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The Washington times., 1933-08-24
u. S. District Engineers Office Closes D. c.
Sewer Outlets, Fea ring Flood of Potomac

woman taken off by Coast
Guards. The Modoc also re-
ported that the Diamond Shoals
light ship had been swept six
miles off its position by the
storm.
A ferry operating between
Morgantown, Md, and Colonial
Beach, Va, was unable to land
yesterday as the Potomac River
tore away the pier.
AirpOrts Flooded
Three hangers and one air
plane were destroyed, and two
ships damaged when the storm
struck Tired Avon Airport. near
Easton, Md, on the Eastern
Shore.
The Washington Airport was
under three feet of water, and
all roads along the Potomac River
and its tributaries were closed to
traffic because Of the floods or
the resultant damage. Power
plants in the suburbs were wrecked
making it necessary to bring
power from Baltimore.
Two fishermen were reported
drowned at Kenwood Beach, Md,
a bathing resort on the western
shore of Chesapeake Beach.
Annapolis on the Severen River
above Chesapeake Bay emerged
from isolation today with low
lying sections still under water,
but without casualty list.
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
SURVIVOR TELLS
Of RAILROAD
WRECK
"Everything Gave Way" Says
B. w. Johnson, Who Rode
Crescent Limited

Benjamin w. johnson, only sur
vivor of the trio in the engine
cab of the Pennsylvania train
which wrecked at the bridge over
the Eastern branch today, didn't
know what happened until he
was informed as he lay in the
hospital.
Mrs. Johnson, who said her
husbands duties require him to
ride in the engine of trains when
the roads are in bad condition,
talked to her husband at the hos
pital. He told her:
II was standing in the en-
gine near the fireman and 1
was looking out of the window.
ALI of a sudden everything
seemed to give way beneath us.
81 had just finished telling
the engineer to cut the speed
Of the train down and let her
coast, and it was right after
that that the thing happened"
He told his wife he had told
the engineer to slow down because
he did not know just what the
storm might have done to the
roadbed. The fireman and engi-
neer died in the wreck.
Passenger To Rescue
The 45-year-old assistant road
foreman, whose home is in the
240O block Franklin st. N. E.,
was rescued from the mud into
which he was thrown when the
engine left the tracks by John
Wise, New York attorney, who
was a passenger on the train.
Wise was slightly injured him.
self, but after climbing from the
wreckage saw Johnson's plight
and rushed to tug him from the
mire. Had 1t not been for Wise's
quick action johnson may have
died.
The Washington times., 1933-08-24

in that car, was in the smoking
compartment when the train
made the plunge. Hurled against
the wall by the impact, he crawled
out to go to the aid Of his pas
sengers.
Then the flashlight was turned
on and he helped the passengers
out.
A rescue train was made up at
Union Station and dispatched to
the scene of the wreck. Half an
hour later the passengers, Shiver-
ing in their night clothes in the
cold and damp of early morning,
were brought to the station and
given hot food and drinks and
clothing was found for them.
A special train will be made
up today, and those who wish
to continue their journey will
board this. Thirteen of the pas
sengers, however, will be con,
fined to the hospitals today, it
was expected.
While 18 of the passengers
were reported injured, practically
every person on the train re-
ceived cuts and bruises from the
shock as the cars left the track.
Closed t. Traffic
The bridge across the Eastern
Branch is of steel and concrete,
and engineers are puzzled on what
made it sag, allowing the rails to
spread.
It is believed that the high
flood waters weakened the under
pinning. The bridge was closed to
traffic today.
Only the fact that the speed Of
the train was sufficient to pull the
train past the deep water mark
saved the passengers from drown
ing in the rushing water.
c. S. Broeman, president OF a
large Atlanta (Ga) baking COM
pany, was a passenger on the
train with his wife. All of her
jewels and their clothing and
money were left in the train as
they made their way to safety.
George Ripley, As, Atlanta ad-
vertisins man, made a vain effort
to save the engineer and fiSeman
from the wrecked locomotive. He
escaped from the ~ar he was rid
ing in by climbing through shat
tered window.
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
OLD FOES SIT IN
ON COAL CODE
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
In a dramatic move to settle
the bitter fight over a bituminous
coal code, National Recovery Ad-
ministrator Hugh S. Johnson
brought the leading non-union
operators and spokesmen for the
United Mine Workers of America
together across the conference
table.
This action was taken as it ap-
peared the determination of the
non-union operators to resist the
inroads of the United Mine
Workers might force Johnson to
take a code of his own drafting di-
rectly to President Roosevelt.
Among those in the conference
was Charles O'Neill, central Penn
sylvania operator, who had been
quoted as declaring he would
never meet President John L.
Lewis, of the United Mine
Workers, across the conference
table.
The Washington times., 1933-08-24

