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Generally fair- today and
Wednesday with morning
foes; no change In temper
ature. Max temp. Monday
40, min. 41. River -3.7 tU
Booth wind. .
EIGHTY-NINTH YEAH
Salem, Oregon Tuesday Morning, November 21, 1939
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ITS A CLNCJI P. L. Tromlitz, aboTe, at the lerers which control the
draw oa the Sonthern Pacific railroad bridge across the WUlam-
' ette, aad his two co-workers have, the softest Jobs fa Balem, lavJ
Baaser believes. He tells abont his visit to the drawbridge, which
hasn't had to open for a steamboat since 1934, in his eolnma below.
Paul
Wo hare abont decided to unit column writing and go to bridge
tending. Yesterdsy wo discovered the men who hare the softest Jobs
In Salem and they are bridge tenders, all three of them.
We walked out on the Sonthern Pacific railway bridge across the
Wlllamstte and climbed to the little yeUow house that sits atop the
bridge. -. i
There, sitting at his desk, we found Mr. P. L. Tromliti. who hat
been tending bridge at the same stand for nine year now. Mr. Trom
Utx sits and watches for steamboats ronnd the bend from 7 to S
o'clock every day, . Jlnt Meyer, Mr. TromUtx told as. sits and watches
for steamboats from t until 11 o'clock and Herman Stege, who will
be retired nexnnonth at the tie of 70, eu the rrareyard shift from
11 p.m. to 7 a.nu. ' (';!" . ..7'
They all ait aad watt far Steamboat because the gwveramewt
decrees that all drawbridges over navigable streams shall have -bridgetendcrs.
The Willamette Is a navigable stream, bat there
. hasn't been a steamboat "round the bead since July, 10 So, when
the old Northwestern, now in Alaska, made Its last ran from Sa
lem to Portland, i
While Ron Oemmell, who climbed the stairs with as. was going
around snapping pictures here andO-
there with his camera, Mr. Trom
llts told-ns that it Isn't quite the
cinch Job It looks, though its cer
tainly not a hard. one. Although
there are no more steamboats the
draw has to be opened occasion"
ally to let a government dredge go
through and once In a whtleaa
unusually high sparred gaso$ne
boat will give the one long and
one short whistle signal that calls
for the "bridge."
Mr. Tromllts. who has been with
the Southern Pacific 27 of his 88
years, told us he doesn't get lone
ly. "You get used to this kind
of a Job after a while." he said.
Before he came to the Willamette
bridge Mr. Tromllts worked on the
Coos Bay bridge on- the coast
branch of the railroad.
Jim Moyer. who Is 88 years old.
Is the real veteran of the bridge
crew. He's been on the Job since
1915. two years after the span was
completed. -
Aside from sitting and watch
tag for steamboats the bridge tend
ers have a certain amount of main
tenance work to do, Mr. Tromllts
told us. The machinery, operated
by two 40 horsepower electric
motors, has to be kept In shape
so it can whip the draw up when
and If a steamer appears, hull
down on the horizon. , Then a
couple of times a week they ran
the draw up Just for practice and
to see If everything Is working
properly. ...
J est to show mm bow.it was
done Mr. Tromllts gave as m
ride cm the bridge. He had te
throw six heavy levers, which Is
the hardest work of It all, be
fore he pashed the button that
started the motors grinding. Up
wa went, riding the middle of
the bridge, 44 feet front the
point where we had been. It
. took about a minute and a half; '
While we were up there Mr.
Tromliti told us that the view Is
pretty good on a clear day. There
Is a telescope In the bridge house
and Mr. Tromliti said that in the
cummer there are often interest
ing thlncs te see on the river. Mr.
GemmeU 14 Quite a bit of looking
eat of the telescope,' but didnt
See much..
'. The draw section of the bridge
Is balanced by two huge counter
weights of concrete. We asked
Mr. Tromtlta how much the draw
weirhs, . but he said he didn't
know and had never been able
to find out. even from the en
gineering department.
There Is a pot-bellied, railroad
etore In the bridge house and It
is a suite comfortable place. Mr.
Tromllts said the only disadvant
age was that sometlaes when the
river gets low the odor from the
sewers emptying above and below
the bride gets pretty -rich." i
-. When we left riked XI..
Tromllts if the ! . . teasers
had to carry il.a col for the
stove tr the s' ? iron stairs., t
nrc ', r-, he ai tie.
