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on her keel. The men then tied ropes
around their bodies, got into the sea
and cut q hole through the decks to
get out provisions. They could pro-
cure nothing but gallons Of vinegar
and 90 pounds Of wet bread. The ship
threatened to sink and they deemed
it prudent to remain by her no longer,
so they set sail in their boats.
On the 22d of August at about
o'clock pm, they had the indescriba-
bic 10Y Of seeing q ship in the distance.
They made signal and were soon an
swered and in O short time they were
reached by the ship Nantucket Of Nam
tucket, Mass, Capt. Gibbs, who took
them all on board, clothed and fed
them and extended to them in every
way the greatest hospitality.
On the succeeding day Capt Gibbs
went to the wreck Of the Inflated Ann
Alexander for the purpose Of trying
to procure something, but, as the sea
was rough and the attempt considered
dangerous, he abandoned the project.
The Nantucket then set sail for Paita,
where she arrived on the 18th Of Sep
tember and where she landed Capt.
Deblois and his men. Capt. Deblois
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mate to cut away the anchors and get
the cables overheard, to keep the ship
from sinking, as she had a large
quantity of pig-iron on board. In doing
this the mate succeeded in getting only
one anchor and one cable clear, the
other having been fastened round the
foremost. The ship was then sinking
rapidly. The captain went to the cabin,
where he found three feet OF water:
chronometer. sextant and chart.
Reaching the decks. he ordered the
boats to be cleared away and the water
and provisions to be taken, as the ship
was keeling over. He again descended
to the cabin, but the water was rush.
ing in so rapidly that he could procure
nothing. He then came up on deck,
ordered all hands into the boats and
was the last to leave the ship, which he
did by throwing himself into the sea
and swimming to the nearest boat. The
ship was on her beam end, top-gallant
yards under the water.
They then pushed off some distance,
expecting her to sink in a very short
time. Upon examination of the stores
they had been able to save it was dis
covered that they had only IL quarts
Of water and not a mouthful of pro-
visions Of any kindl The boats con-
tanned IL men each, were leaky and
night was coming on. They were
obliged to bale them all night to keep
them from SinkingI
Next day, at daylight, they returned
to the ship, their intention being to
cut away the masts, but fearful that
the moment the maSts were cut away
the ship would 60 down, no one dared
to venture on board but the captain
With q single Ratchet he went on
board, cut away the mast and the ship
was righted. The boats then came up
and the men by the sole aid Of spades
cut away the chain cable from around
the foremost, which got the ship nearly
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One of World.Famous Works of Literature

The waist bost, commanded by the
first mate, was in advance. AS soon
as the whale perceived the demonstra-
ton made upon him, he suddenly turned
In his course, and making a tremend-
Gus dash at this boat, seized it with
his widespread jaws, and crushed IL to
atoms, allowing the men barely time
to escape by throwing themselves into
the ocean.
Capt. Deblois, again seeing the peril
Gus condition Of his men, at the risk
of meeting the same fate, directed his
boaS 10 hasten to their rescue, and in
a short time succeeded in saving them
all from a death little less horrible than
that which they had twice as narrowly
escaped. He then ordered the boat to
put for the ship as speedily as possible,
and no sooner had the order been given
than they discovered the monster Of the
deep making toward them with his jaws
widely extended. Fortunately. the
monster came up and passed them at
a short distance. The boat then made
her way to the ship and they all got
on board in safety.
After reaching the ship {. boat was
dispatched for the oars Of the demolish-
ed boats. and it was determined to
pursue the whale with the ship. AS
soon as the boat returned with the
oars, sail was set, and the ship pro-
ceeded after the whale. In short time
she overlook him, and a lance vas
thrown into his head. The ship passed
on by and Immediately afterward they
discovered that he was making for it..
AS he came up near her, they hauled
on the wind, and suffered the monster
to pass. After he had fairly passed,
they took off to overtake and attack
him again. When the ship had reached
within so rods Of him, they discovered
that the whale had settled down deep
below the surface o. the water, and, as
it was near shutdown, they concluded
to give up the pursuit.
Capt. Deblois was at this time stand
ing in the night-heads on the larboard
bow, with lance in hand, ready to strike
the monster q deadly blow should he
appear. The ship was moving about
five knots, when he discovered the
whale rushing toward her ut the rate
Of about IS knots. In an instant the
monster struck the ship with tremend-
Gus violence, shaking her from stem to
stern. She quivered under the violence
Of the shock, aS II she had struck upon
a rock.
Capt. DebloiS Immediately descended
into the forecaStle, and there, to his
horror, discovered that the monster had
struck the ship two feet from the keel.
abreast the foremost, knocking q great
hole entirely through her bottom.
Springing to the deck, he ordered the
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Wrecked by a Whale.
BY CAPT. DEBLOIS.