aVerted when the pedestrian walk
along the bridge collapsed just as
one rescue party of six men had
passed over it. The men leaped
to safety as the walk cracked and
sagged.
Five of the injured persons were
taken to Casualty Hospital in the
first ambulances to reach the
scene of the wreck and the others
were rushed to Emergency Hos
pital.
AS the engine left the rails the
two mails cars which were directly
behind it broke loose and plunged
off the track. One car over
turned, the other remaining up
right.
Laurence Lord, of Trenton. N. j.
mail clerk in the first car, re-
lated a vivid picture of the wreck.
He said:
II was busy sorting mail and
preparing for the arrival in
Washington when there came a
terrific humping and was
thrown against the wall of the
car. We went along for about
IS feet and came to a stop.
Il looked out and there was
the engine down in the mud and
the other mail car on its side.
l stood by the mail"
Charles James, colored porter
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
ASSAULTCHARGE
STILL FACES
POLO STAR
Nurse Will Not Prosecute
But District Attorney
Threatens Action

CHICAGO, Aug. "a G.NS0,
Cecil Smith, San Antonio (TexO
cowpuncher and second ranking
polo player Of America, may yet
have to stand trial on charge
of attacking Eugenia Rose,
pretty Evanston nurse. States
Attorney Eugene Wachowski an
nounced today that the State
still has an interest in the case,
despite Miss Roses unwillingneSs
to prosecute.
Smiths $4,000 bond has not
been vacated and, contrary to an
earlier report, the Texan is now
en- route to join his polo team
in the East.
Justice Sought
Attorney Wachowski said:
"The State has an interest in
this case that is paramount to
either the interests Of Miss
Rose or Smith. Either he Is
guiItIeSS and deserves exOnera-
ton, or pressure has been
brought to get Miss Rose to
drop the case. 1 intend to
find out which.
"MisS Rose still has until
/ p. m. tomorrow to appear in
Judge Brightmire's court. If
she does not appear, we will
start proceedings to learn
whether perjury or defamation
of character has been COM
mitted."
Nurse May Testify
Magistrate Brightmire Of Evans
ton said that if the State sees
fit to prosecute the case, Miss
Rose will be subpoenaed to
testify against the poloist. He
added:
81 want to make it clear that
Miss Rose cannot take advan-
tage of this court. She cannot
shake off her responsibility in
this matter so easily"
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
WIDOW THINKS
ENGINEER MAY !
YET Be ALIVE
Mrs. Bryde Refuses to Believe
Tragedy Until Body Of
Mate Is Found

Unable to grasp the tragedy,
Mrs. Arthur H. Byrde, widow Of
the engineer of the ill.fated flyer
wrecked here today. kept up hope
that her husband might be found
safe.
At her home in the 200 block
of E st. S. E. Mrs. Bryde said:
Il can't believe he is really
dead. I won't believe it until
they find his body"
Bryde, she said, had been a
railroad man for 36 years. The
couple have four children, all of
whom we're at the family home
today waiting for news of their
fathers fate.
Mrs. Bryde said that her hus-
band left yesterday morning to
take his run" The first news
of .the wreck was received by the
family early today when the com.
pany informed them by telephone
Of what had happened.
Bryde was born So years ago in
nearby Maryland but had lived
the greater part Of his life in
Washington.
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
Crowds Held Off By Police

Because of the thousands who flocked the Of
the wreck traffic became cohgesed and police blocked
off all roads, refusing to allow any drive into
the vicinity without valid for doing
When the engine left the rails the power plant
out and the plunged into darkness, leaving
the struggling safety through the nrushng
water.
The body of the fireman thrown clear from the
cab, but that of the engineer pinned beneath the
wfeckage and has not yet been recovered.
Bryde had been employed by the railroad for 36 years.
He is survived by widow and four children Arthur Is,
Margaret, 22, Louise, 18, and Philip, Is. His widow
in a state of collapse at the family home.
A number of other persons who cut and bruised
from the tracks given emergency treatment at the
..-....
Paul Hanna, 80, of Columbia University, New York,
and A. P. Tugwel, A. Baton Rouge, La released
from Emergency Hospital after treatment there.
An hour after the tragedy the center span of the
bridge started to in, and workers were
warned off the structure.
Railroad officials asserted that the train moving
slow rate of speed when it to the bridge, and
that it is due only to that fact that there
greater loss of life.
The dramatic experience that of Ben
jamn H. johnson, As, assistant road foreman of the
Pennsylvania Railroad who riding in the cab of the
engine.
"The engineer had just cut off his power and we
coastng along, not going very fast.
of everything. There terrific noise and the
sensation of falling though space. Then, the JOLT
ing got greater the engine seemed to leap in the air
and roll
"Then all black, and the next thing remember
is that holding up"
The Washington times., 1933-08-24

