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Evening star., 1928-11-17
4 4STORM-TRAPPED
STUDENTSLOCATED
Rescue Parties Directed
Over Telephone Found in
Rangers Cabin.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LAKEPORT, Calf, November IL
A rescue party was organized in the
mountain district north Of here today
to assist four University of California
students, two girls and two young men.
out of a snow-buried area in which
they have been trapped for nearly
week
The whereabouts of the quartet, whom
searching parties had sought for sew
eral days, was made known last night
by Mrs. M. A. Dunham, wife of a
forest ranger, who notified searchers
that one of the men had called her by
telephone and revealed their location.
Trapped During Blizzard.
Mrs. Durham said the telephone mes
sage revealed that the four had been
trapped on Mount San Hedrun, sew
eral miles distant from her cabin, dur
ing blizzard, and had taken refuge in
deserted shack. Driven by hunger,
one Of the men In the party started for
help and located the unoccupied ranger
cabin, which contained a service tele-
phone connecting with Mrs. Durham's
nome.
The rangers wife said the four were
reported to be well, but hungry" Mr.
Durham set out at once for the deserted
cabin.
Students Mar0Oned.
The students are Miss Anna Ram
sperger. 81 years old and her twin
sister, Minna, of Logan, Utah Robert
H. Keller, 81, Of Los Angeles, and John
r. Dempster, IS, of Berkeley. They
left Berkeley last Friday for hiking
trip.
When they failed to report for classes
Tuesday relatives started a search, for
them, and the hunt grew in propor-
tions until yesterday the United States
Forestry Service, the Army Air Corps,
State oficials ordered out by Gov. C.
C.. Young, Lake County officials and
civilian searchers Joined in combing the
hills.
Evening star., 1928-11-17
NEW CLUES FOUND
IN ROTHSTE|N CASE
Leads Follow Linking of His
Name With Arnstein Theft
and Drug Ring.
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, November 17.-Police
today pursued new leads to the slayer
of Arnold Rothstein after the name of
the slain gambler had been linked with
a $4,000,000 Wall Street bond theft and
an international narcotic ring.
Announcement that new clues had
been found was made by Police Com
missioner Warren, who, however, re-
fused to divulge their nature.
The police had been given until Mon
day by Mayor Walker to produce
further facts" in the case or he threat
ened he would take action
Named in Arnstein Case.
. In Surrogate's Court an attorney for
Alger Gildersleeve, referee in pending
bankruptcy proceedings against "Nicky''
Arnstei', filed an AFFIDAVIT saying Roth
stein was suspected Of being the foun-
missing securities, stolen from Wall
street messengers in 1920. For that
crime Arnstein served a prison term.
The affidavit was filed with a plea
that Surrogate O'Brien name an i'm
partial executor for the Rothstein es-
tate. Members of the Rothstein family
are seeking removal as executors of
Maurice Cantor, Rothstein's attorney;
Samuel Brown and William Wellman.
Federal agents in their quest for
proof that RothStein was the dominant
figure in an international drug SNUG
Cling ring, raided a strong box in the
American Exchange-Irving Trust Co.,
the only one of Rothstein's repositories
yet found.
Assistant Federal Attorney Blake in
timated he had found the search worth
while.
Insurance Policies Found.
st cannot divulge what it is" he said
But we have found something to help
our investigation"
Among the known contents of the
box were two insurance policies on
RothStein'S life, one for 25,000 which
named his widow as beneficiary and
another for $4,000, which originally
had been made payable to his estate
but which had been changed to name
Inez Norton, former show girl, as bene-
ficiary.
Also there were several thousand
shares of stock in various corporations
and jewelry valued at $4,000 David
MorguleS, attorney for the RothStein
family, said he believed the jewelry had
been pledged with Rothstein by others
for loans. Each was in separate en-
velope on which was written a name.
In the hearing before Surrogate
O'Brien, I. Gainsburg, counsel for the
dead mans parents, brothers and sis
ters, charged that Cantor sneaked into
the gamblers room at the hospital and
obtained his mark to a will over the
protests of members of the family and
two nurses. This will gave Miss Norton
! l0-year interest in the income of one.
sixth of Rothstein's estate.
Cantor, after the hearing, said that
/ in obtaining Rothsteins signature tc
the will he was merely carrying out the
wishes of his client regardless of the
wish of anybody else, who was either
put in the will or left out of it,"
Evening star., 1928-11-17
Dead and Missing;
ITO Is Revised List

| BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November ia re-
vised list of dead and missing pas
sengers and crew of the foundered
steamer Vestris made public yesterday
by Lamport & Holt, owners of the ves-
sci, carried total of ITO names.
SlXty-six of them were passengers and
| A were members of the crew.
| The lines revised figures showed a
! total of 324 persons on board the Ves-
iris at the time of the disaster. OF
them 126 were passengers and 1913 were
in the crew The line lists so passengers
and 154 members of the crew, total Of
214 rescued.
The list of identified passengers
among the dead of the Vestris includes:
Mrs. Elizabeth Goodman, II Church
street, Tarrytown. N. Y.
Miss Mary Alleyne, 201 Stagman
street, Jersey City, N. j.
S. Bowen, New York City.
Mrs. Beulah Bowen, New York City.
Mildred Headley, aged five, New York
City; third class.
Jose G. Rua, New Bedford, Mass,
care John Cordeiro.
Ramon Garcia, New York City.
Paul Whitehead, Woodstock, N. Y.
Maj. Yoshio Inouyi, Japanese consul
at Buenos Aires.
Carlos FRANKIE, Mexico City.
Miss Ingeborg FRANKIE, Mexico City.
The list of unidentified dead and
missing passengers as carried on the
line includes:
Mr. and Mrs. j. Alleyne, their three
year-old daughter Lillian. and their
sons Edgeworth, two. and Huntley, one,
Jersey CitV N J.
Norman K. Batten, Dayton, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Brownfield, Louis
Elder Keith w. Burt, As East Temple
street, Salt Lake City.
Miss Iracema do Santos Cabral, no
address.
Estaban Corbellini, no address.
Mrs. M. A. Daugherty, Philadelphia
Earl F. Devore, Altoona, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred G. B. Fletcher,
San Francisco.
Mrs. Carlos FRANKIE and son Helmuth.
8, Mexico City.
Charles M Henrotin, Georgetown.
British Guiana.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Headley and
children. Marion, 6, and Audrey, 8. New
York City.
Mrs, Agnes e. Johnson. Upper Mont
clair, N. J.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Jackson and son,
Cary. Richmond, Va.
Miss Germaine Julien, New York
City.
Mrs. Iris johnson, no address.
S. S. Hoppe. New York City.
Mrs. Nora B. Kanan, no address.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Leuthauser, 100
Lincoln street, Jersey City, N. j.
Mrs John 81. Mills. Los Angeles
Calf.
Evening star., 1928-11-17
5000 FLORIDIANS PAY
RESPECTS TO SMITH
Governor Tells Pensacola Crowd
Receptions Given Him on Trip
to Biloxi Amazing"
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PENSACOLA, Fla, November H.
More than 5000 persons greeted Gov
AL Smith when his train halted here
last night for about 40 minutes on its
way to Biloxi, Miss.
II am ending my campaign here the
governor told group of those who
fought their way into his private car.
This day crossing the State of Florida
has been as strenuous as any I have
spent during the campaign. was
amazed at the reception at all points
along the way, but am tired, and I'm
glad it is now all over"
In another allusion to the campaign
the governor said he believes the time
has come for presidential drives to be
shortened.
with the ability of candidates to
reach multitudes through the radio. I
believe the party convention should take
place in August or September" he de-
clared.
"A four-month campaign is too wear
ing on any man and takes him away
from his other duties too long"
Evening star., 1928-11-17
TWO C0L0RED YOUTHS
ACCUSED OF BURGLARY
Fire and Police Departments Co
operate to Capture Alleged House.
breakers at Delicatessen Store.