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Dallas Attorney
Blond .Woman Dischargee
Two Guns at Mart Who
Tried to Kill Her
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DALLAS, Tex., Nov. MHJP)
Blond Corlnne Maddox fished two
guns from her hsndbag today on
Main street and shot down Brooks
C Coif man, 40-year-old lawyer
aceused of stabbing her last
spring , because she refused to ac
company him to California.
Coffman died within a half
hour of two bullet wounds.
, Murder : charges were filed
against Miss Maddox by Homicide
Detective J. T. Luther tonight and
she was released under bond of
$7600.
Witnesses told Detective In
spector Will Frits the yoang wom
an emptied one gua. ignoring the
screams of the victim. She re
placed it in her; purse, took out
another, dropped the purse and
pursued i Coffman across the
After the shooting she re
trieved the purse and appeared at
a telegraph office with an auto
matic and a six shooter.
"He. hounded me to death, the
It-year-old former stenographer
told Detective Inspector Will
frits, i "I didn't want to do It,
but what else could I dot"
, "He called me at my home and
told me he would kill me it I
appeared against him In court,
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Secretary Slay
United States WiWlnsisi
On Minimum of Interference
By ANDRUE BERDINO -WASHINGTON.-
Nov. 20-WV
The United States, having barred
American ships from Europe's
eombat area.' will insist en a mini
mum of interference with them
elsewhere.'. ...
- By - interference, the adminis
tration means not merely aelsure
of cargo or a portion of the cargo
by a belligerent, bat' also undue
detention of a ship through dila
tory, examination of her papers
and cargo. - -
A high official, explaining the
government's determination, said
the administration believed that
the United States, had made suf
ficiently onerous sacrifices' in the
Interests of peace, and that these
saerlileea should be repaid in part
by fewer restrictions on American
ships traveling in lanes outside
the combat sone. "
The proclamation of the sone
has radically changed the situa
tion involving detention of Amer
ican ships. Many ships - have
been putting into British- ports
voluntarily or examination be
Mies
Fiv ballots;
All xJiow Ties
37ard 7 Aldermanic Post
(Still; Vacant as Gty
- - Fathers Deadlock : '
Frank Winslow Case to Be
Appealed to Supreme
Courts at Once "
Ward seven Is still without one
of its two aldermen because the
city council played a tie game last
night. -
: In five separate ballots the city
fathers arrived at the same an
swer, seven votes for Bert P.
Pord, attorney, and seven votes
for Clifford S, Orwig, market pro
prietor.
After the fifth ballot had failed
to elect a successor t to - Harold
Prultt, resigned representative of
ward seven, Alderman Glenn
Gregg proposed an armistice by
moving that the election be post
poned until next council meeting.
. The case of Frank Wlnslow,
discharged ' Salem policemen.
against Chief of Police Frank A.
Mlnto,- who was ordered to rein
state Wlnslow In a decree hand
ed down by Circuit Judge Arlie O.
Walker, will be annealed to the
supreme court, the council decid
ed. The civil service commission
was authorized to appeal from
Walker's decision , on the man
damus action and provided funds
for legal fees.
Fate of Civil Service
Amendment at Stake
: The report of the civil service
commission on the Wlnslow case
pointed out that Walker's deci
sion, based on the fact that no
hearing was given Wlnslow before
discharge, would make the civil
service, amendment to the city
charter "entirely unworkable" as
it does aot provide for each hear
ings. , . . i ;
The civil r service commission
recommended that the case be car
ried ta the supremb court te clar
ify the law and that if Walker's
deelaloa is affirmed the civil serv
ice . section of the , charter be
amended to conform.
It was provided that E. M. Page,
attorney who assisted the city in
preparing the ease for Jhe circuit
court, be employed In continuance
of the appeal.
Payment of Salary
Referred to Committee
City Attorney Paul . R. Hen
dricks said he expected notice of
appeal to be filed today or tomor
row, i
Question of payment of Win
dow's salary from the time the
writ ordering his reinstatement
was served on Mlnto until the no
tice of appeal Is tiled was referred
to the committee on accounts and
earrent expenses. The action was
taken after City Recorder A. War
ren Jones informed the council he
had heard Wlnslow would present
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Dinner, Football
Sprague's Advice
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 2HAV
Gov. Charles A. Sprsgue of Ore
gon, in a radio address tonight,
urged Oregonians to eat their
Thanksgiving dinner In Seattle
and then go to the Oregon-Wash
ington football game.
