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Evening star., 1927-11-05
MRS. ]. c. M'kENNA,
HIT BY TRUCK, DIES

Mrs. Julia Cecilia McKenna, ~
wears old, widow of Bernard Mckenna,
Post Office Department empioye. was
fatally injured by motor truck driven
bv Harry Berenter, % years old. OF
1909 Kansas avenue, near the intersec-
4ior of Eleventh and Euclid streets
Yesterday afternoon. Her skull and
left arm were fractured and she re-
ceived other injuries, dying at Garhetd
Hospital early this morning.
Berenter was arrested by police OF
the tenth precinct and released on
$500 bond. a technical charge OF reck-
less driving being preferred against
him. Mrs. McKenna made her home
at the residence OF Mrs. Daniel Doody.
1929 Euclid street.
A message>on q card found in Mrs.
.McKenna's purse was a means OF
Identifying her The message gave
her name and the information that
she was a Roman Catholic. 1t re-
Guested, in case Of accident, that a
priest be called and that Mrs. Will
liam McCready. 2739 Webb avenue,
corner Of 195th street, New York City,
be notified.
Coroner Nevitt will conduct an in
quest al the morgue Monday morn
tng.
reported to the police yesterday.
Sidney Hawkins, coiored. Fort
Myer, Va, received a possible skull
fracture when knocked down near the
intersection of Fourteenth and s
streets, last night by an automobile
driven by Milton solomon. 1890 Forty.
seventh street. lie was treated at
f'recdmen's Hospital.
Thomas Dunn. - years old. Az
ThiId street. sustained fracture ~
his left leg and injuries To his head
early last night when knocked down
at New Jersey avenue and II street
bY taAlcah, driven by Charles ~.
Nermillion, y years old Of 322S Hiatt
place lie was taken 10 Sibiey Hos
p.tal.
Dr. William +. Marbel, 7l01 Chest
nut street. Takoma Park Md. s'ls-
tained in juries 10 his head and legs
early this morning, when his automn-
bile came IN contact with a motor
truck owned by Clay ". Phillips, 2jG3
Champlain street, parked IN front OF
1855 Sixteenth street. lie was ahle
10 20 home afte,$receiving first aid al
Garfield Hospital.
Philip FIELD, 55 years old, 1915
North Capitol street. crossing at the
intersection of North capitol and *
streets early last night was knocked
down by the automobile Of Berkiey
Cross, colored, 4l+l y street southeast
and his head injured. lie was given
first aid At Siblcy Hospital.
Mrs. Margaret Hayden, q years old
1916 4 street southwest. was knocked
down at Thirteenth and Il streets
southwest early last night By an auto
mobile driven by Forrest l.. Conroll
1905 { street southwest. severely
shocked and her face lacerated. She
was treated ar Emergency Hospital
Thomas +. Cooke 90 years old. l43:
Meridian place. was knocked dow
near Thomas Circle early last night
hv an automobile driven by Morris IL
HeZmark, 1l0l Massachusetts avenue
and his right leg fractured. lie wa,
treated at Emergency Hospital.
Evening star., 1927-11-05
Bones of 10000 -Year-Old Mammoth
Herd Found by New Mexico Explorers

mouth of a small creek, the party pro-
ceeded along the windings of the
stream and found fragments of a mas
sive jaw bone.
Reaching some water holes. which
turned out to be briny," the dispatch
said, I'VE saw tusks and many huge
bones, exposed by torrents that had
cut through the gravel bars and clay
banks. Apparently a herd of 25 or
80 mammoths had died in this one
spot
Evidently all these animals during
ages past had been lured there by the
tempting appearance OF good water"
Mr.. Livingston continued. ''It is
equally easy to surmise how they met
their deaths. We were walking along
over what seemed dry crust in the
stream bed-then suddenly, down we
went. htP deep in quicksand and soft
clay,"
Evening star., 1927-11-05
LOG OF JAPANESE FISHING SHIP
TELLS TALE OF SLOW STARVATION
Boat Washed Ashore In Washineton
Drifted Since December 12-Last Man
Lived 66 Days Without Food.