,,vCspt; John s De6lois Of New Be. sse'dfogTd.
Stroyed by whale, an account which was
sSorn to oS nine members Of u ms Is G rev:
taken place three-fourths of century ago,
The ship Ann Alexander, Capt. j. S.
Deblois, sailed from New Bedford.
Mass. June /, 1850, for q cruise in the
South Pacific for sperm whale. Hav-
ing taken about 500 barrels Of oil ~
the Atlantic. the ship proceeded on her
voyage to the Pacific. Nothing OF un-
usual interest occurred until, when
passing Cape Horn, one of the men,
named Jackson Walker of Newport. N.
H, was lost overheard In storm.
Reaching the Pacific she came up the
coast and stopped at Valdivia, on the
coast OF Chile, for fresh provisions, and
the 3lst of May. last, she called at
Paita for the purpose OF shipping a
man. The vessel proceeded on her re-
turn voyage to the South Pacific.
On the goth of August. last, she
reached what is well known to all
whalers as the "offshore ground" in
latitude degrees so minutes S., longi-
tude 100 degrees w. In the morning of
that day, at about o'clock, whales were
discovered in the neighborhood and
about noon the same day they succeed
ed in making fast to one. Two boats
mao gone AFTER the WfaleS, the larDOar0
and the starboard, the former COM
manded by the first mate, the latter by
Capt Deblois.
The whale which they had struck was
harpooned by the larboard boat. After
running some time the whale turned
upon the boat and, rushing at it with
tremendous violence. lifted open its
enormous Jaws, and taking the boat in.
actually crushed it into fragments as
small as a common chairl Capt.
Deblois Immediately struck for the
scene Of the disaster with the star
board boat and succeeded, against all
expectation, in rescuing the whole crew
Of the boat--nine in numberl
There were now 18 men in the star
board boat, consisting of the captain,
the first mate and the crews of both
boats. The frightful disaster had been
witnessed from the ship and the waist
boat was called into readiness and sent
TO their relief. The distance from the
Ship was about miles.
As soon as the waist boat arrived. the
crews were divided. and it was de-
termined to pursue the same whale, and
make another attack upon him. Ac-
cordingly they separated, and proceeded
at some distance from each other, as
IS usual on such occasions, after the
whale. In short time, they came up
20 him, and prepared to give him battle.
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was kindly received and Hospitality en-
tertained at Paita by Capt Bathurst,
an English gentleman, residing there
and subsequently took passage on board
the schooner Providence, Capt. Star
buck, for Panama.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-05
RAYS HAVE SAME SPEED.

From the Los Anseles Times
In beam of light, consisting of
many rays Of different wave lengths, do
all the rays travel at the same speed?
This question was submitted to Or.
Edwin Hubble, of Mount Wilson OBJ
servatory. "Yes," he answered, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-05