Cooperation between the Fire and
Police Departments early this morning
resulted In the capture of two colored
youths who had broken into the Anibas-
sador Delicatessen. $3.50 Connecticut
avenue. The youths. Elmer A. Neale,
II years old, of the 1900 block Fair
mont street, and william Albert Wright.
20 years old, Of the 5000 block Ellicott
street, have been charged with house,
breaking.
Private c. E. Winkelman Of No. 2s
engine company, which is just across
the street from the store. called the
fourteenth precinct shortly after 2
o'clock this morning and said that he
had heard the sound Of breaking glass
in the rear Of the store.
Policemen William H. Turner and
Hendrick Boese were dispatched to the
scene. Upon their arrival they found
that the glass had been broken out OF
both the door and transom IN the rear.
The burglars had broken the door glass
first, but found their way blocked by
iron bars, so had gone through the
transom.
Upon gaining entrance to the store,
the policemen heard the youths at
tempting to get through the front door
but they were unable to escape, so ran
to the basement, where they were
found
Evening star., 1928-11-17
u. S. BOARD APPROVES
MANAGUA BUILDINGS
Sites to Be Sought for Homes fol-
Minister and Secretary in
Nicaragua Capital.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Plans for a residence for the Ameri-
can Minister at Managua, Nicaragua,
as well as for secretary's residence
and an Office building, were approved
yesterday by the Foreign Buildings
Commission at the State Department.
A trip to South America for the pur-
pose of making a survey of embassy
and legation sites by Representative
Charles ]. Linthicum of Maryland, a
member of the commission, and Rob-
ert j. Phillips, assistant. chief of the
foreign buildings office, also was ap-
proved. They will sail from New York
today for Rio de Janeiro, where plans
have been approved for five-story Of
fee building for the American embassy.
The plan approved for the Minis
ter's residence at Managua is OF South
ern Colonial style.
Evening star., 1928-11-17
C0L0RED MAN ARRESTED
IN SPITE OF ANGRY MOB
Patrolman Says Prisoner Tried to
Make His Escape by
Striking Him.

Despite the fact that he was sur
rounded by an angry and threatening
mob when he arrested a colored man in
the 1900 block of Fourteenth street last
night, Policeman r. T. Conklin OF the
eighth precinct succeeded In holding
his prisoner until assistance was sent
from the station house.
The man arrested, Lawrence Fttz-
gerald, 80 years old, of the 1400 block
II street, was charged with destroying
private property, assault and disorderly
conduct.
Conklin placed Fitzgerald under ar
rest after he had been told that there
was a colored man causing q disturb
ance In an apartment in the block.
When he reached the street with the
prisoner a crowd started forming, the
number greatly increasing when the
policeman and prisoner become en-
gagged in a fight. The fight followed
an attempt Of Fitzgerald to break away
by striking him, Conklin said.
When the patrol wagon answered
summons for help the street was blocked
by jeering mob and the patrolmer
were forced to leave the wagon hall
block away and force their way to thei
fellow officer.
Evening star., 1928-11-17
Testimony Shows Vestrs Coal Ports Escaped Inspection

