_. here last night: with a p '
sibility that at least some of the
' members of the crew of the Jap-
Raifultu Maru.
"anese freighter
1N WHICH 38 n88 LOST mas
‘V'Some‘fA‘n'gry That Skipper of,White Star Liner
Did Not Remain Longer After Ship Sank—-
Captain Says He Saw N o Bodies-Only 123
Out of 238 Sign Testimonial .
NEW YORK, 'April 23. 9—- The manner 13 “ma,
.White Star liner. Homeric docked
_ nger
‘iis't divided in regard to the pos-
the
rescue was handled. ' ‘
“I was not impressed that
Homeric upheld the tradition
3.3 English sailors." he said.
some time after the Japanese ehi
capsized."
attempted
the
ot
“i saw new
eral men struggling in the water for
p
which sank Tuesday ,might have
.been saved.
Many passengers reported that
they had seen Japanese seamen
either swimming or being swept to-
ward the Homeric after the freight-
er inundated and that they believed
they might have been saved has
lifeboats been lowered from the lin-
er. At least an equal number 'de-
dared that everything posible had
been done. Captain John Roberts
was given a. testimonial signed by
1:33 of the 238 first-class passengers.
Seas Too Bought
Captain Roberts reported on
Mr. Lewis also regretted that the
Homeric had not remained in the
vicinity of the founderod vessel aft-
er it turned over and sank. lie od-
mltted that‘he had refused to sign
the testimonial. giving his above
statement as being a "good enough
reason for declining to do so."
Another passenger who told a.
graphic story and who believed he
had seen bodies in the water. was
team. returning after a meeting ot‘
the Cambridge and Oxford Univers-
ity teams in London.
Georgia. Henry Ford is firing
first guns in his battle to end Brit-
Raymond F. “fem a member of the S‘.\V.\.\'.\ “All (.33.. April 23.94011
University of Pennsylvania inlay the blond ones or. ”null count};
the
docking that lifeboats had been kept
in readiness but that the seas were
100 rough to permit launching them.
He said that no bodies were seen
floating on the “mere.
After the freighter had sunk. he
cited the tragedy as the worst mar;
0
world war days that he had witness-
lne disaster with. the exception
ed in his 40 years at sea.
The Homeric was the first ship to
reach the Raifuku Mai-u after
sent out an S. 0. S. call
_mornlng. The steamer
miles to the Japanese ship's
raced 11
Tuesday
posi-
.tion 180 miles southeast of Halifax
last " he said. "its
was the highest point out of water.
drop over from the Homeric.
Eur. V olf said. “as heavy waves kept
following each other in such rapid
it succession.
"Tho crow scrambled on the side
1 of the hull while wave after wave
washed over them. The boat gradu-
ally began to sink. and us each
only to arrive just as the stricken wave splashed over it, men were
Ireighier sunk. washed oVermard. Suddenly it.
Captain's Statement. capsized, with the keel sticking up
Captain Roberts made the fol- and one lone man still clinging to
lowing statement to reporters who it.
gathered in his cabin while the lin-
or was anchored ofl quarantine last
g
night.
"At 5157 a.
21. in answer to distress message;
ironi Chathem, raises, regarding th
ltdifuku Edam. our course was alter—
m or I
tded toward the position glue
the messages. 111 miles 3
Speed was increased to the most
mum possible in the prevailing oea
ther.
cast. Vit's a. strong gate and
55-1.
"A \-.-~;-l:ss message “a...
tatc lied to ‘ ..
the Wireless as much as DOSSlD
and Bomeric'e course was mtercdgthe liner's seamen in lifebonts on
in a :OrCiELCE with the bearing of: {as nwnntainous seas) ' »
”16 R3 :uku :iaru (on: d By ire-Iv ensues Roger-1. University of
.u: ii FLCUOD finder. gi‘inzryhdiziu. track athlete. who has
' ‘33.: 10g 0 m I?“ we ~ noted as lifeguard at Oct-an
-' » Ilaru Snead. diszart abort: 3 (iSCIJI‘Ed:
to?» all .5 “52512.?
$192: Lad
7698; >
while approaching the 2.
7- eru dose to trmdward. ...
3.1:“
dollar-mils: lied a list to sur‘dca'd;
fang.
of also; n.) dcgrees .\i£1 -.._
seen c’inglr" ' to the mil.
Edens Fail.
1. (S. 1'. time) April
(listen : .