and enjoying the luxury of kayo jofu
tdried bean caket.
January 4-Praise be to Kompira
lie has sent US rain. We gather it in
canvases and shall hoard it as a miser
boards his gold
January PA ship! A ship!
Happy madness seiZes us as we sight
n steamer. We build fire, we wave,
we shout, we dance. But. o kompra.
The stranger does not see us and il
gone. Alas, again we are drifting, we
know not whittier. o Kompira, are
you without mercy?
"February l3-Sickness is upon US.
Hatuzo Terada has lain in his bunk
these past five days and is wasting
away.
March 5-Today at breakfast time
We had no food
First Died March 9.
March 9--Denjiro Hosai this day
died of illness. (He was the first OF
the Inflated crew to perish)
March l7-There being no wind
we repaired the sails. Sutejiro Izawa
tthe chronicler) died. (On this date
Matsumoto began keeping the diary, }
April by oshishiro Udehira. who
was Ill, died sin the forenoon. He
was the tenth of the crew to die.
leaving only the captain and Matsu-
mOto)
april 29-Praise Kompira. 1t has
rained. We have water again.
May 5-Being i'll, could not
longer stand at the wheel
May Capt. TOXIC Mkt became
very i'll.
May S-Ship adrift. Only two of
us and both So Ill. The ship Is now
running with no one at the wheel.
May l1-Cloudy. Waves high.
Ship adrifr with rolled-up sails.
am suffering Of the captains Illness"
(This Is the last entry In the log
1ritten by Matsumoto. His body with
that Of the captain and the whiten-
ing bones of the others. was found
In the cabin of the ship when it
drifted up on the Washington coast,
Evening star., 1927-11-05
AIR RELIEF DELAYED.
Lack of Amphibian Planes Reported
i'm Boston.

BOSTON, November 5 P.-Pians
to send Army airplanes from Boston to
inspect the New England Hood area
under orders from President Coolidge
were delayed at the Army head1uar-
ters here today owing to the lack or
amphibian machines which the Army
flyers believed would be necessary In
case of a forced descent. An amphib-
ian plane at Mitchell Field, Long Is
land, was expected to fly here later in
the day.
All of the airplanes availabl) at the
Army airport this morning were land
machines and the flying officers feared
these planes would be of little value
in the flooded district should they be
compelled to descend.
There are few landing places avail.
able in the Green Mountain region
under normal conditions and with
most of the low ground flooded the
aviators believed there would be little
chance for planes to land and take-off
again.
Evening star., 1927-11-05
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. November 5.--Dis-
covery of the bones of large herd of
mammoths that had "bogged down
in a salt creek in the desert wastes
near the Carlsbad Cavern of New
Mexico more than 10000 years ago,
was related today in dispatch to the
New York Times. from Carl r. Living
ston. assistant to Willis IT. Lee Of the
National Geographic Society.
The society's explorers. Livingston
said, had suspected that mammoths
had once lived in the desert waste. 80
miles southeast Of the Carlsbad Cav
orn. because ivory beads had been
found among the relics of cavemen
who buried their dead in cave tombs
in the Guadalupe Mountains, over
looking the region.
Picking up mammoth tooth at The
Evening star., 1927-11-05
LINER BATTLES STORMS.

NEW YORK, November LP).-
With two forward lifeboats smashed
and a cOmpanionway carried away in
what Capt. Harold 4. Cunningham de-
scribed as one OF the most severe
blows. in several years, the United
States liner George Washington ar
rived at Hoboken, ". j.. last night
from Cherbourg
The ship battIed storms all the way
across the Atlantic.
Evening star., 1927-11-05

heard from. A dozen railroad bridges
were down in the vicinity and rail.
road men would not attempt to say
when service on any line could be re-
sumed.
burlington. although nearly immune
from the flood itself, by reason of its
elevation, did not escape effects of the
disaster which overlook it's neigh
bors. All but one bridge went out, in
Guiding the 40-year-old steel span to
the opposite city of Winooski.
Inhabitants watched from points of
vantage as houses, barns, live stock
and general debris floated down the
river. Damage to the farmers in the
WinOOSki Valley was enormous
Evening star., 1927-11-05
NINETY KNOWN DEAD IN FLOOD
AS RIVERS CONTINUE TO RISE
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IBEB and was picked up by Arthur
l.. Kent, an amateur operator at Bing-
hamton. n. Y. who relayed it TO the
Associated Press.
Elsewhere throughout New Eng
land disaster stalked in many forms
and with varying intensity. a re-
vsed list of the dead showed that, in
Guiding those reported dead in Barre,
but without estimating the possible
fatalities in Montpelier. Vermont led
the list with 1G. Massachusetts came
next with II, which included three for
Westfield where varying reports
placed two and three occupants of
submerged machine among the vic
inns
Evening star., 1927-11-05
By the Associated Press.

