Show NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Ship and Crew Blamed for forthe forthe forthe the Loss LOll of Life in the Disaster By Dr EDWARD W. W PICKARD O ONE NIC hundred and eleven persons of whom three forty were women and children perished when tile the Lampert Lampert Lam Lam- pert A Holt olt liner Veatris sank lank about SIX miles Dille off U the Virginia capes calles The rescued were 21 In number and were picked up by bl vessel summoned by bl the B 8 O 0 8 call of the radio operator on the Ve trl Who If it anybody was to blame for the terrible loss of life lite was to be determined by bl official tion Many of Uio the survivors were certain certain certain tain that the captain William Carey was WUI responsible for It IL He lIe went down with Ms liis vessel Tessel and cannot defend himself The Tho stories told by the rescued res rea- cued passengers agree that the tho ship was WOI In evident peril Sunday night and that Captain Cort Carey delayed the bending of ot calls for tor help until ten o'clock Monday morning presumably hoping to save e salvage fees which are aro heavy Though the was Inspected at New York on November 7 1 It is assort assert assorted ed W she sailed with some lome of her life lite lifeboat lifeboats boats boat and lowering davits In poor condition conn con and that none of the boats were equipped with oars oafS provisions provisions pro pro- visions etc tc Before she got fur far from from port a heavy list developed and the cargo shifted when bea heavy seas JOBS br broke ko through ono one of the coaling ports When the captain finally did send out oat the S. S O 0 8 S cull call It was answered Immediately by several Beveral vessels Including In du the American Shipper the French tanker Myriam and the North German Lloyd liner Berlin The Tho battleship battleship bat bat- Wyoming and five live coast guard vessels Teasels also were rushed to the scene But flat hours boars before the first of these arrived the had rolled over and gone to the bottom Almost at atthe atthe the last Jast minute the passengers and Crew crew took to the boats but some BOme of theae those boats were smashed and others upset The old rule of the sea sea a women women wom wom- en ID and children first was observed but only ten of at the three thirty women survived and all of the tho twenty children chil chU- dren perished Twenty-one Twenty bodies of the dead were recovered Captain Care Carey was Md said at the London offices of the steamship company to have been an experienced seaman with an excellent record Staying with the ship and dying with the captain was WaB M. M J. J the radio operator SIX members of the flying firing school squadron at San Antonio Texas were ere killed when an army transport plane crashed The right wing and tall taU piece of the plane broke oft Ott at at atan atan aten an en altitude of 3 X feet teet and it plunged Into a 11 tall tail spin The men killed were all In the cabin of the plane thine and had no chance The pilot and another man who were In the front seat spat were thrown out and aud landed landed landed land land- ed with parachutes parachutes- MOUNT It ETNA calmed down toward I L l' l I the end nd of the week and it w was as believed the Ule eruption was nearing Hearing Its end The river rl of molten lava was beginning to solidify and aDd its advance was much slower but it still was menacing several towns Officials of the Uie Fall Fascist government were most efficient ef In evacuating and und the refugees all of whom were ere provided with shelter and food Ample funds were voted b by the council of minis tens teN The Tb work of ot reconstruction already al 01 ready is being planned 1 among the first things being the building of new transportation routes around the fresh lava laa deposits The total damage dam age Is estimated lit it t o Three towns were wore l two railroads cut and partly submerged l and many hundreds hundreds hun hun- of ot acres orrell of lemon Imon grows groves on and l destroyed Very pry few fow lives dives were lo lost t for the Inhabitants had ample ampie am pie warning ELECT RM-ELECT Z EcY FI II 11 i J It K II 11 III l n It R T Tg I n la Is g on his WU way southward south ward a aboard boa id the battleship Mar Maryland land t and alt all of Latin America Is petting getting c ready to welcome him on 11 his will good-will i tour toor It was decided that the first i port Ort of ot cr ocl J should ld bt C Mca Mca- Ica 1 i I ii tx where he would be met by President Diaz Diltz and would have an nn opportunity opportunity opportunity op op- to Indicate the policy his hU administration administration ad ministration will pursue pursue in dealing with situations similar to that which arose In Nicaragua and which resulted In la the