The wind was north-north-
high
ills-f i:-
the Raiz'uku til-re to use -
ital been disastrous to ring: the lives of
DOES IQW wuhf
drum; spray. 5.1993 “355
a ’1
"-:ed a.“ d all 131:2:in °‘—“C‘3- ..r
; “all; The
When it had gone there seemed
to be men struggling in the “ liter."
Tragic Disaster.
EeV. James J. Talbot. pastor of
the Old St. Patrick's Cathedral. in
E Mulberry street. said:
e “I have frequently seen
but
death,
that was the most tragic disast-
lmye nilncacd."
Father Talbot “as among those
- who declared that the loss of tho
- thirty-eight lives “nos una\'oidabie."
. b limo that ii lo llomuic's ot-
I'CHQ htroically to reach the
ship. and that it would h8.\8
s:
‘ .. kings
"I also belieye that it would huVe
':~ possible to launch lifeboats."
1:972
in; said.
Saw lien in Water. .
attention or Amos Pinchot.
52:43:: and pubiic'st. and brother of
Governor Cizt‘tord Pinchot. of Pen-
_:yl\’.1::ia. was called to a statement
wad-3 by Captain Roberts. who said
Lilia”: no seamen “ere seen floating
;.. l 29 or. less after the ship iound-
ere-i.
“Capra": Roberis’ statement was
ext. emely izzcorrec t “hen he said
in
the vessel capsized."
"i. personally saw several
water after the ship
:22 ere were no seamen floating
1 sea a..cr
sad.
"I saw the Japanese beat until the
rigging and
smoke-stacks were dipping into the
water and its crew were huddled ion
the high side of the bridge. which
"A life boat was made ready to
but
there “asn' t a chance to launch it. "
isli rubber control.
live para.
thc‘ 9.00ii-ncrc
acquired along the Ogeeclioo river.
ly the Uilllt‘il Stains Rubber
British monopoly of pili‘l’t
lion through purchase of
acreage in tho Orb-n!
Ills experts are )ll'i‘liul‘ilil—f in ex-
pei'ilnont with ilu‘ production of im-
ur commercial rubber. on
plantation he recently
Ainerionn l'uhin‘r concerns. notab-
Com-
pany. are ondenvnring in break the
produc‘
l'ilbhl‘l‘
but this is the
first attempt to mandate United
States a rubber‘growlng country.
i‘nru. comes entirely ' from the
tropics South America. India. and
.\f1-lc:i.nnd it cannot be predicted
Mill any degree of certainty what
sutures Fold “ill moot “ill: in pro-
tluclng nnllvo para. Agricultural ox-
ports spy that he may have to pro-
duce an entirely new species of rub-
ber-yielding plant,
are a number of Varieties.
The Ford experiments are aimed
at a new source of para, or the no-
cllmatizing of a new typo of rubber
plant in our cooler temperature.
The Ford plantation. for which he
of which there
' i
paid 8150.000. will also be used to
produce flux as a substitute for the
more expensive cotton in the up-
bolstering of Ford automobiles. lie
is now negotiating for other proper-
ties.
British control of raw rubber has
long been a source of norry to the
American rubber industry. in View
of the policy of the British govern-
meat in purposely keeping up the
price. It has been indicated lately
that the British government intends
to send the price even higher. An
increase of only a few cents a pound
will cost American motorists many
millions of dollars annually.
l'AlllS‘. April :25.-—liln.u: Alfonso ol
Spain in lllmtnl by (in:
or: and l‘ri‘Ulllil‘F. Jerome and Joan l: H: in tile lllUi‘niilg if that sinuses
’l‘liaruml. :u. «lot-luring m tin-in in on )ou.
inionlow [hill the iron-lull rondi— “inch; is only .uo_tliing changed
lions in Spain mo prom (lint lib-1 siiwu the iiir‘ecloly—yon can walk
country is rantiszlclll with iii". guru-n-
mcnt of lilo military lln'unlur)‘, in
which. in: acorns. only {A handful of.
professional politicians; is opposed.
.\ qucsliun which he consult-rs fur
more important lllzm that of parlln~ Mu.- mornings with rcvohor in
lllt’llllll‘y gnu-rumour in Spain “.13 hand to assasmnntc them or to in)-
whether such lluli‘iziilit'lli-ii'y gov- pose their civil Will. You must ad-
ornment nuuhl bu capable of (lt- mil that is something.
fending liSLH' against. lilul concrpi— “Oh, yes," the King added ironi—
tiou of life which the :imiui umorn- rally. "it has to be paid for. Geller-
inont \\ 1.. :llluilg in inmost.» iorcibiy
upon lilo “Olin.
