Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 159, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 November 1931 — Page 15

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BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Scrlpps-Howard Foreign Editor WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—The specter of war between Russia and Japan over Manchuria was ridiculed here today by Mark Plavnik, Washington business man and economist, who just has returned from a tour of several months’ observation in the Soviet republic. Aided by his perfect command of the language and his knowledge of the country—he was born there —Plavnik brought back an unusually clear picture of Russian conditions, from the Baltic to the Urals. Only a distinctly and deliberately aggressive act on the part of the Japanese, he intimated, could bring Russia into the fray, as everybody with whom he talked regarded war at this time as the worst calamity that could befall the nation. “The five-year plan,” Plavnik declared, “now is approaching completion. But this five-year period of industrialization is to be followed by a second five-year period of mechanization, and all the national resources in energy and capital are essential to the plan's success. m n n *' TY USSIA’S vast need for capital XV with which to put through her program does not seem well Understood abroad. She is accused of dumping commodities in America and other foreign countries in an attempt to undermine capitalistic institutions. “The truth, as T saw it, is quite different. For every dollar’s worth of credit she obtains abroad with which to buy machinery and other necessities, she must export fourteen rubles’ worth of her own products. Asa ruble in Russia is a little more than 50 cents, this means she must export $7 worth of stuff to pay for $1 worth abroad. “Russia, therefore, is not deliberately dumping goods to hurt us or anybody else. She is exporting goods because compelled to do so to pay her way. “To obtain these foreign credits the Russians are undergoing hardships such as fe wpeople ever voluntarily accepted. They eat black bread. Butter is unknown on a Russian table. “In the home of a high official whom I visited we had meat only twice a week. In the land of * caviar, nobody eats caviar. But nobody complains. These and other products are shipped abroad to get credits —at the rate of $7 w'orth for sl. n u a “TN Berlin, I saw Russian shoes x selling for $2.50. The same shoes, in Moscow, sold for 40 rubles —s2o. The reason was as I have already indicated—the need of credits, plus the fact that the Russian price deliberately is put way up. At $2.50 a pair, the people would be wasteful. At S2O a pair they buy seldom, making one pair last a long time. “This system, not generally understood abroad, is widely applied with the result that Russia has a much larger exportable surplus to exchange for foreign credits. “I saw' no signs of a wheat shortage in Russia. What might look like a shortage is being caused by the retention of more wheat this year for use inside the country. As her program draws nearer completion, she naturally can retain more of her own products for domestic use. “Another popular conception abroad is that Russia is trying to communize the w’orld. While the people with whom I talked naturally hoped to see other countries follow their example, they admit the only way to bring that about is not by force, but by making Russia such a success that others will want to be like her.” ELEMENT ‘Bs’ DETECTED Alabama Scientist Announces Important Discovery. By United Press AUBURN, Ala., Nov. 12.—Evidence of element “85,” last of the ninety-tw'o elements of the unverse to elude scientists, is claimed by Dr Fred Allison, head of the department of physics, Alabama Polytechnic Institute. The element, a member of the halogen group akin to iodine, has not been isolated. Dr. Allison said. "Element 85 is most like iodine,” Dr. Allison said. “Significance of its detection is chiefly the scientific determination that it exists, for it exists in such microscopic quantities that it never may be isolated. It is of no known practical value at all.” WAGE INSURANCE DRIVE American Central Office Employes Set $500,000 as Goal. “ ‘Bust’ Half a Million” has been adopted as the slogan for a loyalty campaign being conducted by home office employes of the American Central Life * Insurance Company seeking to write $500,000 new insurance. Employes, during the one week campaign ending next Monday, are furnishing names of prospective insurance buyers to members of the company's Marion county agency. The home office employes have been divided into teams competing for prizes.

Tricks of Fate By United Press DETROIT, Nov. 12.—A fake charity solicitor singled out a victim from thousands passing the busy corner. “I am,” he said, “collecting funds for the Burgess relief kitchen.” "And I,” the other replied, “am Dr. James E. Burgess, director of the kitchen, and. incidentally, the county coroner.” The “ex”-solicitor fled.

