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LT^~ The i IMAIIA M( iRNING BEE ___ termined by the contribntlon he makes IUW VOL. 54—NO. 1. OMAHA, MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1924. *' TWO CENTS'11 o^*c;B0,l tiSSUST* L___ Br 11*11 (1 Yaar): Dally and Sunday. 15: Sunday. *2.60. within tha 4th tone. Outtlda tha 4th Zoaa <1 Year): Pall* and Sunday. *12; 8unday only. *5. Pugilist Is Murdered at Cabaret Bill Brennan Lured to Pas sageway and Shot—Guest, Attempting to Nab Assail ants, Also Slain. Two Suspects Captured B.v HOWARD R. BANGS Universal Service Staff Corespondent. New York, June 15.—Lured from his cabaret, the Tijuana club, at 600 West One Hundred and Seventy-first street, William (Bill) Brennan, one of ony two men who ever went the route with Champion Jack Dempsey, was shot twice through the body and killed early today by one or more of five men who lay in waiting. James Cullen, a state tropper, who was one of the party of guests being entertained by Brennan, also was slain. He was shot through the neck as he attempted to capture the prize fighter’s assailants. An unkempt grey-suited man who gave his name as James Hughes, 31, and who police believe to be a member of a West Side gun gang, is in police headquarters charged with homicide following his capture after an exciting automobile chase in Upper Broadway. Hughes is the man who called Brennan into the passageway back of the cabaret where the pugilist was shot. Ar rested at the same time was Frank Rossi, 27, an occupant of the taxi in which Hughes fled, and said to he Hughes' companion. He is a taxicab owner. Officer Beaten, Two shells from an automatic re volver were found near the spot where Brennan fell. A .25 caliber automatic pistol was picked up on the running board of the taxi com mandeered by the fleeing Hughes. Lost in the maze of passageways at the rear of the Tijuana club, the two men arrested, Hughes and Rossi, bent Into unconsciousness Police Lieut. John Hagerty, who, hearing the shots, (lasher in through the rear of the cabaret. Brennan wag lolling on a divan In his luxuriously appointed club, chat ting with a party of friends. Among them was his sister. Shirley, an act rt-ss known on Broadway as Shirley Sherman, and with whom Brennan lived in One Hundred and Seventy first street. Hughes came in and tapped Brennan on the shoulder, say ing: "Bill, can I see you a minute?” "Cer“iinly,” Brennan replied, and arose \o follow Hughes through a heavy ’Mack curtain at the rear of the room. He seebed to know Hughes well. Flics at Sister Scarcely had the swish of the cur tain ceased when two shots were heard. Brennan's sister dashed for the spot and says she saw five men running down the corridor. She caught up with Hughes and attempted to detain him, hut he drew a revolver and fired at her. The shots went astray and he shook the girl o(T and threw her to the floor. Hughe* and Rossi. In attempting to escape, became confused and were compelled to smash through glass -doors at the end of the corridor. The other three fled safely through an alley. The sound of the crashing glass brought Police Lieutenant Haggerty, who was In plain clothes, dashing (Turn to Page Two. Column One.) k, THREE DIE, 50 HURT IN GAS EXPLOSION By Universal Servlre. Chicago, June 15.—Three men were killed and 50 Injured, some seriously, In a gas explosion at the Inland Steel company's plant In South Chicago to day. The men were repairing a heating chamber when the valve of a gas main blew off, flooding the chamber with gas. Five of the workmen were take/ to the morgue as dead, but two of them were revived by applying pul motors. The injured were removed to a hos pital. We Have With Us Today Ray I>. Kingsbury Contractor and Ranker Grand Island, Neb. Mr. Kingsbury Is one of the big men of central Nebraska. Not con tent with being a paving contractor and a director in the Nebraska State bank of Grand Island, he is manager of a large plumbing and heating con cern In that city and is connected with several other businesses as well. llr. Kingsbury is taking a motor □ trip through the state with his family and stopped in Omaha Saturday morn ing. He Is accompanied on his trip by his wife and his two daughters. Carlts and Carol. The occasion of the trip is a 20th wedding anniversary. "Despite the heavy rains I find conditions In the state good so far," ■aid Mr. Kingsbury. "Wltdi a day *r two to dry off the roads would be •wonderful" Brennan’s Last *S Was in