"Han.- _\ou ill \mn u inls in Spain
noticed ill it no \u lL' hunt: in a stain
of soig‘o under military oppression'.“
lie ashui llil" \lriltrs. “The loroign
rape” l s-c— «lr (”lure our directory Spain than in l‘ rdnce.‘ but m.- mans
shoots and illllllrruus people and our climate makes ours more virul—
spronds :i rollzll or it rror everywhere. ent.‘
Have you roughed such an improv-
sion‘.’ ~
"Noiliiug lms clnmgl ll in our Cue:-
ion'im‘y lilo, :uni for my purl. I know
French \rritU
KING ALFONSO SAYS THERE IS
MORE FREEDOM lN MADRID
THAN 1N NEW YORK OR LONDON
Declares Military Directory Has Brought Train-
quility to Spain " “Why You Can Sing Your
Head Off in the Street Here If It Amuses
Y on,” He Remarks; No Robbers or Strikers
Jimso ‘couunirics of liberty. in Mad-
ill] :.nn can sing gour head oil until
about nixlx money in your pocket
\silluml lrar of being attacked.
There are nonmre strikes: our inc.
lories urc- nt work. and our employ—
(Y5 no longer see their Workmcn ur-
nl Prime De Rivera (head of the
military directory) has put us unt-
sido the constitution. and that is evi-
dcjiily grave."
The King remarked that there
“are curinlnly lower Communists in
lie remarked that when General
i'rimo Dc littoral had promised to
clean up Spain's condition within
' mnounclng
and pottytogging politics 'or a rally 7
to the ideas represented by the di- 3
and if parliament n'cre' res 5
inry a nation like, Spain could sub»
pleasing it without a movement 0:
remit rather than without. even a
murmur except from politicians du-
privcd of their
lions?”
shevik danger.
been the first country to grasp ii“:-
that that pariiumentarism was in-
capable iii-resisting the effort the
Soviet government was making
impose its will upon the world by
force. Spain had followed suit.
nations will .not be obliged to aband—
on legality for a time?! see the out-
line of the sword forming almost
everywhere. "
the personal
ieclory.
opened the old parties which had
boson handing the country to ruin
would revive and recommencc their
squabblings where Prime De Ilchra
had interrupted them. Also tin.-
Communist leaders. angered by their
stays in prison, would be worse than
UVEll. .
Alfonso then skctshcd [or his in-
lf‘i‘VlCiici‘S the formation of the pn-
triutlc union. to Which all men at
good “ill would be urged to adhere
so as to form a. force free from pur-
iy politics on which the director;
could lbau the dey new elections put
the country back in a normal state.
“When will that day come?" he
cominued."1 do not know any mom
than )ou. but don't ion thin}. the
county is shoning cationioiy siig ill.
impatience to see it arrive? Do you
believe that inlho Twontieth Con.
mil. to a. government which was dis—
habiiual occupa-
WWV w< M l n...“
The King then spoke of the Bol-
sayins ltaly had
10
“Who knows," he asked. “if other
ills final nerds “ere that there
quarrels ’
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and stood icy v.1: 5:02: seeing ma? Search For Bodies. 3'0” ‘0 "0 l“ 3L“ 3 0i“ “F 1wnd<ifl~,gzoups had not shown proof or than
or boat until the “alight: liar: BOSTON, April 23. —The Japan- —-———----~-~. .'
sank at 11:35 a. :1. ese steamer Portland Maru left here
“The Homeri
floating wrcc
anything to sup; or: A.
rific 593.. remanded.
creased in force. and 12*
secured boats and pro
voyage."
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Reports. Differ.
All passengers were eager to rail
of the disaster. Some expressed an-
ger, will]? others spoke highly of
the manner in which Captain Rob-
erts handled the situation.
Liston L. Lewis, an attorney of
c
expresseda
did not stand by a few »,
, yesterday to search for the bodies
r of 33 seamen drowned in the found-
- ering
Mare. 189 miles southeast 01‘ Hall-
fax-
owner
of the Uortland Mar-u has orders to
bfing
which
which
Japan
to reach the place of the disaster,
caused by the shifting
:
‘We steamed of! almost immedi-
y fie: fr .1: ship capsized." said
“\‘umerous persons
anger and regret that we
minutes
9)
of the freighter Ruifuku
A Koke shipping firm is the
of both vessels. The captain
to New York any bodies
might bediscovered after
they were to be taken to
for burial.
