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f, __% . _ ,_, I . WEATHER FORECAST f' 1^ j j i Ul t TT 4 IV/i kTTVTTlVT/^ > T"A "p\ THOUGHT FOR THE DAY f Nebraska: Tossibly shower*; not I I I I J ^ f }I j I I /\ j B 1 f I \ 1 W E 1 ^SL V JT ) I J | j wt™ind wPPhrmt "tlF/wel much change In temperature. -■» A X J—# T’ ‘ ^ ThVto'rl? h".V SSt&Ji u, __ From our own «»ur HUm muM flow ■ — -f ■■■■■ . ■ ■ — ■ — - — - ... ... —■.. . '■ ' —- ■ - - . .■■ ■■■ ■■ ■ ■ .. ■'■■ ■■ - ■ — . = And that d»*ar hilt—our horar. . , C»TY EDITION VOL. 53. NO. 312. , OMAHA, SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1924. * TWO CENTS'* _ ^ By Mall (1 Tear)! Pally and Bungay, »: Sunday. »■»». within tha «th aone. Outside the 4th Zo.ie (1 Turn Pally and Bungay. tl»: Bungay only. »». ■Jr Seared Turret Holds Death Blast Secret _________ -S' Mail Bandits Grab Million Dollar Loot Police Believe Thieves Who Used Gas Rombs on Train Carried Off Swag in Airplane. Seventy Clerks Arrested Bj International News Service. Waukegan, III., .June 13.—Belief was expressed here today that an airplane nai used by the train robbers who held up a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul train last night to earry away their loot. An unidentified plane was seen to land near the scene of the robbery about 10 this morning. Two men worked rapidly about the nia i bine and it was seen to arise and fly away about five minutes later. A cheek of North Shore hangars showed no planes out today. Chicago, June 13.—Every man of the 70 who manned the fast Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul mail train which was held up and looted last night of mail, the value of which may reach 81,300,000, was taken into cus tody by federal operatives today for questioning. A. M. Germer, chief postofllc-e Inspector, in charge of the investigation into the robbery, de clared the robbery to have been an "inside job." Chicago. June 13.—Search, enlisting 3.000 officers and special agents, wa' afoot today for the four automobile loads of train bandits who scored a million dollar coup near here last night. The corps of bandits, using chlorine gas to drive the clerks from three cars of the all-mall special train of the Chicago. Milwaukee ft St. Paul railroad after it had sped 84 miles from Chicago on Its way north and west, gathered between 45 and 52 'vacks containing federal reserve cur rency shipments in an hour's work. They completed their smooth organ ized task about midnight. A single Instance of bloodshed mark „ ed the robbery. One of the gang's own members was shot through the head when his fellow* mistook him for a belligerent member of the train crew. A pool of blood marked the spot where he lay while his com panions completed the robbery before loading him into a car for the get away. Leave Few Clues. This pool of blood, a bottle of nitro glycerine. several discarded .masks, and a quantity of dynamite left be hind by the robbers, and the chance remark of the leader that he wanted a registered mail sack consigned to Roundup, Mont., for my own pur poses." were the clues from which officers worked today. Seventy mail clerks, all armed, were alioard the special train, carrying eight mail cars and Hyo express coaches, but no effort at resistance wan met by the bandits. The train had been on its way less titan an hour when two of the gang, who had ridden the blind baggage from Chicago, crawled over the ten der and warned the engineer to stop the train when two red signal flares were seen. After its stop, the train was backed, so that the cars con taining the most valuable mail were at a grade crossing, where four cars of armed bandits were waiting. The car halted across the roadway was Ihe one containing federal re serve currency and bond shipments for Milwaukee. Minneapolis, St. Paul, Helena. Butte. Seattle and Spokane. . • *» ■ Its clerk, Louis Phillips nf Min neapolis. refused to open the doors, but a chlorine gas bomb smashed against a grated window and the fumes drove him choking to the door. The stocky leader of the bandits put on a gas mask. He gave Phil lips another. "Help me find the pouches I want, or I'll kill you,” he directed pleasantly. The bandits forced the mall clerks to carry the pouches from three cars to the waiting automobiles. l.'nited States Postoffice Inspector Germer announced this morning that a hurried investigation revealed the bandits obtained at least $100,000 In cash, which had been shipped from the Chicago