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Evening star., 1934-08-19
BY FREDERICK GARDNER,

Associated Press Financial Writer.
NEW YORK, August 18.-The stock
market shriveled to mere shadow
of its erstwhile dimensions today as
turnover barely reached $4,000
shares, the smallest for a two-hour
Saturday session in II years.
The volume was too scant to in
fiuence prices appreciably. The mar
ket as q whole drifted trifle lower,
but remained within the recent mar
row zone of fluctuations.
A brisk rally in wheat and further
recovery in bonds, which moved
higher for the fifth consecutive day,
failed to stir speculation in stocks.
Attendance in Wall Street was
small. Traders who followed the
markets tedious drift were content
to stay on the sidelines pending the
advent of stimulating news, and for
a better sight on the Autumn busi-
ness trend.
The days transfers compared with
31o.1eo shares last Saturday and
182,050 on July 7, the previous low
record of the year. The new record
went back to August II, 1923, when
the turnover on the Stock Exchange
was only $4,000 shares.
Bulls got some satisfaction out Of
the dullness in the argument that it
denoted dearth of liquidation. On
the buying side, however, the market
was just as apathetic.
Many ordinarily active issues did
not trade. Losses ranging from frac-
tions to about point on the aver
age outnumbered small gains. Amer
lean Can, Santa Fe, Chrysler, Gen
eral Motors, American Smelling, J. I.
Evening star., 1934-08-19

Case, Goodyear, Southern Pacific. U.
S. Steel, Montgomery Ward, Sears
Roebuck and American Telephone
were among prominent issues yield
ing for small losses.
The Standard Statistics Co. average
for 80 stocks eased three-tenths of a
point to TIC.
Evidence of expansion tendencies
in business were meager, although
confident hopes were expressed in
some quarters that seasonal stimulus
would become operative over the next
few weeks. The threatened textile
strike, loomed as a possible obstacle
to the anticipated increase in opera
tionS in that industry.
Evening star., 1934-08-19
AUTO FIRMS DELAY
DISAPPOINTS STEEL MEN
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August ia further
curtailment occurred in steel opera
tions with current tngot production
placed at % per cent of capacity, or
just a shade above the early July
low level Any improvement of con-
sequence is not looked for until after
the Labor day period, at the earliest.
Small and miscellaneous buyers
have shown a little more enterprise,
but keen disappointment has been
felt over delay in introduction of new
automobile models. Calls for new car
materials are not expected much be-
fore October l.
While production schedules are low,
consumption is believed relatively
good, with consumers using up stocks
accumulated in the second quarter.
Evening star., 1934-08-19
CHEMIST WILL TOUR
COCOA-PRODUCING AREAS
Special Dispatch to The Star.


NEW YORK, August 18.-Leonard
j. Schwarz, former trade commissioner
of the Bureau of Foreign and Domes-
tic Commerce, specialist in plant
chemistry, has sailed for a six-month
tour of the Gold Coast and other
cocoa-producing regions on behalf of
Walter Baker & Co., Inc, chocolate
manufacturing subsidiary of General
Foods Corp.
Mr.. SchwarZ will select and eStab-
lish permanent buying arrangements
in those regions to secure premium
grades of cacao beans.
Quality of the different shipments
from a given district varies widely.
Variations are due largely to differ
ences in the care with which the beans
are selected and handled in the har-
vesting and curing processes.
Evening star., 1934-08-19
TRADING IN NSTOCKS.
HITS 11-yEAR Low.
Only 164, 900 Shares Change
Hands and Prices Go
Down Slightly.

What Stocks Did,
Evening star., 1934-08-19

CONTINUED On Page 81
Evening star., 1934-08-19
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE
YEAR 1884

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SALES
UP TO INCLUDING FRIDAY.
Evening star., 1934-08-19


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Evening star., 1934-09-09
SANDERS HELD SANE
IN DEATH OF CHILD
Commission Reports to Pennsyl-
vania Cour and Sentence Will
Be Passed Shortly.