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NOTED SHRINE REPLICA TO BE SCENEOF RITE Ceremony Sunday to Dedicate Lourdes Copy at Collegeville. ITALIAN MARBLE USED Statue Work of Company Designated by Pope as Institute of Art. By Tima Special COLLEGEVILLE, Ind., Nov. 12. With solemn ceremony a replica of the famous Lourdes shrine in France will be dedicated at St. Joseph’s college here Sunday afternoon. A procession will move from the college chapel to a grove where the shrine is located. The Very Rev. Ignatius A. Wagner, provincial of the Society of the Precious Blood, will conduct a service of blessing, and a sermon will be delivered by the Rev. Ildephonse Rapp, after whkh the procession will return to the*chapel for benediction of the blessed sacrament. Much Material Used More than 1,200 tons of material —stone, sand and cement—were used in erection of the building housing the shrine. The structure is 153 feet long and has a height of twentytwo feet at the tallest point, which is marked by a figure of the Virgin. A skilled combination of architecture and landscaping, the latter including paths, waterfalls, statues, flowery and shrubbery, have eliminated what might have been a too heavy effect in a less appropriate background. Flood lights enhance the beauty of the structure at night. Marble From Italy In addition to the Lourdes replica there is a second shrine, twelve by thirty feet, lighted only through a small window at the top. This shrine contains a figure of a kneeling Christ, carved from white Carrara marble. It is modeled after Hofmann’s famous painting “Christ in Gethsemane” and is a product of the Daprato Statuary Company, pontifical institute of Christian art. The marble is from the quarry at Pietrasnata, Italy. The figure is life size. This room also contains rustic kneeling benches. The original Lourdes shrine is in the department of Hautes Pyrennes, France. A peasant girl, Bernadotte Soubiroux, at the age of 14 reported that a grotto had been the scene of Eighteen apparitions of the Virgin and at one time the child was commanded to drink from a spring in the grotto. It is the scene of annual pilgrimages of the sick, having been visited by 4,919,000 persons from 1867 to 1908.

STORMS ROOT LINER lie De France Buffeted by Atlantic Gales. By United Press NEW YORK, Nov. 12.—The liner He de France docked twenty-six hours late today and landed 744 storm-weary passengers, including such celebrities as Peggy Hopkins Joyce and the Grand Duke Dmitri of Russia. Captain Joseph Blancart said his vessel had its stormiest crossing in its three years afloat. Peggy Joyce, appearing chic in her brown ensemble was amiable until someone askect her about her matrimonial intentions. “Don't ask me foolish questions!” she replied sharply. The grand duke, who participated with Prince Felix Yousepeff in the assassination of Rasputin, was accompanied by his w'ife, the former Audrey Emery of Cincinnati. He declined to discuss the Rasputin incident or Soviet Russia, saying he was interested only in “the New York skyline.” INJURED IN CAR CRASH Evansville Women Hurt When Auto Skids, Hi*s Utility Pole. When the automobile in which they were riding, skidded in West Washington street car tracks and struck a utility pole, today, Mrs William J. Alles, 45, and Mrs. Charles J. Conkey, both of Evansville, were injured seriously. Mrs. Alles, driver of the car, sustained several broken ribs, her left arm was broken and she was cut and bruised. Mrs. Conkey sustained head, hand and leg laceratVns. The accident occurred at Richwine and Washington streets. Both women were taken to the city hospital. FIRE HOUSE JOBS’ LET Works Board Keeps Promise That Union Labor Will Be Used. City administration policy of awarding construction contracts to contractors employing union labor was followed today with granting of contracts for erection of two fire engine houses. Contract for eigine house No. 16, at Fifty-sixth and Illinois streets, was awarded A. A. Mitchell <fe Cos., on a low bid of $12,720. The ElliottMeyer Construction Company was given the contract for engine house No. 8, Broadway and Eleventh street. Estimate of one bidder was rejected for failure to employ union labor. Child Dies of Lockjaw By limes Special CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind., Nov. 12. —Lockjaw whichh developed from injuries suffered about two weeks ago, when she was thrown from a pony, caused the death of Hannah Doris Haskett, 6, daughter of Mr. and ; Mrs. Virgil Haskett.