federal reserve bank, and (Turn to I'nss Two. Column Right.) We Have With Us Today II M. t apirs. Contractor and Builder, Portland, Ore. For 20 years Mr. Caples has been helping the northwest and especial ly Portland, the "Rose City,” to grow. Hie assistance along this line has been and Is In actual bricks, mor tar and lumber. He has built scores of homes In Portland. He <s returning home after a bust. ne»s trip to Chicago. Stopping In Omaha, he visited some of tlie dls k ^ tricts, where building is going on in *’* ( he southwest part nf the city, rape i tally that part west of Forty-third street. Also in the Dundee and Minne Lu*a dlatrlcts. ' Portland I* building whole n»w blocks of homea, but I don't believe Omaha is behind ua," he said. "Vou have a real city here that la right up and coming." Kansas City Tram Head Association President ~ Charles U) Totd _j On his first visit to Omaha, Charles W. Ford, general superintendent of the Kansas City, Clay County & St. Joseph Railway company, received a signal honor. He was elected presi dent of the Midwest Electric Railway association, which has been in ses sion here. "But I would have enjoyed mv visit to Omaha anyway," said Ford. "Your streets are so much wider than ours In Kansas City, and 1 like Omaha." Bond Is Freed in Fraud Case Bluffs Real Estate Dealer Re leased From Nickerson Bank Charge. Fremont, Neb., June IS.—Era Bond, Council Bluffs real estate dealer, was freed on the charge of siding and abetting the embezzlement of $700 from the State Bank of Nickerson Friday morning by Special Prosecutor J. C. Cook of Fremont, who is in vestigating the alleged wrecking of the bank. Bond appeared with his attorney and C. W. Davie of Omaha. He proved that the $700 check on the Omaha National hank which he had cashed at the Nickerson bank was legitimate in every way, having been given to him in a real estate trans action by Davis. Examiners failed to find the record of the check at the Nickerson hank and his indictment laEt Saturday followed. Hearing of Bond. C. E. Negus, former vice president of the bank, and William Anderson, former cashier, was set for 10 Friday morn ing, hut was later postponed till 2 in the afternoon. Bond's attorney demanded that the officials hear Bond's testimony. The real estate agent was subsequently dismissed at noon Friday. JUDGE SHOOTS SELF ON BENCH San Diego. Cal.. June 13.—While demonstrating how a revolver could have been used by the defendant on trial in a shooting rase. Judge Dcrnet rto F Kotomayor of the Tijuana (Low er California) court of the first In stance, yesterday shot himself behind the left ear, inflicting a wound that resulted in death one hour later. Under the impression that court at taches had removed the cartridges from the revolver. Judge Hotnmayor is said to have placed the muzzle of the revolver under his left ear and pulled the trigger. He was 43 and Is survived by his widow and two chil dren. EX-SECRET SERVICE HEAD CONVICTED Philadelphia. Pa , June 13.— Matthew F. Griffin, former secret service head for this district, with seven others, today was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the govern ment through an alleged '"$'>,000,000 waterTor-whisky" substitution scheme. The case was a retrial, s conviction at the first trial having been set aside by the circuit court of appeals. HUSBAND, JAILED, YIELDS ALIMONY Sherman Benin was adjudged gullly of contempt of court for failure to pay alimony to his wife, Daisy, and was ordered to the county jail unHl he pays, by District Judge Day Frl day. He said he had no money. After a short time In Jail he paid and was released. Good Hay Crop Assured. Wood Lake, Neb., June 13.—Plenty of rain the past week has Insured a hay crop here for the coming sea son. Cattle on the range are look ing well and are gaining every day. Ranchmen report satisfactory <nlf crop this spring with little lors In spite ot the rold weather. F.eathrr Gatiers Arrest. Frank! Jackson, Kansas City, 1s held for Investigation by police who he||ei e the roll of leather which lack son was trying to sell Thursday wa* stolen. Daw^«to % “FSS-1 in campaign ‘■'Hell and Maria” Slated for Whirlwind Speaking Tour While Coolidge to Re main at Capital. Butler at Helm of Drive RV WINDER R. HARRIS. I nRenul Service Staff l'orr«-»pon<lent. Cleveland, June 13.