BY the Associated Press
SHARON, Pa, September "a
lunacy commission today reported it
found mo evidence of insanity" in
Homer Sanders, 35-year-old college
trained engineer, who faces a charge
of involuntary manslaughter for the
death of 4-year-old Leah Minerva
Dilley. .---
The report was made to the district
court today by DR.. Paul T. Hope,
Mercer County Jail physician, and DR..
w. w. Richardson, head of the Mercer
Sanitarium staff
Sanders was arrested June Is after
a long, futile search for the girl on
the theory that she had been kid
naped. In confession, Sanders
said he found the child's body in
house he had fumigated. Sanders was
quoted as saying he became frightened
and burned the body.
District Attorney j. w. Nelson an
nounced Sanders will be sentenced
soon. He has signed nolo contendere
pleas-or mo defense"
Evening star., 1934-09-09
before the MORO Castle began to Lis

before the Moro Castle began to list
to one side. s
There were Hfeboats bobbing In
the rough sea. Later we could see
nothing but smoke and fog which
enveloped the wreck
Among the survivors on the City Of
Savannah was Miss Margaret Cotter,
%, of Springfield, Mass, who owes
her life to her ability to swim. She
kept af1oat in the water for five hours
before she was picked up.
Il was in my stateroom on D deck, u
she said. Il Smelled smoke, saw peo-
pie running and then the flames. I
jumped overheard and swan for five
hours, and then I saw lifeboat.
The boat had % people in it. The
crew was in bad way because of the
four and five foot waves. They had
difficulty in keeping the boat from
being swamped."
Miss Cotter was furnished clothing
by passengers on the City of Savannah.
She wore a brown suit and mems
shoes, much too large for her.
THE first thing must do is get a
pair of Shoes" she said, and ran from
the pier to call a taxicab.
Evening star., 1934-09-09
BUSINESS LEADER
LAUDS ROOSEVELT
Committee Of 100 Told Recov.
cry on Way in United
States.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, September g.
Confidence in steady reconstruction of
American prosperity was expressed
here today BY Thomas J. Watson.
president of the International Busi-
ness Machine Co., before the Com.
mittee Of 100 of Miami Beach, Fla,
at reception rendered the group at
the Chamber of Commerce.
The committee, winding up its fifth
annual Northern reunion as guests
of Frank E. Gannett, publisher of the
Gannett newspapers, heard addresses
by several other nationally prominent
speakers.
Mr. Watson expressed gratitude to
President Roosevelt for "the sound
constructive things he is doing" pre-
dicted shortened hours of employment
and higher standards Of living and
listed several indications of recovery.
Other speakers included Henry r.
Luce, editor of Time and Fortune;
Louis Wiley, business manager of the
New York Times. and S. S. Kresge,
chain store magnate.
After the chamber reception today
the visiting committee members were
guests at Rochester's Centennial cele-
bration, which ends today. Most Of
the visitors left the city tonight.
Evening star., 1934-09-09

tonic Maca, who had been drifting
in his life belt for six hours. He
was unconscious when the surf tossed
him upon the beach near Seagate,
N. j.
A lifeboat which landed at Spring
Lake carried 7-year-old Benny Ruela,
who had become separated from his
mother and brother in the confusion.
Robert J. Smith, cruise director,
said that it was only by miracle
that he escaped, as he was almost
entirely surrounded by the flames.
First Assistant Engineer Anthony
Bujia was one of the first to see
the fire which, he said, was discovered
by Night Watchman Joseph O'Connor.
THE passengers did not seem to
realize what the fire alarm meant"
Bujia said. "The alarm continued to
sound, and orders were given for the
crew to start smashing in cabin win
dows to arouse the passengers"
| Among the persons removed to hos
pitalS from the Monarch of Bermuda
were Bishop Hiram Richard Hulse, Sc,
of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
and his wife, the former Frances
Seymour of Northampton, Mass.
If they (the Monarch of Bermuda)
hadn't come along 1 don't know what
we would have DONE" said Bishop
Hulse, whose home is Havana. He
and his wife were picked up from
! the water, Semi-conSciouS.
Daniel W. MacCormack of Wash
| ington, D. C., commissioner of i'm
migration and naturalization, and
brother-in-law of the bishop, met the
liner when she docked.
Wandering through the bewildered
groups of rescued on the Monarch of
| Bermuda was Robert Lione, a tow
headed boy of 4, looking for his
mother, who was in stateroom under
care of physicians.
His brother, Raymond Lione, 8, of
Long Island City, and his father,
Anthony, were missing. An uncle
hurried aboard as the liner docked.
where's daddy" the uncle asked.
Don't know" said Robert. Guess
| he drowned"
| Robert was unable to say how he
got aboard the Monarch of Bermuda
He had been sleeping with his mother
Raymond was in stateroom with
the father.
| Awakened by Clatter.
E. Rhinehardt of Philadelphia said
he was not awakened by anybody.
The noise and clatter aroused me, 4"
he said Il smelled smoke and knew
something was wrong.
'I tried to get out into the passage
way and sheet of flame leaped into
my room I crawled out through
q portfolio and onto the deck.
| "I saw people jumping off and finally
I jumped myself. The next thing I
knew 1 was on this boat. When be-
came unconscious I don't know, but
it probably was soon after I hit the
water
Herman Torberg and his nephew
and niece, John and Ruth, said that
when they were awakened there were
no lights, and that flames and smoke
made it impossible for them to get up
where the lifeboatS were.
I'm sure it wasn't lightning that
started the fire" said Torberg. Il
think the fire started in the lounge"
Efforts to save a crippled woman,
believed to be Mrs William Price of
Brooklyn, proved futile. She was low
cred to a lifeboat by ropes, but just
as she was near the waters edge she
collapsed and toppled into the sea.
Her husband, William Price, was
saved.
Members of the crew said in some
cases it was impossible to get to pas
sengers' cabins, and that they had
smashed in portfolios to awaken the
sleeping inmates.
Many Of the crew ripped OF their
Evening star., 1934-09-09
WARD HEAD DENIES
LIGHTNING THEORY
Sabotage Probe Dropped
for Time Being-Cause
Still Mystery.

