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to the best advantage. and we are watching
Japan, and the first thing you know we VIII
all be lining up and forming little alliances,
and the same old combinations will be getting
together again. Diplomacy will start operat-
ing and that's the match that starts all the
wars. Now how could anybody come to be
having an argument with China? She Is the
most peaceful nation on earth outside of Swift
zerland. China goes her own way, minds her
own business, and would like to live on to her
self If these other nations, including us, would
let her, but, no, everybody must horn into
China. China never in her life had any pri-
vate business. China's business Is everybody,s
business.
Saw a picture In the movies the other night
Of Ramsey Mcdonald the new British Premier.
He was introducing his cabinet. He has a lot
OF hunnor and q fine personality. Just think
Of those old Britishers, with all their pomp and
tradition, having to be raled by labor. They
grin and bear 1t fine for they are fine sports
men but you know it must be pretty CALLING to
those old titled ones. would like to be over
there now and get all the real dope from Lady
Astor. She is the brightest political mind I
ever run into.
THEY been having an awful time over in
France about paying us the debt, but this
fellow BRAND ana Peincaire seem to have I'm.
ally won. They told the Chamber Of Deputies.
One time Germany was at our very doorstep.
and we asked the United States to help us and
they cid. Now should misfortune ever again
threaten us, let's don't have them saw. NO
once was enough for u.s. we helped you once
ana you didn't seem to appreciate 1t, 50 never
again. Well that convinced the boys that even
war debt has some grounds of equity. You
see France wanted to wait to see how this
young plan worked land by the way want
to remind you again that this fellow Owen ID.
Young that drew IL up is still Democracy. I
Just didn't want to let it be forgotten. These
Republicans grab Of everything and when ma
Democrats get hold Of something good why we
want the credit
SO get this straight. Young Is q Democrat
but don't make the mistake of running him for
President, We want to have him wen known
for long time yet.
Wen that's just about all the biz news that's
happened In the last few weeks Aimee has
been away from us here in California. she vent
PACK To try and civilize Detroit. but aiye mn
Young Senator La Toilette is here. I had =
visit with him the other day. He has a lot AZ
the Old Gentleman in him and seems 10 he !
mighty sincere boy
tccpyright 1891
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swell passed the ship. At 4:05 this boat was
thrown end over end by the second swell. The
boat sank, and all but about six men in her
were drowned or smashed to death on the
beach.
ut is impossible for me to describe the as
founding abruptness of the emergency. Inn
mediately after the eapsizing of our boat the
u. S. S. Castne got under way and attempted
to get to sea by rounding the bow Of the Mem
phiS The seas were enormous, and she was
thrown toward the beach, bows on. and with
her rudder jammed hard left. She backed and
the current gradually drifted her under the lee
of the Memphis, where she gathered sternway.
At no time was the Castine more than 1000
yards from the Memphis and yet from the
bridge of the Memphis. As feet above water,
the Castine disappeared time and time again.
ION board the Memphis mucn was happen
ing. Wave after wave followed at intervals of
perhaps 80 or 40 seconds. These waves were
so large and their faces 50 steep that they
simply flowed over the ship. They flowed over
our stacks and flooded our fires.
THE waves were driven by no wind. They
took the shape of breakers as they approached
the shallow water, but they had great driving
force. Approaching they appeared irresistible,
but If one held his breath it required but little
strength to hold onto the ship. Things around
the deck were torn loose by the motion of the
ship. especially after she began landing hard.
but the waves seemed to have very little smash
ing power and did but little direct damage
"At about AIS I reported to the captain
that the ship was hitting bottom but was not
dragging. At 4:20 pm. the ship commenced
to drag. Each wave would slide her q couple
Of hundred feet toward the beach. The steep
front Of each wave acted as an inclined plane
and forced the ship inshore.
1.-THE water shipped down our smokestacks
so deadened Our fires that all hope Of saving
the ship quickly vanished. Within I'VE min
utes after the ship commenced to drag she was
thrown on the bottom so hard that most Of
the crew were knocked down. mess tables torn
from their brackets, the ready shells for the
ETC., crashed down, and below decks became q
death trap.