—William M. Cutler of Masschusetts, President Coolldge’s pre-convention manager l.ind personal selection for chairman of the republican national committee, formally took over the reins when the new committee organized today snd immediately began laying plans for the campaign. Having temporarily repaired over night the damage which put his steam roller out of operation when It struck the Lowrten and then the Dawes bumps in the convention yes terday, he flattened out the threa tened revolt against his election to the chairmanship and put through his entire slate of committee officials. He will leave Sundq^ for Chicago to open general headquarters of the national committee. He plans to spend there most of the time direct ing the battle of ballots. Eastern headquarters. h» said, would be open en in New York and another office in Washington for general publicity purposes. To Confer With Dawes. Chairman P,utler expects to confer with Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes, the vice presidential nominee, on his arrival in Chicago, on the type of camgaign to be waged. Then he will consult President Coolidge over the telephone He does not Intend to return to Washington for some time for a personal confer ence with the president. The tentative strategy Is to have General Dawes carry the brunt of the field work. It is believed the most effective method for the republican ticket to gather votes is tc have Dawes make s whirlwind speaking campaign. His picturesque personal | ity and ”Ilel> and Marls” fame would j he relied upon to draw the crowds for the Dawes ' punch” to knock homo the Issue. President Coolidge. under this plan would remain In Washington and conduct a Joint campaign from the White House south portico and by tadlo with a few trips to New Y'ork, Chicago and other large centers. Current of Opposition. Butler was placed In nomination for the national committee chairman ship by Ralph E. Williams of Oregon and seconded by Charles D. HHIes of New York. His election was by ac i tarnation, with the committee appar ently harmonious. But down under the surface there I was still running a atrong current of opposition to him, based on hlg loss of control of the convention yester !<lay and last night, when It shduld have been held In the palm of his hand. Ninety per cent of the dele gates, committed to Coolidge, had Iheen ready to do his bidding Talk was general among national committeemen after the convention (Turn tn Pace Two, Column Six.) LIQUIFIED OXYGEN CURE FOR CANCER Atlantic City, June 13.—Liquid oxygen bn* been uxed ** a cur* for cancer, L. K. Bedortha of Denver, told the Bag Product*' gagociation'* convention today. A California doctor ha* guccegg fully used liquid oxygen in cancer i asea," he Raid. "The liquid oxygen freeze* tne affected pRrl* by grab bing and the cure i* rapid." SHARP RITES HELD i HERE SATURDAY Funeral services for Mrs Mamie Z. .Sharp, oft, who died recently In New York, will he held nt the home of her brother. M. W. Cavanaugh, 81-4 Harney street, Saturday afternoon at .’:3ft. The burial will he at the Forest Lawn cemetery. Mrs. Sharp was a former resident r#f Omaha. SAMARDICK GETS WHISKY LABELS Bert Hiatt, former policeman, was arrested by Robert P. Hamardlck Thursday after he had seized a box containing alleged whisky labels, rev enue stamps and other paraphernalia. Home of the labels bore the trad* mark of old To \ lor. Oiern River and various brands of .Scotch whisky*. r-~.-~T-s! Tails II in; Dysart Made Chamber Director and Haldrific Is Loser \_____y j The flip of s coin made John T. . Dysart a director of the Chamber ! of ( otuincrce. Dysart and Malcolm Unhinge each received 11 f > votes. Hid It were list j | ed on the ballots in the attorneys* j I group. So Kiev decided to Hip for the honor anil gave Commissioner Tow HI and \s*istanf Commissioner fil lis "power of attorney" to act for them. Baldrige chose beads and D>ssit tails. The coin was flipped and tails ram* up. 1 Peasants' Uprising Peril to Princess Princes* Henna of Rumania, famed for her beauty, stay* with royal par ents to fare dangers of revolt now going on. Choice of Dawes No Surprise to Leaders Fred Upham Favored Selec tion Before Meet—Vice Presidential Nominee Didn't Want Job. Bt AMoeiateH Press, Chicago. Jug* 13.