The Washington times., 1928-11-29
Gets REST
As SHIP
Speeds
SOUTH
- I.AWRENCE eULLIYAl1. .

ABOARD D. 3. AEARXLAlyr
fvia Arlington Radio StatiOn), NqX.
20. u.N.S.b- sipent-slect Herbtte
Hoover and his Latin.Arnerican
ssgood-WiIls' party are having q rest-
flIl TharlxeEiving Day cruising
SoutivArd through q region Of tho
Pacific replete with romance.
The Maryland encountered 9orn~
suuallv weather early today. blit q
was hoped conditions would ctange
Tor the better as the ship pene-
trated farther into the Gulf sof
Panama, the sultry calm Of which
caused Balboa to name the entire
western ocean .sPacific.
E1ated over the warmth of the
receptions accorded In Central
America, the entire Hoover party
q looking forward TO similar wel-
CONES m south America. Gua5a.
qIiii. Ecuador, the first South
American port Of call, win he
reached saturday.
Hoover Wearied
weather permitting. church Aer-
vices win be held on deck ut ten
o'clock. u sunptuous turkey dtnner
win Be served to al aboard.
Hoover appeared TO be very tired
this morning. He showed the effects
Of the three strenuous days ne
spent in Honduras. Salvador. Mica
ragua and Costa Rica, during which
he bent aIl his energiss towards
furthering anity between those
nations ana the United states.
That he had succeeded WAS
brought home to- everyone aboard
by the extreme ccrdiality Of the
demonstrations accorded him ySs-
terday at both Punta Arenas 91d
san Jose President CeltO Gcnz1lss
Vf0uex. Of Costa Rica sasGured
Hoover of the lasting friendship 0f
his country. The President perscki-
ally escorted Hoover on tbs train
Journey from San. Jose to the coast.
Further Impetus was added to- the
Nicarakuan Canal project By the San
lose visit. NewSpapers and public
officials there expressed the hOpe
that the United States would under.
tale the work cf building the canal
and thus protect Costa Rican rights
IN the River san Juan. The river
forms part of the proposed route
of the canal along THE boundary be-
tween Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
The Costa Rican minister was re-
established in Panama today for the
first time since 1921. The minister
was recalled then because of q bouu.
dary dispute which began in 1903 and
was adiudicated in 1911 by Chief JUS
tice White, OF the United States Su.
preme Court.
Neptune to Appear
At 4 o'clock this afternoon when
the Maryland enters the Equatorial
zone the decks will be cleared for thea
Neptune ceremonies preliminary to
passing the ina ginary line sepa-at.
ing the imaginary line separating
the Northern from the Southern
Hemisphere.
King Neptune, wearing the regal
robes OF his office, with se&weed
clinging to. him, and dripping OH
the oceans brine, will come up
from the sea through the anchor
hawspipe and formally take charge
OF the ship. The ceremony Of turn
ing over the Maryland will take
place en- the bridge when Captain
". A. Kimberly informs HIS
Majesty" of the vessels course.
King Neptune then will formally
announce to all "pollywogs (thcse
who have not previously crossed the
Euuatorl that the ship has entered
the realm OF King Neptune where
landlubbers are made whole with
fitting ceremonies in initiating them
into the select company Of shell
hacks''-those who have previously
crossed the Equator and posssss
certificates Of citizenship In Nep-
tunes realm