Omaha; Hl>unent Also Dead * -etsssas "Big Bill" Brennan's last appearance in a prize ring was in Omaha last November 7. He was knocked out in the fourth round by Billy Miske of St. Paul. A strange coincident of this fight is that both of tha principals are now dead. Miske died of Bright's disease in St. Paul last January. Brennan’s fight in Omaha with Miske was a futile attempt to stage a “comeback.” A few months before he had been battered Into insensibil ity by Luis Angel Firpo. For several days Brennan was confined to the hospital and his retirement from the ring was announced. After his release from tha hospital, however, the call of the prize ring became too sfrong for Brennan to resist and he began training again. Subsequently he was matched with Miske in Omaha. Brennan made a pitiful showing against Miske. ,The St. Paul boxer —himself no more than a shadow of his former self—pummelled Brennan at will and in the fourth round "Big Bill” went to the canvas for the count. Following the fight the Nebraska stat* boxing commission ordered Brennan's purse held up on the grounds that “Big Bill” was not In condi tion and that he did not try to do his best. Brennan's manager was Leo P. Flynn, who is well known to Omaha fight fans and has been here several times, particularly in company with Dave Shade, whom Flynn also manages. 140 Men, Women, 22 Nationalities, Win Citizenship Naturalization Papers Pre sented With Special Flag Day ( Ceremonies at Courthouse. One hundred and forty men and women of 22 nationalities received their final naturalization papers with Flag day ceremony Saturday eve ning at the courthouse. The pro gram was under the auspices of the Omaha Council of Americanization. Ten ex-service men and 25 women were among those who received the naturalization papers presented by A. H. Bode, federal examiner. The ma jority of new citizens was Italians. Mrs. Joseph Rynes, 2402 South Twen ty-first street, one of the champion sweater knitters for the Red Cross during the war, was among the women admitted. Seven couples ad mitted to citizenry were Mr. and Mrs. John J. .Durkan, 2726 Larlmore ave nue; Mr. and Mrs. James Meehan, 4214 South Twenty-sixth street; Mr. and Mrs. Philip Messina, 1011 South Twenty-sixth street; Dr. and Mra. Emil Relchstadt, 1224 North Forty fifth street; Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Sosnowskl, 4825 South Thirty-ninth street; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Walker. 225 Park avenue, and Mr. and Mrs. William Weigel, 5001 Nicholas street. Men who requested a <:bange of name were John George Anastasakaa to John George Anas, 464 South Thirty-third street; Sven Johan Bonrston to Swan Joyn Sodergren, 617 South Eighteenth street, and George Adam Adamopoulos to George A. Adams, 1717 Chicago street. WIND UNROOFS WAYNE ICE PLANT Wayne, Neb., June 15.—In the heaviest wind storm In 15 years, In fact resembling a tornado, the chemi cal Ice plant here was unroofed last night, trees were blown down, mak ing whole blocks In the downtown 'district Impassable and much damage done to buildings. Windmills In the surrounding country were blown down, mnqty fields on low ground are under water and thoae on the slopes suf fered much from erosion. Many fields of alfalfa lie flat today and the cut ting will he difficult. Woman Breaks Finger. Hartlngton, Neb., June 16.—Mrs Ed Wieseler of this place, broke one of the fingers of her right hand when It became caught aa she hastily wound a rope around a pnat In order to prevent a horse, attached to the rope and having a young child on lt> back, from running away. Funeral Rites for Burglar Monday Rev. D. E. Cleveland to Preach; Widow Unable to .R aise Funds. Funeral services for John Mansi, slain burglar, will be held Monday aft ernoon at 4 from the Crane mortuary, 515 South Twentieth street. Burial will he in West Lawn cemetery. Because of Mrs. Agnes Mansi's In ability to secure her release on bond from the city Jail, she has been un able to raise the funds to accord her dead husband a funeral. She has ex pressed dread of pauper burial re peatedly. The Crane mortuary Is furnishing the funeral. Rev. D. E. Cleveland, who has been Interested In the ease through newspaper stories, has of fered his services. The body of the dead burglar has been held at the mortuary since last Monday night. ‘Hell Maria’ Goes Along With Dawes General Says, If Elected, Will Take Famous Expression With Him as Vice President. Briar Pipe to Go, Too Chicago, June 15.