—Nomination by the republican party of Gen. Charles G. Dawes of "Hell n Maria" fame, as its choice to preside over the United States senate, with its complement of Da Follette Brookhsrt men. did not come a* a surprise to the general's friends here and many republican leadera over the country. Before Fred l’pham, Illinois’ new national committeeman, atarted for the Cleveland convention, where he ♦ signed th» national tieasurershlp of the party. It berame known that Mr I'pham was personally for General Dawes. General Dawes, personally, did not want the nomination, "but like a good soldier.” hla frlenda said today, he ac cepted It for the good of his party, fhe general himself, before the con vention, frequently had asserted that ie did not want to be vice president— tie had only returned a few weeks <go from hla successful labor* In framing the reparations »xperta' re port, now commonly called the Dawes ’♦port, and he was anxious to get aack to hi* home life in Evanston md attend to his business affairs So personally opposed to receiving ' public office was th« general that tie frowned and ex en almost stormed igainst any preenn ventlon publicity mentioning his name In connection with the vice presidency. "Nominate Dowden " was the cen*r ll's method of turning the spotlight toward former Governor Frank O Lowden Today at the general s office In the "entral Trust Company of Illinois, he hank of which he is chairman of he hoard of directors, great stacks xf telegrams of congratulation were xelng received from all over the i oun try. QUARRY ACCIDENT FATAL TO WORKER Lauren R Kilgore. O. Louisville ! Neb., died early Friday morning In s local hospital, as the reault of an sc nldent In a stone quarrv at Louisville In which he was working He was entering a tunnel when rock fell on him and crushed him The body will be shipped to his home town, where the burial will take place IT* !* survived bv his widow one son. Rdveurd K. Kilgore of pe troit. Mich., and one daughter. Mrs Thelma Lee, Muarry, Neb. PRISONER ALLEGES POLICE BEAT HIM 1.0s Angeles, Juns IS—Alleging that h* had been beaten by police men and tortured with poisonous gas while held on suspicion In the city tall here, stilt for J.iO.OOn damages was brought In superior court yester day by James Hart against Mayor fleorge fryer, two police commission ims a police captain and two other rlty officials. GARDENER’S ARM IS AMPUTATED .Tame* McDonald, gardener for Moi i Is Milder, Seventy fifth and Dodge M reefs, suffered the amputation of Ms right arm Wednesday. The ten ions of the smi were cut in an aut*> icrldenf several weeks ago and blood poisoning set in 'Tarried in Council Bluffs I The folio win if iii>'*on» AiMaiited marriaR' j ••nee# In Cnun>'U niiiffn v<.«tevrt*' Marlin Pufahl. Ah* .lean I» ■ f Oam ia Sn'dei Mellette v l» 'u lenrg# \Vi»ay o Uervis tiothiiid nniHhi I H V i Una It' i . IS rvdlle H'er’ln* Dai nfi la ,'A I eatei 11»w It Mum s|i#*d la *« Rertha lain. Hamlet Ini "altar Lip# Omaha . M Daltg Llpa, Omaha .%.,.4l] New Painless Maternity Case Method Urged System Rrrommendcd hy Los Angeles Doctor Eliminates i Danger to Mother and Child. Chicago. June 13.—A new method In maternity cnees, which eliminate* the pain In childbirth without the danger to mother and child eald to be Incurred In the previously used methods, was recommended to the American Medical association st It* assembly here today by Dr. H. T. Cooke of I.os Angeles He defined It as regional nerve-blocking, and de dared it auperlor to all other anes thesia In that It permit* the patient to remain conscious. Some years ago, he explained, It was vainly hoped that the same ob jective could be obtained through "twilight sleep," which left the pa tient partly conscious, but It seemed nevertheless to block muscle action, as do the other methods of anesthe sia. and thua to retard delivery with danger of injury to mother and child. "Twilight sleep." hi* colleagues said, ha* been discredited. Region nerve blocking, hv leaving the patient conscious, permits natural delivery and make* surgery needless, according to Dr. Cooks, and makes labor painless. MAN ARRESTED AS SLAYER SUSPECT Greeley. Colo . June 13—Police here today received word from Bellevue, O , of the arrest and confession of James Grace, who Is alleced to have partici pated In the slaying of Sam Artlno. on May 19, last, between Hudson and Keensburg. Colo. Artlno a body was found lying npar the Burlington rail road tracks and bote evidence of hav ing met foul play. The body later was sent to his home In Michigan. The message received her* today declared Graca has confessed that he had thrown a stone st Artlno which struck him In the head, rendering him unconscious, and then threw the body from a fast moving freight train CARPENTERS HERE , QUIT STATE UNION Withdrawal from