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BRANDEIS, 75, SEES LIBERALS IN SADDLE

Supreme Court Justice Still Great Champion of ‘People’s Cause’

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VAGRANT SNIFFS AT SOUPHOUSE Stomach Too Delicate: He Barely Averts Jail. Jefferson D. Cole, 23, of Gibsonviile, (N. C.) committed a slight error Wednesday ' when he approached two men seated in an automobile with a request for money. The two men were Detectives William Kurrasch and William Stalcup. According to testimony heard today by Municipal Judge William H. Sheaffer, Cole told the detectives he was hungry. Kurrasch and Stalcup offered to take him to the city “soup” house for a meal. “Oh, I cant’ eat that and ,L uff; my stomach is too delicate,” the detectives quoted him as saying. “Then you can eat of the fare at the county jail,” the detectives told Cole, they testified. Sheaffer extracted a promise from Cole to “be out of town within half an hour,” and dismissed a vagrancy charge against him. SAM COX TO LEAD DRIVE Chosen to Direct Member Campaign of Tech Nature Study Club. “The Falls of Hoosierhaha,” by William Herschel, was read by Dorothea West before the Technical high school Nature Study Club Wednesday. Samuel Cox was qhosen to lead a drive of the club for new members. The meeting was closed by Claire F. Cox, faculty sponsor, who related some World war experiences in observance of Armistice day.

A. J. Rogers Is Made Marmon Vice-President

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Newly appointed vice-president in charge of sales of the Marmon Motor Car Company is A. J. Rogers, according to announcement Wednesday of G. M. Williams, president. Rogers also has been elected to the company’s board of directors. He will succeed immediately George C. Tenney, who recently resigned. Rogers’ advancement is said by Marmon officials to be the first step in the program for celebration of the company’s thirtieth anniversary in the automobile industry next year. Rogers has been with the Marmon company since 1915. For the last several months, he has been advertising manager. In his new position he will remain in charge of advertising and promotional activities. Sam V. Harding will continue as sales manager.

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1931

BY RODNEY DIIYCHEB NEA Service Writer (Copyright. 1931. by NEA Service. Inc.) Washington, nov. 12. Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis of the supreme court will be 75 years old Friday. His health and state of mind indicate he will see many happy returns of the day. Friends who gather at his home will find this great liberal growing in physical health and optimism about the progress of his fellow men —in which his interest is so keen. He believes national adversity, however regrettable, develops national character and produces changes of general ultimate benefit. After many years as a dissenting member of the supreme court’s “liberal minority” he now is elated to find himself in a “liberal majority.” Many times he has said that “inelegant opinions are always bound to become majority opinions sooner or later. People still describe Branded, with his rich and ruddy dark coloring, his bushy white hair and his kind gray-blue eyes, as suggesting Lincoln.

GAB LAW TO BE PUTINTO USE Street Enforcement of New Act Starts Monday. Strict enforcement of the new ordinance regulating taxicabs will be started Monday, according to announcement today by police officials. Called together by the safety board, officials of eight city cab companies conferred with Lewis Johnson, traffic captain, and safety board members regarding provisions in the ordinance. Several cab operators promised to “co-operate as fav as possible” with the police in enforcing the new law. Changes In taxicab stands and elimination of the “squatter right” policy of cab owners in regard to stands were discussed. Drivers will be forced to answer stficter requirements and take out new licenses under the new ordinance. OPPOSE JOB INSURANCE Illinois Manufacturers’ Disproval Voiced to Committee. By United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—Unqualified opposition to every form of public or compulsory unemployment insurance was voiced on behalf of the Illinois Manufacturers Association to the Wagner unemployment insurance committee today. The statement, made by James L. Donnelly, executive vice-president of the association, was challenged and criticised by Senator Herbert Wagner (Dem., N. Y.), who compared the manufacturers’ view to that which manufacturers assumed in opposing workmen’s compensation laws two decades ago. BUS REROUTING ASKED Motor Coach Company Heeds Irvington Club Request. Petition for re-routing of the East New York street and South Emerson avenue bus lines was filed today with the public service commission by the Peoples Motor Coach Company. The action follows request for the change by the Irvington Community Club. Proposed new route is from Monument circle east on Market street to New Jersey street; north to New York street; east to Emerson avenue; south to Washington; east to Spencer avenue; south to Julian avenue; east to Ritter avenue; south to the Brookville road; west to Emerson avenue, thence north to Washington street and return by the same route.