- The governor, who Will be un
able, to attend th game, had this
to say. about Seattle hospitality:
"Seattle Is a very nice town up
there on Elliott bay, a very nice
town. They always make " people
welcome - up there with the old
Seattle spirit. When the tide Is
out, they spread a good table.,
Asserting "we can be sure of a
good football game," the governor
said comparative scores and sea
sonal showings .don't count for
much. In an interview today, he
said the odds favor Oregon. .
fore proceeding to neutral desti
nations. Some times British au
thorities took off cargo they sus
pected was destined ultimately
for Germany. - ; 1
- But now the combat tone proc
lamation automatically rules this
out. American ships may not go
to British ports at alL v ; - s -.
Suppose, , however, a British
warship' stops an American mer
chant ship outside the tone and
sends her to a control point for
examination. The warship is di
recting that vessel to do what
congress has ' said she could not
do. - .,.'' ' :
And yet this may be a logieal
development of the eombat sone,
Previously, American ships
bound for the northern European
neutrals have stopped at British
ports of their own accord. Now
they may not stop, nor may they
go to Holland, Belgium, Sweden
or Denmark! They may go to
Bergen. Norway, by skirting to
the north of Britain, and it is on
this northern lane, that- British
(Tuna to pare 1. coL II .
Oregon Seeks Bigger
Federal Allocations
For 1941 Road Plans
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Total Expenditures of $5,310,000 Called for by
Estimates Turned in by State Highway
- Engineer Baldock at Meeting
. By STEPHEN C. MERGLER y ' ,
Oregon will have $620,000 more to spend on its federal
road program for .the 1941 fiscal year beginning next July 1
than it had for its 1940 program if allocations are made by
the federal roads administration on the basis of estimates
tentatively approved by the state highway commission here
yesterday. " J :
: The complete program as snb-O
mltted by R. H. Baldock, state
highway engineer, calls for ex
penditure of 25,310,000, includ
ing l3,5Sf,ooo in federal and si,.
72C.O0O in state funds. The 1940
program amounted to 14,690,000
and the 1939 program to Sf,
320,000.
The new program Is divided
Into the following classifications
Forest highways $1,000,000,
all federal.
. Federal aid highways $3,100,
000, the state contributing $1,-
420,000.
Federal secondary highways
$430,000, thesfate contributing
$184,000.
Federal land roads $110,000,
the state contributing $59,000
Grade crossings $400,000, the
state contributing $13,000.
i While $000 miles of Oregon
roads are eligible for federal aid
under the federal secondary high
way program, the commission ap
plied for inclusion of only 25 per
cent of .this mileage, principally
farm-to-market roads. - Every
county in the state, however. Is
represented in the-25 per cent.
After conducting a hearing at
Junction City last night on pro
posed improvements to the Sius-
law highway, the commission
planned to return to Salem for
another session today at which It
will consider a petition from prop
erty owners a 1 o n g the Pacific
highway sear the south city lim
its proteetlnf i the change; being
made in the grade In connection
with reconstructing the approach
to the city and eliminating the
sharp turn at Liberty road junc
tion.
The commission Is expected to
vote formal abandonment of the
old Soda creek-Tombstone Sum
mit section of the South Santiam
highway, popularly known
Seven-mile hill, which has been
replaced by a new grade on
gentler slope.
Council's Wrath
Visited on Arany
Resolution Asks Resigna
tion of Municipal Air
port Operator Here
Leo Arany, operator of the Sa
lem municipal airport for the past
two years, was ordered ousted
from the position last night In a
resolution adopted by the city
councU. .
The resolution, stating that
Arany was behind in rentals due
the city and had never obtained a
bond as required in his contract,
gave the. airport; committee au
thority to choose a temporary suc
cessor, . . v-
.The councU also heard a peti
tion signed by Dr. J. H. Garnjobst
and 37 other "fliers and business
men" requesting city management
and development of the airport. .
It also heard a letter from Er
nest T. Eldrledge recommending
that Lee U. Eyerly, formerly op
erator of the airport under lease,
be again put in charge. . Eyerly
had previously. offered to take
over the airport management. - -
; That the question of whether
the city should appoint a manager
and operate the airfield as a mu
nicipal venture or lease It again
may stir . considerable discussion
was indicated, i v .
Alderman Harold Ollnger, chair
man of the airport committee, said
that Arany was approximately
$150 or four months behind in
rental due the city and that as a
pilot for the Oregon Airlines he
was at the . Salem airport only
about IS minutes daily. . - ,
Dr. s. B. Laughlin urged that
the council - consider - ways aad
means of getting a return on Its
investment In the airport, "Why
should the taxpayers operate this
for a relatively few people for: a
play, place," Dr. Laughlin . said.