the Nebraska State Federation of Labor ass voted by Omaha Carpenters’ union No. 2f>3 Thursday night Opposition to com meretallsatlon of the name of or ganized labor is said to be the ren son. The local union Is the strongest In ih» state, numbering over l.ftftft mem hers. Theodora Jensen wn reelected president of the < .irpenters Other officers arc Howland 8 Moore, vice president; William Brewer, recording secretary: .T J. Kavan, finance sec retary; Harry Stroeaaer, business agent. DES MOINES HOTEL MEN LAUD RACES P TL Lane, secretary and treas uter, and W. F. Miller, president of the Miller Hotel company, and T II Hoffman, manager of the Hotel 8avery, one of the two big hostelrles operated by the company In Peg Moines, are attending the Ak 8ar Ben race meet here as guests of K. C. Eppley, owner of Hotel Fonlenelle Mr. Lane expressed great enthu •lasm over the race meet, not only as an opportunity to \ lew the best p*mies In action, but also as an asset to the city. He declared hotel bus! ness In low a is a tin Ixing one. Tuo Hurl in Blunt. I.nraitilo. Wju, .limn 13 T A lined mill .1 fl. Muaaalman. worUInti it Hu Wert* cut will, near Rawlln*. were enverely Injured today by H an, nxploalon whh-h hurled both men through I ha aid* of the rla Both war* tal.en in the hnevntal Si nail! hollar* ware bain* ueed to fight the flra In tha damaged rig. Doumergue President of France Senate Chief Elected (Her Painleve. Head of Depu ties, by 515 to 509 Ballot. Disorder Marks Voting R.v A,six iat *-,i Cress. Versailles June 13.— Gaston Dou mergue today whs elected president of France by the national assembly here. M. Doumergue received 515 votes and Paul Painleve, president of the chamber of deputies. 309 votes, with 29 votes for various other candi dates and eight blank ballots. These figures were officially announced In open session of the assembly. Immediately after the election, the new president of the republic asked Edouard Herriot, leader of the radi cal party, to confer with him as soon as the assembly adjourned. Eight hundred and sixty-one sena tors and deputies voted. The major ity needed to elect was -431. Great Excitement. The voting took place amid greater excitement and animation than gen erally characterizes the calm and de corous national assembly. Each sen ator and deputy was greeted with cheers from his supporters and hoots from his opponents as h# deposited his ballot. Premier Francois Marsal received the greatest ovation of all The result of today's election was received with satisfaction by two thirds of the assembly. President Doumergue is popular with many of those who voted against him, party discipline having pledged them to >1 Painleve. The opposition to the new majority of the left hailed the result as a happy check to what they term "the excessive greed and dangerous aggressiveness of the new majority in the chamber." Cheer Dies Out. When the rattle of drums sounded, announcing that a new president of the republic had been chosen, thou sands outside the palace, apparently! partisans of M Painleve sot up a great flieer, which died out immedi ately It was announced that M. Dou mergue had been elected. The president was invested with the new office officially by Premier bran cols-Marsal in the salon of the Yer sallies palace immediately after the election. The new executive then left for the Elyses palace In Paris under military escort. While en route. Pres ident Doumergue and his escort were forced to take the side of the road to allow several moving vans contain Ing the furniture of former President Millerand to pass I/ing Public Tareer. M Doumergue, senator front the Gard department and the head of the senate, who today was elected the' 13th president of France, to succeed Alexander Millerand. has had a long career in public life during which he has been premier and has held sev tral portfolios in various ministries. Born at Aigues-Vives, August 1. 18*3, he began the practice of law in Nimes In 1885 and several years later beram# s magistrate in Cochrin Chlna. In 1893 he became ft special justice of the peace in Algeria, only to yield that position when he be came a deputy from Nimes during the asms year. M. Doumergue became the minister for ths colonies in 19f>2 and held that post until 1905, when for a year he w-aa vice president of the chamber. Then successively he vva« minister of commerce, minister of public In strurtlon, senator In 1919, premier from 1913 to 1914, foreign minister the latter year. colonial minister again from 1914 until 191T and finally president of the senate in ! 