"On one mighty heave the ship landed well
over on her port bilge and many expected to
have her turn nearly over on the next wave.
However, she Strengthened up and came in
pretty nearly on an even keel BY this time the
ship, originally drawing 20 feet Of water, was In
shallow water and the motion became most
violent Practically everybody had to be taken
care of on the upper deck.
This would have been an impossibility had
anything but the most perfect order and disci-
pline prevailed. The men were superb, and
their spirit was fine to see and feel Life
lines were quickly rugged and the men were
divided into groups by their officers and petty
officers. These groups huddled In the lee of
the stacks, of the bridge etc.
Much happened below The dynamos
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Wrckd e. S. Cruiser Near Site of Proposed Columbus Memorial

vessel, rusted and dismantled lying so close
to the beach that one can see under the hull.
1t is certainly not the duty Of Santo Domingo
to remove the unsightly wreck, and it Is lust
as certainly the duty of the United States
to do so. Only o short distance away the great
beacon memorial to Columbus is to be erected,
to serve useful purpose in guiding not only
the vessels which travel the waters Of the
West Indies, but also aircraft of the present
and future.
That such q structure should be erected
while this Scarifed hulk of one of our war
vessels dishgures the beach close by would be
disgrace to this country. Neither words nor
photographs can describe this wreck, lying on
her side at the foot Of a cliff, with her four
great smokestacks torn by waves and wind"
Felix Cordova Davila, delegate to Congress
from Porto Rico. is no less outspoken in regard
to the Memphis wreck and calls special atten-
ton to the fact that for such a blot to be al
lowed to remain on foreign soil, in the harbor
OF the capital of a neighboring nation. is de-
cided deteriment to the prestige of the United
States in Latin America.
Delegate to Congress Victor S. K Houston
OF Hawaii, q former United States naval OH
GER who has also visited Santo Domingo, has
taken up the matter with the Navy Depart
ment with view to having an estimate made
Of the removal cost To date however; no
definite figures have been given by the depart
ment, altnough when the Memphis was first
wrecked 1t was estimated that it would cost
$40O,O 600 to float her and bring her to this
country for repairs. Due to the fact that even
In 1916, when the Memphis was wrecked, she
was practically out of date it was felt that
such expense was prohibitive.
The question Of removal at present, how
ever, would be very different one according
to naval officers. They state that it would
hardly be practical to float the wreck and tow
her out to deep water but that it would be
necessary to cut her to pieces where she lies
and tow the fragments to sea.
On August 20, 1916, the Memphis then the
flagship OF the cruiser squadron in the Allan
tic, was washed ashore by enormous SEAS
which were unaccompanied by any wind what
ever, although 1t has often been stated that
she was wrecked by q West Indian hurricane
At the time she was anchored in eight and
half fathoms of water and at and $3.50 in
the afternoon recreation parties had been sent
ashore in small boats
The best story to be found of what happened
comes from the pen of Lieut.. Comdr. T. With
ers, who was Ill in his quarters at the time
Hearing orders for the ship to get under way,
part what happened as follows:
"A moment later 1 noticed ahead to the
eastward an immense swell or wave approach
ing. AS this got close to the ship it's face be-
came very steep, but the ship rode over it with
out swinging up to 1t. At 345 a motor Sailer
had been set ashore for the recreation party,
and this boat, with about 38 men in it, was
about 500 yards from the ship when this first
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Il trance Of Santo Domingo within
few hundred yards of the site on which the
nations Of the world propose to erect a 4,O0O,-
600 memorial to the discoverer Of American"
This question Is asked by every visitor to
the neighboring Island Republic and recently
has been called to the attention of the public
IN washington by Ambassador Dawes, rs well
as by number Of members Of Congress who
are strenuous in their belief that this eyesore
on the coast Of q friendly neighbor should be
removed by our Government.
For Is years this shattered hulk, whose
wreck was one Of the greatest tragedies of
peacetime in United States naval annals, has
been lying on the beach, rusted and torn by the
elements, and allowed to remain only because
OF the great cost which would be occasioned by
her removal. This has been brought to the fore
recently through the preliminary competition,
held in Madrid. Spain, of architects from all
over the world for prizes totaling many thou
sand dollars in the submission of plans for the
great Columbus Beacon.