tHf HFbOcIdtci IIe5k.
SEATTLE, Wash. November s.
The Post.Intelligencer today published
a copyrighted translation Of the log Of
the ill.fated japanese fishing smack
which drifted slowly and helpessly
across the Pacific while members of
It's crew died one by one after months
Of effort to keep starvation away.
The dairy, kept by Suteiiro lava
until his death and then taken up by
Gcnnosuke Matsumoto. told how the
ship put out from Misaki, near Yoko-
hama, December 5, 1925. for a short
fishing cruise with II men. 4 week
later the engine broke down. The
diary Of the death voyage then goes
on:
December 20--When the westerly
winds were blowing day after day
the captain began TO talk of taking
big chances and heading for America.
May we not be called upon to suffer
TOO much hardship. especially the men
with wives and children? / believe the
home folks are worrying very much.
II may oe everything might have been
so fated. Words Of the ancients say
the sins Of the fathers are rested upon
the sons.
Spend Day Praying.
"December 2i-From morning to
evening we spent all our time praying
"Decefnher 26-Cnahle to head west.
we have at least turned toward the
east. We have finally decided to risk
all and head for America.
"December 28.-Even our deepest
prayers do not draw pity from our an
CRY god. Kompisa Japanese sailors
god, have pity OF us or we shall throw
away thy charms. No--no-no-
Let us not think Of such heresy
Please pity US and forgive us. For l3
hours more we have drifted.
January /. New Year day. the six.
teenth year OF Taisho-zWe celebrated
this day by mixing ricRAnd red beans
Evening star., 1927-11-05


from the altitude. which. however,
was an American record for balloons
Recovering consciousness. he brought
his falling bag under control and came
to earth softly in field near Ashley,
ILL.,. so miles from Scott Field. He lay
exhausted awaiting the coming of fell
low officers who had followed him in
airplanes. AS one of these planes land
ed a farmer approached the basket.
The airplane officer shouted: There's
n man in there: he's hurt" The farm
er replied: "No. he's dead" At that
Capt. Gray opened his eyes and said
that he was merely resting.
On that flight Capt. Gray had been
handicapped by the labor of cutting
open sacks of sand and boosting them
over the side of the basket.
Devised New Method.
He Immediately began plans for an
other flight in the light of this ex-
pcrience and p method OF releasing
sand through the bottom of the bas-
ket was devised
He embarked from Scott Field upon
his second attempt on May 4 and
reached an altitude of AZ. .470 feet
higher than man ever before had as
cended either in balloon or airplane--
more than eight miles into a tompera
t'lre of more than 70 degrees below
zero.
The balloon went out of control in
the descent. 1t was falling so fast
that it's speed meant probable death in
landing. Capt. Gray tried in vain to
check it's plunge, and then, at 5000
feet. he went over the side. His para
chute landed him gently upon the
earth near Golden Gate. ILL.,. at
point near the Indiana State line. The
balloon settled near him. It's sealed
records proved the record of 42.470
feet, and 1t appeared that Capt. Gray
had achieved his goal.
Record Was Disqualified.
Several months later came the word
that the mark had been disallowed by
the Federation Aeronautique 1nterna
tionale because he had come to earth
in parachute instead of the balloon.
To avoid any suspicious that he might
have leaped on lie ascent, leaving the
balloon to reach 10 its record pilotless,
motion pictures We're taken from es
corting airpianes to show hat he did
not leave the balloon until relatively
near on to the earth, but this evidence
was unavalling.
Consequently he prepared for a
third flight, the fatal one, on which
he started yesterday.
Capt. Gray, SO years old, was mar
ried and had three sons.
The start of the second flight was
watched by his family. On that oc-
casion. he waved to them as his bas-
ket lifted away. remarking casually
that he would be home for dinner. He
was.
Mrs. Gray and one Of her sons wit
messed the getaway yesterday. Mrs.
Gray, accompanied by the wives of
two other officers, went to the hangar
in which the dressing Of Capt. Gray
had been completed. AS she reached
him he put his arm about her and
kissed her.
Upon ascent the basket careened
and tossed in the high wind, alarm
ing Capt. Gray's little son. who began
to cry. Mrs. Gray, however, seemed
composed and after watching the bag
3 or 4 minutes, departed from the
field.
1t was not until after the escort
ing planes bad landed last night, re.
porting no word of her husband, that
Mrs. Gray begans to give way. She
was on the verge of collapse through.
out the night.
Evening star., 1927-11-05