1929. SIMMONS CASE TO HIGH COURT Hr Aiwi*flttH rrMi T.lncnln, tuna 13 Attorney* Jn.lih Cooml « and F F. Holm*5.. fnr Wal ter Simmon*, who I* convicted of I murder end sentenced to dte In the electi lo chstr June l* *,iid today they would leave this afternoon or tonight for Washington, T). C, wherg they' will ask for writ of eartlorarl or writ of error In the I'nlted S’atea su ptetue court. RAILROAD IN IOWA CEASES OPERATION Muscatine. In . June |,V—The 5!us ratine. Burlington A Southern railway abandoned operation today after ?N years of continued flnancl.il lease*, during which five different receiver ships have hern established and the indebtedness lias mounted to more than $1,000,000. Discontinuance of. operation w;i* ordered by Judge D \ Jackson in district court on appllca tlon of Arthur Hoffman, receiver. \tl in ini strut ion R tipped. Madison. Mia. June 1J Senator Robert M !*a Kollette of Wisconsin today loosed a new broadside at the t’oolidge adtnlnlstration in a doclara tlon that it had turned its back on tlis farmers and has left the agrlcu) turtsts to lift themselves out of their difficulties by their bootstraps His attack appeared today tn the June Issue of hi* magasin* , Pensylvania Woman G. 0. P. Committee Head -jgyei/iZA&erH Mrs. Elizabeth P. Martin, delegate at large from Pennsylvania. was chosen chairman of the committee on permanent organization of the repub lican party at Cleveland, thereby hushing women's protest that their sex was being ignored in convention activities. W heat to Sell at $1.35 by Christmas, Friday Predicts Decline in Production to Roost All Farm Products. Trans portation Institute Di rector Says. Buffalo. X. Y.. June 13 —Before election day. wheat will sell for $1.25 a bushel and before Christmas for $1.35. it was predicted today by Dr. David Friday, director of research in the National Thansportation Institute at Washington, speaking before the National Association of Credit Men. Reports of the American and Canad ian crops indicate a decline in produc tion, Dr. Friday said He predicted a general upward trend of prices for all farm products. Agricultural con tent. lie prophesied, will settle over the country next year. Dr. Friday said that although the number of peo ple on farms now is only 10 per cent greater than 20 years ago. farm pro duction has Increased 40 per cent. "Forget the back to the farm move ment." he continued. "It is not the solution of the problem. During the next 10 or 15 yeais there will be no appreciable Increase in farm popula tion There will be sufficient food by the use of more and better ma chinery. The only difficulty now Is that farmers have not been able to get prices for the last years " Eugene S Elkeus. San Francisco, was elected president of the associa tion. Other officers include: Di rectors for a two-year tearm, F D. Rock. Denver, and F. D. Ross, Port land, Ore. KRUG PARK DIVING GIRLS SATURDAY Dorothy Millions diving girls who are booked for the season at Krug park swimming poo! are famed for their h gh diving dare deviltry. They will give two performances each night, their inaugural appear ance being scheduled for Saturday. A 4n foot diving tower has been erected. Miss Mathea was for aev eral years a performer in the Annette Kellerman diving revue at the Hip podrome theater In New- York She has seven young women dtvere and will recruit five Omaha girl expert swimmers and divers to develop for her revue BANK BANDITS'GET $7,000 IN LOOT Detroit, .Tun* IS—Armed bandit? held up a branch of th* Peninsula 5*tat* bank her* In?* th « afternoon and, after forcing th* hank employ*? and several customer* to turn their face? to the wall, scooped up approx! niatelv $7,000 and e?cap*d In an auto mobile. BANDITS HOLD UP JEWELRY STORE New York. June 13.—Three armed bandits today bound a Bronx Jeweler and hie salesman and then ransacked the store, and escaped with mereban disc and cash valued at J43 500. Morcnoe Diliort Srrnntl \ ire Prt’sitlrnt of \\ onion T.cs Angeles. June 13 —Mis. Florenee Pibert of Johnstown. Pa . to day Was elected second vice president of the Oeneral Federation of Worn en's dubs The balloting was neceaat tated by failure to elect at yesterday's voting The Weather V.__/ r>r M h «., * rn-I nt ? p m Jun* 1!» 19. t 1'; p, i i- 'i jon mrh •* *»3tt Ituntil• fa* Total. •'? T.dtiil *ut** hinitii I. II >mii| 4 I fiiiiH*rn|ur4> 9 P in • - \ p m . . . . . «\ < » mi *•* 4 r w * * to 1 ? • p m3 ... * i 1* » o» ? r m <» 11 • m ... ‘9 Tum., ' * 13 neon .90 k i> at ..... 