policing of at the country countr by br American marines l From rolD there on the tentative program culls calls for tor stops at Balboa Canal Zone Callao Peru Ieru and Valparaiso Ci Chile le The governments governments governments govern govern- ments of Colombia Ecuador and lie Io- livia also asked that Mr Hoover er visit those countries The elect President Is accompanied on his tour by Mrs Hoover and their son SOD Allan AlInn The others In III the official party are Henry I P. P Fletcher American Ameri Amerl can ambassador to representing the State department George Akerson Aker- Aker son lon son secretary to Mr Hoover George Barr Baker of New York a personal friend Commander Augustin T. T Bean Bean- regard United States naval Duval aid alII to the President elect and a force of ot four tour clerks and Interpreters Before leaving Palo 1010 Alto Mr Hoover made It known that he had not discussed discussed dis dis- cussed his cabinet appointments with anyone and would do nothing In that matter until his return in January William J J. J Donovan assistant attorney attorney ney general of the United States spent days drys at the Hoover Hoo home bome and at once It was rumored that he would be given Ghen the post of ot attorney ney nry general In a letter written for tor the Manufacturers Manufacturers' Record Mr hoover expressed his profound appreciation of the heavy havy vote otell en given him by the Southern states and promised that he be wo would give ghe that section of the country all the help he lie could In the way wal of at flood control control con con- troland and development of ot an on Inter later coastal canal system and hydroelectric elec power PRESIDENT NT COOLIDGE'S Armistice JT 1 day address delivered at the AmerIcan American Amer Amer- Amerlean ican lean Legion exercises In lu Washington aroused a lot of ot comment mostly favorable fa ta favorable In this country He lie made an earnest appeal for the construction of ot additional cruisers for our navy na and then passed to a review of ot AmerIcan American American Amer Amer- ican relations since the war giving Europe notice DoUce of changes in our foreign foreign for for- eign elp policy lIe He took Americas America's former former for tor- mer allies ames to task for their criticism of ot this country announced a tightenIng tightening tightening tighten tighten- ing of American purse strings on loans to Europe placed the blame blam for the failure of the three-power three conference and the efforts to at atta h 1 cruiser limitation tation qua squarely rely upon the selfishness of England and other European European Eu Eu- nations nation The French rench press preas didn't especially like Uke the Presidents President's remarks and In London Lord Birkenhead in a banquet speech said Bald My Iy answers to the Pt President Pres Prell- es- es ident of the United States would be that we ask nothing from them except good will When we discuss questions of ot naval construction we do not Invite lectures as to whether we are pacific c cor or not V When Wilen hen America claimed the right to build a certain number of cruisers our answer was We agree Let them build as many as al the they like There Is one thing no I 1 government government govern govern- ment ever will do They will 11 not surrender surrender surrender sur sur- render the right to build a dEnt number of light cruisers to protect ct the empire for which the they are responsible responsible sible trustees AL L s SMITH went down to Go GOV GOAL GoL with a party of clove close e friends to rest and play pill golf golt but before befort before be be- fore fort departing from New York he Is Issued issued Is is- sued a cheerful radio address to his fellow Democrats Admitting hU lih disappointment disappointment dis dis- appointment with the outcome of the election he yet jet t refused refusal to admit that t the till defeat bud bad crushed the Democratic party and declared that It must carry carryon on Its political fight ul along n the lines and upon the principles it always has hils stood for tor and amI that It should be a constructive con con- constructive e rather than thun a destructive force torce Those principles he as asserted are arp as os great In defeat as they ther would have been ben In victor victory Citing the large popular vote ote he received ld he said We e have lIae the assurance from the election returns that the thC Democratic party Is a live a s vigorous and a forceful major minority part party The existence of such a party Is necessary ar under our system of ot government The fhe governor reminded his Ills hearers bearers that air Mr Ir Hoover would be the rest Prel dent not net of It the tiie Republican party bat but batot butof of ot the toted States of States of