The Portland Maru 'was expected
of a huge
i20 Broadway. was among the pas— grain cargo amids heavy seas, by
xengers who disapproved of the next Friday.
i
don, testified that he wasn't sure
COURT DECLARES
HERB DUNDON
Herbert was any relation to the de-
ceased.
estato of Margaret Dundon. produc-
ed by the defense as an exhibit yes-
terday testatrix left an estate of $13.-
441.99. Richard Dundon, his »
According to an inventory of the
wife.
talk with friends without a polite-
mnn telling you lu more;
.? lln‘m:
no country \\ bore me policy is lose: Cullsidt‘red that time sufficient. \‘i hen in Spain. They might prefer the. n. -
inlortcrring than 11810. ion can asked how long he thought lhe dl- tio to erish tl _ ”.1 it
stand in ilw Illllilll‘ ui' ilm ra- l i "i ' i would last rec n p "I “a 1“ par :1-
- ‘2 > L 'r W‘ U “‘2 or) "’3 ““3 ' mental-ism. but, he asked. "Should
lllll‘di
months he (the King) had not
She s Last of Line Of Hero _
of Bunker~ Hill, General Warren
note only 5, 000 or 6. 000 politicians
20.00D,OOO. Spandiards’ be sacrificed
to pleace these 6.0%?"
Dorms Arguments. .
BRIDGEPORT. April 33.--
3 Judge Frederick w. Huxi‘ord or
the Common Pleas court civil side.
today diaexiod hearing of argu-
ments in. the broker‘s commission
suit brought by Laurence ’l‘imnlons
of Greenwich. against Timothy F.
Crowley. artist and necktie designer.
of Greenwich. for one Week. The
suit is being tried before a Jury.
El‘lmmons claim-i to have nunhgcd
the maxim 01‘ u. thiid pnriy or it real-
dcnco owned by Creoles. Commis-
sion on the tinimiclimi. mnounting
to $1.000 is null duo him. he says.
lle‘l‘ore the arguments are heard.
the court wished in road it iiePGSlr
lion to he imuie by Allorney Ralph
.Wagons
John Mercurio. 26. of Bridgeport.
drixer of an euro truck recehed a
probable fracture of. the skull earl:
today when his machine got be; and
his control on Skidmore Hill. Crone-
one. and overturned. The highwav
is being oiled and sanded donn a!
the spot Where \lercurio lost con~
iroi.
Mercurio was unconscious when
oxtrlcated from the wreckage of the
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Tan, Navy or Black. Trimmings ofE .
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Many of these attractive St; is s
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lSREAL SON
Meta. and son, Dr. Arthur H. Dun-
don of North Plainfield. N. J.. were
the beneficiaries’named in the Dun-
ball “ream i‘ernext season.
): 1,9 The Sentinel)—All doubt con-
cerning the legitimacy of Herbert
Attempt Being Made
to Break Will of
Margaret Dundon of
Greenwich
sanEPORT, April. 23 {Special
We! Dundon. of 2773 Fairfield
avenue. Bridgeport. nephew of the
don will.
there was not one scintiila .of evi-
dence to warrant the accusations
against Herbert Dundon, the appel-
lees
tions that the beneficiaries exerted
undue influence over the deceased.
appellants were:
Dr. Arthur H. Dundon and Stella. L.
Dillon, all kin of the deceased.
yesterday
After the court had ruled that.
attempted to prove allega-
Anions the witnesses called by the
Meta. Dundon, Frieda '1'. Dundon.
Witnesses called ‘by the defense
included «Mrs. Annie
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.m that he was the lawful son of
use M. Dundon of Greenwich was
W yesterday when his aunt.
afi-l. Meta. Dundon of 260 Poplar
‘ testified before Judge Newell
Iguanas and a. jury in Superior
and Daily Dundon. The ques-
concerning Dundon" birth arose
- afternoon during the ap-
‘m by Herbert, Ella. and Mrs.
" ,Dundon and Idliian M.
.‘to probate of the will of
Dundon. At Tuesday's
G. Peck and her sister, Clara. . A.
Bowran, Greenwich friends of. the
testatris; Mrs. Nellie W. Knapp. a.
friend of the deceased: lMargaret
Auger. ~oPRosemary Hall. Green-
wich. former employer of the de-
ceased: Robert M. Wilcox. ‘ “retired
Greenwich banker. and Joseph c.
Johnson. manger of a Greenwich
hardware firm. ' , _ .
The issues will probably. go to the
jury tomorrow following ammonia
by Wilbur Wright. counsel for the '.
executors. and' Robert Clark and
Clifford B. Wilson. the appellants
representatives. Attorney Clark is
When patrfitifiociefiea
battle of Bunker
the husband of YJinan M. Clark one
of the apolieefi
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