TOW-IN TRUCK LIES IN ALLEY AMBUSH

Duty-Bound Cops Pounce on Split-Second Auto , Parker. Halloween is and there is little danger of the goblins gettin’ you “if you don’l, watch out,” but Hoffman Diederich, 1245 West Ray street, found Wednesday that the police tow-in truck will get you whether you watch out or not. Diederich, who drives an Essex coupe, received a request from a friend, Miss Mary Gladden, a saleswoman in the radio department of the Pettis dry goods store, to defiver a radio late Wednesday afternoon—too late for the Pettis delivery trucks to handlfe the order. Intent upon doing a good turn, Diederich drove to the rear entrance of the Pettis store, got out of his car and went to the door to get the radio. When he turned around, with the radio in his arms, he saw his car going down the alley behind a police tow-in truck. “I wasn’t out of my car thirty seconds,” Diederich said this morning. surely do work fast.” Witnesses of the incident stated police were parked in an inconspicuous place, waiting for just such a “break” as Diederich gave them. Truck Driver Slain By Times Special MT. VERNON, Ind., Nov. 12. Milford G. Smith, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Smith, former Mt. Vernon residents, is dead at Denver, Colo., as a result of being beaten on the head with a revolver in the hands of a prohibition agent. The officer, Henry Dierks, said he acted in selfdefense. He came upon Smith in a restaurant and says there was a bottle of wine on Smfih’s table.

Each year he returns from his summer home on the Cape Cod moors at Chatham with renewed vitality. His eyes still express the kindliness of the Brandeis personality, for all his earnestness and vigor *>f expression. 8 u u YEARS ago he played polo and until very recently he canoed with Mrs. Brandeis tw r o or three times a week on the Potomac. Now he contents himself with long evening walks. He retires early and rises early, invariably working an hour or so in his study before breakfast. He works long hours in the study of his office at the Capitol, but designs his habits to conserve his health. Although Justice Brandeis trundles with his colleagues to the annual formal call at the White House, he and Mrs. Brandeis take no part in the Washington social racket. They never “go out,” and the President’s annual evening supreme court reception usually finds Brandeis pleading “ill health.” Instead, they entertain friends and kindred spirits fre-

Sunbeams for Aged Boor

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These sunbeams will dance into the hearts of the poor and aged at the Marion county infirmary at 2 Saturday when various city dancing instructors will present

MERCY PLEA FOR SIMMONS FAMILY

Red Hot News By United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. When a a dog, it’s no longer news. But if President Hoover were to bite-Rin-Tin-Tin, it would be news of a high order. So when Mr. Hoover’s brother-in-law was arrested on a charge of illegal possession of liquor in Santa Monica, Cal., it was big news, particularly in the town where Mr. Hoover lives. Until a late hour of the night, newsboys were doing a record business, selling papers as fast as they could be run off the presses. All over the city rang the cry: “President Hoover’s brother-in-law arrested for bootlegging!”

