Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1926, Page 3

3 KNOWN DEAD IN STORM TRAIL Hurricane in Southern Louis- fana Causes Property Loss [ of Perhaps $5,000,000. Br the NIEW ORLEANS, La.. August 30.— Wwenty-five persons today were known o have lost their lives, all hopes for the safety of an additional five were #bandoned and more than a score of others remained to be accounted for @s a result of the hurricane which $truck southern Louisiana last Wed- Resday BEstimates caused 1 violent] A=sociated Press. of property the storm have fluctuated since rehabilitation _ma- chinery was placed in motion. They ow range hetween $5,000,000 and 10,000,000 The death list has increased today vith the addition of the names of Capt. George Theis of the tugboat Patton &nd four negroes. Their bodies we ound vesterday in the Mississippi fver. near Convent, La. Nine per- #ons were aboard the craft when it was swept from_ its moorings near Convent Wednesday night and sunk. he four remaining members of the frew are unaccounted for. Another unidentified body of a man as found shortly before midnight last ight near Lutcher, La. RED CROSS DS RELIEF. fFakes Immediate Acti in Aid of ‘Tornado-Stricken Area. Swift stops were taken yeste y by rhe American Red (Yoss to carry r fef (o the stricken population in Ter- ¥ebonne Parish, La., which was vis- fted last week by a hurricane. el < were sent to officers in to assemble trained Avorkers and organize a disaster unit #0 meet. not only the present emer- but to carry on the necessary ilitation work later. ges received at headquarters vesterday from P. E. Seidler, ative of the Red Cross nity of Houma, said th persons had been killed and that the property damage in Terre- bonne Parish was estimated at 000,000, In the Terrebonne area south of Montegut 1,500 people in small set- lements along 10 bayous are in_ dis- ress.” Mr. Seldler reported. ‘“Most @wellings destroyed. ~ Twenty - five bodies brought in during representa- tive's presence. Most bayous choked with rubbish and carcasses. They are the only avenues of approach and Bcant news coming through. Isti- gnated damage in parish. $5,000,000, dncluding crops and industries. Most f people used to roughing it. Many alf breeds.” Suit Charges Fake Arrest. Bpecial Diepatch to The Star WINCHESTER, Va (‘lnlmmz hv‘ lmd b(-sll tiled suit in l'hK\HY Court !Ib.éfln Yert Renner for $2,500 damages. were engaged in_buying poultry and shipping it ‘ashington and dis- puted over finances, the alleged arrest Yesulting. They SPECIAL NOTICES. fHE BOSTO BEAUTY QHOP _ AN- nounces to its patrons the closing of their #hop all day Saturday. Sept. 4. ot e N e peration loyees, they doiro to Five fll “of the fi d: K D—. N LOAD OF FURNI- sure {rom v Ymk Pmlaue!nhh or Baitl- SMITH'S TRA R AND STOR 'APERHA — Rooms papered with o or_embossed baper. 36 to $1 hewls. ::\Mrnm-\f:l ot stands. 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NEW YORK, August 30 (P).— ha Heifetz, famous violinist, who operated on Thursday for appen- dicitix and hernia, was reported by his physician yesterday as being in {a “serfous, but not critical condition.” Mr. Heifetz was registered at the Mount Sinai _Hospital as “John Smith” in an effort to avold publicity. Dr. Albert A. Berg, attending physi- cian, sald Mr. Heifetz was ‘“getting along nicely.” s g MOODY ACCLAIMED GOVERNOR-ELEGT | Returns From Texas Primary Show Overwhelming Defeat i for Ma Ferguson. By the Associated Press. 1 | DALLAS, Tex., August 30.