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N. W.
CHEVROLET COACH. 1929-Good condi-
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FURNISHED ROOMS 50
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NOW AT 14TH AND THOMAS CIRCLE.
Entrance 1886 Mass. Ave. over Peoples
drug store. Has helped thousands Of men
and women with her advice. What has
been done for others can be done for you.
Houra. 3 a. m. to D. m. every day.
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Will Rogers
Says:

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, June IL
Just been over to Northampton and
had a fine visit with Mrs. Coolidge.
She showed me their lovely new
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and were going TO all parts Of the
world-China and South America and
Nicaragua. They were the coolest peo-
pie in the ship.
Some of them started breaking state
room doors in case people were locked
in and they saw that every one had
life preservers They were fighting the
radio antenna, which had burned down.
No Sign of Tanker Crew.
There was no sign of the tanker crew
as the tanker had sunk with the ex-
plosion. But the sea was a bubbling
fire. 1t really looked as though the
water were burning.
The sailors swung three life boats
out, which were not harmed by the
flames but they couldn't launch them
because of the oil burning on the
water Fortunately there was no need
to get away from the ship because ii
was not sinking.
A number of women and a few babies
we're in the life boats and they hung
there for hours 1t seemed, until finally
the fire on the Fairfax was about out
In the meantime, the Gloucester, an
other ship, had come alongside to taks
the passengers off SO the fear of the
passengers was alIayed. but they began
10 complain Oh LTlelT injuries.
The sailors and Marines were work
ing everywhere. I asked some of then
to go to the medical supply room aboarc
the ship and get everything out tC
render first-aid. Some of the steward
esses showed them where the supple:
were and they helped and we went
around the ship looking for people who
had been burned.
There was one terrible sight, viii
never forget it. There was a young
girl, Is years old, on board who wa:
going to Baltimore to be married. Sht
got panic stricken when the flames were
leaping all about her and ran for thu
railing. A sailor, who was with thu
boys who helped me, ran after her
Her name was Joseph Walker, the othe
boys said He seized the girl to keeI
her from jumping overheard, but sl1
struggled with him and they both wen
down into the burning water. Nobod!
could go after them, there was SO much
to be done on the Fairfax to save thu
others.
We applied olive oil to the burns Of
the people on board and when We rar
out of olive oil we got lard from tht
kitchen. The boys carried the bandage.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