HUNDREDS PLEAD FOR BALDNESS TREATMENT Doctor Who Found Cure Pestered by Volunteer Subjects. By United l’ress CHICAGO, Nov. 12.—Dr. B. Norman Bengston, who a few days ago announced a tentative cure for baldness, is so besieged with patients who wish to be subjects for, his experiment that he is “working till midnight and still can’t take care of them all.” Bengston is conducting his tests of the baldness treatment at a weekly clinic of the University of Illinois research and educational hospital. Each day, he said, from 100 to; 150 bald and partially bald men, women and children have stampeded his clinic. Out of the group, Dr. Bengston has been choosing patients to receive the pituitary gland injections which the physician believes will cause hair to be grown on bald pates. LEGISLATURE CONVENES Illinois Lawmakers to Meet Only Few Hours Today. By United Press SRINGFIELD, 111., Nov. 12.—The special session of the Illinois legis- j lature considering tax reform and ' solution of the Chicago financial problem was to meet today for a few hours and then adjourn again i until Tuesday. Bills asking reorganization of the Cook county tax structure, a 20 per cent state tobacco tax and increased license fees for busses and trucks are among those to be introduced. Actual work of the session will commence Tuesday, legislators expect.

quently in their plainly furnished apartment in California street. Two Qr three nights of every week they have six or eight dinner guests, and there is a “Brandeis tea” each Monday during court sessions. The meals are simple and entertainment consists mostly of discussion of public affairs, of music and literature. Brandeis loves discussion and argument, especially concerning issues of interest to liberal minds. 8 8 8 TIE nearly always is lighthearted often gay and jovial—and delights in humorous discussion with a literary background. Guests always leave by 10, because that is the Brandeis bedtimo. There is no radio, phonograph or piano in the apartment. Brandeis reads ihstory exhaustively, always curious about the process of cause and effect in past ages. Until ten years ago the Brandeis family drove a horse and carriage. They were about the last people in town to surrender. Automobiles scared the horse and

their pupils in a program there. Left to Right—Misses Mary Lou McCready, Caryl Gaines and Jean Banister. They are pupils of the Wild Sisters’ studio.

Greenfield Newspaper Asks for Less Publicity on Poison Case. By Times Special GREENFIELD, Incl., Nov. 12.—1n a lead editorial, the Greenfield Reporter urges newspapers to refrain from publishing what it considers uncalled for publicity regarding the Simmons poison case. After a fiveweek trial a jury which heard a first degree murder case against Mrs. Carrie Simmons, charged with poisoning her daughter Alice Jean, failed to agree. Captioned “In the Name of Mercy, Let Them Go,” the editorial is as follows: “The family of John and Carrie Simmons, Hancock county residents, have had enough publicity. Exploited by the press to the last degree almost constantly for five months, their smallest and most insignificant moves magnified and misinterpreted, their tragic grief and sorrow exposed to public gaze, scorned, criticised, lied about, misunderstood, they now want nothing half so much as to be allowed to creep back quietly into the home life from which they were so rudely taken last summer and just to be let alone. Attacks Press “ ‘Lay off the Simmonses.’ It is high time some managing editor, slipping for a moment from Jbis role as news-gathering machine to his natural character as just plain human, feels the pull of sympathy toward that poor, stricken and bereaved family and sends the order out. The attitude of some newspapers in the case has been almost beyond comprehension. “We notice a newspaper which stated that Boone county officers were sounding public sentiment before making a decision as to whether there would be any more trials. Innuendo Charged “Immediately after that statement, in the same article, the correspondent cut loose with some shaded conclusions and innuendos very obviously designed to influence the necessary public opinion toward gratifying the desires of the prosecuting officers, still seeking justification for the indictment, embarrassment and pain which they brought down on Mrs. Simmons. “Let’s lay o£ the Simmons family. Give the news that may come in new developments in the case, but stay away from this manufactured stuff designed solely to hold public interest or to crystallize sentiment against the defendant.” * -■ Police Cleared in Death By Times Special JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Nov. 12. —Coroner Asa D. Combs have exonerated Jeffersonville police of blame in the death of John Curry, 48, who succumbed to pneumonia. He was beaten when arrested with James Lonlen, 27, following an attempt to slay Police Chief John Hibstenberg. j