it. A large section of the highway
was saved from a waShout by
$500 feet of stone seawall erected
only last June.
Five feet of water covers the
Massachusetts, Avenue viaduct,
and it is believed the "oadWay
under the bridge is completely
washed away.
Yachts Go Down
All construction work in the
parks has been dropped so en-
ployes can give their entire time
to clearing away the debris, a job
estimated to require three weeks.
Street car traffic in the city,
paralyzed for eseveral hours last
night was regaining normalcy to-
day, while railroad traffic to the
north, suspended this morning,
was expected to be moving by
late afternoon.
Five cruisers of the Corinthian
Yacht Club went down as the
wind-laShed waters swirled four
feet above the club pier and
poured into the clubhouse win
dows. The Sweetheart, owned
by Edison Briggs, was hurled
against the piles, had hole
stove in her side and sank al
most Immediately.
Jewell Boat Lifted
The Spray, owned by Mrs,
Oscar Robey; w. S. jerks Ara
gon; Ted Walkers Pedene, and
the Veto, blonging to DR.. w. G.
Shafhirt, were swamped by the
rising flood and also sank. The
Sweetheart, Spray and Aragon
were the largest boats at the
club.
The Juanita, owned by Edmund
j. Jewell, former publisher of the
Washington Times, was lifted by
giant wave high-but not dry
onto the clubs catwalk.
The storm treated the Capital
Yacht Club more kindly, no ap-
preciable damage being done. RiS,
ing waters just Tapped the club
house doorSill.
Several boats moored off the
Capital Marine Garage, across
from the Anacostia golf club, had
disappeared from their moorings
this morning and were believed
either sunk or adrift.
MOtOrbOats Saved
The garage office presented q
shambleS, with two feet of water
over the floor, paint and oil
Smearing bizarre patterns over
office equipment and records, and
half a dozen boats floating all
over the yard. The tide was eSti-
mated at four or five feet above
normal, the worst ever seen by
officials there.
At Dempsey's boathouSe, Thirty
sixth and K Streets Northwest,
three outboard motor boats were
salvaged this morning, despite six
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
RECK RESCUERS ESCAPE DEATH WHEN FOOT BRIDGE FAIL S
Mrs. Roosevelt
Asks of White
House Trees

Anxious about any possible
damage done to the trees on the
White House lawn during the
storm yesterday, Mrs. Roose-
velt early today called up the
White House. She was assured
that no serious damage was
done, that only branches of
some of the trees were broken
and scattered over the lawn.
During a similar storm while
President Woodrow Wilson was
in the White House and one Of
the stately elmS was blown
down, Mr.. Wilson directed Irv-
ing Hoover, head usher at the
White House, that all trees
damaged or blown down in the
various parks in washington be
cut up into firewood size and be
used in the various government
offices during the winter time.
This general order is still in
force and is followed today.
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
Fl FLOOD Sweeps
ALEXANDRIA

Damage estimated at $50,000
was caused by the storm at Alex
andria yesterday and last night,
during which flood waters rose
higher than during the George
town flood, according to old resi-
dents.
A large part of the damage was
suffered at the Virginia Public
Service Company warehouse. where
water three feet deep covered
the first floor, and Bryant &c
Sons seed warehouse. The city
was cut off from Washington on
all three approaches.
The tide rose nine feet above
normal.
The Old Dominion Boat Clubs
first floor was covered to depth
of five feet, it was said, while
firemen rescued several motor
lists from Four Mile Run and
Cameron Run.
The Washington times., 1933-08-24

After the roar of the falling
cars, there were heard the means
of the injured and the cries for
help from men, women and chill
dren trapped in the cars.
Fleeing in only their night
clothes, the refugees stood huddled
in the chill of early morning for
almost an hour until a rescue
train reached them.
Six Crawl to Safety
One car, leaving the rails,
dropped into the stream, the
front trucks remaining on the
rails while the rear were in the
water.
Six persons were in this car
and all managed to crawl out to
safety, although they were badly
bruised by the crash of the car
into the stream.
AS soon as word of the accident
reached Washington every avail
able ambulance was called out.
The fire rescue squad responded,
while the Navy Department sent
q tug up the Eastern Branch to
give assistance.
The rescue parties experienced
great difficulty in reaching the
scene of the accident in Kenil-
worth, due to the fact that roads
were blocked off by the storm.
A second accident was narrowly
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
Rescued By Passenger