THE AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST
Company of the District of Columbia. regis
trar under deed of trust dated July l. 1925
made by the Chevy Chase Club, corpora
ton created under the laws Of the District
Of Columbia, pursuant to the PROVISIONS
connection with the sinking fund: has drawn
for REDEMPTION at the ONCE OF the registrar
on July /. 1890 bends numbered: l, 1873. 1853
and 353 for 81. 900 each. 440 for $500. secured
by said deed of trust. The bonds enumerated
herein are called for the purpose of the
sinking fund and the interest on said bonds
will cease on the first day Of July: p 1880
AMERICAN SECURITY & TRUST CO,
BY HOWARD MORAN:
(Seall Attest Vice President
A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SERGT
GeorEe Berry Camp. No. 10. Dept. of the
Potomac. U. s. w. ". is called to meet at
the residence of the commander, l3l Heck
man st Sc Friday. June Is, at pm. for
the purpose of electing delegates to the dept.
encampment My order
CLARENCE RUSSELL, Commander.
w r CONRAY. Adiutaut l2S
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along the sides and you could smell
paint burning.
We didn't know whether the ship
was going to sink or whether it was
going to burn The most natural thing
to do was to run to the top of the ship
and that is what every one did. AS
matter of fact, the ship was not in
danger of sinking and If the passengers,
including myself, had stayed in the
cabins or in the lounge I don't think
there would have been any lives lost on
the Fairfax.
Run Into Death in Flames.
But with everybody going up on the
deck, we ran right into the worst of
the flames. The place had been sprayed
with burning oil and there were people
running around with their clothes on
fire. The lifeboats were burning and
the ropes that they swing them down
on were on fire The cabins were burn
ing and no one seemed to know what
to do.
The most frightful thing was the
colored crew of stewards. Some of them
were burned by the oil and they be-
came panic. stricken and started Jump
ing overheard. I don't know how many
jumped.
There were several sailors and Ma
rines aboard-men who had been trans
ferred from the Charleston Navy Yard
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and the stewardesses and put them
on those who had been injured.
A great many persons were burned
by the rain of oil but not many seri-
ously, perhaps about a dozen. There
were others burned worse than these
but think they jumped overheard.
After we were transferred to the
Gloucester they told us smbulances and
doctors were waiting in Boston. We
kept on going among the passengers to
see what we could do
One woman died before we got back
to the harbor. She was horribly burned.
There was another woman with a little
baby Both we're burned. But the
mother had wrapped the baby in a wet
sheet so he was not as badly scorched
as he might have been. The mother
died later.
There were many who were suffering
from inhaling smoke fumes and guess
I was one of them. although l didn't
realize it until I got back to the wharf
and had to go to bed. My clothes were
burned in places but / was not injured
except for the congestion in my chest
from the smoke breathed.
I nearly fell overheard when the off,
GERS ordered everybody off the top deck
because of the smoke fumes. They told
us to go over the railing and climb to
LIE uGCk DSfledJl US WOulu nave
slipped off the rail but a deck hand
caught me and lowered me down safely.
think he was drowned later because
1 did not see him again.
Sailors and Marines Were Heroes.
had seen suffering before this, al
though I have not practiced nursing
since 1920. but 1 never saw anything
more narrowing than that night on the
! sea. 1t was such strange combination
of fog, accident and fire. And the whole
sea was ablaze. When we were safely
on the Gloucester we could look back
and the sea was still burning fiercely.
If there was heroism aboard the Fair
| fax, it was the sailors and Marines who
are entitled to credit. Every one might
have entered into the panic and gone
overheard except for the work they did
in quieting passengers and helping the
! ships officers calm them.
When the colored stewards jumped
| there seemed to be magnet pulling
every one over into the water, but the
sailors and Marines steadied the pas
sengers and the cool heads prevailed.
| Copyright, 1880. by North American tsews-
paper Alliance
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home and grounds.
Mr.. Coolidge had
gone down to New
York to attend
the monthly in
Surance directors
meeting. I asked
her If he ever
missed one. She
laughingly said
not for $40. l
asked her what
he did about the
meetings when he
She said he sent
tied to have missed
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NOTICE 10 CREDITORS.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
The National Merchants Association met
in the Office of the company in WASHINGTON
D C., on the 10th day of June. 1880. for the
purpose of considering the advisability of
changing the name of said company. and
a. said meeting IL was moved. seconded and
unanimously adopted to change the name of
said company from National Merchants AS
ISOLATION TO that of System Service Com
pany and to advertise the change of name
in two newspapers. in the District Of Column
bia. as notice to creditors of the National
Merchants Association
witness our hands this 10th day of June.
c. GRANT CHASE, President.
NJ: L. CASE. Secretary.
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the lounge and with others ran out on
deck. Everything shook at the impact
and my first thought was that we had
run aground.
Binding Flash Amid Screams.
We were no sooner on deck, where
men were shouting orders and women
were beginning to scream, when there
was binding flash and a sort of dull
roar.
Then it literally rained fire on the
ship. I did not know until afterward
that we had struck tanker, the Pin
this, and that the oil in the tanker,
about 10000 gallons, I believe, had
flowed into the engine room, become
ignited and exploded.
The whole sea was aflre and it was
as bright as day
1t was not more than a minute later
when I saw that our ship was ablaze.
Above our heads the whole ship seemed
to be on fire. The flames were licking
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college boys on the boat buckled on our
life preservers. The one who helped me
with mine was so excited he almost tore
my arms of, and then got it on back
ward"
With the other passengers, the girls
were transferred at sea to the Glou-
cester and returned to Boston, where
they were given first aid and put up at
hotel. On the following morning
Miss Poynton was treated at local
hospital for her bruises by direction of
the ships physician.
When Miss Poynton became separated
from her chum she, too, was assisted
into lifeboat by Marine.
Whats left of our vacation" Miss
Browne said, we're going to spend at
homer
Heroism and Cowardice.
In the four int=rminable hours which
the girls spent on the smoke-swept,
crowded deck of the crippled Fairfax
watching for the lights of the rescue
vessel through the fog, they heard
stories of heroiSm and cowardice from
their fellow passengers.
One member of the crew, believed to
have been a sailor, sought in vain TO
keep a young girl from jumping over
the rail in the intense excitement after
the explosion spurted burning oil over
the sea and over the Fairfax.
The girl, however, WreSted free and
leaped overheard The sailor followed
without hesitation and neither of them
was seen again in the seething caldron
below.
At another time a mother wrapped
her clothing about her baby and dashed
through the flames. receiving fatal
burns herself, while the infant escaped
unharmed.
Husband and wife, mother and chill
dren, families and travelling groups were
torn apart in the milling crowds. Some
dashed frantically through the burning
oil on deck. seeking loved ones and
themselves becoming ignited by the
flames.
Tanker Sank Quickly.
The tanker went down almost imme-
diately, witnesses said, but most of its
cargo was heaved outward upon the
waves by the explosion. No one seemed
to have glimpsed the doomed crew of
the tanker.
In the confusion, the Marines and
Service men on board appeared best
to keep their heads, assisting the ships
crew to rig fire hose and to quiet the
passengers. One of these men, they
were ullOIIHcu IlSlpSU repair ILl6 radio
aerial after 1t had melted away, clam
boring up the mast to a precarious
perch in the smoke and heat which
beloved up.
When the welcome lights of the
Gloucester came in view through the
smoke and fog, it was an hour before
she could be unanswered alongside
closely enough to permit the transfer
| of passengers. q
Bunks were ripped out to make i'm
| provised stretchers for the injured and
| the dead and these were passed over
| the rail in the glow of the gasoline fires
on the waves and the illumination of
| searchlightS
Once aboard the rescue ship, the girls
| were assigned comfortable quarters.
| Hours later they hurried ashore with
the worn and injured passengers to the
| boom of camera flashlights and the ex-
cited greetings of crowds on the docks.
1T was the most thrilling experience
of my life" Miss Poynton said, but ]
hope I never go through another one!''
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CAPITAL RESIDENTS
Unexpected DEATH
Girls on Inflated Fairfax
Thought Choice Between
Fire and Water.