—Charles G. Dawes ^ave his first interview today following his nomination as running mate with Cooltdge. It was a short interview, but expressive. The re publican nominee for vice president said if elected he would take with him to Washington both his pipe and his famous expression—"Hell Maria.” The. importance of this last lies in the fact that it Is a fighting expres sion. As presiding officer of the sen ate, General Dawes can either be eoipe a cipher or a fighter. If he takes along his fighting language it may be he will express a few "Hell Marias" to a time wasting senate to the general good of the administra tion. The general fondled his pipe as he turned it over in his hand. It Is a sort of Jimmy pipe, the bowl hanging from a straight stem, which makes it look upside down. “It's a good pipe.” said the candi date, as he pulled at it and explained about “Hell Maria.” “It isn't 'Hell and Maria' at all," he said. “It is just ‘Hell Maria.’ It started this way: A man asked me if I had paid $400 for a horse when I was purchasing agent during the war. It made me good and mad. I shout ed, ‘Why Hell Maria, I'd have paid horse prices for sheep if they could have drawn cassions and guna to the Argonne. Our boys were there get ting hell from the Germans and they had to have artillery support. We needed horses to get them there. Horses were worth their weight in gold, and I’d have paid anything for them.' Hell Marla never fitted any occasion so appropriately." It was Sunday at the Dawes home, a quiet Sabbath. The candidate said he would give no political interviews. He is too shrewd a Judge of the meaning of words however not to realize the biggest possible interview he could give is his announcement that he expects to take “Hell Maria" with him to Washington. "Hell Maria" in Washington for full four years? The people know what it accomplished in the few short months General Dawes was whipping the budget into shape, say his friends. The same friends when they learned Dawes had said he was planning to give that pungent expression four years’ work, were more than de lighted. They congratulated the In terviewer. "Hell Maria made the budget.” said one of these friends and saved the taxpayers $1,250,000 a year.” Thus "Hell Maria’’ becomes the "$1,000,000,000" rath, after his Inter view. which Dawes maintained was not an interview, he said. ,"I won't have anything to say until I have been officially notified of my nomination.’’ The official notification is expected any day now. Then Gen eral Dawes is expected to swing into campaign speech-making. YOUTH SWEPT TO DEATH IN RIVER Special IX,patch to The Omaha Dee. Wood River, Neb., June 15.— George Halky, 19, was drowned late this afternoon when he stepped into a hole In the Platte river, where he was wading. Two companions, assisted by August Donner, who was fishing near the scene of the tragedy, made frantic efforts to save the young man, but were unsuccessful. The body was recovered half a mile below. “Ain't Nature Wonderful” By UNCLE PETE. i J O’Neill, Neb., June 16.—Ater sev eral Reasons of secret experimentation Doc Wilkinson announces that he at laet has succeeded In perfecting a hen which he will soon place upon the market. The new hen, the doc tor believes, will place thousand* ot dollars Into the pockets of the farm ers snd small country produce deni er* annually during the summer months, dollars of which they are now deprived because of either the natural depravity of the common.hen or her lack of knowledge of the atate and federal pure food laws. The new fowl, he says, Is not a freak-bred bird, hut Is the offspring of seversl generations of highly educated barn yard chickens. The doctor first was attracted to the necessity for Improvement of the common hen by the perversity of the large flock which he maintains on hi# ranch Just outside'the city limit# of Heaver Kbits, The flock was one of noted layers and as a result each time the doctor came to town he was enabled to bring at least n case of eggs. These eggs the local merchants were eager and glad to accept and laler to ship as number Is to the Isrger marts, where they were accept ed without question until the first of June rolled around each year. The first of June Is the date after which for sey|ral months both state and federal food lawa require eggs to be candled, and after which nil eggs must be shipped subject to candle atfon. Just as soon as June 1 arrived the doctor noticed that the hens began to lay large numbers