1C Battleship Disaster Is Unsolved Micsiboippi, Which Turns on Self, Snuffing Out Lives of 18. Quarantined as Inquiry Starts. Gunner Tells of Tragedy By infed Prfv*. San Pedro, Cal., June 13. —Cold, scientific investiga tion in the quiet of the ward room of the U. S. S. Tennes see today replaced the tumult of death that yesterday cut down three officers and 45 men of the United States navy in gun turret No. 2 of the bat tleship Mississippi, seriously injured five men and less dan gerously hurt seven others. Grouped about the green topped table, an admiral, two captains and two gunnery ex perts sought the cause of the tragedy, which, if unde termined, again might take toll of the men who work the guns. Tonight no conclusion had been reached. The facts re mained as they were yester day when the Mississippi headed at full speed for port with her dead and injured. A fierce heat and a euffoca' n'* smoke had choked the life from 4S men and sent 12 more to the hospit al. hut the answer to this particular riddie of death still was unfound. Battleship Isolated. The Mississippi herself tonight was like a quarantined ship. isolated from her sisters in battleship row. approaehabire to none hut those with official business aboard, and hoidi 'g all her own company from contact teibji shore or other craft. Tne great. grey giant of hattie. built to deal death to the enemy, but who had turned on herseif, was a thing of myhterjr. almost of suspicion. Her seared turret held a secret and until the five men in the ward room of the Tennessee solved It, she was taboo, a craft apart. H»r fatal turret today was Jammed • ghf hv the heat that accompanied the explosion, and all day her me rhr.nics worked over the spot where their mates yesterday were swept to death by the blast of T. X. T. Starts With Spark. And It was such a little Mast com pared to the loss of jif* and injury it caused, according to at leas* one man. who was there in the turret and who lived to speak of It. Boat 'wain's Mate Ft J. Macavln of San Francisco. "Just a small explosion like a mat h being tou-)«*d to a pi'e of cel luloid " said Maravln. "Just a puff hen a little flame, then a bigger ore ge a continuous streak of lightning, with hot. euffooating smoke" Those two score words were the i'torv of the paes.ng of more than two score men. AI] through the night the menace “ en ’her coup of death hung over the Mississippi Today it waa re moved w hen her crew waa able to pull the las: gun charge from th* big 14 inch rifle that can blow an ordinary vessel out of the water st 19 miles Mustered Out Forever. I-ast night this charge ettll lay In the g in, locked alone In the turret and the ship went to anchor outside the breakwater lest a fatal chance might touch it off to wreck the crowded shore line or other craft in port. The Mississippi aiwsys has hern# the name of a "happy ship " Aehoie and afloat members of its crew have told themeelves and the world at large In rollicking notes to "Cheer, cheer, the gangs all here" Tot ght more than 49 of the gang have been mustered out forever and their mess numbers are blank. International Nfir* ^errtce I.os Angeles Cal.. June II—Toll In the series of blasts or the U. S £ Mississippi rocked yesterday fn secret battle practice by a terrific explosion 'f mysterious crisis, stood today at three officers and 4i enlisted men | known to be dead 19 other# believed fatally hurt and to others Injured Caught like rats In a trap, mere than two score gunners and officer* were victims of one of the worst iveacc time tragedies in the hletory of th# American navy As the ship was limptng toward | port, a second Meet in the gun tun lets rocked the battered shir, which unloaded Its njured on the hospital ship Mercy then put to sea again to guard against injury to other ship ping by other pos*;Me explosions Tie first blast, accompanied bv a roar of orlms .• fire and black smoke, j ignited a powder hag of two guns in the second turret of the giant man of i war The gunners, many of them j stripped to the waist were thrown itt a tangle of flying iron door*, heavy 1 la'll * J wrevkage of th# steel clad ! turret. Filing on Targets ‘•e M a ■: Ivan led bv the | Tennessee Idaho and California, com prising a battle division under com j ni«tat of Hear Admiral William V. I’ra:. was engaged in firing on iTurn M r»gv Twe, felsasa C**vd