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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-11
CAPTAINS BODY.
FOUND ON SHIP

ASBURY PARK, j., Sept. II
G.N.SO.-Apparently there will
be no autopsy performed on the
body of Capt. Robert D. Willmott,
Of the ill-starred liner MORO
Castle, it was said here today.
The body of the captain, who
died of a heart attack a few
hours before the ship was swept
by flames, was found in his
cabin aboard the liner late last
night.
The remains were so badly
burned that no autopsy of con-
sequence could be made, it was
said, and the body was left
where it was found.
The discovery was made by
Fire Chief William Taggart, of
Asbury Park Identification was
made by means of a bunch of
keys bearing a ring inscribed
Captain"
Earlier in the day officials OF
the Ward Line, owners of the
vessel, had ventured into the
masters quarters, but had failed
to find Captain Willmott'S body.
A more complete search of the
cabin was made possible when
firemen sprayed the red-hot steel
framework of the ship to cool
it. Pouring streams from eight
fire hoses, the firemen cooled
the bridge, Chief Taggart said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-11
NEGRO HEALTH
DISCUSSED

An illustrated address on the
health program of Kansas City,
Mo-, by DR.. William J. Thompkins,
recorder of deeds, featured the
meeting last night of the citizens
joint conference of civic, welfare
and educational groups at the
Phyllis Wheatley Y. w. c. A.
DR.. Thomkpins, former health
commissioner of Kansas City, is
sponsoring a program for better
health conditions among the Ne
groes of the District. The reply
from the District Commissioners
to a recent petition was read. Sur
prise was expressed that the Com
missioners turned a deaf ear to
many of the proposals in the petit
ton, which included a separate
building at Gallinger Hospital for
colored patients by a colored stats.
a separate staff, separate tuber-
culosis building and six well-baby
stations in various parts of the
city.
DR.. Thompkins said the Negro
health problem is serious here be-
cause it has been neglected and
that the local Health Department
had never adopted a preventive
program or properly informed
Congress of the needs of the
COlOred population.
Another request is to be made Of
the Commissioners at an early
date.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-11
RESORT CLAIMS
BEACHED LINER

AsBURY PARK, N. j., Sept. II
G.N.SD The morbid, but unde-
niably intense interest of the pub
lie in the wreck of the Moro
Castle on the beach here has
been duly noted by the city fathers
Of Asbury Park, who today were
seriously considering making the
fire blackened vessel a permanent
addition to the resorts amusement
attractions.
On Sunday the city charged IS
cents admission to the Convention
Hall Pier, from which an excel
lent view can be obtained, and
crossed more than $4,000.
The city council has retained
Donald Waesche, a Jersey City
lawyer, to press the claim that
the municipality is entitled to
claim ownership Of the ship on
the grounds that ownership is
vested in the city as a riparian
right.
If Mr.. Waesche is unable to
obtain a judicial upholding this
point Of view an effort will be
made to purchase or lease the
hulk.
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CREW DISPUTES
WARNS STORY

NEW YORK, Sept. II Q.N.SO
Rough, ill-attired seafaring men
who walk with the rolling gait of
the sailor and who are obviously
not at ease, stand in the corridors
of the Federal Building here to-
day, ready to tell their versions of
the tragic burning of the liner
Moro Castle.
Dazed by their experiences on
the flaming ship, the men discuss
in guarded tones the testimony of
those who have preceded them on
the witness stand.
Matthew McCreedon, husky mem.
Der Of the stewards crew, whose
job it was to man the fire-hose,
said:
81 read where Warns (acting
Capt. william F. WarmS) said
the pumps worked in good
order.
ut was like using a water
pistol. We had no chance
against the fire. 1t swept
through the library and lounge
like q headwind. The hose I
had sent out not much more
than a trickle.
"We had q chance to save a
hundred people if they had let
us instead Of trying to fight a
fire that had gotten beyond con-
troll"
Walter A. Cody, jr., a cadet
confirmed Mr.. McCreedon'S claim
that the vessels fire fighting
system did not work. He had
high praise for the ships officers,
however.
Frank Williams, an able sea-
man, also insisted that the water
pressure made it impossible to
fight the fire that swept the
Moro Caste.
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Hose Worked 0. K, Engineer Said;
Helped Passengers Escape Flames

