Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-14

accept, Mr.. and Mrs. Hoover. our most
warm and sincere salutations."
The President-elect responded with
brief speech In which he called atten-
ton to the long friendship that has ex-
listed between the United States and Be-
livia and expressed appreciation for the
great effort" exerted by Bolivia to send
o committee to greet the goodwill party.
II desire greatly that you should
convey to President SileS my infinite re-
gret that the memorable limitations Of
time prevent my having the great pleas
ure Of journey to La Paz and . per-
sonal call upon him. should have
deemed 1t great privilege TO have made
his personal acquaintance and to add
to my reading an actual Installation
of Bolivia and its great progress"
It can be seen from this Uowery re-
joinder that Mr.. Hoover was falling into
the Latin manner of rendering homage.
An abundance Of adjectiveS. generally
Of superlative degree. are deemed neces-
ray to pay ones respects to q friend
in South America.
Following the luncheon. Mr.. Hoover
had @ private chat with Foreign Min
lister Palacios in the presidential quar-
tiers of the ship. Economic conditions
in Bolivia are said to have been the
principal topic under discussion. /.
Before the luncheon, the newspaper
men had been permitted to pay short
visit ashore, with instructions to be
back on the ship by 2 o'clock. fixed as
sailing time Most of the correspondents
awaited themselves of this opportunity
to see the sights of the town. They
found that the holiday, which had
been proclaimed in the port, was not
In honor Of the goodwill mission. but
in observance of q religious festival
The streets were virtually deserted and
few stores were open. An automobile
ride was taken through the ports we'll
paved, park-lined streets, and visits
were made to the newspaper office and
one or two clubs.
Three Newspaper Men Missing.
When the party returned to the
Maryland launch awaiting them at the
dock, it was discovered that three Of
the correspondents were missing. They
| were william Philip Simms. Edward
Price Bell and Rodney butcher. The
boat was delayed 10 minutes while
scouts were sent into the town to hunt
the trio, but they were not to be found.
The launch returned to the battleship
Just as the foreign guests were saying
sAiCA 4d1CWCliS. ~ WOO ASdlIy tuuS AOA
hosting anchor.
The captain was apprised of the
failure Of the three writers to put in
their appearance, and binoculars were
sent for so that the shore might be
scanned. Nothing could be seen of the
/ missing trio. It was pointed out they
had been given explicit instructions
about the hour for leaving, and the
fault was their own II they missed the
ship.
Two o'clock came. A final sweep oil
the shore was made through the glasses
without result. :
The American Navy is nothing if moi
punctual in its movements. Capt. Kim
herly took the bridge and gave the ordel
to hoist anchor. The ships propellers
began churning and the battleshir
swung around slowly in big circle and
headed for the open sea.
The binoculars were kept trained or
the shore, but no boats could be seer
putting out toward the ship. As thu
shore line faded In the distance. the
radio cracked out a request to tn
American diplomatic representatives OF
shore to conduct search for the miss
ing correspondents and assist them II
their efforts to rejoin the party,
The interesting story Of the adven
lures Of THE Three Musketeers" of tn
press will be related later, much as
was .unfolded : by the adventNrer,
themselves when they finally caught III
With the goodwill Ioa;Ssion at Santiago
tCopYrjeiit. 1879, By The Evening Ste--~