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The Washington times., 1932-01-22
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James GiIIiIand Says City
Officials Need Not Try
To Fool Themselves
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HONOLULU, T. H., Jan. %
(L.N.S.). - City and County
Prosecutor James F. (Smiling
Jimmie) Gilliland, George
town University graduate, to"
day predicted that Mrs. Gran
vile Fortescue, her son-in-law,
Lieut.. Thomas H. Massie, and
two naval enlisted men, e. j.
Lord and Albert Jones, would
never be convicted Of the mur-
der of Joseph Kahahawai, q
native. He said:
''What's the use of trying to
fool ourselves that either con-
victiOn or acQuittal would be
possible in this atmosphere?
White sentiment is united
against punishment of the four
defendants, even though ft iS
conceded they took the law into
their own hands and killed
Kahahawai.
Feeling Is Conclusive
'T don't believe I know o
single white man in the islands
who doesn't believe that ample
justification for the Staying
existed after the trial of the
five natives accused of an at
tack upon Lieutenant Massie's
wife had ended in deadlock"
Kahahawai was one of the five
men Mrs. Massie said attacked
her.
Gilliland continued:
'T am optimistic I can obtain
guilty verdictS in q .retrial
against the four surviving ma
tives charged with attacking
Mrs. MasSie."
Gilliland said he had tired Of
the barrage of verbal criticism
and threatening letters he had re-
ceived from persons, known and
in Hawaii and the
of the United States.
He said:
81 am more than willing to
surrender the Massie case to
the u. s. Navy. This would be
permissible in the cases Of Lieut%
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Lord Reading I'LL
On Visit to EQuDt

LONDON, Jan. % Q.N.S.),
The Marques of Reading, Secre
tary of state for foreign affairs
in the recent coalition govern.
ment, was stricken i'll at Assuan,
Egypt today, according to a
Central News dispatch from
Cairo. Lord Reading visited the
Near East on behalf of the
Palestine Electric Corporation, of
which he is chairman.
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thousand she will survive the
operation.
Nature played a grim joke on
Diana. It allowed her tiny skull
to harden and seal too soon.
Her brain was given no further
chance to grow. She is what the
physicians call a cerebro-spaStic
case.
Four physicians held consulta-
ton over Diana in the offices of
DIR. oscar Agner Spier. The
baby'S mother consented. to an
operation. DIR. Spier said the
baby would enter the clinic of
the Neurological Hospital of Co
lumbia Center some time today.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
Bus Operator Saves
Train From Wreck

MONT N, Pa. Jan. %
0N.S0 Fifty passengers on the
Fairmont w. Va.-PittSburgh ex-
press train OF the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad were believed to
have been saved from death or
serious injury today by a broken
rail at a crossing near here.
The train, bound for Pittsburgh,
was tagged a half mile from the
crossing by Adam F. Quarrick, a
bus driver.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
House Group Begins
To Draft NaUu Bill

The House Naval Committee,
behind closed doors, today started
to draft the Vinson naval con-
struction bill. providing 1O-year
program. Despite the protest of
Representative Britten (R.) of
Illinois, ranking minority member
of the committee. He believes the
committee should postpone action
until the Administrations attitude
toward the bill is publicly re-
vealed.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
British Sub Aground
. In Wiuht Isle FOg

BONCHURCH, Isle of Wight,
Jan. % U,N.S0.-The British sub
marine Rainbow with a full COM
plement of men aboard, went
aground today in a heavy fog.
She was reported to be in no inn
mediate danger. The great craft,
one of the latest to be launched
by the admiralty, ploughed up on
"a sand shoal 500 yards from
shore.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
Tariff Bill Fought
BIZ Manufacturers

Hearings on the Collier House
bill changing administrative fea-
lures of the Hawley-Smoot tariff
act will be held tomorrow by the
Senate Finance Committee. James
C. Emory, general counsel for the
National Association Of Manufac-
turers, is scheduled to appear in
opposition to- the bill, which re-
Gently passed the House.
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Surgeryto SaDeBdby's Wit,
IF 999-to-1 Shot Wins

NEW YORK, Jan. % GN.S0.
A two-year-old baby will gamble
her life on the operating table
this week on the opportunity to
grow up a normal healthy child.
The odds are 999 to 1 against
her. '.-.-
She is Diana Moore, whose
mother, 18, was deserted by the
father because Diana wasn't a
boy.
Scientist say Diana has only
one chance in thousand of ever
escaping idiocy. That chance
will be given by the scalpel in
the ha-ds of a surgeon. And
there is only one chance in q
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Walker Hits Back
At Critics of ". Y