Asked if he went to the engine
room as soon as he heard the fire
alarm, Mr.. Abbott replied:
II started out. I telephoned
to the first assistant engineer.
He told me that everything was
all right"
Mr.. Abbott said he went to "a"
deck, adding:
"The fire was cracking and
smoke was pouring out. saw
the hoses were working. Going
down through the passage. I
closed the doors leading into the
cabins to keep the smoke from
blowing in.
II helped five or six passen-
gers to spot on the aft part
of the ship"
Mr.. Abbott said he worked
down to the D deck, called to the
first assistant engineer, and then
fought his way to the bridge and
reported to the captain.
Q.-Was the emergency set (fire
fighting equipment) working?
A.-No. The circuit was burned
out. It was the only time I knew
it to fail.
Q.-Three watches of men were
off duty?
A.-They weren't called until
the alarm went.
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Q.-Wasn't that strange
Shouldn't they have been called
sooner?
Al assumed the alarm was
sounded as soon as the fire was
discovered.
Mr.. Abbott said he saw the fire
in the library.
"The whole place was afire,
ceiling, floors, walls-everything
on the portside."
Don't you think If they got
a hose into the library they
could have stopped the fire."
"Not with a hundred hoses"
Chairman Dickerson N. Hoover
Of the board of inquiry asked
whether any of the crew or Off
GERS helped the passengers, Mr..
Abbott said:
81 helped several"
"What were the orders from
the bridge at this time?"
"Our communications were
cut off. I was working my way
to the bridge to tell the captain
we couldn't go on
Q.-HoW did so many men from
the engine department get clear
of the ship? You have about Al
men.
A.-The only way I can account
for it is that they got up the SER
vice stairway,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-11
RIGHT TOP|CKET..
ISSUE At AFGE
CONVENTION
Donovan Case Prompts Fight
Between Local and NRA
Division Workers
Rv II1LIA A. RONWIT

NEW YORK, Sept. ia battle
royal was expected to break out on
the floor of the third annual con.
vention of the American Fedora.
ton of Government Employees to-
day as two forces, one led by the
officials of the organization, and
the other by NRA employees, pre-
pared to fight to the finish the
question of picketing by Federal
workers.
The fight is an aftermath of
the dismissal of John L. Donovan
from the NRA on the alleged
charge of incompetency and his
subsequent reinstatement, after
the National Labor Relations
Board found he had been dis
charged for union activities.
BabcOck Leads Fight
With E. Claude Babcock, presi-
dent of the federation, already on
record as favoring an amendment
to the organizations constitution
to outlaw picketing and the use
of large grievance committees, the
forces led by Mr.. Donovan are
seeking approval of a resolution
indorSing their methods of obtain
ing adjudication of grievances.
The NRA lodge insists that it
has been through the use Of
grievance comittees and delega.
lions that they have succeeded in
reducing overtime, correcting cases
of discrimination against employees
and securing the reinstatement of
unjustly dismissed and suspended
employees"
Picketing Urged
In their resolution now before
the committee on resolutions, they
recommend that other lodges of
the federation utilize active
grievances committees in the
settlement of local grievances and
that they strive to support and Sc
cure the aid of all labor organ
izations in industry and the pro-
LESSONS as a means Of strength
ening the labor movement and its
aims"
Mr.. Babcock, on the other hand.
discussing his proposed constitu-
tional amendment today, said that
unless steps were taken to put an
end to picketing by government
employees, the picketing and use of
grievance committees might result
in "insurrection against the gov
eminent"
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Passengers Could Not Find Their Way
About Ship: Ignorant of StairwayS

