Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 190, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 December 1929 — Page 9

DEC. 19, 1929

ALL ARE SAVED AS LINER SINKS IN N. Y. HARDOR Captain Is Last to Leave Stricken Ship After Collision. f!n United Print NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—A drama 3f the sea with New York harbor tself as the setting was completed today when the last of the 336 passengers and crew of the liner Fort Victoria, rammed and sent to the bottom during one of the most dense fogs in years, were brought i snore. j The insistence of Captain A. R. Francis in staying with his ship' until all hope of saving her had : gone, nearly cost him his life. He ind a pilot were thrown into the water and the suction of the Fort Victoria as it went down with a tremendous roar nearly pulled them ■with it to the bottom. But they ! were hoisted aboard the tug Columoine and landed safely. The Fort Victoria of the FumessBermuda line had halted at the entrance to Ambrose channel late Wednesday after creeping down the harbor on her way to Bermuda with 171 passengers, including many honeymooners, bound for a Christmas holiday on the sunny island.; lust as the pilot was being dropped j :>ver board, the Clyde-Mallory liner j Algonquin, also outward bound, ripped into the Fort Victoria amidships. Water pouring into her hold, the Fort Victoria's engines almost were imediatclv put out of commission, out SOS calls from an emergency radio set soon brought scores of harbor craft to her aid. All but Captain Francis and sixteen of his crew took to the life mats after the collision. The rescued cool in the emergency, were taken aboard the pilot ship and later transferred to other craft which put them ashore. The captain and skeleton crew remained aboard until a few minutes before the Fort Victoria heeled over and sank into the ooze of the harbor. A woman who was suffering from sleeping sickness wa3 the 1 only casualty She was Mrs. Nellie; Stringer of Brooklyn, and was taken i to a State Island hospital suffering j from the shock. Council Term F.nds P,u Time* Bnce.ini COLUMBUS, Ind.. Dec. IP.— I The j present, city council, elected four years ago, has held its last meeting at. which O. B. Anderson, presided instead of Mayor C. B. Cooper, absent for the first time during his term. The councilmen will close | their terms officially at noon Monday. Jan. 6 when Mayor-Elect H. I Karl Volland will take office.

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GEN. BUTLER IS UNDER FIRE FOR HIS ASSERTIONS Comments About Marines Investigated by War, Navy Departments. BiiVniteiJ Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—The speech made by Major-General Smedley D. Butler at Pittsburgh, Dec. 5, has become the subject of an inquiry by the war and navy departments, and it was learned authoritatively today the matter may be referred to the White. House for recommendation. Butler, who gained national fame by his attempt to force bootleggers.

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from Philadelphia, and through various foreign exploits, made the Pittsburgh speech before an association of business men. He was quoted as saying American marines have maneuvered Central American elections to place hand-picked candidates in ‘office. Secretary of Navy Adams, since he took official notice of Butler's alleged statements more than a week ago, at first maintained a consistent silence. He then let it be j known he had asked Butler for his ' version of the speech. Questioned ; almost daily since, he has replied: “I have nothing to say. I don’t ! intend to make General Butler’s ; reply public.” Meanwhile, an exchange of letters j has been kept up between Butler ! and the navy department. Several |

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