BY the Associated Press.
HAVANA, September S.-Commo-
dore j. e. Jones. in charge of the
Ward Line feet, told newspaper men
tonight it was impossible lightning
could have caused the disaster to the
Moro Castle.
An investigation into possible sa-
botage aboard the liner was abandoned
for the time being tonight, port au-
thoritieS accepting, at least for the
present, reports that lightning caused
the disaster.
Meanwhile the populace continued
in high state of excitement, avidly
seeking news of relatives and friends
aboard the ship.
A strike of dockworkers In Havana
which resulted in recent riots gave
birth to a theory that sabotage in
the port of Havana was somehow
responsible.
Dudley Thomas, Havana passenger
agent of the Ward Line, said sabotage
could not have been responsible "be-
cause our crew was in no way mixed
up in the strike"
largo NOt 1nHAmmdDAes
He added that the cargo, consisting
of fruit, vegetables. tobacco and sugar,
was not inflammable
The sabotage theory gained further
circulation when it became known
Capt. Robert Willmott had died of
heart disease before fire broke out.
None in authority, however, would dis
cuSS the coincidence, preferring to
wait for further details.
The waterfront disorders Of recent
weeks resulted from a fight between
new and old dockworkers as to whether
both groups would be allowed to work
on rotating list.
An incident that caused much COM
ment was the fact that, although the
new men had been fighting for places
on the list, only handful of them
showed up for work loading the Moro
Castle when she made port here.
Old salts along the water front
commented freely upon the lightning
theory, majority of them expressing
confidence in their belief that it was
impossible for lightning to ignite q
ship at sea.
Probe Is Opened.
The sabotage rumors caused Mai.
Hilario Gonzalez, chief of the Havana
port police, to begin an investigation
into the loading of the vessel to de-
termine if all the eargo-loading rules
had been complied with, and seeking
to detect any signs of possible sabotage.
Evening star., 1934-09-09
HORRORS OF SHIP
FIRE DESCRIBED
Survivors Tell of Leaping
From Burning Liner Into
Raging Sea.