The chief engineer said he did
not think the fire started from
electric installation.
Q.-Reference has been made
TO a locker in the library. Was
there any great amount of cleo.
trio installation centered there?
A.-Over it is the wireless
room and other lighting wires.
Many emergency lights wiring is
eentered near there.
Then this question was shot at
the witness:
IF the fire started there
would it cripple much of the
electrical system of the Ship?"
eyes. sir"
Mr.. Abbott said the fire doors
in the passage ways we're not
closed until he started down the
service stairways and closed some
Of them.
He did not know whether any
Of the passengers had been trap
ped on "B" deck. No, they did
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Denies Friction Between Bridge,
Declares Ship Pumps Never Failed

said, Take that boat. 1t was
the No. 1 boat. I went off in
that boat"
@. Was it the first boat off?
A. No, sir. Two or three
boats had gone.
@. Was all the crew out of the
engine room then?
A. 1 think so.
However. Mr.. Abbott admitted
he did not know they were from
his own knowledge. He said the
fire was going very strong" at
the time. It was about $3.50 a. m,
he thought, when he got in No. !
lifeboat.
Questioned by J. L. Smith, boiler
inspector, a member Of the board
of inquiry, Mr.. Abbott estimated
the fire broke out about 8
a. M"
Mr.. Smith asked him if he was
in the engine room when the or
der was received to slow the en-
gines down. He answered:
"NO. I was asleep"
He explained everything seemed
to be in good shape when he re
tired. Five boilers had been work
ing the night before. The Morrc
Castle was ahead Of time and they
had cut out one Of the boilers
Mr.. Abbott was asked how the
boilers were working. He said:
Perfectly"
AS far as he knew the engines
we're working full speed up to the
time the order was sent down tt
reduce the revolutions.
Q.-Who gave that order?
Al suppose it came from the
bridge.
Ono one called you?
A.-NO, sir, I was awakened
by the fire alarm
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-11
>TLE OFFICERS TELL OF LEAVING BLAZING SHIP
Capital Host
Undersea
Vessel

Uncle Sans newest and most
modern submarine, the U. S. S.
Cuttlefish, commissioned June 6,
arrived at the Washington Navy
Yard today after a long shake,
down cruise in southern waters.
The 1,130-ton vessel, 200 feet
long, is the largest undersea craft
ever to pay a call here. Navy De-
partment officials declared there
will be no public inspection of the
craft because of the general over
hauling and cleaning she will
undergo while here. Visitors will
be allowed on the dock, however,
for an exterior view.
Under the present sailing SEIZED
ule, the Cuttlefish will leave
Washington next Monday for
New London, Conn.,, where am
munition will be put aboard.
The vessel will leave for Hawaii
late this fall to join the submarine
division Of the fleet.
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CREW FIRST To FLEE
F|RE.SWEPT SHIP