It's Just a dead loss." He later
said that he did not believe the
airport should be abolished hut
that It should be developed so
that it would bring an appreciable
return to the d.ty. -
' VASCOUVER, Nov. SO-(CP)
Two ' third-period coals - gave
Seattle Seahawks a 8-1 victory
ver Vancouver Lions here so
night their initial win ia the
Pacific - Coast Hockey league
this season. The result tied vp
the - league - standings, lAosts,
Seahawks and Portland Back
aroos bavins; each won a game. -
Iate Sports
Lottery Charge
Faced by Woman
Initial Step in Campaign
Against Gambling Is
Taken by Police
Criminal information charging
Florence Stelngrnbe, alias Flor
ence Brady, with possession of
lottery tickets with intent to sell,
was filed yesterday In justice
court by Salem police officials as
the initial step in a campaign
against lottery tickets,, game pools
and horse race betting. Warrant
for Mrs. Steingrube's arrest, with
ball fixed at $250, wa&. Issued by
the court.
Officers yesterday had In their
vossesslon a book of mutual asso
ciation -tickets allegedly in her
possession, as well as a $200 check
on the Royal Bank of Canada,
said to have been given by her
on a lottery. She was reported by
police as having admitted selling
lottery tickets for several months.
In addition to .the lottery
charge, police authorities -yester
day were in consultation with
District Attorney Lyle J. Page In
reference to alleged bookmaklng
activities centering In a down
town Jtotel room Into which ha
been brought a leased wire con
necting Indirectly with ; eastern
and southern race tracks.
Two men, whose identities are
known to the authorities, are sus
pected of having solicited bets
from individuals, and to have
communicated such bets to an
agent in the hotel room, who then
placed them at racing centers in
distant points.
At the conclusion of the race
the solicitor is then thought to re
turn to his client. Inform him of
the outcome of the event, and
either to pay him his winnings
or accept the amount of his wager
without the exchange of written
memoranda of the transaction in
any form. -
Chicago Probably
Choice of GOP
Windy City Logical Site for
1940 Republican Nations
al Convention
By RICHARD L. TURNER
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-OP)-
The republicans have an old habit
of going to Chicago for their na
tional conventions, one which, re
inforced by other factors, makes
that city a likely choice for next
year's big party meeting, r
The democrats, on the other
hand, have no ingrained habits of
that sort. While the republicans
have held four of their last seven
meetings in Chicago the democrats
have met in seven different places.
So the latter still are easting about
for a city, with San Francisco con
sidered a g&pd bet, -If the fair
there runs taV another year, r
For the republicans. Chicago Is
located fairly close to the party's
center of population away from
the south and a little closer to the
east than' to the west
IU hotel facilities are more than
ample, it . haa a . convention .hall.
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Hitler Supported
By HohenzoUerns
BERLIN. Nov. 20 -hUPW The
House of HohenxbUem was said
today : by one- of Its members,
Princa Anrnst Wllhelm. fourth
urn at tha ex-Kaiser Z to be Solid
ly behind nasi Germany's present
struggle. , i r w -v?;' -77-;
Theh prince, . who made nis
statement ' to ' foreign correspon
dents, is the only HohensoUera
prominent In nasi party affairs.
He works ia t Potsdam wartime
food supplr office. -
"TuiTneriiafehr after thek If nn-
Ich incident on Nov. 3 my father
telephoned from Doora to the
German" minister at The "Hague
to express his gratitude that the
monror escaped,- , said the
prince. ' . ' 7
' Abomb shattered the Munich
Bnerrerbraa Hanu onlv 11. min
utes after Hitler departed Nov.
siouowing a speech.
' t mXt-m entire Imiiiu I tv nlwt aTv
against all -efforts to injure Ger-
manr. -Ana- wnaiever is against
the Fuehrer la against Germany.''
Harry Bridges
Draws Fire of
RothinTieTJp
Employers Council Head
Hits CIO Leader as
Strike Continues
"Communistic Satellites'
Also' Get Blast From
Irate President
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. Z0-(Jf)
A new ; blast at Harry Bridges
and "his communistic satellites"
was voiced today by Almon E.
Roth, president of the San Fran
cisco employers council, as the
CIO ship clerk's strike closed its-
eleventh uneventful day.
Except for resumption of coast
wise steam schooners schedules.
following settlement of the marine
firemen's strike, most of the har
bor's commerce was tied up by
the clerks strike and that of Oak
land warehousemen in a separate
dispute. No progress toward set
tlement was announced in either.