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1934-09-09

shirts, soaked them in water and used
them for masks to aid the passengers
through the swirling masses Of smoke.
Ten of the % persons brought to
New York by the Andrea F. Lucken-
bach, a freighter, were taken to hos
pitalS. The ship was one OF the flrSt
to reach the scene of the disaster
Il am happy to be alive" said Mrs.
Dorothy Cole, %, of Jersey City, who
jumped into the water after the fire
cut off all other means of escape.
Until the ship arrived in Brooklyn
she had only flimsy nightgown and
blanket for protection. Her husband,
James Cole, was missing.
Where is James? Where is James,"
she mumbled over and over as she
left the steamer under care of Red
Cross nurses.
Mrs. Clara Siegmund, 81, Of Bar
donia, N. Y, said a steward awakened
her by pounding on the cabin door,
and that her roommate helped her put
on life preserver.
Il swallowed lots of smoke" she
said. Before we got off the fire was
raging over the whole boat. I don't
remember much what happened after
ward"
Pays Tribute to Women.
Capt. Henry Hill of the Andrea F.
Luckenbach paid high tribute to the
efforts of three rescued women pas
LII lii -o
of the passengers on his ship.
They were" he said, Mrs. Ernest
Trott of Washington, D. c.; Mrs.
Eunice Olive of Syracuse, N. Y, and
Mrs. Louise Reeder of New York City.
They worked tirelessly, and without
them I would have been swamped.
II first saw the flaming ship about
o'clock. 1t was 7 miles away. We
set out for her, and about mile away
put out two lifeboats. The first picked
up nine persons, the second boat four.
THE Coast Guard turned over to
us the rest of the persons We brought
in. Before we left the superstructure
of the Moro Castle was almost en-
tirely burned away"
liner President Cleveland described the
stricken ship as "a mass of flames" at
the time his liner reached the scene
at 6:10 am.
Everything was on fire from the
bridge clean aft" he said. The in
terror was entirely burned when we
got there. All that was standing was
the steel frames of the deck housing.
I'VE launched two lifeboats, and
both secuted for an hour and a half.
Neither found survivor or body"
Every Portfolio Ablaze."
Miss Catherine Clifford of Boston.
passenger on the Dollar liner, said
every portfolio was ablaze" when she
first saw the ship.
I'VE could see people moving on the
forecaStle head, and it wasn't long
Evening star., 1934-09-09

on to New York with those rescued.
The boats we're:
The Monarch of Bermuda, with u
rescued. One of those picked up
from the waters by the famous cruise
ships lifeboats died. Others were in
dying condition and rushed to hos
pitals upon arrival in New York.
The City of Savannah brought sc
survivors.
The freighter Andrea F. Lucken-
bach, had % of the rescued.
Throughout the day, fishing boats
pleasure craft and tugboats put out
from the Jersey shore, wallowing
through the heavy seas to join the
rescue. Many were forced back, un-
able to stand the buffeting.
The fishing schooner Paramount
withStood the waves, bobbed about the
seas close to the liner and rescued
70 persons. Its decks and small cabin
were filled to capacity when it re-
turned to shore.
To guide the rescuerS, airplanes
modified by the New Jersey National
Guard flew over the waters, dipping
when a swimmer or body was
sighted.
Gov. Moore Flies Over Scene.
In one of these planes was Gov
A. Harry Moore of New Jersey. He
rushed from his Summer home al
Sea Girt to lend hand in mobilizing
the forces of the rescue.
IN never forget the face of one
man peering at me from the sea as
he struggled for his life," he said
Il could see many of those in the
water had life belts improperly ad-
! justed."
AS bodies f1oated to the shore oil
were picked up, a morgue was opened
| by the National Guard in Sea Girt
Bodies were brought in two and three
at time Collins were rushed from
New York and other towns.
Several persons swan through the
battering swellS to the shore. Among
these were Mr.. and Mrs. Abraham
Cohen of Hartford, Conn.
| Tonight, the search continued. The
nor easter still pounded the shore
Rain fell in sheets through the fog
Estates along this swanky stretch OF
Jersey shore were thrown open tc
survivors.
A trainload of the rescued, admin
istered aid by hastily summoned ply
sicianS, sped toward hospitals in New
York.
Thousands of persons crowded the
shoreline during the day. They fol-
lowed the tedious work of beachine
the liner.
When the Coast Guard cutter hac
towed her into IS feet of water neal
ASbury Park, the flames still flareC
aft. All else was a twisted mass o.
wreckage above the hull line. Tht
flames spurted through the portfolios
adding to the weirdness of the night
e-fighting equipment from neigh.
boring Jersey towns was summoned Il
lend aid.
What was once the pride of thu
Ward Line-launched in 1880 at cos
of $4,000. .000-was but hulk Of desc
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Evening star., 1934-09-09
SHARKS TERROR|zE
BOAT SURVIVORS
Men and Women Torn From
Dead Bodies in Res
: cue Fight.