Dishonesty costs the people of the
United States $4,000, 100000 a year in
stolen goods.
Evening star., 1927-11-05
State Police Take Charge.

Western Massa chusetts took up the
work of rehabilitation while fresh re-
ports of misfortunes continued to
TICKLE in. At Pittsfield, Gen. Alfred
T.. Foote, State commissioner for safe
ty, arrived with detail of State po-
lice to take charge of the situation at
Becket. which was virtually demol-
ished by a bursting dam ON the pre-
vious day. His first announcement
was a warning to curiosity seekers to
keep clear of the stricken town.
Water in the mill-hemmed Merri-
mack River were rising steadily, and
today was near high flood levels. Re-
ports from Plymouth, n. H.. its head
waters, told of an 1S-foot jump in the
rivers stage there.
TO. the south the Blackstone River,
which flows through lage textile dis
trict both in this State and in Rhode
Island, was also rising, and already
had caused considerable hardship to
factories and home owners along its
banks.
News from Maine indicated the force
OF the storm was being felt along the
soacoast as we'll as on land. A stiff
gale whipped the shore, and coastwise
boats from Rockland to New York
Rugged shelter.
Railroads Hard Hit.
Inland, Maine railroads were heavy
sufferers. The mountain division oil
the Maine Central, which extends into
New Hampshire and Vermont, report
ed 100 washouts and landslides.
On the face of early reports, New
Hampshire seemed to have escaped
l;.rl, - q ppiph hhnrC long
the banks of the Connecticut River
there was little deviation from the
familiar story, except that no large
places were seriously menaced.
Woodsville, however. held potential
tragedy in the desperate struggle of
William Noyes and his family. whose
home was surrounded by the ever.
rising stream. All efforts to reach
them in the small boats available have
thus far been in vain.
A serious situation obtained tenn
porarily in the valley of the Pemige-
wasset River between Bristol and
Franklin, where messengers had
warned the farmers to seek places
Of safety in the belief that the big
dam of the New Hampshire Utility
Co. might give way.
All Bridges Down.
All bridges between the two places
went out, but engineers declared they
believed the danger has passed at
the dam ut Franklin.
Connecticut. which missed the brunt
of the s.nrm. WIS today feeling its
after effects. The tremendous vol
ume OF water of the Connecticut River,
swollen ny its tributaries, was bearing
down toward Long Island Sound.
Hartford saw rise from normal of
Evening star., 1927-11-05
TOURIST SOON TO FIND CAPITAL
ONE OF BEST-MARKED CITIES
A. A. A. Offers to Provide
Signs Designating Routes
to Points of Interest.
Star Commended for Bring
ing Neglected Matter
to Public Attention.
RY WILLIAM ULLMAN.