While no definite award has been made. or
will be for some time this great remembrance
OF the discoverer OF the Western Continent will
be indeed fitting. AS his memory outstrips that
OF any other individual connected with Ameri-
can history, so the proposed beacon will tower
above all other structures. The plans, which are
In charge OF the Pan-American Union call for
lighthouse, l,l00 feet in height, which will
also contain a museum, and a chapel in which
the remains OF the famous discoverer will be
enshrined. This will be 100 feet higher than
the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris at present
the highest structure In the world and nearly
400 feet above the 67-story Chrysler Building
in New York.
The 81 nations which are members of the
Pan-American Union will contribute to the con-
struction fund, with aid being given by Spain,
Italy and other countries. The SITE one of
$500 acres, has already been donated while
the preliminary expenses are being provided
for by an appropriation of $500 900 made by the
tiny Santo Domingo Republic of which $57 900
will be given in prizes to the architects COM
peting In the contest for construction plans.
But one objection arises will the various
countries. especially the United States, which
Is expected, through bill now pending in Con-
gress and which has received the unanimous
approval OF the House committee on foreign
affairs to contribute 81, 500, O00 60 ahead while
the wreck Of the Memphis disfgures the land
scape close by.
Congressman Ernest r. Alderman of New
Jersey, for many years member of the House
appropriations committee, and who has re-
Gently visited Santo Domgino told the writer:
When the vessel was on was entering the
ozama River close to the City of Santo Do
mlngo, the capital of the republic of the same
name, was shocked at the sight Of this great
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stopped bat the engineers stuck to their posts.
Two boilers were crushed by coral pinnacle
pushing them up against the deck above. The
men in this fireroom were terribly scalded as
were the chief engineer, Lieut.. c. A. Jones, and
Machinist Wiley. However, all of them stuck
until they were ordered to 60 up and even then
Lieut. Jones refused to 60 because he thought he
heard the engines turning. What he heard was
the engines breaking UP under the pounding
they were getting from the bottom of the ship.
ION deck it was hard to keep the engineers
force from going below in body when they
heard that Jones was hurt and could not be
gotten out. Nothing could have been more
inspiring than Lieut.. Jones request when he
arrived on the bridge to Get my hurt men
ashore If you can. Don't bother about me-"
while his "hurt men" refused to 60 ashore
until their chief went.
by 4:5O pm. the ship was probably about
rs yards from the cliffs along the beach.
Finally q quartermaster heaved lead on O
light line ashore from the port wing of the
bridge. Lines and hawsers were sent ashore
and held by our Marines and many citizens Of
the city, who did all that they could to help US.
These hawsers had to be manned ON shore
because the motion of the ship would have
parted them had they been Delayed.
"Once started, the rescue Of the Grew wac
sary to make the most tired men 60 ashore
first, as it was quite strain to keep holding
onto the ship under the weight Of water thai
continued to come over. In less than three
and half hours $50 men were sent ashore.
with but one minor accident, due to the part.
ing Of line.
las the crowds Of men on deck thinned
lines were abandoned until only one was left
The last "a to leave the ship (22 officers and
petty oficers) left on this line in couples
the next to the last couple taking the end of an
easing-out line. led through block on taW
ship. Thus the captain, Edward L. Beach,
was eased ashore in safety. The rescue was
complete.
I'm conclusion, I beg to state that never
have been more proud Of being an officer in
the Navy than was during the wreck Of the
Memphis when every man stuck to his duty.
helped his shipmates and proved himself
worthy Of the best traditions of the service
know that every member Of the crew will join
me In wishing to serve again with the captain
who was so wonderful during the wreck"
But what q sorry monument TO these 40
brave sailors remains in Santo Domingo, the
enormous hulk, for the armored cruisers Of
those days were apparently larger than battle
ships, having a much greater superstructure.
although less tonnage. While so close inshore
at the present time that the Memphis is not
a menace to navigation it remains an eyesore
10 the world at large, one which may prevent
the building Of tire great Columbus memorial
unless removed.