s'TNVERYBODY must be drinking
- two and three cups of Chase &
Sanborn's Coffee now" grocers
say, "for we have never sold 90
much of It."
Last month the amount Of Chase
B Sanborn's Coffee used was many
times what Il has ever been before
In similar period.
And no wonder. For this deli.
cious blend Of the most favorous
of coHees, grown at the high eleva.
tons where they develop the most
exquisite bouquet" is now pro-
tected by a delivery service which
brings it to you always .treshiv
roasted.
Right out Of the fragrant roasEs)
ing ovens it goes to your grocer
twice every week by the new motor
trucks of STANDARD Brands, Inc,
Daily Delivery" Just enough each
time to last until the next delivery
no Chase & Sanborn's Coffee can
remain In his store more than one
[ week. Every can 10 dated.
No other coffee takes this extreme
.precauti VA against being stale. But
the flavor of Chase & Sanborn's
Coffee Is 50 exceptionally fine that
we thought It should be rushed TO
you as fresh foods are, before It
could lose a Whit of its deliciously
aromatic perfection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-05

against nine quarts of standard" Motor
Oil-and quarts of Standard" Motor Oil
remained comparatively fresh, still good.
Using STANDARD" Motor Oil gave an in.
creased gasoline mileage of422ter csss.
Such records are made, but usually unre.
corded, by motorists and truck operators
everywhere with this Oilier, richer-bodied
motor oil. Your car too will enjoy better
fabrication and increased mileage if you
ask for "Standard' Motor Oil of the proper
consistency. ~. ......
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-05

7 TP before the sun, morning after morn
~ ing, milkman Daniel Wilson made his
rounds. Exchanged fresh, clean milk for
empty bottles. And at the same time, for
Is days, he tested motor oils under actual
driving conditions.
For l. D. Richter, General Manager of the
Puritan Dairy, Red Bank, New Jersey, like
so many other successful executives, insisted
on using the best motor oil on the market
in the delivery trucks under his control.
Eleven quarts of Brand "Z" oil were used
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04

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the comforts and conveniences that
the Silent" provides.
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You probably know how popular the
Silent" is. How hundreds and hum
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-29
BANDIT is SLAIN
IN SECOND ROBBERY
Thief Gets SAT From Sweet Shop
Raids One Nearby Soon After
and Is Shot Fleeing.

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, April pa young thief
got SAT in a candy store hold-up on
Sixty-third street last night. An hour
later, when he looted the till of another
sweet shop a few doors away, he got
three police bullets in his body. He was
unidentified today at the morgue.
Gus ArgiriS, cafe owner, saw the
second robbery. He donned heavy
. overcoat, stuffed his vest with news
papers as a breastplate and ran to the
, shop, where the robber was taking
money from the cash register.
He poked his head inside the door
shouted Drop that cash and that gun!'
and then slammed the door shut from
the outside, holding it by the knob. The
thief, after an effort to yank the door
open, fired, wounding Argiris in the
shoulder. He opened the door and ran
down the street in an effort to lose
himself in the crowds around Cottage
Grove avenue.
Policeman Sidney Block, off duty
saw him called to him to halt and then
opened fire. The robber was killed in
stantly.
He was the second man to be shot
by a policeman over the week end
Benny Butler, known to police as a
mobsman, was wounded seriously when
he fed from pistol duel with another
man yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-29
ToDAY's ADJUSTMENTS.