ONLY q few formalities stand in the
vav of Washington becoming one OF
the most effectively marked cities IN
the country in respect both to points
of interest within the city limits ana
the highways passing through 1t. me
effort to establish the National Cap
ital's pre-eminence in respect to Ill.
rectional signs to guide It's most Oh
motor visitors reached the climactlc
stage yesterday with the ofer OF the
American Automobi1s Association 10
provide the city with all the markers
necessary for this purpose.
The A. A. A. proposal, when aiso
included an offer of COOPERATION IN
the development of a marking pan.
followed closely the announcement Oh
Traffic Director William ii. llarhnd oI
his willingness to make immediate
Recommendation to the commissioners
that the city's inhospitality III regaru
to directional facilities be remedled at
once. In announcing its Willingness 10
bear the expense of the signs the OIL
ficials of the District of Columbia l'i'
vision of the A. ~. A. believe tn&t
whatever funds might be aNahable lor
this purpose in the traffic office can Dc
ann,ind uSef,Iily elsewhere.
Evening star., 1927-11-05
CAPT. GRAY DIES
IN AIR SEEKING
BALLOON RECORD

Continued from First Page)
Evening star., 1927-11-05
PRESIDENT ORDERS
ARMY AIRPLANES
TO FLOOD SECTION

CONTINUED from First Page1
Evening star., 1927-11-05

Alcohol can be made from ethylene
gas. which Is used as an anesthetic.
Evening star., 1927-11-05

Rudolph Jose, president Of the City
Club ard veteran Of many years in
automobile circles. declares The Star
has wrought Il distinct service TO the
National Capital in calling attention
To the need Of Gi,ectional facilities to
@uide the cltY's thousa nds Of tourist
visitors. II also has made an iInpor-
fant contribution To the betterment Of
local driving conditions. Every one
who drives here. at some time or
other. has been the victim Of the CON
fusion Of the tourist. who literally has
been forced to grope his way about
If the tourist Is given simple directions
Evening star., 1927-11-22

the light wave, It is explained, lies IN
the fact that II is eternallY inVariahle
1t can never change by the slightest
fraction and it always is aVailaf lo
with which to check UP more CON
venient measuring Instruments
Yardstick Issue Delayed.
1t was hoped at this conference
Or. Burgess reported. to bring about
an agreement between the American
and British vardstick. hut this WAS
not reached. They now differ by
few milIonths of an inch that is,
the official yardstick al London and
the official vardStiCk at the Bureau
of Standards SO differ. 1t WAS con
sidcred advisable to come to an agree.
ment between themselves rather than
Il an international conference.
An important development from
the conference this year, Dr. Burgess
reports. was the adoption of an IN
ternational temperature scale. \
committee was named to work ont
4 uniform system for celebrating heat
measuring instruments.
Evening star., 1927-11-22
CANDIDATE TO SPEAK.

Mrs Minnie Fisher Cunningham
candidate for the United States Sen
ate from Texas. Will he the princi
pal speaker at a banquet to he given
by business and professional women
Of Washington this evening in Barker
Hall. The banquet is one Of series
of Nation-wi dinners which Is being
held throughout the country this eve
ming
Greetings from the assembly pres
ident will he read by Miss Bertha
Pabst and from the National Council
of the Business and Professional As
sembly, by Miss MarG3re, GAYLORD.
Mrs. Grace Pope. pictured as the
girl in the blue triangle, will read
a paper on the Purpose Of the T.
and L Assembly
Miss Mary Apple will render several
vocal numbers. and group singing
will he led hy Miss lmoccn" ireland.
Evening star., 1927-11-22


SMALL FIRST PAYMENT. EASY TERMS
complete Frgidare, with Duco finished, white enamel
lined steel cabinet-a ready attach and operate from
any convenient electric outlet for only $3.50, f. b.
Dayton-the lowest price in Frigidare history! A small
Evening star., 1927-11-22

sparrow. c6 p street northeast. as
a second lieutenant Of Infantry; T.
lanes r. Craighll. 2d. 3064 q street
as first lieutenant in the t1ei'
Artillery; to Carlyle V. Il, Funke
1916 Fourth street as hrst Hen
tenant in the Field Artillery, TO Joh'
* IInguley. jr. 2407 Shannon
nIaca southeast. as second lieuten
/, =. nf Infantry: to Thomas j. Bailey
jr oo3l Bancroft place as secono
iini,tonant in the Field Artillery; t.
Evening star., 1927-11-22
Yiddish Novelist Dies.

WARSAW. Poland November %
Jewish Telegraphic Agency H B
Naumberg. Yiddish novelist. publicist
and communal worker, died here yes
tnldaN at the are of )
Evening star., 1927-11-22
D. C. MEN COMMISSIONED.
War Department Notifies Eight
Residents of Capital.

