of ten sturgeon. in one
day by crews on the Delaware side of
the bay by fishermen from New Cas-
tie, Delaware City and Woodland
Beach, has served to stimulate the
Jersey crews. Not so many sturgeon
nets are being fshed this year, main
ly for the reason that it now cost a
lot to make them. Price of thread
has scared since the war, and fisher
men say that a net now represents a
their efforts, especially if they are
only one sturgeon a week, fishermen
declare that it would be we'll worth
their efforts, especially of they are
lucky enough to land a cow sturgeon
with roe. Several of the sturgeon al
ready caught this season save spawn
ed, fishermen say. This is rather sur
prising to the native baymen, who
have in previous year caught sturgeon
full of roe late in June. The flesh of
the big fish is selling at 20 cents a
pound at the shipping wharves and
good roe brings from S2.75 to 80 a
pound in the "raw' state. The only
caviar factory in this region is at
PENIS Grove, and this takes virtual
ly all of the sturgeon roe from the
fisheries, both on the Jersey and the
| Delaware shores. Old sturgeon fish
ermen are puzzled over the return of
these big fish, which had apparently
become nearly extinct in these waters
a few years ago. Three years ago
they began to come back in larger
numbers and they We're even more
plentiful last year. A generation or
two ago the sturgeon were so thick in
the Delaware river that they were
considered a nuisance by the shad
fishermen, who slaughtered them
whenever they got the chance, strip
ped them of their roe and left THEN
carcasses on the shores to rot.
Smyrna times., 1923-05-30
REHOBOTH TAKES ON "A BOOM"
Board Walk Rebuilt and Widened and
Many New Cottages Under Way
Better Water and Light Service

Many improvements have been COM
pleted and many are in progress at
Rehoboth, Delaware's only ocean re-
sort, so that the town has been trans
formed into a modern and most in
viting seaside resort. 1t is expected
that the renovation and alterations
will result in attracting a much larger
crowd to this popular recreation place
than has been the case in years past:
Among the greatest changes will be
the rebuilding of the entire length of
the boardwalk and the widening of it
to 16 feet. Lumber is now being de-
livered for this work. The foot of
each avenue has been bulkheaded by
the town to prevent encroachments by
the ocean and damage by rain. The
latter project cost $1,000. A large
traction engine and a gang of men
have been working for the past five
weeks on the streets and avenues of
the town, and the latter have all been
plOwed, rolled and scraped at total
cost of $1,800. This work was under
the direction of I. E. Killen of Kent
county. Since the first day of Janu-
ary, $50 building lots have changed
hands, running in price from SIS to
$500 each. Nineteen new cottages
have been built; II are now in course
of erection, and nine have been re-
built. A large garage has been built
by G. w. Joseph and a number of
small business places on RehobOth
avenue by others. This has greatly
increased the size of the town. South
street, at the extreme southern end of
the town, is being surveyed and will
be opened to traffic by June 10. This
gives motorists a fine road down tC
the waters edge. Additional water
mains have been installed in Oak anC
Columbia avenues at a cost of 81 500
This insures the north side of the
town an ample supply of water fol
private consumption and maintains {
fire plug pressure of about 40 pounds
Willard S. Truitt has been awarded
the contract to furnish electric light!
for the town and has started to NOV,
his plant to the camp meeting grow,
along the canal bank. All-night ser
vice will start on June l, and day cur
rent will be furnished during tn
height of the season. A voluntee
fire department of rs members is an
other contribution to the towns de
velopment. They expect to erect
fine building on their BaltOwn avenu
lot in which to house the new fir
truck.
Smyrna times., 1923-05-30
KENT GRAPE GROWERS TO MEET
Another Important Meeting to be Held
on Friday Next, June 1, at Dover


on Friday Next, June 1, at Dover
Another very important meeting of
the grape growers of Kent County
will be held in the Court House in
Dover on Friday evening, June /, at
7.30 o'clock. As this special meeting
has been called for the purpose of
electing the officers and board of di-
rectOrs of the newly formed associa-
ton, it is essential that every inter
ested grower be present. a very en-
thusiastic meeting was held in the
Court House last Saturday afternoon,
at which time the revised form of the
constitution and bylaws was officially
adopted. There were about thirty
growers in attendance at this meeting
and fifteen of them agreed to Join the
association and to sell their grapes
comparatively through the organiza-
ton. Those who signed the member
ship list are as follows: Alfred Smith
d Son, H. w. Marvin, B. B. Chase,
Ed Willim, Z. c. Pleasanton, Reuben
+. Brown, N. w. Taylor, Ed H. At
kinson, J. B. Reed, Denney Pleasan-
ton, A. B. Smith, Wood Ennis, w. V.
COsden, r. Harry Wilson, and w. S.
Short. The number of acres of bear
ing vineyards represented by the
above named growers is approximate
ly 14O, and it is the hope of those con-
cerned in this association that many
other growers will enter into this CO.
operative method of marketing their
grapes this year. In addition to the
selling of the crop, the cooperative
purchasing of baskets is to be consid-
cred also by the members of the as
sociatiOn. Every grower in the coun-
ty is requested to be present on Fri
day evening of this week, as this will
be one of the most important meet
ings of the association. In addition
to the election of the officers and the
board of directors there will be re-
ports of the various committees on
matters pertaining to the Organiza-
tiOn.
Smyrna times., 1923-05-30
QUEEN ESTHER CIRCLE PLAY
Fine Program Given Recently at As
bury NJ. E. Church