Acknowledgment Crook" comedy
melodrama. at $40 pm.
BeIasco-"Chauve Souris," Balieft's
revue, at $3.50 pm.
PoIi's-"Blossom Time" operetta, al
$40 pm.
Strand-"Merry Whirl," burlesque, at
2:15 and 8:15 pm.
Rialto-"Show Boat" photoplay, at
2, 4:30, and $50 pm.
PaIace-"The Voice of the City," at
IL am, lis, $3.50, $40, 8 and 1O;l5
pm.
Fox-"True Heaven" at 1920, 2:45,
4:45, 8 and 10 pm.
EarIe-"Nothing but the Truth" at
1885 am, lao, $40, 5:35, TAO and
$40 pm.
Little Theater-"Shiraz," from IL
am. to IL pm.
MetropoIitan-"Close Harmony" at
1880 am, 12:40, 2:30, 4:22, 6:l2. 8:o4
CoIumbia-"The Iron Mask at 1925
am, 100. 3:15, $40, 7:25 and 9:25
Ambassador - Nothing but the
Truth" at 6:15, sos and GAS pm.
Tivoli-"Show Folks" at 2, 1855, $50,
7:50, and $50 pm.
Central-"The Bellamy Trial at
1890, 2, $3.50, S, $50, and $50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-29
DINNER OBSERVES
COVENANT SIGNING
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and
Frank L. Polk Are
Guests of Honor.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 29.--Mrs. Wood
row Wilson and Frank l.. Polk, former
Assistant Secretary of State, were the
guests of honor at dinner given last
night at the Biltmore Hotel in COM
memoration of the tenth anniversary
of the formal adoption of the covenant
of the League of Nations.
Norman H. Davis, who was financial
adviser at the Versailles conference,
acted as chairman. Among the SO
guests. who came from all parts of
the United States, were members of
the American Commission to Negotiate
Peace, technical advisers, experts and
newspaper correspondents who were
attached to the Versailles conference.
Bernard M. Baruch, Dr. Isaiah Bow
man, Dr. James Brown Scott, Ray STAN
nard Baker and Frank L. Polk were The
speakers They discussed the Versailles
conferences and the international de-
velopments which have grown out of its
works.
The guests authorized Mr.. Davis to
designate committee headed by Frank
L. Polk which will arrange to make an
annual affair of the celebration of the
covenant of the League of Nations by
the men who were attached to the YER
sailleS conference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-29
BOY SCOUTS WILL CAMP
WITH PRINCE OF WALES
1900 Americans Expected at
World Jamboree in England in
July and August.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 29.-Fifteen hun
bred American Boy Scouts will be camp
mates of the Prince of Wales at the
world jamboree of Scouts at Birken-
head, England, beginning July 81, the
American jamboree committee an
nounced yesterday.
Fifty thousand boys from all over the
world are expected to be under canvas
at Birkenhead. The Prince of Wales is
scheduled to be present in his capacity
as chief Scout of Wales.
The American Scouts will go to Eng
land in July, travelling for the most
part in small groups on various ships.
At the encampment the Scouts will be
under the supervision of G. Barrett
Rich of Buffalo, N. Y, who has been
named American camp commissioner.
The executive officer of the American
contignent will be Lorne w. Barclay of
Tampa, Fla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-29
CATHEDRAL GROUP
! MEETS HERE MAY 9
National Association to Re.
view Progress on Mount
st. Adams Structure.

The National Cathedral Association
which was founded more than 80 years
ago to evoke interest throughout the
Nation in the need for cathedral in
the Capital City, will hold its annual
meeting May 9 at Washington Cathe-
dral
Reports of committees in important
cities throughout the East and Middle
West will be presented at the meeting
and addresses made on cathedral build
ing The principal speakers will be the
Canadian Minister to the United States,
Vincent Massey; DR.. William Holland
Wilmer of Johns Hopkins University
and formerly of Washington, and DR..
William c. Sturgis. former educational
secretary of the department of missions
of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
In addition to the addresses and
committee reports, the annual meeting
will be concerned with reviews of the
progress made in construction of the
great structure now rising on Mount
st. Alban.
National officers of the association
include Right Rev. James E. Freeman,
Bishop of Washington, chairman; the
Very Rev. G. c. F. Bratenahl, vice
chairman; James Sheldon Of New York,
treasurer. and Edwin N. Lewis of Wash
1ngton, executive secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-29
KINGS WELL WISHER
AIDS HOSPITAL FUND
Gratitude for Monarch's Recovery
Brings 100000 Contribution
to London Projects.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 29.-Gratitude for
King Georges recovery had led an
anonymous donor to give 100000 gui-
meas (about S500,000) to King Edward
hospital fund for London with the hope
it will form nucleus of thanks" offer
ings from the nation as whole.
Administrators of the hospital fund
have sdopted the anonymous bene-
factor',' suggestion and have completed
arranyfxments under which particular
contributions may be earmarked for
purchase of radium.
Signifying the Kings appreciation OF
the kindly thought of the donor, Lord
Stamfordham, his majeSty's private
secretary, has written as follows:
THE Kings illness has brought home
to him more clearly than ever before
the resources of modern medicine and
the value of devoted nursing. Medical
science owes much of its development to
great hospitals, which all contribute an
admirable training ground for the nurs-
ing profession"
King Edwards hospital fund was
started by King Edward VII in 1897 and
makes grants to 100 hospitals and other
institutions. When the fund was first
started the objective was 100000 a
year. Last year the amount received
totaled more than $1,250,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-29