A crowd of nearly 200 union
men, led by Herman Stuyvelaar,
secretary-treasurer of the San
Francisco Industrial union coun
cil, marched Into the San Fran
cisco board of supervisors' cham
bers late today urging they be giv
en a hearing of their side of the
controversy. They complained
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Warm Springs Is
Roosevelt Choice
President to Spend Thanks
giving at Resort With
' Little Fanfare
WARM SPRINGS, Ga.. Nov. 20
(P) Thanksgiving comes on a
new date to this old town, bat it
brings an old friend and It -trill
be observed in the same, old sim
ple way.
Back in the days when this old
friend Franklin D. Roosevelt
was Just another easterner seek
ing health "at the famed springs,
there was no occasion to single
them out at turkey time. Now he
wishes no fanfare and Warm
Springs Is glad to honor this wish
for privacy and quiet.
When the president announced
he was moving Thanksgiving up
to November 23 to stimulate
Christmas trade, Governor E. D.
Rivers of Georgia was one of 25
state executives who followed his
lead.
While folks around here were
glad Rivers' action avoided pos
sibility of embarrassment, some
were pleased for another reason
quite apart from the solemn ar
guments which flew over the
change. They were glad that the
president's earlier arrival will
give him a better chance to see
the Georgia countryside arrayed
in its autumnal reds, yellows,
golds and greens, before winter
reduces the hillsides to compara
tive drabness. ,
-A big bin generously filled with
logs stands hard by a door to
the "little White House" and
while they crackle In the fire
place, there will be many "fire
side chats' during the president's
stay from this coming Wednesday
until the next Tuesday.'
'But they'll not be of the na
tionwide broadcast kind. They
will be homey talks with friends
and neighbors of many, years
standing, v
U there Is any special excite
ment around here it's ' down at
the foundation for infantile pa
ralysis victims, where patients
again , will draw straws to see who ;
sits beside the president . at
Thanksgiving dinner. ;: '..W
Recall in Aihehia Probe ls
. Expected by
' Testimony given to government
departments and congressional
committees by Gus Anderson, for
mer Salem man, on the Athenla
disaster of which he was a sur
vivor, was - not completed. An
derson said following his. arrival
her Monday on his first visit
since his participation in the stir
ring event following the outbreak
of the war In Europe. . ,
I told only part of my story;
I'll be called back." Anderson
told fellow J members of Capital
post Nov f, .American Legion, at
the 'post -meeting Monday night.
He intimated that the testimony
he Is yet to give would get him
"in bad with the whole world,"
referring to tki international
furor that followed his testimo
ny that an officer had told him
there were guns in the Athenians
hold on Its fateful voyage. - - ,
"I told my government' the
truth and I'm not backing down,
Anderson declared.:, adding that
he had testified on that particu
lar point reluctantly and only aft
er repeated Insistence. He said
hi reluctance had been based on
realization his statement would
be misunderstood : and distorted
abroad. As a result pf his testt-
5 Neil tral Vessels
Included in Mst of
7eek-End Disaster
Nazi-Loosed ftliries Held Responsible
For Heavy Losses in North
Sea; 133 Feared Dead
Arlington Court Latest Victim of U
Boat Warfare; AntAircraft Fire
Drives Of f Lone German Plane :
(By Associated Press)
Great Britain's unusually heavy shipping losses over the
weekend, attributed by the British to loose German mines
in the North sea, mounted last night with the disclosure that
the steamer Arlington Court had been sunk by a submarine)
200 miles off the Irish coast.
Word of the 4915-ton Arlington Court's fate was received
: Oin Cork. Ireland, as the British
Blood Transfusion
Brings Girl Smile
KATHRTN FELT
Togresses
Against Infection
Kathryn Felt Goes Home to
Continue Treatment for
, ' Dreaded Ailment
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20-ff)
-Smiling happily over her most
recent blood transfusion, eight-year-old
Kathryn Felt returned
home from a hospital today to
continue her fight against the
dreaded blood infection, acute
lymphatic leukemia.
iHer mother, who broadcast an
appeal more than a week ago for
blood donors who had suffered
from the disease, said the child's
condition remained : "about the
same - ' - '7
Kathrro was given a transfu
sion last Thursday by Mrs. Marie
Louise Root, of Westport, Conn.