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they gave him up for humane reasons. Aside from the court, his public activities are confined to leadership in the Zionist movement. (He is the first and only Jew on the supreme bench.) But he is constantly consulted by people of every type. Leaders of industries and of social causes come with their problems. Thus he gets a manysided picture of what is going on and his friends are often amazed at his detailed knowledge of the state of the union and the state of the world. 8 8 8 ALTHOUGH sometimes said to have come from a poor East Side family, Brandeis actually was born of wealthy and cultured parents in Louisville. He studied at Louisville, Dresden and the Harvard Law School and practiced law in Boston from 1879 to 1916. About 1908 he decided to devote half his time to law cases and half to the public interest. He was “counsel” for the people” in freight rate, minimum wage law and public utilities cases. He led the fight to preserve Boston’s municipal subway, plastered the Taft administration in the Ballinger-Pinchot battle, assailed and licked the old New Haven railroad monopoly in New England and thus enraged the politicians and plutocrats who strove so hard to block his confirmation when Wilson named him for the supreme court in 1916. He was one of Wilson’s closest advisers up to the time of the peace conference, but some sort of a break developed between the two men . Justice and Mrs. Brandeis have two daughters. Mrs. Jacob Gilbert is her husband’s law partner in New York and Mrs. Paul Raushenbush and her husband both teach economics at the University of Wisconsin.

FACE DILEMMA ON TOW-IN LAW Officials Violate Code by City Hall Parking. With Ernest C. Ropkey, president of the city council, demanding that drivers of public-owned automobiles observe the tow-in law the same as “Mr. Citizen,” members of the safety board today faced a dilemma existing literally on their “doorstep.” As in hundreds of other places in the downtown area, parking is prohibited on Alabama street in front of the city hall. And the rule is enforced rigidly, especially in cases of unsuspecting motorists who have business to conduct with the city. But today, Louis Muchie, deputy sheriff, driving a county 'car, parked illegally and “got by with it.” He served several summons in the city building, and when he returned, the car was undisturbed. Observers recalled that Ropkey publicly demanded that the safety board enforce the tow-in ordinance on public-owned cars as well as the privately owned. SEXTON TO GIvIPrALK County Treasurer-Elect to Address Deputies at Meeting. Work in the county treasurer’s office will be discussed by the deputies of Timothy Sexton, treasurerelect, at a meeting at the Claypool Sunday afternoon. H. Nathan Swaim, Democratic county chairman; William P. Cosgrave, deputy state auditor, and Martin Walpole, who is in charge of the city Barrett law department, will speak.

Elect Daniels to Board of Fletcher Bank

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Joseph J. Daniels

Joseph J. Daniels, member of the law firm of Baker & Daniels, was elected to the board of directors cf the Fletcher Trust Company to succeed the late Alexander Holliday at the November meeting of the board Wednesday, according to announcement of Evans Woollen, president of the trust company. Membership of the board of Fletcher Trust Company now includes: Henrv C. Atkins, president of E. C. Atkins & Cos.: Frederic M. Avres. president. L. S. Avres Cos.; Albert Baker. Baker St Daniels: Vinson Carter, vice-president and counsel of the trust company; Carl C. Gibbs. National Malleable and Steel Castings Company: Albert S. Goldstein. President. Goldstein Bros.. Inc.: William F. Haves, vice-president. Lake View Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago: Mr. Daniels: Charles W. Jewett. Elliott. Wevl & Jewett: Hugh McK Landon. chairman of the executive committee of the trust company: Norman Metzger. Fletcher Trust Company: Samuel D. Miller. Miller St Miller: Nicholas H. Noves. treasurer. Eli Lilly St Cos.: Almus G. Ruddell. president. Central Rubber and Suoplv Company; Jesse Spalding. Farnum. Winter St Cos.. New York: Charles N. Thompson, attorney; George P. Torrence, vice-president. Link Belt Company, and Evans Woollen, trust company president. •