change OF glances between him and
any one In the crowd.
Verchere also testified that when the
VestriS was leaving the dry dock in
Brooklyn, where she had had her hull
Clipped and painted, she collided with
another ship. He did not know whether
any damage had been done to her.
Macdonald denied knowledge Of any
messages sent to the owners telling of
trouble the ship was having previous
to the general call to all ships Monday
to stand by and then the S Q S.
Arthur S. CoStigan of the Radio
Marine Corporation, testified the cor
poration had found only one message
sent by Capt. Carey to the line Offices
and that was after the S 0 S had been
sent.
The message had II am. Monday,
November H. stamped on it and read ::
Hove to from noon yesterday. Dur
ing night developed 32-degree list.
Starboard decks under water. Ship
lying on beam ends. Impossible to pro-
ceed anywhere. Sea moderately rough"
Alfred Hanson. pantryman, told Of
the listing Of the ship and his own ex-
periences in getting away from the
sinking vessel. Several pictures he had
taken Of the lowering Of the lifeboats
were introduced.
Two Other Inquiries.
While one inquiry is proceeding be-
fore Commissioner O'Neill, two other
inquiries as to the seaworthiness of the
Vestris are being held.
The Board of Underwriters of New
York is seeking information which
might have bearing on the payment
of 100000 of cargo insurance, while
officials from the Department of Com
merce. the Federal agency charged with
inspection of steamships, have arrived
from Washington to take charge of an
inquiry already launched by local off,
cials
In the inquiry before the steamship
inspectors Capt. Sorenson, q passenger
on the Vestris testified that so far as
he could tell the lifeboats were in good
| condition and that the crew launched
them in as efficient a manner as pos
| Sible.
Previously he had been quoted IN
newspaper reports as saying "the crew
hogged the lifeboats," that there was
criminal negligence" and that the boats
themselves had rotten seams" through
which the water poured. He told the
inspectors that what ne had SAID was
that several of the boats were stove in
while launching.
| A revised list Of the dead and missing
of the Vestris, made by the agents Of
Lamport 81 Holt, shows total of ITO
names. Their check of the lists shows
that 324 sailed on the Vestris. The
number Of rescued remained at 214.
Woman Survivors Arrive.
Three woman survivors of the Vestris
who were picked up by the battleship
Wyoming arrived from Norfolk, Va,
| this morning.
They were Mrs. Marian Calvin Bat
/ ten of Brooklyn and Mrs. Elvira Fer
nandez Rua, New Bedford, Mass. whose
husbands were lost, and Mrs. Dolores
Barreiro Dosil of Brooklyn.
+ Mrs. Rua, who also lost 2-year-old
son In the wreck, was a pathetic figure
In her wrinkled clothing, with three
: fingers of her left hand broken and In
splints and both legs bandaged. She
Evening star., 1928-11-17

when were orders given to the crew
to bail ship with buckets?"
About am. Monday"
when did you begin to think this
was hopeless job?"
II thought there was chance al
along"
But when were the odds, in your
opinion, greater for sinking than saw
ing?"
about noon Monday"
When was the order given to put
out the boats?"
II don't know"
when was the order to jettison
cargo9"
About 9 am. Monday" ...>
How many cases were thrown over.
board?"
II have no idea"
Again ask when you first thought
there was serious danger?"
About 4, Monday morning"
why didn't you consult the captain
then about a distress call?"
Il went on the bridge and told the
| captain things were serious but left II
to his judgment what to do"
Just what did you tell him?"
Il said the water was increasing ano
1t was pretty serious"
Evasion in testimony by the two sur.
viving radio operators of the Vestris
f1cialS today to determine whether O S
calls were delayed by orders from the
owners.
United States Attorney Tuttle asked
steamship companies whose vessels as
sisted IN the rescue work to submit
at the inquiry which he is conducting
copies OF all messages exchanged with
the VeStris. The Navy Department
issued similar orders to all Its stations
while the Radio Marine Corporation
which produced one message, continued
a search of its files for further ex-
changes between the Vestris and its
owners
Attorney Tuttle at yesterdays hear
Ing questioned Charles Verchere, 18-
year-old third wireless operator of the
| Vestris, and James T.. F. Macdonald
second wireless man, in an attempt to
4 learn what radio messages had been
sent prior to the S o S, but was met
With evaSive answers.
Verchere, when pressed closely by
Tuttle, finally said that maybe" Capt
Carey Of the Vestris had sent message
to the lines agents Sunday night, tell.
Ing them the ship was In bad condi-
tion.
| Declares He Forgot.
Didn't you tell me downstairs there
was one reading, We may need help'?'
(This, Mr.. Tuttles questions indicated
Verchere had told him was sent ou
Sunday night, hours before the vesse
sank)
Eyes. I forgot" Verchere answered
who told you to forget?" the attor-
ney pressed him.
mo one"
idr. Tuttle then turned to the COM
missioner and said
Your honor, this bears out state
ment I made to you before this hear
ing began"
Remarking LIT does," the commits.
sioner warned Verchere as to his oatf
to tell the truth. Later he was or
dered to turn .his face away from tht
courtroom and look at the commits
Sioner. evidently to prevent any ex'
Evening star., 1928-11-17
DENVER JURY FREES
BUTCHER BOY SLAYER
Acquittal Based on Self-Defense
Plea-Verdict Is Returned
in Seven Minutes.
BY the Associated Press.