CProm $40 Edition Of Yesterdays star)
BY the Associated Press.
BRIELLE, N. j., September ga
picture of the horror that followed
the burning of the liner Moro Castle
as survivors fioundered in the water
screaming for help was given today
by members of the crew of the fishing
boat Paramount, who rescued 81
persons.
"It was the most horrible sight ]
ever saw" said John Began, owner OF
the little craft, which for four hours
ploughed through the water taking
survivors aboard.
"The water seemed to be full OF
dead people," he said. There were
SO many bodies floating around we
had to plough right through them.
Sharks Add to Terror.
From the skipper of another rescue
craft, the Diana, which brought. II
! IL bodies, came an account of how
sharks added to the terror of the dis
aster. He said he counted three
sharks in the area where survivors
were struggling.
JEFF Began, 21-year-old captain oi
the Paramount, said he saw the blaze
from the MORO Castle as his craft
started out on its daily fishing trip
He turned back to Brielle, notified the
Coast Guard and then made for the
burning liner.
The youthful captain said there
would be groups of persons in the
water clinging to a body of rela'
tive and that the living had to be lit.
orally torn from the dead before theI
could be pulled into the boat.
People screamed terribly" younG
Began said. I'VE told them: Well ge
you. Stop screaming.
! All the while the Paramount was OF
/ its mission of mercy it kept blowing
its horn to call out other boats, becaus'
the crew feared the craft would not b.
big enough to hold all the survivors.
Survivors Lay in Heaps.
I'VE didn't stop until we heard n,
more screaming" said John Began, jr
son of the owner of the boat. by tina
time we had 81 on board, many NOR,
than the boat could hold normally
The people we picked up were so ex
hausted they just lay in heaps on tn
deck like dead people"
During the rescue efforts the fathe
Of the Began boys was dragged over
1
when his head hit the rail. 1t wa
all the boys could do to rescue thei
father, but they finally got hin
aboard and he revived quickly.
The boat was aided in its rescu
work by Navy flyer, Comdr. Thoma
Mulroy, in a National Guard plane
Flying over the water he signaled tn
boat by dipping over groups of sur
vivors as he saw them.
Clings to Body of Husband.
The Paramount's crew said that a
one time they came across a mothe
and her daughter holding on to tn
body Of a man. As they pulled tn
woman and her daughter to safet
the woman screamed to them to say
the body Of her husband, but whel
they pointed to the living still to b
rescued she eeased her screams.
sle Another nshing boat, the Dori.
4 picked up one woman and seve
men, but sllsof them died on the wa
to Bzielle. The woman clung to
baby as she was hauled aboard tn
Doris, but when she saw it was dea
she flung 1t into the ocean. She die
q few minutes later.
Evening star., 1934-09-09
MYSTERY CLOAKS
FIRE ON LINER
Dual Inquiry Launched Into
Cause of Disaster Off
Jersey Coast.

(Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1934-09-09
REELECTED PRESIDENT
G. L. Connell and Other officer

G. L. Connell and Other Officers
Chosen at Conference.
CHICAGO, September @.-
George L. Connell, New York, was re-
elected president of the National Gus
toms Service Association as the con-
vention closed today. Other officers,
all reelected, were: Vice presidents,
Joseph Curran, Boston; George Hill,
Baltimore: Julius Aoskad, Chicago;
M. L. Leblanc, New Orleans; P. M.
Beach, Detroit; ]. N. Spicer, Seattle,
and Carlton c. Rose, Buffalo; f1nan-
cial secretary and treasurer, Harry l..
Robinson, Baltimore.
Evening star., 1934-09-09
Every Portfolio Ablaze."

Miss Catherine Clifford of Boston,
a passenger on the Dollar liner, said
every portfolio was ablaze" when she
first saw the ship.
I'VE could see people moving on the
forecastle head, and it wasn't long
Evening star., 1934-09-09
REPORT RADIO MAN SAFE
Eorro Castle Operator Aboard
Cutter, Says Message.

BAYONNE, N. j., September 8 tP1.
Mrs. Dith Rogers, wife of George
w. Rogers, chief radio operator Of the
Moro Castle, said tonight she had
received word her husband was safe
and was en- route to New York aboard
a Coast Guard cutter.
Mrs. Rogers said her message, re-
ceived by wireless via the Radio Cor
poration of America, did not indicate
whether the cutter, which had been
towing the burning liner, carried other
survivors.