of bad eggs. No matter how carefully they were candled at home and by the local dealer had ones continued to show up every time they changed hands and were re candled. Close observation of the flock con vinced him that the blame lay with the birds and that many of them, either through natural meanness or a careless spirit brought on by warm weather, were laying bad eggs. Con tinued observation enabled him to spot the guilty fowls and then a course of discipline began. Whenever a hen, caught In the trap neeta, was discovered to have produced a had egg aha waa sent to bed without her supper and her pleasures snd aecreatlona were re stricted until she had produced a good one. It didn't lake long for the liens to figure out the relation between cause snd effect and bad eggs ceased to lie produced on (lie Wilkinson ranch. The old birds also taught their young the ways of rectitude until at last a strain of upright and conscientious chickens was perfected which Is In great demand among Ihs poultry fan ciers of Oeaver Flats. Columbus Pilot Completes Dawn to Dusk Flight By Associated Press. Columbus, Neb., June 15.—MaJ. William N. Hensley, commander of the army air service station.at Mit chell Field, N. Y., itrrived here at 7:23 o’clock this evening. Central Standard time, from Mitchell Field after mak ing four stops in the flight begun at 4:30 this morning, Eastern Standard time. Major Hensley was accompanied by Lieutenant M. L. Elliott, operations officer at Mitchell Field. Major Hensley declared today's flight illustrates that the middle west "could have war brought to its door in a day, ’ in case of attack by air forces of an enemy. Major Hensley and Lieutenant Elliott wilt begin their return trip to Mitchell Field Tuesday morning un less weather conditions interfere. Maughan First to o Try Coast-to-Coast Flight Unaided Daring Dawn-to-Dusk Jump Intended to Test Mobility of Army Air Force. -*7 San Francisco, June 15— Plans are complete for the coast-to-coast day light flight to be attempted some time within the next week by Lieut. Rus sell Maughan, it was stated at army headquartres here today. Lieutenant Maughan will hop off from New York at dawn and try to reach San Fran cisco before dark. He will make about three stops en route, to refuel, and will try fo'r a speed record. He hopes to make the trip in about 17 hours, well under the period of daylight available. He will fly alone, thus facing an unprecedent ed strain for an aviator negotiating such a distance. He expects to cross the continent in nearly 10 hours less than the time Lieutenants John A. MacReady and Oakley G. Kelley re quired to accomplish the feat In a non stop flight. Lieutenant Maughan will drive a small racing plane, with which he hopes to maintain a speed of 1*0 miles an hour. In army aviation circles, where the attempt was "pronounced one of the most daring in the history of avia tion. It was said that the feat was in tended to test the mobility of the army air force. A coast-to-coast day light flight. It was explained, wduld demonstrate the feasibility of trans porting men and supplies with such speed. POST CARD ON WAY FOR 13 YEARS Hartjhgton, Neb,. June 14.—A post card^ijMiled nearly IS years ago, not badly w»rn and with the Ink on It as clear amt fresh as If written yester day. was' received here by Martin Nelson, county treasurer of Cedar county. It was from the Ford Motor company, mailed at Detroit, Mich., October 30, 1911. The writing on the card brings out an interesting thing. Mr. Nelson re called that at that time he had a Ford agency here, and the card asked for Information as to whom he had sold a model T touring car, No. 29.180. This shows what an Increase there has been in the manufacture of Fords, as recently it was announced that car No. 1,000,000 had been made by the Ford company. The card bore a stamped order to "Return in five days to Henry Ford. Detroit, Mich.," and the stamp on it Is blue Instead of green Where the post card has been these 13 years Is a mystery. DROUGHT, PLAGUE HIT RUSSIAN CROPS By t'pWerseJ Voir*. Berlin, June 15. — Prolonged drought, combined with a plague of locusts and other pests has de stroyed a large part of the crops In Russia. Many districts In the conn try ate again face to face wit|i famine, according to alarming reports printed in the German newspapers. The districts reported to be hnrdest hit include Saratoff, Zarlsyn, Jellsa wetpol, Voronesh, Platlgorsk, Bach mut, Kleff and Nlkolayevsk The fields In the Zarlsyn district are re ported white with the larvne of cook chafers and the whole steppes are re sounding with the chirping of locusts. The population and the authorities are powerless to avert disaster. BANKER IS FREED ON $15,000 BOND Fremont, Juno 15.