DENVER, November 17.-Alpheus E.
Dickson, local theater owner, yesterday
stood cleared of a murder charge In
connection with the Staying of Herbert
H Powell, l9-year-old butcher boy.
whom he killed last July 8, when he
discovered the youth in his home In
company with his wife.
Dickson pleaded self-defense in the
District Court trial ending yesterday.
The jury was out only seven minutes.
The theater owner said he had been ad-
vised the youth was meeting his wife
secretly, and, suspecting improper rela-
tions between them, laid trap by tell
ing his wife he was leaving the city for
several days.
Returning to his home a few hours
later, Dickson testified, he found Powell
there, and that the youth grappled with
him. During the encounter. Dickson
said, a gun which he had drawn was
discharged, fatally wounding Powell.
Mrs. Dickson, defendant in a divorce
suit which is pending, did not appear
at the trial. She was reported to be
at the home of her parents in Iowa.
Evening star., 1928-11-17
BLAMES BROKEN GLASS PORT.
Stoker Declares Otherwise VestriS
Might Have Weathered Storm.

Stoker Declares Otherwise Vestris
Might Have Weathered Storm.
NORFOLK, Va, November II (P).-A
negro stoker, Joseph Boxil, member OF
the crew of the Vestris. yesterday told
a Federal steamboat inspector OF a
succession of misfortunes that followed
the ship after she left New York on
her last voyage.
First, Boxil said, leak developed in
the ash hopper, this being discovered
about IL hours after the ship left port.
Then the storm began. The leak IN
the ash hopper was stopped, but water
was washing over the plates into the
fire room. On Sunday afternoon a
leak in a coal bunker door was found.
A carpenter in attempting to mend 1t
smashed glass port, and at once a
huge stream of water began to now
into the already logged vessel.
Boxils testimony indicated that ne
felt that had it not been for the smash
ing of the glass port the snip wouio
have weathered the storm.
Capt. Thomas j. Hanlon, the 1nspec-
tor, also questioned John Morris, Ger
aid Burton, also negro stokers OF tne
vestris, and Otto Ulrich. survivor res
cued by the steamer American ShppeI,
who came here to join his wi1e aIIer
she had been brought to port by the
battleship Wyoming.
The Wyoming, in addition to the
three negroes and Mrs. Ulrich, hed on
board four other Vestris survivors,
Mrs. Turoke Inouye, whose husband,
the Japanese consul at Buenos AIRES:
was drowned Mrs. Dolores Dorll OF
Brooklyn, Mrs. Fernandez Rua OF new
Bedford, Mass, and Mrs. Norman r.
Batten of Brooklyn. The five women
were in an exhausted state when tney
arrived and were taken Immediately 70
hospital. They have not yet been
questioned.
The seamen told Capt. Hanlon tnat
they knew of no condition Of the Vestris
when she left New York that woulo
have caused disaster.
Evening star., 1928-11-17