knew anything about the fire that
had occurred on the MORO Castle
on August 81 when the liner was
en- route from New York to
Havana. He replied:
Eyes. Captain WilImOtt said
somebody must have thrown a
lighted cigar on, the deck and
sparks flew back. One Of the
night watchmen smelled smoke
and the blaze was put out"
The chief engineer said that
on that night of the disaster he
saw no evidence of failing pres
sure on the pumps. Asked Of
what material the external super
structure of the ship was made
he replied:
"All steel"
Q.-How far up did the fire
resisting bulkheads go?
Al think they went right up
to the deck sir, from deck to deck.
Q.-Were the doorways in these
bulkheads shut?
A.-Not between the library
and the lounge. You couldn't
have got to it because Of the
flames. I don't know about the
other doors.
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Mr.. Abbott denied any friction
between the engine room and the
bridge.
Inspector Smith said:
II should think that many
Of those in the engine room
would have been called out to
fight the fire.
81 thought they were called
when the fire alarm was given"
Q.-Was everything all right
among the men on the ship?
Ayes, sir. The captain and
I are old shipmateS. I helped
build that ship and had been on
her ever since.
Odd you ever go to the
engine room?
A.-No, sir. I called there by
telephone and they said every.
thing was o. k.
Q.-Could you have gone?
Ayes, sir.
Q.-Didn't it occur to you as
the proper thing to do to 60
to the engine room?
A.-(Hesitating a bit). Well
everything was all right there
when I started down toward the
engine room, I got to helping
the passengers.
Mr.. Hoover asked at what time
the pumps failed and Mr.. Abbott
replied:
''They never did"
He said that when he saw the
hoses in operation they were
working all right"
"They were getting plenty OF
water?"
eyes, sir"
Asked how he got off the ship,
Mr.. Abbott said:
81 was around there helping
passengers and doing all / could.
/ was about overcome with
smoke. I went up to report TO
the captain on the bridge and he
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not know how to find their way
around on the ship. They didn't
know about the service stairway.
He showed some of the passengers
that way.
Mr.. Abbott said the lowest he
saw the fire was &C" deck and
he did not believe it went lower
than that. 1t hadn't up to the
time he left on the lifeboat. He
left the ship about $3.50 a. m. and
not until the captain told him
to go
The chief engineer was asked
how the crew in the engine room
left the ship. He said:
"MOSt of them got out
through the shaft alley"
Asked if he gave the order to
lower lifeboat No. !, on which he
went ashore, he replied negatively,
asserting that the captain gave
the order.
"Any panic them"
"No, SIR"
The witness was excused.
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chief engineer explained that he
could, but did not because, when
he telephoned the assistant chief
engineer, he was told everything
was all right down below. He said
he thought it was his duty to re-
port to the captain, which ne did.
Q.-When you first came out
did you see fire other than in the
library?
A.-The library, the mezzanine
and the lounge. And from these
places it spread rapidly.
Asked if he ever had any diff
Guilty with the crew of the engine
room, he said:
"No, the men in the engine
room wOrshipped that ship and
worked together"
Q.-What is your thery as to
what started the fire?
Al don't know sir. It was
such a big fire. I heard talk of
lightning and on the shore at
Spring Lake, N. j., after I was
landed I heard talk of a ball of
fire.
Mr.. Abbott was asked if he
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-11
By JOHN DEAN MILL1GAN

Although any private financial institution empowered to
grant modenzaton loans under the rules of the Federal
Housing Administration may require that mortgage be taken
the property repaired local bank will take advan
tage of the privilege
This statement made to The Washington Times by promi
nent local banker proof Of the hearty cooperation that
banks here extending in the drive to bring homes and
business property date and to put thousands of obess
back to work in the building trades.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-11
GERMANY

NUREMBERG, Germany, Sept.
II G.N.SO.-A Storm Troop cor
poral ran amok today in a large
camp at Langwasser, near here,
and knitted and killed two of his
comrades and wounded several
others before he could be sub
dued.
The crazed man left his cot
during the early hours Of the
morning and murdered the troop
ers as they lay asleep in his own
tent. He was seriously injured
in the struggle preceding his cap
ture.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-11

the good character Of the Dor.
rover.
While a bank can refuse to de.
mand mortgage, q savings bank
(COntinued on Page "a Col. y
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-11
ITALY

CATANIA, Italy, Sept. IL
ON.SO. severe earthquake
shocks early today created panic
among the populations of the
provinces Of Catania, Siracusa
and Ragusa, although no serious
damage was reported Immediately
No injuries were reported.
Thousands rushed from their
houses as the tremors began
Church bells were set aringing by
the quaking.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-11
DC. Banks Not to Ask
Housing Mortgages

This is another of series Of articles The Federal
Housing Administrations The Washington Times is the
only newspaper IN the United States giving complete
formation ON this project.
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World News
ARGENTINA

BUENOS AIRES, Sept. II
G.N.S0.-Pressing their advance
against Bolivian forces in the
Chaco, Paraguayan troops today
were II miles nearer their OBJ
jective, Puerto SuareZ, Bolivian
port on the Paraguay River, &C
cording to Asuncion communicates.
Bulletins issued in La Paz,
however, declared the Paraguay
ans had lost $500 men in their
attack. The Bolivians claimed a
great victory in repelling the
drive.
The Paraguayans, on the other
hand, reported they captured
forts Targas and Vanguardia II,
in the Bahia Negra sector.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-11

The statement m e a. ms that
WaShington's banks will respect
the wishes of the Federal Housing
Administration that the modern
iZation" loans be unsecured; that
no collateral be obtained except
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-11
ENGLAND