Early presence of porpoises off the
Maine coast presages an early and
abundant run of sardines. packers de-
clare
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-29

Old swallows nests are frequently
used by wrens as roosting places during
the cold weather. Thirteen wrens have
been seen to enter one such nest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-29
MEXICO PUTS ONE CENT
TAX ON NATIONAL DRINK
Proceeds of Levy on Pulque, Made
From Naguey, to Be Used to
Fight Tuberculosis.
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, April 29.-The Mex
lean government has decreed tax of
l cent per liter on pulque, drink
much used by the Mexican laboring
classes. The proceeds of the tax will
60 to fund to fight tuberculosis
Pulque il product of the Maguey
plant, kind of Mexican cacti. 1t costs
from IL to Is centavos C to cents)
a liter and enough is drunk every year
to average one and one-quarter liters
every day for every Mexican.
The pulque industry employs 1900
900 people. or one-tenth the population
of Mexico, and pays about 10000, 900
pesos, or $5,000,000, annually in taxes
already.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-29
F. & NJ. ALUMNI TO HOLD
BANQUET SATURDAY
Washington Association Arranges
Annual Dinner at Co.'S
mos Club.

The Washington Alumni Association
of Franklin and Marshall College will
hold its annual dinner on Saturday
evening, at $50 o'clock. at the Cosmos
Club, H street and Madison place.
Dr. Robert j. Pilgrim. secretary of
the association, will present pictures of
the 1928 commencement and views of
the campus and buildings, explaining
the growth of the institution and its
future
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-29
GEN. BOOTH H0N0RED.
Will Be Awarded Order of "Com-
panion of Honor"

LONDON, April 90 [p).-King George
today ordered conferred on Gen. Bram-
well Booth, deposed commander-in
chief of the Salvation Army, the order
of Companion of Honor" The order
carries no title or precedence, but
ranks after the first class of the order
of the British Empire"
Only a limited number of awards
have been made, going to members of
both sexes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-29
DANCING

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! pm. with orchestra. Private lessons by an
pointment FIR. 1861. Established 1900. 30s
MR.. STAFFORD PEMBERTON.
ALL STYLES STAGE. BALLROOM DANCING;
Stage pupils placed in paying POSITIONS
studio. l124 Conn. ave Phone N. 3322. 29s
MISS GIRARDEAU LEGARE AND SISTER
Five private lessons, IS; single. $I,25. Fox
orchestra. 8 to II. 2O35 81. NV. up one
flight. One block W. Dupont Circle. North ISL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11

A record-breaker in the shot
nut. Rena Macdonald Of Bos-
ton as she put the s-pound shot
AZ feet 3 inches i'm the track and
field championships at Chicago.
q Associated Press Photo.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-14
In the StoCn Market
nv thomson & McKinnonl


NEW YORK, May 14-While it
may afford some degree of comfort
to learn from the morning papers
that unfounded rumorS were gen.
orally credited with being reSpon-
Sible for the extensive liquidation
of Monday and the sharp break we
have had since March, it is perhaps
unfortunate that realities are being
thus minimized. There can be no
question that the present abnormal
money rate. brought about deliber-
ately by the reserve authorities to
force liquidation of security loans.
is fact and not a rumOr. Surely,
also, the theory held by leading
economists that a continuation of
high interest rates can and probably
will bring about the elimination of
the countryS prosperity should not
be ignored when fundamentals are
being considered. Based upon the
markets technical position we I'M
doubtedly will get recoveries from
time to time. but these. We believe,
will serve only to bring about in
creased offerings.