The Queen Esther Circle gave a
very enjoyable entertainment in the
lecture room of Asbury NJ. E. Church
Thursday evening, May 18th, which
was well attended. Fine music was
redered by an orchestra composed of
Miss Mary Hynson, Mr.. Frank Hyn-
son, Mr.. Harry Shapley, and Mr.. Lin
den Shapley. A vocal solo and a COR
net solo were given with good effect
by Mr.. Townsend jefferson and Mr..
Linden Shapley, respectively. The
main feature of the evening, however,
was laughable little play, entitled
"HOw the Story Crew. The parts
were we'll taken by Mrs. Bertha Riggs
Pierce, Misses Mary Yeates, Frances
Adkins, Mildred Burchard, Evelyn
Harris, Carolyn Stats, Ruth Collins,
and COrinne Shapley. Another inter-
esting number on the program was a
Measuring Party" which resulted in
much fun, and sum of money that
will greatly help in the missionary
work of the circle. After a chorus
by several Queen Esther girls, and
readings by Clara Elterich and Ethel
Casson, refreshments were served.
Smyrna times., 1923-05-30
MAY SETTLE NC ELMOYLE CASE
Plan Said to Be Ready For Submis-
sion TO Presbytery Next Session

sion 10 TFeSDylery Next session
The case of Rev. John McElmoyle,
the erstwhile marrying parsOn" of
ElktOn, which has been a bone of con-
tention in the New Castle PreSbytery,
the Baltimore Synod and the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church,
may be settled next week. A
committee has been working on the
case since the last meeting of the
Presbytery in Newark. Although
none of those concerned would talk, it
was reported from an authorized
source Sunday that terms which
would probably be satisfactory to all
would be presented to the Presbytery
for approval. DR.. McElmoyle is now
pastor of the church; from the view
point of the Elkton congregation.
While he is a member of the PreSby-
terry of Baltimore, he was called to
the pastOrate by majority of the
Elkton congregation. The Elkton
church is affiliated with the Presby-
terry of New Castle, which body ques-
toned Mr.. McElmOyle's right to serve
as paStor-he not having been install
ed officially. New Castle Presbytery
protested to Baltimore Presbytery
against DR.. McElmoyle being allowed
to serve the Elkton church, but Dr..
McElmoyle continued to officiate there
regularly. The congregation of the
ElktOn church has tried in vain to
| have it transferred to the Baltimore
| Presbytery
Smyrna times., 1923-05-30
Fire Burns Down Norris Stable

A fire early Sunday morning burn
ed the stable in the rear of Mrs. Rob
ert Norris, the second time it has
been afire recently. The stable was
a two story structure but at time was
not rented. The fire company kept it
from spreading to the Gas Plant and
other properties.
Smyrna times., 1923-05-30
FRIENDSHIP ME.CHURCH NOTES
Services in ThOrOughfare Neck Sun
day Will be Held in the Evening

There will be no afternoon services
this Sunday because of the annual all
day meeting at Old Drawers, Odessa
In the evening at 7.3O, Mr.. J. Z. Latta
will conduct a song service followed
by practice for children's day eXer-
cises. Everybody is welcome to at
tend this evening gathering and your
aid in the practice will be appreciated.
Last Sunday afternoon both the Sun
day School and the preachiny services
were well attended. Keep in mind
that the tenth of June is Children's
Day and let everybody in the COM
munity try to be present to help and
be helped. Program begins promptly
at 2.90 p. m.
Smyrna times., 1923-05-30
ST. PETERS CHURCH NOTES

The Rev. Thomas Getz Hill, Rector,
Announces Services for the Week
There will be Evensong on Wednes-
day at 7.30 p. m, followed by Choir
rehearsal. Sunday next, June 3rd,
will be the First after Trinity-there
will be Church School at 1000 a. M;
Holy Communion and sermon at HOO
a. M; and Evensong with sermon at
7.90 p. m.
Smyrna times., 1923-05-30
MAN BROWNS WHILE FISHING
Wilmington Camper Fall From Boat
In Indian River Near Oak Orchard

Harold Davis, of Wilmington,
drowned in the Indian River, near Oak
Orchard, Saturday, while ma camp
ing trip. Davis and Granville Pepper,
a friend, were in a boat fishing, with
Davis sitting in the stern. Pepper,
heard a splash and found that his
friend had fallen overheard. The body
did not come up. Other campers
waded out in the water and found the
body lying along the bottom. Inves-
tigatiOn disclosed that the young man
had suffered from acute indigestion
and probably was unconscious when
he fell from the boat.