Mrs. Root was chosen from among
several score nersons who offered
to aid the girl. The child's moth
er said she believed - Kathryn
would be happier amid home sur
roundings than at the hospital. '
Gus Anderson
mony, he continued, he has been
under pressure and his record has
been Investigated ' by foreign
agents.'. . . : : ' -
A colorful story of the Athe
nians sinking was told by Ander
son at the legion meeting; of the
panic which followed the explo
sion, of the peril while '. boats
were being lowered' into the 20
foot swells and how agitated pas
sengers leaped Into boats or into
the water; of two children who
were tossed by parents Into his
arms af tor the boat was cut loose;
how some t the boats were -cut
la two by the : propeller: of the
anxious hours before dawn and
before, rescue vessels arrived,
when weary paaseagern lost most
of the boat's oars and it was dif
ficult to keep It near the Athenla,
where rescue would be most prob
able: of the Jubilation upott ar
rival of rescue vessels ' and the
difflcultlea and perils of the res
cue itself.-!- ."' v.:-'''' .
As for the cause of the disas
ter, Anderson Voiced no opinion.
He mentioned that the ? Athenla
stayed afloat for IT hours, seem
ing to stand higher . out of the
water than before the explosion
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Lv
ft l . ra
ngiit
totaled up a reckoning of f Ira
vessels sent to the bottom in the
North sea during the weekend.
At least 1SS persons 11 from
the Arlington Court were re
ported dead or missing in 10 dis
asters. Five of the sunken ships
were neutrals. .
Meanwhile, nasi airmen sud
denly stepped up the tempo of the
war in the air with an unsuccess
ful raid which touched. London's
outskirts for the first time during
the war.
British anti-aircraft guns, aid
ed by the royal air force, drove
off the lone German plane which
was seen over the Thames es
tuary. British guns also repelled
a nasi flight over the Orkney
islands, site of the Scapa Flew
naval ; base, and a German ais
man's assault on a British de
stroyer. In the North sea was said
to have been "unsuccessful."
Date ef Slaking -' - -
Is Notr Given ;
"The date of ; the Arlington
Court's sinking was not given la
brief dispatches received last
night, the first information mere
ly reciting that 22 survivors In a
lifeboat were rescued by the
Netherland vessel Algenib. A life
boat with 11 other crewmen was
missing.
It was believed the Arlington
Court sank several days ago, how
ever, as the chief engineer wsa
said to have died in the lifeboat
found by the Algenib. The sur
vivors j were expected " in Cork
today,
Owners of the Netherlands pas
senger liner, Simon Bolivar, low
ered the known death toll In the
destruction of their ship by a
mine Saturday to 85. Previously,
140 persons were reported ta
have been lost.
German Mines Blamed
For Disasters
Other ships lost since Satur
day In the North sea area were:
Grazla. Italian. 6857 tons.
Blackhill, British. 2492 tons.
B. O. Borjesson, Swedish, 1588
tons.
Carica Mllica, Yugo-Slav, 8371
tons.
Kaunas, Lithuanian, 1521 tons.
Torchbearer, British, 1287 tons.
WIgmore, British, S45 tons.
Pensilva, British, 4258 tons.
Most of the losses were attrib
uted by the British to German
mines but the Germans said
their mines could not have been
responsible. ,
un ine .western ironi, muitary
affairs were forgotten temporar
ily whUe German troops cleared
debris caused by violent storms.
Both the French and German ar
mies virtually had to forego even
patrol action because of the flood
ed Rhine and other border rivers.
German Airmen Active .
Over France
German airmen were reported
active over France, however, their
scouting flights causing air raid
alarms to be sounded in wide
spread sections.
One German pilot crashed te
his death In The Netherlands
his plane apparently disabled by
Netherlands anti-aircraft guns. It
L was the third time in as many
days that German planes f!7ina
over Netherlands have been fired
upon.
In- Berlin, Prince August Wll
helm, fourth son of the former
kaiser, told . foreign correspond
ents the house of Hohensollem
was soltdlv behind nasi Germanyn
present struggle. The prince t:
elf works In a Potsdam .wartime
food supply office.' - . --
Hugh Earle Says
:HeNotQuittiii
, - Rumen that - Hugh - Earla was
soon ta resign his post as atata
insurance commissioner-to accert
a position with a large lasnr&nca
company were denied by him yes
terday. A democrat' appointed
during the Martin administration,
Carle declared no one had neiv
tloned the rumors to him befom
. 1 "All I'm trying to do is to C
my Job. he said. "When tiie rov
ernor wants ma to leave the i-l,
he'll let me know.
"tJoverner Charles A. Epraffua
recently said he planned no sew
appointments for some t'me.