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that the other wants, but they must have q war.
Other nations have become famous through
wars so Russia feels like that Is just about
what they need to make the front page.
It's supposed to be something about . rail-
road in China that China owns, but they don't
run 1t like Russia wants 1t run. Course, Japan
she Is watching to see where she can dip in
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w YELL all / know is just what read
M In the papers Things been going
Wv on pretty good the last few weeks,
/ knew things would pick up as
soon as Congress quit. Mr.. Hoover mas STUCK
around Washington and its away IN the MID
die of the summer. 1t looks like the Summer
resorts will have to look for some other add
than him.. The Black Hills or the White ones
are out of luck as far as the week.-Mrs. are con-
cerned this Summer. He kinder goes out there
in the edge of Maryland and virginia some
place and catches a few old catfish every sat
urday but outside OF that ne mas peeh iisi'
on the Job all the time.
HE Farm Board met q couple Of weeks ago.
and a funny thing happened. The day they
met the price of wheat went up. but as soon as
they saw the board wasn't going 70 40 any
thing why it went back down again. They just
met and kinder got organized and we reahy
don't know what they will try TO do Iney
have got, believe, $500, DOC, 600. us 70 Amoer
help stabalize prices or do something, any
how. the boys are not working exactly what
Won would call empty handed. There VIII be
some money to put In circulation, but 1t Will Oe
raising by the farmer so fast and often that
he will think its on merry-go-round.
Then Mr.. Hoovers prohibition commission rs
all organized and on the look out TO see TINS
drinking has been exaggerated or IS u
habit. The head man OF that, Mr wicker
sham believe 1t is, he issued statement TO all
the governors who were assembled ana asked
the states to try and help. New York ana .
lot of the others got their annual laugh, they
won't Join in any enforcement at all. Wen
about all that commission has done Is just TO
make that appeal 1t sounds like 1t was awful
reasonable, but 1t won't get anywhere.
THESE are just little things that have been
= happening around home here, Of course
you want to get out In the world and start
making observations, why there is really some
thing doing China and Russia, while they
don't speak the same language, have In some
way hired an interpreter and informed each
other that O war would not be uncalled for.
So they have been drawing up the contracts
Nobody don't know what its all about % yeu
might say 1t Is . typical war. Wars always
start by somebody wanting somebody else to
apologize for something, maybe for something
which the other didn't even do. Then they
albi 1t with calling It . war Of honor, maybe
neither one Of them haven't really got any more
honor than q rabbit. But the old propaganda
gets to working and the big men let 1t be known
that the country has been insulted, and that
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they must arise and make the other nation take
back water.
The same old bull is going on In the oppo-
nents' camp, both sides trying to manufacture
national hate, that don't even exist. Now
what's Russia care or got to do with China,
both Of them are the biggest nations In area
in the world There Is nothing either one has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-28
BY LELAND S. CONFESS.

III Tow long will the huge, ugly hulk Of
~ the wrecked United States cruiser
Memphis disfgure the ,harbor en-
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."S0methlMg Ab0M Railroad In China BY WIu K

w YELL all know is just what read
M in the papers. Things been going
w on pretty good the last few weeks,
I knew things would pick up as
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
Preparing For
Mercedes Bouts

MERCEDES. Tex. Jan. 17.-Prep-
aratlOns have been completed toward
caring for enc the biggest crowd
that has ever attended a boxing
program in this city on Monday
night III neat week in the open arena
here.
Ken Macy and Dick Wymore. two
well know l25 pound boys. arc to
battle in two main events. having
as their opponents Johnny Cruz and
Pedro Arvizu. Besides these sew
eral preliminaries will be held.
The participants have been work
inr and are working hard to polish
off for the bouts. Wymore and Ma
coy and Cruz and ArviEu are in ex-
%cellcnt condition. and eager fur the
sound OF the gong.
These scrappers have been fight
ing regularly. and need only a little
work To polish them off for the
fights.