NEW YORK, Jan. % QN.SD
Those who ask questions today
may be answering them tomor-
row." Mayor James j. Walker de.
clared at the Tammany Hall
Speakers Bureau dinner last
night. He excoriated the city's
detractorS and asserte d New
York's financial condition was
far from unhealthy. ,.-. -
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
COnUict Facing Death
Again EScUDeS Cell

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ca, Jan.
q Q.N.So.-Le land Harvey,
'Houdini of Georgia prisons, .
and his pal, Jack Martin, escaped
again from the death cell of the
Georgia State Prison Farm here
early today. 1t was the four
teenth time Harvey had made
good his boast that mo Jail can
hold me-"
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Adjournment Nips
British Cabinet Rift

LONDON, Jan. % GNS0-A
ministerial crisis in Great Brit
ain was averted today when the
cabinet of Prime Minister J. Ram
say Macdonald, after a lengthy
series Of meetings, decided to ad-
journ until January ~. Several
members had been reported about
to resign as the result of differ
ences with the Premier over repa-
rationS and tariffs.
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$4,000 Treasure
Is Object of Search

CONCORD. N. H.. Jan. %
G.N.SO.-A treasure hunt for
$4,000 believed hidden in an old
cottage in East Concord was on
today. Lauren Clough, who died
II months ago at the age of 80,
was said to have found $4,000
while working for the Boston and
Maine railroad. He kept the
money intact, in the belief its
rightful owners some day would
call for it.
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cGGTrGh Returns
VOicin0 Optimism

NEW YORK, Jan. % G.N.sO
Confidence that the United
States will lead the world out of
its present economic difficulties
was expressed today by Gates w.
McGarrah, chairman of the Bank
of International Settlements,
upon his arrival aboard the liner
Europa.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
AIerUndri0va Jailed
For Numbers Game

The heaviest sentence ever
given a number game operator
was imposed on George Roy, col
ored, by the Alexandria Corpora
tion Court, when Roy was found
guilty by a jury. He was given
six months in Jail and fined 800
and costs.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
Smith Accompanies
YOUnQ Son to Court

NEW YORK, Jan. % 0N.S0 j..
Former Gov. Alfred e. Smith to-
day accompanied his son, Walter
j. Smith, to the Homicide Court,
where the boy was to answer
charges growing out of an acci-
dent last week when a car he
was driving hit and killed Harry
Wallace
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Washington Artist
Will COpy Picture

The Alexandria city council
yesterday granted permission for
Miss Hattie Burdette, washington
artist, to copy the Curtis picture
Of Washington at Yorktown for
the Arlington Mansion. Miss
Burdette has already started
work,
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Father of 3 Killed
In HOIduD Atten1Dt

DETROIT, Jan. % ON.S0 +.
John Beier, 3S. father of three
children, was shot to death by
a gasoline station attendant he
attempted to hold up early today.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
Aurora Closes All
Business for 5 Ddus

AURORA, ILL.,, Jan. % 1.N.SO.
Following the example of Urbana,
Ill, this city today closed its
banks and business houses for
five days to restore confidence in
the Soundness of local financial
institutions.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
POUND DROPS A POINT

LONDON, Jan. % U.N.S.),
The pound sterling closed on the
London Stock Exchange at
$3.4434, a drop of one point from
the opening.
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CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance as of January
20, $355,765. .252.7S; expenditures,
$7.523, ,96l .46; customs receipts,
SIG, Ia, ,4Ol .02.
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THE WEATHER

Cloudy, probably rain tonight and Saturdays
colder Saturday; lowest temperature tonight
about 46 degrees; gentle shifting winds, beeOm-
est SIS, lowest 40. issI-Hirhsst, se; low
est 49, Humidity yesterday-Highest, "a;
The Washington times., 1932-08-01
Hospital Locks
BEx-Patient;s
False Teeth

CHICAGO. Aug. 1 G.N.SD.
subsisting today on a soup diet
was jeremiah Joseph O'Con-
nell, and all because his false
teeth are in the safe.
After an alteration with po-
lice jeremiah went to Belmont
Hospital for repairs. When he
refused to pay the bill. the hos
pital retained his teeth. Re
lenting, he decided to pay the
charges and returned to the
hospital to reclaim his arti-
ficial molars.
Imagine his chagrin when he
was informed that his teeth
were locked up in the safe by
the superintendent, who was
the only one to know the COM
bination and who was out of
the city.
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WOMAN GRANTS
LAND FOR USE
Of CAMPERS
Tract, II Miles From Annap-
oils, Already Occupied by
13 Men and Two Women