—Caleb E. Negus, firmer vice president of the defunct Nickerson State bank, was released from the Dodge county Jail here Sat urday night on $t5,000 bonds. Hit release came Just one week to the day after hla arrest on a charge of embezzlement and unlawfully obtain Ing funds. I The Weather N. , _ j lleilrlv Teitittrrntares. * •- m- f : I p in.74 * • m.II a n in .»i hi. an .. :« * » in. ST 4 n in.77 » « in .«» s n to 7a 10 ». m....... s; 0 p in 77 11 * m.< .to T B m.IS II aeon ..13 $1,000 Bills May Solve Mail Theft Twenty Big Greenbacks, Iden tified as Loot From Pouches, Discovered on Train Robbery Suspect Confession Is Reported Chicago, June 15.—An alleged con fession of a suspect, identification of others and information found in let ters taken from them guided city, state and federal authorities in their investigation today of the $1,000,000 registered mail robbery Thursday night when four automobile loads of bandits held up a Chicago, Milwaukee & 8t. Paul mail train a few miles from here. Twenty $1,000 bills, some of which, according to federal officials, were Identified as coming from the regis tered pouches, were found in posses sion of Hames H. Watson, arrested last night when he came to the flat where previously detectives had taken J. H. Wayne, Identified as a bandit shot during the robbery, Paul Wade, Tulsa, (Okl.) aciator; Walter McComb and James Mahoney. Federal war rants, charging robbery of the mails have been Issued for the last four. Acting on information obtained from Wayne, wounded five times and near death, detective squads were dispatched today to definite locali ties to search for the' loot, which they hoped to recover nearly Intact. Confidence that they were following the right leads and would clear up the affair In short order" was ex pressed by Chief of Police Morgan Collins, and Martin Hughes, detec tive chief. Britons at Rodeo Boo and Hiss as Steer Is Injured Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Threat ens to Halt American Exhibition. London, June 13.—An audience of 130,000 Rrltons filled the gigantic sta dium at Wembley yesterday to find out for themselves just what an #m ported Amreioan ''rodeo" is like. The afternoon demonstrations of the prowess of the cowboys were greeted with enthusiasm, but at the evening performance there was an unfor tunate accident during the roping and tying contests. A steer's leg was broken. This brought many In the audience to their feet. They in dulged in several minutes of booing and hissing and some women left the stadium. The demonstration continued through (he next act. but the crowd eventually quieted. It was evident, however, that some still bore resent ment over what thev considered th£ maltreatment lit an animal. Officials of the Society for the Pre ventlon of Cruelty to Animals, whose earlier objections to the holding of the show were not heeded and who were present In large numbers, are threatening to bring the matter be fore parliament and demand that, as the operator of the exhlbltioh. it can cel further performances. District Court Opens at Hartington Today Hartington, Neb., June 15.—Judge Ouy T. (leaves of Pender, district Judge, will preside here at a special session of the court opening tomor row, when a large number of equity cases on the docket will he disposed of. Some on the docket are uncom pleted cases left over from the previ ous regular terms of court. Tornado Razes 30 Farm Homes in South Dakota A Isabel, S. D., June 15.—The entire village of Gladvalley was destroyed by a tornado late Saturday afternoon. Thirty farmers lost their homes in a path 30 miles wide. Several build ings were destroyed in Dupree, the county seat of Ziebach county. Many people are reported Injured. It was the worst storm in the history of this section of South Dakota. A railway viaduct at Lanarv, S. D., was wrecked. Gladvalley is in Zie bach county. Lincoln, June 15.