—Dan Moody, vouthful attorney general, today was heralded as governor-elect of Texas. Unofficial returns from Saturday’s run-off primary ballotting in the Democratic gubernatorial con- test gave Moody a lead of ‘almost two | to one over Gov. Mirlam A. Fergu- son. These returns gave Moody 469,- {182, Ferguson 247,100. Statements were forthcoming from the camps of both candidates vester- day on the day following the election, | |although Gov. Ferguson remained {silent. permitting her gusband, former Gov. James E. Ferguson, and her campaign manager, Guy Holcombe, to speak for her. His Wife a “Good Sport.” “My wife is a good sport.” was | former Gov. Ferguson's description of Mrs. Ferguson when asked how his wife was taking her defeat. He philosophized at length, observing | that “within the next six months Moody, besieged by the hungry boys with tongues hanging out for favos will realize that being governor i not one continual round of pleasure.” Moody’s statement following the primary declared the results definite- Iy ended the political career of James 1. Ferguson. Ferruson symbolized the “Fergusonism” which Moody urged and assailed as the campaign’s principal issue. Moody to Resume Official Inquiry. Moody, who has devoted most of his time to the July and August primary | campalgns, announced that he would | return to his office to continue his | investigation of alleged excess profits in connectlon with State highway | contracts. Highway affairs, an issue stressed by Moody in hoth campaigns, are scheduled to feature the special session of the Legislature next month, which was called by Gov, Ferguson | to validate nearly $100,000,000 of road bonds declared void by the Supreme Court. With the Republicans polling but 16,000 votes in July the November election is regarded merely as a formality by Democratic leaders. ONE KILLED, 5 HURT IN ROBBERY ATTEMPT - | Bandit Slain as Police and Car Company Officials Battle Gang to Save $6,000. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 30.—One robber ; killed, a second probably fatally and three detectives and an | official of the Chicago surface lines | were wounded last night in a ‘spec- tacular gun fight between police and 4 group of robbers who attempted to seize $8,000 at a West Side car barn. A young woman, 20 vears old, ex. | ively costumed. who had acted | uffeur and “lookout” for the | robbers, was captured under gunfire, | Another girl companion and one of | the robhers escaped. The police sur- rounded the car barn as the result of a “tipoff” from an employe of the street car company, who had been urged to join the robber band. The dead hold-up man was identi- jed as Joseph de la Verne, and his | ounded companion was believed to | James Maloney: Among the | ¢ { wounded were Lieut. John . Nor- ton. who received a sealp wound, and | Robert J. McKinney, division superin- | cetheart of | me of young woman the slain robber, ‘g Vaughan, and 1l t none of which ~he vas | .knn\\n. 1 ci who fired at the man \n escaped believea that he had l\\mmn]od him i Classed "Wholesouled Pastor." | LEEDS, England. August 30 (8).— | 1A wholesouled pastor is Rev. J. | Sutherland of the Belgrave Institu- {tional Church. He has provided woman chiropodist for the { woman members of his flock SHIPPING NEWS A at poor vals at and Sailings From New York. ! Daslight Saving Time. | i { By the Associated Press | the underground workers, with a pres- | mands made. { and that union wages are so high that | THE EVENING STAR £ HEIFETZ RESTS “NICELY.”] The First Glass of Buttermilk WHASAT 7 NEVER ORANK BUTTERMILK? s‘dw,yauve MISSE D SOMETHIN'! BEST BEVERAGE ON EARTH - BAR NOME . ADD 10 YEARS To YOoUR LIFE Yoo, TH' DOCTORS ALL RECOMMEMO IT. HAVE A GLASS WASHINGTON, SmELLS SOUR ! D. C. MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1926 BY WEBSTER WELL,0L0 PAL, | HOW's A Boy T DAY ? MINERS' HEAD GOES OVER TO OWNERS Farrington, lllinois Chief, Gets $25,000 Job—Calls Union Pay Too High. CHICAGO, August 30.—The union coal miners of Illinois have lost their chief of the past 12 years to a produc- ing company. After 20 years of work in behalf of Alary of $5,000 a year, Frank Far- rton, president of District 12, United Mine Workers of America, has found more compelling the con- siderations of his age of 53 years. his wife and three children, and an offer 000 a year under a long-term *t from the Peabody Coal Co. Such was the revelation following a (lem'\nd l(‘h";.mphed to Farrington in Paris to “come home to defend your- self or tender your resignation as president.” Farrington, who is touring Europe, | was warned further that his contract with