WATERBURY, Md, Aug. l.
Thirteen men and two women,
struggling painfully over briarS
and gravel on thickly-
wooded hillside here, furnish
the nucleus Of the Bonus Ex-
peditionary Forces new camp.
The grounds acres-Was
given by Miss Maude Edgell, of
Catonsville, Md, and is little
section of the 200-aCre tract that
she purchased just last January.
Softened by. the tales of hunger
and hardship reported from the
mass of len, women, and chill
dren that makes up the bonus
army, the kindly woman has
decided the property to Com
manderin- Chief Walter w. Waters
SO that he might herd his weary
troops there.
Down Near Annapolis
The tract is II miles from An
napolis in Ann Arundel county.
A logger road leads from the
main highway back to the hill
side. Already four tents and one
lean-to have been erected, bat
there is NO food.
Enoch O'Neil, a colored man,
who says he is a resident of
California, Maryland and Vir-
ginia, has appointed himself
treasurer of the camp, but so
far has no money. One and
half loaves of bread are all that
is left to eat. And the livestock
of the little colony include one
gassed dog, two pigs and a don
key.
B. A. Fox, of Dallas, Tex, plans
p conference with Commander
Waters in Washington today
He has ordered the men to cut
down the trees to make shelters
and to carry water from a spring
several miles away until the spring
near the camp can be tested.
While the vanguard of the
bonus marchers worked in its new
camp, Governor Ritchie received
complaints from landowners in
the vicinity of the Edgell prop
erty.
William w. Baldwin a member
of one of the prominent families
who will have the veterans colony
for neighbors, protested saying
the governor should stop the
movement, unless they are tax
payers or have visible means of
support"
Ritchie Undecided
The Maryland governor made
no immediate move, but took the
matter under advisement, indi-
eating he would reach an early
decision, adding:
81 do rot wish at this time
to make a statement regarding
the possibility of a bonus camp
in Maryland. 1 have not had
an opportunity to study the
situation, and, in fact, have
not been officially informed
that such a move is to be at
tempted.
Until I have had more in
formation / do not believe it
would be fair to make a state
ment. 1 expect to study the
matter thoroughly, and prob
ably will have something to
say later"
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Keith Miller and his mental agony
when rumorS of her romance with
Clarke reached him, is expected
to prove one of the principal
pieces of State evidence.
Found "Suicide" Notes
Endearing inscriptions are
found in Lancasters handwriting
on almost every page of the diary
His doubts as to the constancy Of
his beloved chubby" as he called
Mrs. Keith-Miller, crop out fire.
quently.
Clarke was found shot to death
in a bed at the home occupied by
Lancaster and Mrs. Keith-Miller.
Clarke had been living with the
flying pair, writing story Of
Mrs. Keith-Miller's life.
Suicide" notes found beside
the body we're written by Lancas-
ter. the British flier admitted.
He maintained the youth shot
himself, however.
MIAMI, Fla, Aug. l QN.SO.
Hearing of deportation charges
against Mrs. Jessie M. Keith
Miller, noted Australian aviatrix
and central figure in the alleged
love triangle" Staying of her
fiance, Haden Clarke, 26-years-old
writer, was postponed today to
August Is.
The aviatrix, who is a principal
witness in the trial of Capt. Will
liam N. Lancaster, British war
flyer and her associate in flying
ventures during the past five
years, for the murder of Clarke,
was to have appeared today be-
fore United States immigration
authorities.
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Pinchot Is Coming Here
To Get R. F. C. Funds

HARRISBURG, Aug. l G.N.SO
Anxious to procure as large a
block of Federal funds as pos
sible to distribute in Pennsyl-
vania, Gov. Clifford Pinchot to-
morrow will go to Washington
to make a personal appeal to
the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration.
The governor contends that
more than 100000 workers are
without jobs and that distribu-
ton of relief funds should be on
that basis.
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Lancaster Will Contend
Clarke Was Neurotic

MIAMI, Fla, Aug. l GN.SO -
Counsel for Captain William N.
Lancaster, British flier, to be
tried tomorrow on charges Of
murder in the death of Haden
Clarke, young writer, will attempt
to establish that Clarke was a
neurotic, to support their claim
of suicide, it was indicated today.
Letters revealing details of
Clarke'S affairs in New York,
New Orleans, and Miami will be
introduced as evidence in the
trial of Lancaster, who was the
flying companion of Clarke's fl
ancee, Mrs. Jesse M. Keith-Miller,
Australian aviatriX.
Prepare for Trial
Final conferences to review
testimony and evidence were held
today between Lancaster and his
attorneys.
Lancaster remained confident
and apparently unshaken in
nerve, although showing the eff
fects of three months imprison-
ment.
In order to accommodate a
larger portion of the crowds eX-
pected to attend. scene of the
trial was shifted from the fourth
floor courtroom Of Circuit Judge
H. F. Atkinson, who will preside,
to the criminal court on the sixth
floor of the Dade county court
house.
The criminal court. however,
seats only $50 persons, twice as
many as could be accommodated
in AtkinSon's courtroom.
The diary of Lancaster, reveal
ing his strong affection sfOr Mrs.
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To VISIT
MEN At THEIR
PENNA. CAMP
Action of Troops Likened
To "Using Steam Shovel
To Scratch Mosquito"