all 1111 the people and us Ui such Is 18 entitled to all the theco co co of ot enI every citizen In 10 the de de- of a program calculated call t tl to I promote the welfare and the best Interests In it of this country T GUIS OUIS J. J TADEU master of the L i LOUIS National Grange Orang In addressing the opening session of the annual convention convention con con- In lu Washington urged that congress call caU a halt on the expenditure expenditure expendi expendi- ture of ot public funds for tor new reclamation reclamation tion Uon projects The government should act with caution In the development development development devel devel- of ot new lands for tor agricultural production during daring this period of depression de dt- depression de- de and surplus Mr Tabor said laid The grange must fight against appropriations appropriations ap op- for tor new Irrigation and reclamation reclamation rec roc projects until there Is 15 evidence evidence evidence evi evi- dence of need for tor the land for tor food purposes or until agriculture again prospers The grange Is in favor of the export plan of farm relief In preference to the McNary bill which It considers cots con alders siders dead H HIGHWAY officials from nearly every state In annual convention In Chicago expressed the belief bellot that there would be bo an unprecedented exl expansion ex l and development of Improved Improve roads during the Hoover administration tion because of the encouragement he be gave the tho movement In his hll St St. Louts speech und and the association asked for foi foia fora a 11 largely Increased federal old aid STATISTICS made public by bl the Internal Internal Internal In In- revenue bure bureau u show that thai 52 Individuals entered the or more Income class In Lu 1027 and that the total number In that group was wai thus brought up to The report shows a marked decrease In ha the number number num unit ber her of persons having Incomes up to a n year rear and a considerable Increase Increase increase In In- crease In those r reporting higher Incomes Incomes Incomes In In- comes as compared with the figure for 1020 1126 There was a big d decrease ue In the gross grosa Incomes of ot corporations I JULIU leader of ot the Rumanian Ru nu J manian pea peasant aut party waa was summoned summoned sum sum- by the regency council to form forma a ministry for tor that disturbed country and undertook the Job to the great Joy of the peasants and workmen He lIe made up a cabinet and began begun work by bl dismissing a lot of lesser officials In different parts of at the country saying say SSI log lag he be wished to clean Augean stable of at Its corrupt and d dishonest dis honest Incumbents before the new elections are held beld so that the Liberal Liberati with their huge political machine can cannot cannot cannot not falsity falsify the returns return All the op opposition opposition opposition position parties have combined tc fight to the death against the ManIa Manic government This combination It is backed by the big corporate Interests and says sars It will spend money freely In the national elections early In De Do- cember comber Raymond PoIncare yielded to pern persuasion per per- persuasion suasion and formed a new ministry for tor France with himself as premier without portfolio But nut he be had to leave lean out the Radical Socialists SOd because they refused to operate co-operate with him and thus his parliamentary strength is considerably decreased He lIe also omitted M. M Louis Morin Martn lending o op opponent opponent op- op of the tho war debt agreement ment ratification Py JI ATTORNEY EY ASA KEYES of Los Ios Angeles pleaded d not to charges of bribery and will go o on 01 trial with ven others on I December 5 S. An interesting feature of ot this cast is the possibility that the AImee Sem SemI I Je le e McPherson matter may IMY be reopened Witnesses before the nit grand rand Jury submitted docu doru documentary evidence e s said suld ld to have sup supported supported ported allegations that about was used In the defense of the Ule evanglIst even evan glIst gelist before the district attorney dismissed dis missed the of conspiracy which were tre made malo against her PI O In I England where Aimee Almee has b beet 11 evangelizing sh she denied this story wIt will scornful satire tire MME l SIGRID U of 11 has been given Ihen tile the 10 Note prize In literature and Henry berg bergson son Trench French philosopher r. that for tor IDT lJj held beld over from last yr ye The Nobe awards for tor chem chemistry for tx both hoth th years were wert carried on off by Germans Prof WIeland WIlland of Munich mu Rill Prof Adolf Jau i of The peace prize for tor 1023 1923 will be awarded b by a commUte committee of five b ii Oslo |