Doc Cook. manager Of Wymore and
Macy believes that in Cruz and Ar
vizu his boys will have plenty W
opposition and worthy opponents.
The card is scheduled to get IN
dsrWay AZ 4 o'clock. and \ large
crowd u expected u turn out.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
LOCALS BEAT
SAN BENITO
INDEPENDENTS
Run OFF With 40 10 Is
Score; Plato, Car
yer, Phipps. Wallace,
Tasto Stand Out

Brownsville independent basket
han team went cn a hunting TRIP
last night % Tucker Field, and
thni- sharnahooters hung MP Mn
points tu san Brnitn's 1A. proving
vastly superior w. the visiting qaIn-
tet IN goal shooting.
lt was Che first game ct the re-
Gently organized Cameron c0unty in-
dependent cage circuit. and the locals
lnCCr the management ot Lonfie
Phirps rot off tA n flying start
showing w lo- of speed. ability Az
block and guard, and goal shooting
eIcellcncy.
san Benito was the first tc score
and their snecd was good az the start,
especially Wallace and Taste. the
visiting q~uint's center and guard
who scored i4 points between thcm-
NeVlin. Plato and Captain Phipps
were high point scorers for Browns
VILE. this trio looping the basket
fourteen times f0r a total of 2.
points. ana they were followed clcsAF
~ by Charlie Pickett who hurled -
ball into the hoop three times for SIX
points.
Buster" Carver. who n few years
ago was all-state high school guard
on a San Antonio team. and who ls
now "A member WI the Brownsville
aggregation. al guard. showed the
rather large gathering OF fans last
night why he deserved this honor.
His playing at guard was the best
even seen on the local court. and his
headwork and passing the ball n
good. Along with Rcd Irvine. this
pair of guards kept the visiting team
from scoring many points. and they
put the ball in safe territory many
times during the nights play.
Plato outran ard out-dribbled the
San Benito players on many occa-
sions. while Tasto If San Benito dis
played fine goal shooting and drib-
bling ability.
The next game for the locals calls
Tor them to play Hsrlingen in that
city on January 15.
mN
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
Frogs, Stranded
In Cellar, Are
To Come South

FORT WORTH, Jan. 17.-Holdine
undisputed possession Of the cellar.
with three losses and 10 victories,
the Texas Christian UniverSity
Frogs will make their first invasion
" South Texas the last part Of the
week. They will engage the Farmers
in Aggieland Saturday night and then
drop down TO Houston for a tilt with
the Rice Owls on Monday.
The Frogs, who won all six az their
practice games have shown very
little in conference competition,
dropping two games to the cham
pionship Razorbacks BY decisive
scores and one game to the s. VI. u.
Mustangs on the Puppies home court
% 10 IS. The Frog team. composed
mostly Of green men, has shown little
ability to stop enemy plays for their
basket. and their inability & make
their donated shots count has also
been q deciding factor in all Of the
games they have played.
IL is in these two departments, de-
Tense and free-Eoal shooting. that
Matty Bell has been giving his boys
long drill this week in preparation
for their invasion of the south. He
hopes to have remedied the faults
before his men take the field against
the Farmers Saturday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
Aggies Get Set
For Frog Game

COLLEGE STATION. Tex. Jan. H..
On the return from their game
with the Rice Owls 80 Houston Tues
day night. Coach Chuck BasSett'S
Texas Aggie cagers bueklcd down 70
intensive drilling for their third
conference game of the season when
they will meet the r. G. U. charges
or Coach Matty Bell here Saturday
night a second game between the
ASgieS and Horned Frogs will be
played AZ Fort Worth Jan. Is.
Although Coach Bassett's charges
rot away 10 a better start in the con-
ference race than did the Horned
Frogs and have the edge on the r..
q. u. team In the percentage col
umn. 10 IS believed the two teams
viii be fairly evenly matched for
the gare Al College Station Saturday
alght.
The return OF Captain Red" Pet
t. after his soJourn IN the west with
the all-star west gridiron team IS
expected 10 improve greatly the Az
gle quintet.
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LAST NIGHTS
ASKETBALL

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