the Peabody Co and a letter and telegram from him to Jack Pea- body were in the hands of John L. Lewis, president of the International Miners' Union, and would be placed hefore the district board, which meets toda t Springfield. Farrington replied, according to the | Paris staff correspondent of the Chi-| cago Tribune, that he reserved |h|‘\ right to change his employment at his | convenience and that he had done nothing to warrant the alternative de- | ““A proper announcement vill be made at the proper time,” Mr. rington cabled. He told the Tri- bune correspondent that he had book- ed passage upon the Majestic, sailing | September 29, and that “I intended to tender my resignation as soon as I | arrived, the first days of October.” | I‘nrr(m.tnn said that by Lewis'| choice they had been enemies ma and that he consistently had | opposed some of Lewls' ideas and method: He severely criticized | vis' policies and accused him of | Il|\|m\ \ Farrington further was quoted as | having said the United States mining industry is 100 per cent overdeveloped union operators could with open-shop operators. not compete | U. S. SLAYING SUSPECTS SOUGHT IN ENGLAND Three Dautrement Brothers Ac- cused of California Train Robbery in 1923. By the Associated Press. LONDON. August 30.--Scotland Yard operatives have hegun a nation- wide search for three robbers, named Dautrement, who are wanted in the United States for the alleged murder of four persons in connection with the holdup of a train in Siskiyou County, California, in 1923. The operatives are being spurred an offer of $15.000 as a4 reward for the capture of the men by the by the United States Government for the capture of the men and a tip that the men are hiding in England. Two of the brothers, Roy and Ray are 26-year-old _twins he othe brother is Hugh, th pungest ol them, and alleged to have been leader the robbery. He is said to be duate of @ New Mexico high school. Wounded When Gun Falls. Special Dispateh to T! HARRISONBURG —W. T. 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The audit, which cost $70,000, that the district’'s pay rolls indicated that the same persons were put on| just before each election, and that large payments to persons ‘‘whose names and addresses are the same as those of prominent politicians,” par- “when three impor- tant_elections occurred,” presented a condition from which various conclu- | sions might be drawn, “pa |i1‘nlarl_\‘ perhaps as to the value of the services rendered.” “Pay rolls of unusual size are in frequent evidence,” Mr. Dawes wrote in a letter accompanying coples of the audit. “This tends to cast doubt on the integrity of such o‘qwndlu;r as they have occurred m the past, disclosed by the audit ————— TAKES 12 TRANSFUSIONS. | Baltimore Woman's Record 8 Be- jand hind That of Service Man. Star | Special Dispatch to The BALTIMORE, Bertha E blood transfusions when she under- went her twelfth experience of the | kind Saturday at the South Baltimore | neral Hospital. Altogether she has | received 12 pints of blood. 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Loyalty of Lutheran churchmen to “truth of God's revealed word" must go hand in hand with perpetuation of the principles of the Declaration of Independence, in formation of which Lutherans had a great part, the speak ers said. The convention resumed its business | session today. with action in prospect | on a proposed organic union with the | ! Towa and Buffalo Synods and a pulpit | a fellowship with the Ner- wegian Lutheran Church of the! Northwest. | | . - | Hits History Writers. | NEW YORK. August 30 (#).—His- tory is losing its appeal to the public, avers a report made by the American Historical Association, because his- torical criters do not write well enough to compete with other story- tell FLAT TIRE? MAIN 500 "LEETH BROTHERS GULDENS Mustard Made” Shades for l Main 4874-8552 I & Negro Sought in Shooting. al Dispatch to The Star. BOWIE, Md., August Georges County police today ing for Joseph Spriggs. 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