—A violent wind storm early this morning did nominal damage in Lincoln and vicinity. In the city several light and power wires were blown down and the police were kept busy guarding traffic. City lights were turned off and the current stopped through fear of live wires. There was a short but heavy rain. Reports were received today of heavy rains in different parts of the state. At Cairo five inches are said to have fallen. Rain also fell heavily on the line of the Burlington railroad from York to Ravenna. Omaha Observes Flag Day Under Auspices of Elks Young Author of Prized in ning Eg*ay Introduced— W. F. Gurley Delivers Patriotic Address. Impressive Flap day services were held under auspicious conditions at Hanscom park Sunday afternoon un der the auspices of Omaha lodge No. 39. Elks, and with the cooperation of Omaha post of the American Legion. Several hundred persons were in at tendance. The program was opened with a sar lute to the flag by the American Le mon, and the playing anti alngtnp of the "Star Spangled Banner" by the Elks band and the audience. Introductory exercises were con ducted by the following officers of the Elks lodge: Herbert W. Johnson, ex alted ruler; Hay Short, esteemed loyal knight; Judge James M. Fitzgerald, esteemed loyal knight; Russell W. Gentzler. esteemed lecturing knight: Otto Nielsen, secretary: Charles M. Flxa, treasurer, and John E. Himoe, tiler. Scroll Presented to Elks. A prayer by F. A. McCormick, chaplain, and the singing of "Old Glory Mine” by Grace Gallagher was followed by the building of the Lib erty Bell with flowers of red, white and blue by lodge officers and ‘'His tory of the Flag" by W. A. Fraser. Harry C. Hough, adjutant of Omaha post, American Legion, pre sented a scroll of the Declaration of Independence to the Elks lodge in recognition of its wartime and pres ent activity In patriotic endeavor. Ad Jutant Hough referred to the scroll as the most precious bit of literature In existence. J. H. Beveridge, superintendent of schools, read the prize essay on the flag written by Ruhy Ferkins, If, of 401S North Thirty-ninth street, a sev enth grade pupil st Central Park school. School Given Radio Set. The young author, dressed In white, was introduced to the hip au dlence, which rose in recognition oi her ability. She stood before them for a moment, shy and modest, but not embarrased, clasping the tiny silk American flag which had been given her. Similar flags were pye sented to a group of civil war veter ans on the platform. For the essay, which was entitled "The Speech of the American Flag, her school Is to receive a coast-to coast radio set. Fate Plays Cruel Joke in Mating of Orphans, Alleged Brother and Sister ftriv Hampshire Boy and Girl Deny Blood Rela tionship and Go to Altar—Couple Jailed on Charge of Breaking State Marriage fsites. Rjr International »«*• Stnrlfti. Portsmouth. N. H., June 15.—A hoy and a girl—pawns of fate and tragedy —are confined In the Rockingham county Jail accused of breaking the stale marriage laws which forbid near blood relatives to marry. According to the accusation, they are brother and sister, although both thought they were orphans and neither sus pected their alleged relationship. They are IS year old Elizabeth Ruth Hart, adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Hart of Newton. N. H.. and 19 year old l.ouln \V. Rollins, adopted son of the Earl Dangler fam ily of Candla, N. H. Somewhere, according to police and s deaf and dumb woman who claims to he their mother, there ai'e birth records lo allow they are brother and sister, the children of Miranda Id. Rollins, of l.ce, N. II. Kllxalieth was adopted at the age of two from an orphanage. The hoy Was a little older when he was adopted. Elisabeth met laiule four year* ago, after Mia. Dart lu tom* • a A , . way had communicated with Mrs, Ro| line Through correspondence, Mrs Part became convinced that Eliaala-tt was the sister of the boy adopted to the Langley family, "There was a time when I did be lleve Louts was my hrother," iak Eligabeth, toiling her story tonight "Rut when we met, ait feeling thm we were brother and sister vanished I fell madly, desperately in iove witl him. It was love at first sight. "Then Louts declared his love foi me and told me he could not beilevi we were hrother and sister. I knew then we were not. although peopli laughed at us If we even suggeste, we were not brother and sister. W< planned out marriage. We knew w< could not live without each other. "Then came the great day 1 hac hunted for my birth certificate, bill could not find it. We eloped ti Hampton. N. H . and had the cere mony performed We planned t< keep the marriage a secret, but some how It leaked out and one night ai my hustaind amt 1 came from i theater, police were walline tot us. Bodies of 48 Victims Are Guarded I. W. W. Said to Have Threat* ened to Dynamite Building Following Attack on Their Headquarters. Funeral Rites Tuesday By A—octated Pres*. San Pedro. Cal., June 15.