LONDON, Sept. II G.N.S0
Important League Of Nations
documents were stolen from the
automobile of Sidney Parlette, an
employe of the International
Labor Office, Scotland Yard dis
closed today. The papers were
understood to contain recommen-
dations of the international labor
conference regarding its dele
gates attitude in connection with
future wars.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-11
CUBA

HAVANA, Sept. II GN.S0.
Suspected of plotting against the
life of U. S. Ambassador Jeffer-
son Caffrey, 26 Communists Of
the Havana suburb, Marianao,
were under arrest today, charged
specifically with illegal assem-
blage. Officers said the radicals
had been maintaining a close
watch over the movements Of
Mr.. Caffrey. The envoy himself
said he had no information re.
garding any plots on his life.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-11

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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-12-27
GOLDEN DAWN

court and legally adopted the daughter
of Capt. Ronald Elliot and Janet Elliot,
both deceased.
From the courtroom they went to
Grace cathedral and had her baptized
In the Episcopalian faith-out OF cour-
tesy to Mrs. Gatlin's latest religious
crotchet, Mr.. Gatlin having no religious
affiliations whatsoever. There was a.
slight hiatus here. The pastor had
just sprinkled water on the little dark
head and said: II baptize thee In the
name OF the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost, and give thee
the name Of -" when Mrs. Gatlln In
terrupted softly-"Lucretia."
Nothing doing" Mr.. Gatlin declared.
"Lucretia Wasn't that the woma
that poisoned people-a wop woman7
Her name shall be Penelope. like
that name"
The pastor smiled family. Having
already sensed that all of the en-
thusiasm for the child was Mr.. Cat
Inns, he was seized with a perverse de
sire to please the sentimental fellow,
so he said quickly: and give thee
the name of Penelope"
Mr.. Gatlin Rugged Penelope to him
and kissed her back Of the left ear
you mustn't kiss her, Theodore
his wife protested. kissing Is unsani-
tary. You might give her some sort
of disease"
"Oh, lord" Mr.. Gatlin murmured.
will ever cease making hideous mis-
takes?'
For In that Illuminating instant he
realized that In adopting Penelope he
had made a terrible mistake. His wife
didn't want her AT the very moment
OF the commencement of his expert
ment he knew 1t WAS a failure. How
ever, 1t was no part OF his wife's In
tention lat least for the presently that
he should realize this, so she took the
baby from him.
Within the week, Theodore Gatlin,
having communicated with the ad
jutant general of the army at Wash
ington, ascertained that Capt. Ronald
Elliot's body had been brought home
from the island of Sulu and inferred
In the national cemetery at the Pre-
sidio of San Francisco. So he had
penelope's mother disinterred from the
potter's field and reinforced beside the
soldier. after which he gave orders for
the erection of a suitable monument
over them.
Viewing him from every angle, he
was a most peculiar retail shoe dealer.
For a month all went well with the
Gatlins, and then Mrs. Gatlin issued
her fiat.
Theodore" she said, Il must insist
on one thing. Penelope must never
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-12-27
The New Year
By Tennyson
- INC our, Wiid bells, to the wild
n sky,
The flying cloud. the frosty

sDN INC our, Uiid bells, to the wild
n sky,
The flying cloud. the frosty
light.
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wiid bells, and lei him die.
fling OUT the old, ring in the netU;
Ring, happy bells. across the snoC;
The 4year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out the grief, thar saps the mind,
For those thai here tpe see no more;
Ring out the feud OF rich and poor;
Ring in redress to all mankind.
Ring OUT a sioyly dying cause
And ancient forms OF party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes Of life.
Filth smeeter manners, purer lat0s.
King our the IUdHf, the care, the sin,
The iaithless GOODNESS OF the times;
Ring out, ring out, my mourntul rhymes
Bur ring the fuller minstrel in.
@Ring out false pride in place Of blood.
The cipic SANDER and the spite;
Ring in The love OF truth and right;
Ring in the common love OF good.
"Ring out old shapes OF foul disease;
Ring out the narrowing lust OF gold;
Ring gu the thousand wdrs Of old,
Ring in the thousand years OF peace.
"Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness OF the land;
Ring in the Christ that is to be-