Continued From First Page.)
coal bunkers inside for an exarnina-
tion?"
There was no way
Couldn't you 60 into the coal bunk
ers from top or Sides?"
you could from the top, but not un-
der the COAL"
did you or any officer of the boat
make any examination in the coal
bunkers before she sank?"
mo"
Didn't you look to see where the
water was coming IMP"
Water was coming in between decks
and we couldn't get down there"
Between decks? Above or below the
coal ports"
Below"
"The water was coming into those
coal bunkers and you had means of
getting in through the top-how would
water below interfere with your getting
into coal bunkers?"
1--WE could get"
THE truth is that you could have got
into tops of those coal bunkers if you
had wanted to?"
"We couldn't get into between-deck "
What I want to know Is how your
theory that the water was coming in
between decks could interfere with
your coming down into the coal bunkers
from the top?"
"Between-decks, it was full up"
Did you see it that way?"
yes"
Full up with what?"
Coal"
What is your theory that the water
was coming in between-decks based
on?"
Later on I heard-you could hear
water running underneath there, some
where"
What time was that?"
I'm vague on time. Sunday morning
some time"
Asked About o S.
Was the water coming in the coal
ports?"
NO"
"Sure?"
"I shouldn't think it was coming In
there"
The officer said the Vestris' log was
/ lost with the ship, as far as he knew
He then told of the ship being hove
| to Sunday noon with engines idllng
but he had no idea when the engines
| SCoPpSO
"You know anything about message!
to other ships?"
Nothing, I was never on the bridge.
Ever ask the captain about ar
S o So"
Il asked the captain Monday If N
| ,22d sent one. He said yes"
But you never took any messages
to the radio men?"
No"
What orders did you give Sunda!
10 save the ship?"
I "I ordered the half door frightened"
Did you superintend the work?"
Yes"
WAS the door tightened?"
Nothing could be done"
Declares Situation Serious.
BY morning monday how big
1trcam was coming in there?"
The ship had rolled over much FAR
ther and the water was conkng in
| whole lok'
Evening star., 1928-11-17
Mrs. Mary Maiden Dies.

Mrs. Mary Maiden, 452 Franklin
street, died yesterday afternoon. She is
survived by her husband, Martin
Maiden; a sister. Miss Lucille Tate of
Boston, and a brother, j. w. Tate of
MontrosS, Va. Funeral services will be
held from the Second Baptist Church
Tuesday afternoon at / o'clock. Rev.
u. L. S. Holloman will officiate. Inter-
ment will be in Lincoln Memorial
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1928-11-17
BAND CONCERT.
TODAY.

BY the United States Soldiers Home
Band Orchestra, Stanley Hall, at $50
o'clock.
March, "The Great American
(Roosevelt)" .........Li Lincoln
Overture, "SummernightS Dream"
Suppe
ParaphraSe, "The Lorlelei". . Nesvadba
Excerpts from the musical comedy.
THE Student Prince. .Romberg
Fox Trot, "Old Pals Are the Best
After ALP. Rose
Popular waltz, "A King for Day."
Fiorite
Finale, ooh! You Have No Idea"
Doughtery
The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1928-11-17
MRS. NOYES' FUNERAL
HELD THIS AFTERNOON
Services for Wife of Editor of The
Star at St. Thomas
Church.

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Prem
tice Noyes, wife of Theodore w. Noyes.
editor of The Evening Star, who died
early yesterday at her home, 1880 New
Hampshire avenue, will be held at 3
o'clock, this afternoon at st. Thomas
Episcopal Church, the Rev. G. Ernest
Smith officiating. Interment will be in
the Noyes vault, Rock Creek Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers at the funeral
will be: Beale r. Howard, Henry @.
Hanford, r. NJ. Kaufman, Victor
Kaufman, John Joy Edison, Fleming
Newbold, Franklin Adams and Gilbert
S. Grosvenor.
Evening star., 1928-11-17
vincenzo Murri. Philadelphia.

Vincenzo Murri, Philadelphia.
Isaac Nahen. New York City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francisco Placente
Corona, N. Y.
Theopholis Rowe, New York City.
G. !. w. Stone, Christiansburg, Va.
Mrs. o. 8. Stevens, wife Of manager
Buenos Aires branch Of First Nations
Bank Of Boston.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smith. NeT
York City.
Mrs. j. F. Thompson. Montreal
Darnley Thorne, Cambridge, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. d. Wilson end sons,
Francis, 3, and Paul. /. Peoria. III.
Mrs. S. F. Puppe and infant. no ad-
"ress.