—Threats to blow up the morgue containing bodies of 4S victims of last Thurs day's explosion aboard the U. S. S. Mississippi, said by police to ha\« been uttered by radicals whose hall was raided and wrecked by sailors l here last night, caused a strong armed guard of civilian and naval po lice to be thrown about the morgue early today. • The guard was placed as the result of Information given to Police Lieu tenant Hollowell to the effect that members of the Industrial Workers of the World planned to dynamite the morgue In retaliation for the attack on their meeting place. The raid was said to have grown out of disparaging remarks made by radical orators about three officer* | and 45 enlisted men who perished ;in the Mississippi's Xo. i turret .when one of the turret's 14 inch guoa |' flared back" on its crew. Three girls, a boy and a man, were injured In the affray. By rniversal Service. Los Angeles, June 15.—Wrapped In the folds of Old Glory, 4s caskets lie today side by side In the funeral chapel of the Cleveland Undertaking parlors at San Pedro. These flag-draped caskets contain the bodies of 4S men of the Pacific fleet, come ashore for the last time. Victims of the tragic turret tire on th« battleship Miss.ssippi, they await th« Impressiv* fleet memorial in theit honor Tueed&y morning at Trona Field, the navy stadium, where In life many of them had triumphed in ath letic contests. Los Angeles and harbor townships will jom with the fleet in a massed ceremony conducted by Fleet Chaplain Capt. B. F. Patrick, aided by othei chaplains of all denominations. Following the reading of Protestant and Catholic ceremonies for the dead, relatives and friends will claim tha bodies of the:r loved ones for private burial. Others, unclaimed, -will be burled in national cemeteries. Inquiry to Be Resumed The naval board of Inquiry, presided over by Capt. Tates Sterling, tomor row- will resume examination of wit nesses in the inquiry which seeks to establish the possible cause of the turret fire during target practice on Thursday which snuffed out the live* of the 48 bluejackets. Chief Turret Capt. F J. Rvnes. whose testimony is considered most vital to the blast probe, while in an extremely serioua condition from In juries and burns, is expected to be able to make a statement within a few days. The story of Rynes' rescue from the gas-filled turret was told by En sign Frank AT. Parsons, junior officer of turret Xo. I, who related a thrill ing tale of heroism on the part of Seaman Morgansteln. on duty In the turret as an observer from the battle ship New Mexicol Morgansteln. En sign Parsons told the naval board, ; faced almost certain death to aid In saving Rynes’ lifs, and to prevent ex plosion of the main powder mag&xine. Praises Comrade. "^*hen the explosion came, I was told by the crew to beat It," Parson* said. "I took all the powder bags E could move and carried them Into tha magazine. "Smoke and gas was pouring down In great volume and we could hardly breathe. Morgansteln stayed with ms even after the other men had left. "Just as we started to leave, Ryneg fell from a ladder in the hatchway. I borrowed Morganstetns handker chief. as the gas was Increasing. I wrapped It about my face and turned back to get Rynes. Although he had no protection from the gas. Morgan steln accompanied me and helped carry the Injured man to the third deck. "When I picked him up, I asked Rynes what was the matter," con tinued the ensign. "He did not an swer my question but muttered fit was awful—awful!' "Then Morgansteln followed me back to make sure that no fire could reach the magazine. Although h« was not required hy duty to do so, he helped me dog down the hatches. Relief Fund Started. "Morgansteln ts deserving of the 1 highest commendation." A relief fund for the dependent* of the men who were victim* of the tur ret fire has been started hy the Petty Officers' club of the Pacific fleet. C. X 1 i*h. secretary of the club, stated 1 the club members were contributing themselves and othsr club* In the service would contribute. "The dependent* of th* boy* win* i lost their lives will not receive any thing from the government for sev ■ oral months," said 1-ash "Ultimately they will receive six months' pay. I "Our checking shows that 34 moth ers of the men killed are d pendent upon thsir pay.*'