Continued From First Page.)
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was in California. She said he sent.
in his double. hated to have missed
him. but l wouldn't have found out
anything if he had been there. In
fact, think I got a great break.
Yours, WILL ROGERS.
PSI was up there getting an
honorary degree from Smith College
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BY ANNE DAYTON,
Passenger Aboard the S. S. Fairfax.

BOSTON, June IL (N.AN.A). -
When the steamship Fairfax, on which
was returning to Massachusetts, was
just outside Boston Harbor, knew from
the listing that she had turned toward
the Cape Cod Canal, which is only a
could not see anything nor could
any CT the passengers, as there was a
dense fog. The steamer was moving
very slowly. A naval man told me that
we were proceeding at what they call
"steerage speed"-Just sufficient speed
to enable the captain to control the
rudder.
Suddenly the ship crashed. I was in
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FAIRFAX DEATHS
BLAMED ON PANIC
Woman Passenger Describes
Horror in Blazing
Sea of Oil.

The following graphic description Of
the Marine disaster which occurred
Tuesday night of the Massachusetts,
Coast. when the s. S. Fairfax rammed
the oil tanker Pinthis. is written by
Mrs. Neil A. Dayton, wartime Red Cross
nurse and formerly chief surgical nurse
at Raritan, N. j., arsenal. Mrs. Dayton
has been hailed by naval and Marine
officers, of whom there were a number
aboard, as the heroine of the disaster
for her first-aid work and cool-headed-
ness. She is the wife of DR.. Neil a.
Dayton. research physician of the Massa-
chusetts State Department of Mental
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Scotland has started a campaign
against takers who promise positions to
applicants on payment of a small fee,
and make no effort to fulfill the promise
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CARD OF THANKS.

CARD OF THANKS.
National Federation Of Mems Bible Glasses,
held in this city. has passed into history.
and the general chairman wishes TO publicly
success They follow: Mai, Gen VIM. 6:
Everson. DR.. Homer J. Councillor. Mai Frank
A. Frost, Inspector W. H. Harrison. Col.
Chas o. Stark, DR.. A. v. Cummings. MIS-
Gertrude A. Donovan. Mr.. Guy A. Ourand
Mr.. Norman ssndridse Mr. u, Percy s. pI Eos
r. Frank Barr. Mr. Luther Kinard, Mr.
yohn ST. CisiG H Han M C. or Vi ok
SPENCER PALMER, General Chairman
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FORD DECLINES
INTERVIEW WITH
NEWS CATERERS

PARIS, Sept. -. WP-Henry
Ford lived the life OF a tourist to-
dav. He slept an hour later than
usual, declined to look at an enor-
nous morning mail containing hun
dreds of letters from antique deal
ers. and then started out to see the
sights of Paris.
While Ford maintained his atti-
tudc that reporters often make YOU
say what YOU don want to say y
and kept away from news gathererS
as much as possible, his fellow pas
sengers from New York on the Bre-
men gathered in Paris cafes and
bars and talked about prohibition, rs
Henry Ford sees it.
They exchanged bits of converse
ton they had had with Ford on the
ship. Ford told them that prohbi-
tion was II successful experiment,
they said. Extracts from his conver-
sation, as quoted by fellow passcn-
gers. ran as follows:
"We dried up Dearborn in 30
days.
"New York; Well, New York
isn't the United States"
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Talking Films To
Correct Trouble

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Sept. 12.
W.P)-EXecutivcs of the Metro
Goldwyn Mayer Studios today prom
iSed relief to talliie fans who have
wearied of hearing men Whitney
and horses talk.
The promise was contained in a
newly perfected invention which
automatically aboliShes mistakes in
unreeling sound films, 1t is a
"squeeze track - which levels and
adjusts the sound track at the side
of the film so that operators can
not mar the reproduction hy mis-
taken handling of the volume con
trolls, it was explained.
The invention works on the same
principle as the player piano roll,
When the film is made the inflec-
lions of the voice, and the volume
of the sound, are recorded on Il
guide line on the film, which opcr-
ates automatically. This eliminates
the old "cuc sheet which the OPP
orator had to follow and which of
ten resulted in mistakes.