Commissions in the Reserve Corps
of the Army have he"n issued by
the War Department 10 lie Roy ;.
Mann. Ninth street and Maryland
avenue northeast. as a first licutenan'
in the Coast Artillery; 20 Howard
Evening star., 1927-11-22

John r Hoover. 413 Seward square
and to William O. Tufts, 1886 Madi
son street. as ma iors in the Military
Intelligence Division.
Evening star., 1927-11-22

People of China are learning to use
ha ndkPrrhIcfS
Evening star., 1927-11-22
Red Light of Cadmium Napor.

Dr. George X. Burgess. director of
the Bureau Of Standards. who at
tended the seventh international con
sresS ~ weights and measures AT
Paris in September as the United
States representative. reports that the
universal standard adopted there was
the wave lencth Of red light from
cadmium vapor 1t requires lob.
16413 Of these waves To equal one
meter.
For several years light waves have
been used in delicate measurements At
the Bureau of Standards, where ac-
curacy approaching 2 millionih of an
inch was essential. The advantage Of
Evening star., 1927-11-22
SMALL LIGHT WAVE
USED AS MEASURE
Minute Ray Adapted as Basic
Standard With Other De-
vices as ConvenienCeS.

A wave length Of light, so small
that it can be detected only by the
most delicate OF physical apparatus.
now is the worlds basic standard OF
length measurement.
Meters. inches feet, yards and all
the other familiar divisions Of the
rule are merely convenient devices tor
the workday world and all must go
back to the tiny light wave for Neri.
flea ton whenever there is demand
FOR absolute accuracy. such As some.
times IS met with in scientific meas
rrenpntS
Evening star., 1927-11-22
Other Dealers
tin. 1918 r 81. NV.

Dulin & Martin. 1915 r II. NV.
Evans Chas. H.. 6?5 Pa. Ave. S.E.
Goodman. Nathan. 1874 Eye St NV
Hayenner. George e.. Jr.. 1870 Good Hope Rd. sE
Lofirr. VIM. 5.8 9Th ~. Ne.
McCrav Refrigerator Sales Corp. 81? 18Th ST NV
Ofutt Oil Burner Co.. 1855 Wisconsin Ave. NV.
Evening star., 1927-11-22

r. Adams Co.. Gil Pa. Ave. NV.
Reattes Electric shop 20 Wilson Blvd Clarendon. Va.
Bentey's Frank. 3sI7 Georgia Ave NV.
Bower Vim. p. 1921 h St NV.
Brooks l.. {. Co.. Inc. 1914 Conn. Ave.
Thos r. Burch Co.. 4S0 Pa. Ave NV.
Cooper Edw.. 150? 18th ~. NV.
Evening star., 1927-11-22

Thanksgiving Candies
Woodward's Milk Chocolates,
SOC pound; also dark choco-
lates, 6Oc pound.
Sailed Almonds. Pecans, Bra
zils, Cashews, S1.50 pound.
Pistachio Nuts. 81 pound.
Buttered Walnuts. Almonds
and Brazil Nuts, $3.50
pound.
Fancy Hard Candy. 60c pound.
Whitman's, Page & Shaw,
S erry's and Maillard's
Fancy Box Candy. ST. to
$40 box.
Mullane's Taffys. SOC pound,
and Mullane's Chips at o0c.
Woodland Good les. SIPS
pound.
Pure Sugar Lollypops. with
black turkeys, 10c each.
Novelty Turkeys to be filled
with candies. zoe to SIS each.
Glace Fruit. SIPS to $3.25.
Bromm's Old Virginia Fruit
Cake, l pound for $1.25. 2
pounds for $225, 4 pounds
for $4.25 and 6 pounds for Sc.
CANDY SECTION. FIRST Floor.
Evening star., 1927-11-22

ID : Pool Ipc 10 IIth st. NV.
Penn Flee Co., 9II eth ~. NV.
Reed J. NJ. 6I3 King St. Alexandria Va
silver Sprinc BLDG. supply Co.. Silver spring NJ
Simpson j r.. Cedar ST. Takoma fark
rurberviIIe W H. 1929 Conn. Ave. NV.
TurviIle I 11:;G Conn Ave. NV.