johnson, in danger of being smothered in the mud,
rescued from the engine by John Wise, New York
attorney, who one of the heroes of the wreck
Wise, Charlottesville, Va, his wife,
who reported to be critically ill., slightly injured
He assisted in rescung several people from the
turned
He then saw Johnson in the mud and franticalIy dug
to release him.
While probes of the wreck being started by rail-
road officials it developed that although the accident
in the District local officials powerless to do
anything.
The District Engineer Commissioner and the Public
Utilities Commission pointed that they have con-
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
YeILOW RiUer Flood
Claims 2.OOO Lines

SHANGHAI, Aug. "a G.N.S.)
More than 1000 persons have
been drowned in the Yellow River
floods, according to an official
estimate issued today
Three thousand villages have
been inundated, 10000 persons
rendered homeless and 100000
others affected in various ways.
Enormous damage has been
done to crops, cattle and prop.
erty. The Government is rush
ing money and supplies of wheat
to the stricken district.
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
FLOOD DELAYS
D, {. LIMITED

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. "a ON.
S).-Held up Is hours by storm
waters which flooded the tracks
a short distance from York, Pa,
the Liberty Limited, crack Wash
ington- to Chicago express of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, continued
it's journey westward at 1924 a.
m. today.
The train left Washington at 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon and
was halted a few miles west Of
York until the high water re-
ceded and members of the crew
had examined the tracks for pos
sible WashoutS.
Passengers were not transferred
because no other train was able
to proceed farther.
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
500, 900, 900 u. S.
Bills on Sale TOddu

BY International News Service
Tenders for $100,000,00O were
asked by the Treasury Depart
ment today.
They will be 91-day bills, dated
August 30, maturing November 29,
1888. Issued in denominations of
$1,000 to $1,000.000 maturity
value. they will be sold at a dis
count, and will be exempt from
all except estate and inheritance
taxes.
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
Pope Leaves Vatican
For His PGpnL Villa

ROME, Aug. "a GN.S).-Pope
Plus XXI left vatican city today
by automobile for a second visit
to the papal villa, Castel Can
dalfo, l6 miles outside Rome. The
Pontiff. passed through the
Streets virtually .ur1noticed.
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
Dietz Will Enforce
Wheat Flour Code
BY International News Service

Carl F. Dietz, of Bridgeport,
Conn, today was appointed gen.
eral administrator of the code of
fair competition for the wheat
flour milling industry. He will
head a newly created code ad-
ministration division" in Millers'
National Federation, and will have
charge of the enforcement of the
code.
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
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All parkways are closed excep the
high level roads. At Pierce Mill,
adjacent to the creek. the base
ment was flooded and electrical
equipment and food supplies
damaged.
Water seeping through the con-
crete caused a big bulge on Mount
Vernon Highway at Big Hunting
Creek, but the spot was barri-
caded and traffic diverted around
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
&c. c. Agents Probe Wreck

Two Interstate Commerce Commission inspectors G. v.
Lowering and j. B. Ford visited the of the wreck
and will make a report it.
One of the PuIlmans which for time dangled with
end the bridge and the other in the later
fell in when the center of the bridge collapsed
A large power cruiser in danger of destruction
from the falling bridge The boat drifted down stream
shortly after the wreck and brought up against
the side abument when two unidentified board
unable to start the motor.
They fled from the boat when there danger that
it might be crushed by the bridge and remaining
First word of the wreck reached Washington when
rainman escaped from the wreckage walked back to
railroad telephone mile away, and flashed the words
"147 is in the ditch.'
First word that the wreck had occurred
Chevery, Md, but the actual than a
mile from that place Just inside the District.
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
COLLAPSE FOLLOWS RUSH
To SAVE PASSENGERS;
13 IN HOSPITALS
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acting brake, saved the entire train from punging
into the swollen river, it is believed.
Smith stated that the train had slowed down at
Tuxedo, Md, about five miles from the of the
wreck, due water in the right of way.
The engine, two mail cars, day coach and six Pull
left the rails.
Evening star., 1933-10-28