11 CASTAWAYS, 1 MANY DAYS AT SEA,RESCUED Picked Up by Mine Sweeper After Frantic Time on Stormy Caribbean. CAPTAIN BADLY HURT Drifting Lifeboats Were Sighted First From Air and Reported. By United Press BALBOA, Canal Zone, Nov. 12. Eleven men who drifted helplessly for days in lifeboats on storm tossed Caribbean waters were rescued alive today by the United States mine sweeper Swan. They had tossed about in the lifeboats since their steamer, the Baden Baden, was wrecked in a sudden tropical storm. For days rescue had been near. Pilot Ormsbee of the Pan-American Airways sighted the drifting boats last Saturday as he swung his big plane over the regular air course. He could make no landing on the churning sea. He could only signal back to the frantic waving of the castaways, signifying he had seen them, and then rush on to advise authorities of their whereabouts. Rescue Mission Started Immediately rescue missions were started. Ships plying in that area were advised to be on the lookout. The Swan was started from the Canal Zone. Three naval seaplanes were put out from here and checker-boarded the approximate vicinity in which the men had been sighted. Earlier advices had indicated fourteen persons were adrift, a man and a woman on a life raft, one man hanging to an oil drum and the eleven in the life boats. They were all from the 500-ton Costa Rican vessel which normally carried a crew of fifteen and had two passengers aboard on the present trip. Its skipper is an American named Waller. Captain Seriously Hurt All members of the Baden Baden crew were reported uninjured and in good condition except the captain, who was reported as “a stretcher case from spine injuries.” A navy radiogram said there had been but sixteen men in the crew of the Baden Baden and that five were known to be dead. The Swan is proceeding to the Coco Solo base with survivors. When the rescue was made the Swan was fifty miles north of West Cartagena. The Baden Baden formerly was a rotor ship, the first of its kind. It was equipped with pivot rotor power which acted somewhat like sails. Its inventor, Anton Fletner, had high hopes that it would revolutionize shipping and he envisioned great trans-Atlantic passenger liners equipped with his “wind” engines. However, the shipping world, at first fascinated, later looked upon the Baden Baden as nothing more than just a “freak.” Asa result the vessel was stripped of its rotors at the Staten Island shipbuilding yards in the summer of 1928 and sent to sea looking like any cargo carrier. The “rotor” was in effect a, cylinder against which the windj blew, revolving it and furnishing’ power for propulsion. Passenger Tells Story S. P. Christy, a paseneer on the PanAmerican airways plane piloted by Franic Ormsbee. which sighted the shipwrecked castaways drifting in the Caribbean Monday gives in the following story written for the United Press an eyewitness description of their plight. BY S. F. CHRISTY (Copyright. 1931. bv United Press) MIAMI, Fla., Nov. 12.—1 sighted the wreckage at 1:50 p. m. Monday. Our plane sent out an S. O. S. at 1:58 p. m. to shore stations, which broadcast the message to nearby shippers. I saw ten men in one lifeboat, one man and a woman on a hatch cover, and one man clinging to a gasoline drum drifting in the rough sea. The man on the drum was naked and the waves played havoc with him. I saw him thrown into the sea every time a wave struck the drum, but he always regained the drum. I thought it would be just a matter of time before he would be forced to let go for good. Approximately 200 drums were floating around. All the survivors waved frantically to us, using tom parts of their clothing to attract our attention. One man waved an oar high in the air, with part of his shirt attached. I saw one young boy, whom I judged to be 10 years of age, among those in the boat. We circled the wreckage several times, but it was impossible to land. The survivor? were having a difficult time keeping their boat headed i into the wind. The inside of the boat appeared to be nearly filled I with water. As we circled within twelve feet of the rough seas, I could see sharks swirling around in the water. Pilot Ormsbee, finding a landing | impossible, decided to speed toward I the coast and urge assistance by boats. To my mind there wasn’t much chance for them being rescued. It appeared that the wreck of their ship had occurred a short time before we sighted them. STORE RECEIVER ASKED Abattoir Company Charges Grocery Notes Indebtedness. Suit for appointment of a receiver for a grocery operated by Raymond W. Greer at 661 East Forty-ninth street, was filed today in superior court four by the'lndianapolis Abattoir Company. Judgment of S4OO for merchandise, alleged not to have been paid for, is asked in the case. A