HARRISBURG, Pa, Aug. !
G.N.S.) ).-Gov. Clifford Pinchot
of Pennsylvania, a S a i | e d
Washington authorities today
for their treatment of the
bonus army and announced
his intention of going to Johns.
town, where, thousands of the
B. E. F. have concentrated.
The governor likened the action
of Federal troops and Washing
ton police to the use of a steam
shovel to scratch mosquito
bite.
MEN SHOWED RESTRAINT
The Pinchot statement said:
"The bonus marchers have
shown far more restraint than
the Washington authorities. The
great majority of them did
nothing whatever to deserve
treatment that would have been
cruel if they had been Chinese
coolies.
ut is hard to see what they
could have done that would
justify a night attack with tear
gas and tanks on camps con-
tanning women and children.
"a little fOrbearance, little
common sense, and a couple Of
hundred men like the Pennsyl-
vania State police would have
moved them, if they had to be
moved, without breaking any
bones. The whole business was
brutal, stupid, and altogether
unnecessary.
"WOuId you use steam
shovel to scratch a mosquito
bite? Not unless you lost your
head.
WILL VISIT JOHNSTOWN
"If 1 can get away from the
extra session for half a day, 1
want to have a look at the
JohnstOwn camp and talk
with its leaders. / expect to
find them reasonable men,"
The Pennsylvania State as
sembly is now convened in extra
ordinary session for the purpose
of providing unemployment re-
lief.
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DRY SHOT DEAD.
BY BOOTLEGGER

CHICAGO, Aug. 1 GN.SJ.
A bootlegger who shot and killed
Eugene Jackson, Colored prohibi-
ton agent, was hunted by police
today.
Jackson's life was ended by six
bullets as he was about to arrest
the liquor seller. The dry agent
saw the bootlegger returning to
his automobile after making a
delivery.
Posing as a customer, Jackson
purchased a gallon of gin. When
he showed his badge the boot
logger whipped out his revolver,
emptied it's contents into Jack
sons body, and fled, abandoning
his automobile.
In raid at Washington. d. c.,
two years ago. Jackson shot and
killed a suspected liquor dealer.
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To MARCH.
On D. {. AUG. 6

CHICAGO, Aug. l (U.SD-Or-
ganization of an ION to Wash
ington" movement in which thou
sands of Chicago unemployed vet
Grams are to join ranks of the
bonus expeditionary force was an
nounced by local leaders of the
B. E. F.. today.
More than 4,2OO ex-service men
have already been signed up in
Chicago and recruiting officers
are enlisting others daily for the
march to start August 6, they
said.
RI. WarfieId, formerly of Com
pany E, First Engineers, First
Division, is scheduled to lead the
force,
The Washington times., 1932-08-01
CARNIVAL AIDS FUND

A carnival including dancing,
bingo, candy and cigarette wheels,
ring games. and other attractions
will be opened August 6 by the
Masonic and Eastern Star lodges
of Silver Spring on the Georgia
Avenue carnival grounds. Pro
ceeds will be added to the build
ing fund.
The Washington times., 1932-08-01
MARLBORO FAIR SET

The annual fair of the South
ern Maryland Agricultural ASso-
citation will be held at Upper
Marlboro from August 80 until
September 8, it was announced
TODAY.
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MA DEAD,
FIGHT GOES ON

HARDIN, Manchuria, Aug. l
Q.N.SO Despite the death Of
their leader, General Ma Chan
Shan, Manchurian insurgents re-
neWed their battles with japanese
troops in various localities today.
Strong forces of rebels attacked
japanese forces near Changchun,
while guerilla warfare was under
way at Liaovang, Supingkai,
Suichen and Yushu, south OF
Harbin.
Artillery, cavalry, and airplane
forces had been massed in an
attempt to rout the rebel forces
under General Ma. Finally he
was put to flight, according to
the Japanese version, but was
blocked by roads made impossible
by heavy rains.
He was forced to turn about
and fight with his back to the
wall. Finally, at a point about
$50 miles north of Harbin, he
was slain in ambush.
TOKYO, Aug. GN.SD.-
japanese army officials today
doubted official Mukden reports
that Gen. Ma Shan-Shan, Chi
nese rebel leader, had been slain
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ElinOr Glyn Hurt
In TdricQb Crash