Bulldog and Mule.
Y YALE VS.. ARMY-There1l be a
" fine furry Of hair in the bowl
before this conflict is over.
Whether most of it will have
been detached from the hide Of the
New Haven Bulldog or the Army Mule
will depend on just how much Yale has
been holding in check up to now; and
how successful the Cadets are in
staunching the now of young Bob
Lassiter. This may prove q tough Job.
And the Blue may consequently come
through on top.
Harvard dartmouth spite Of the
licking by Holy Cross last Saturday.
while the Green was taking Penn, the
Crimson probably will be on the long
end Of this one. after desperate battle.
Fordham- m-Alabama-Have a heart on
this one. We wouldn't want to bet q
neighbor's money here, even If we
didn't like him. Draw cards and also
draw your own conclusions.
Minnesota Iowa. - Here's another,
tougher than a gunmans conscience. It
is quite likely to result in q tie. but If
you Insist upon having q nom1nat10n,
from the far corner of the convention
hall comes, In q weak voice-"Minne-
sota."
Ohio State Notwithstanding are
getting tougher and tougher. The Wild
cats have moved forward in wild bounds
since the defeat at the hands Of Iowa,
and the walloping the Buckeyes took at
Ann Arbor was a bitter dose, but that
doesn't get us anywhere either. Oh, well,
er. er-Ohio State by an ants antenna.
California Southern California.-The
tie score that the Oregon Aggies meted
out to Howard Jones' team last Satur-
day was not exactly what . wise doctor
would have prescribed for California S
chances in this melee. The Bears are
fine team, and they will be romping
in their own lair, but the Trojans
probably will win.
Pitt Panther.
AIOTRE DAME-PITT-No foot ball
~ game ever changed complexion so
completely in so short time as
did the meeting between this pair last
Fall. with Pitt winning by two touch
downs. There's another great eleven
wearing Panther uniforms this year,
There has been something radically
wrong al South Bend Up 10 nov. Pos.
! Siblv the tan0le has heen straichfaned
Evening star., 1933-10-28
FOOT BALL RESULTS

I Magnolia A. and NJ, 13; Arkansas
State, IL.
North Texas Teachers, az; Stephen
F. Austin, 6.
Texas A; and l.. 81; Sam Housson
| Teachers, 6.
West.
Dayton, 0; John Carroll, 0 (tie).
Augustana, 80; Western Union, 0.
Oklahoma A. and NJ, 1S; Haskell, o.
Emporia Teachers, 19; Southwest
ern, Z.
Fort Hays State, 10; Bethany, 0.
Washburn, 81: Omaha, O.
Missouri Mines, 40; Springfield CMo)
Teachers, O.
Southeast Missouri Teachers, a;
Oakland City, o.
Tarkio. z; Central, 0.
Ottawa, IL; Baker, 0.
Friends 7; Northwest Okla Teach
Loyola New orleans). 1s: st.
Louis, 8.
York. IS: Nebraska Central. 6.
DE Kalb Teachers. 40; Wisconsin
whitewater Teachers, III Milton, 2.
Mayulle Teachers. 10: Valley City
| Teachers, o.
St Thomas. 80; Macalester. o.
Gustavus Adolphus, 2; Hamline, 3.
Nebraska Wesleyan, IL; Midland, o.
Simpson, 13; Luther, 6.
st. Olaf, ~; Augsburg, Z.
st. Marys, 81; Nevada, O.
Arizona, 6; New Mexico Aegies, 0.
Ellensburg Normal, IA: Pacific Jithe-
ran, 6.
Washington Freshmen, Is: ct.
Martins, 6.
Northeast Missouri Teachers, Ss;
Central Missouri Teachers, z.
| Southeastern Oklahoma Teachers.
IS: East Central Oklahoma Teachers, 2.
William Jewell, z; Missouri Valley, Z
(tie).
Rockhurst, 10: Northwest Missouri
Teachers, z.
Creighton, 9: Grinnell, Q.
Hastings, a.; Doanek, 6.
Evening star., 1933-10-28
Solem Has Made Good at Iowa
Even if Hawkeyes Lose Clash
With Minnesota Eleven Today

City last week-one of the greatest
crowds ever to invade the little univer-
sity town. Iowas high school stars
are heading for Iowa. Southern Cali
fornia. Illinois. Northwestern and other
seats of learning have lost their appeal.
Iowa is again a big figure in Western
Conference foot ball.
1t is probable, Iowa will fall before
the powerful Minnesota team that
finally appears to have reached its eX-
pected form. The Gophers will outman
Iowa. In Lund. Beise. Alphonse and
half dozen others. Minnesota has backs
the equal of any Iowa can muster.
Still, unless Minnesota plays its best
and is constantly alert. the Hawkeyes
may run of with the game. Iowa
won't know it's whipped until the time
keeper fires the final gun and even
then it may take some explaining to
get the Hawkeyes off the field The
new deal is on in earnest out where the
tall corn was growing before they put
it in the silos and in the shock.