LONDON, Aug. GN.SO-
Elinor Glyn, the novelist, was
slightly injured about the head
in a taxicab collision today and
taken to her Mayfair flat to re-
cover from the shock.
The Washington times., 1932-08-01
CHURCH STEWARDS MEET

The board of stewards of the
Takoma Park Emory Methodist
Episcopal Church, will meet to-
night at 8.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-08-20
NOTE OF THANKS

I wish to extend my heart felt thanks to all the men in the district who SO kindly helped in the futile search for my beloved husband and also to the officers and crew of the H. M. c. s. Skeena and the of ficers and crew of the U. $. Coastguard Alert and to ALL: Thanks for the sympathy you
 have shown;
 Thanks for each kindly
 word, each silent token, Which teaches Us when seem
 ing most alone
 That friends are around us
 though no words be spok-
 en.
 MRS. OREN F. HILL
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-08-20
LOCAL TOPICS

ent.
 The Skeena pinnace proceed ed as far down the Canal as Tombstone Bay, about 40 miles below Hyder, searching both the Alaskan and Canadian shore but without result. On the return trip the pinnace en- countered the Lewis boat, which had only a few minutes before found the Hill sea-sled, and assisted in placing it aboard the Lewis craft before returning to port. Including the owner, those on board the Lewis boat were Joe Fendley, Pete Lowe and N. Belyin. From the various evidences it appears that Messrs. Hill and Walters were thrown from their craft while travelling at a speed of 25 miles an hour or better, either by a sudden swere in direction or by strik- ing a submerged log, either of which caused the vessel to cap- size. Both men were able to swim, but it appears evident that neither of them was able to secure one of the life pre- server cushions and reach the shore before being overcome by the chill of the icy water and the dragging weight of their clothing. It is also poss- ible that they may have been stunned in falling from the boat and sank immediately. Whatever the circumstances, it is considered a certainty that neither of them succeeded in reaching land, as virtually every rod of both shore lines have been closely scanned by the searchers for miles above and below the area where the tragic accident must have oc- cured.
 Involving as it does the lives of two of the districts most widely known and highly re- garded residents, the fatality has been a profound shock to the entire community.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-08-20
F. Hill, T. Walters
 Believed D r o " n q (continued from Page 1)


 Sunday evening, but his fail ure to rettrn on time caused her no alarm, as she surmised he had gone to Davis River and was visiting MT. Edwin R. Wright, engineer of the Portland Canal Power Cem- pany, close friend.
 For the same reason, little anxiety was felt when the two men failed to appear Monday, and it was not until Tuesday morning that real apprehen-. sion was felt. This was in creased to alarm when the Ketchikan mall boat arrived about noon and reported hav- ing seen nothing of the miss ing men and MT. Wright, who came up in his launch shortly after, also said that he had seen nothing of the two men but believed he had heard the motor of the Hill boat in the vicinity of Glacier Bay Sun day afternoon and was rather expecting him to appear at Davis River.
 With these reports, the pos sibility of a tragedy speedily appeared and MT. Wright left immediately in his boat with Chas. Skoning, followed by George Brown and Pete Lowe in Browns boat.
 The two boats proceeded along both sides of Portland Canal as far as Davis River but returned without having found a trace of the missing men. As a result of their re- port, an intensive search was started Wednesday morning. Acting on the request of Mayor Gibson of Stewart, the Canadian warship H. M. c. s. Skeena sent out a pinnace with Constable Potterton on board, and Lewis also joined the search with his vessel. MT. Wright, accompanied by Emil Davis, also set out on a furth- CT search of the shore line to Davis River.
 In the meantime United States Commissioner w. C. Arnold of Ketchikan, a close friend and business associate of MT. Hill, had been advised of the situation by Mrs. Hill over the radio and was instru- mental in having the United States Coast Guard Cutter Alert, which was then at Hid den Inlet, also join in the search, working up the Canal with two launches exploring the shore on either side.
 Judge Arnold also chartered an airplane to fly along the Canal in a further effort to To- cate the missing men. The plane arrived here shortly af- ter noon Wednesday and re- ported that a a.1slose survey of both shores of the Canal had revealed no sign of them.
 Meanwhile telephone reports to Stewart from Georgia River had revealed the first trace of the tragic mishap through the picking up there of a floating can of Union gasoline which was later identified as having been on the ill-fated sed-sled. |