Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1926, Page 3

TELLS OF HAVOC L L ———— Describes Experiences in Storm Area. Powerful Wind Slices Roofs From Houses in Dis- aster Belt. Manufacturer of Allentown| Gives Vivid Description of ‘ Storm-Torn Florida. By the Ass AVANNAH ated Poes « prember 5 ked vicinity of the| d last night by sam : xior. A n:\vv]mm .“,',-,‘\t',' .| By the Accociated Press Heraon 'lel.'n Tirke Atante Const 1 v-} SAVANNAH. September 50 10 pivo bbb Ahisd AtoEM RiGH LEmmph ¥ of havoe wrought in St. v" !'i:‘v l::’:’ renter Petersburg and the west coast of U that o Tater | Florida by the tropical hurricane was Morning | told Tere last night by J. A. Kelly, Washington, dining car steward on {the Sealoard Air Line’s the South- by | the s 1 the hurricane Palm Reache: Samuel W, T in (v ion sto the h told th 1 by o . he News reporter 4 morning, when aur train no communications whatever | ' established he twoen Taln h and Miami. Anto. mnhties be first aid supplies and newspaper men started out, but found the roads ered with water and e e T ihe | where trees were down. s e ‘In St. Petershurg 1 saw a yardman Whether it ever got through was | TWItIng trains. e was blown down e oy & by the wind directly in the path of a | S o itaeif {he damage | (TelENt and one arm and one leg was in iy g than t “"r" cut off. : followit rst storm. Ruildings | | The upper floors of two-story brick T the i | buildings were sliced off by the wind | venniv | A8 Ifcut by a powerful razor or a saw. | Le | Every wooden house almost had its | troof taken off. and in many cases the | | hauses were simply blown flat on the | | around. | fassive concrete park benches were picked up and blown into the able to any- 1 o'cloc inday | “We left St. Petersburg on tim | he said. “The delay to the train came when he had to stop every few miles tracks. We emmm.x hal fir wond ir w of hurrican materials and ma stroved this time Ivania 1 water | N X ral fee Wity | Streets, which were impa Was standing in the | thing but pedestrians. 00 vards from the lectricity was cut off early Satur- k. Automobiles | day evening to prevent danger from and smashed along | fallen high-tension wires. Water and On Clematis avenue | debris filled every street, and in the was difficult after the | hotels and buildings of all kinds in wreckage littering | W here the ving cpair ey one the first many even walking S10rin heeause the street CAIL ept a it stree s were th debris ers and wind. | in the harbor sunk or battered useways and | tered wi the o he lake " iy in shor were By the Associated Press Bread lines are reported to formed in Miami, due to the food shortage, while at Hollvwood only | bread and water are being served in restaurants. Relief surveys disclos only a 30-day supply of food and water in Miami. Hoarding of supplies and | profiteering have been barred by edict of city official Roofs were forn smiail buildings structed were bl not a Jeft nging anvwhere. The st are s mass of del comsic number of pec the fly » blown by the hu reets NEGRO TRI(i HOLD uP BANK AT BOYCE, VA. Escape in Motor Car After ing Cashier With Pistol and Seizing Cash. have and con- houses stanch’ down. There fro; not v ets able The sl tage of foodstuffs and other necessities has led to some looting in Miami, chiefly in the negro section. Military permits are required for the ! purchase of food, water. e and gasoline, which are sold only in limit | ed_quantities ‘ With martial law in force, ulinllu” ardsmen patrol the street allow: ing no oge abroad without a military ’)n it after 6 p.n Both Miami and Miami Beach are without electric light and power, high waters making it impossible to operate emergency generators. Cover- = A Coast Guard destroyer was w | one by FLORIDA HURRICANE BRIEFS. | stead, i before walklng in {0 reach the railroad THE EVE VG STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. |FALLEN TREES BLOCK TRAIN ON STRICKEN WEST COAST the greater portion of the city the water stood well above my shoetops. Tall lampposts in the streets were blown dewn or crumpled over. Broken glass business signs littered - the streets. The force of the wind was awful. Outside our windows we could see the largest limbs of great trees twisted off one, Then the trunk of the tree itself would be splintered. “Along the water front the damage was fearful. many boats being smashed 10 bits by the force of the wind and waves. It was an awful sight from beginning to end. In many of the hotels and homes the people did not go to bed at all Saturday night. but staved awake in order to be ready to meet any emergency “When dawn came Sunday morning showed the wind still strong, the sky overcast with swift-fiving clouds and the whole city a torn and wrenched shambles, bearing little sem- blance to its former beauty."” it ed ashore by the high waves in Bis- cayne Bay and laid on its side in a avel driveway. Stranded a block the waterfront in Royal Paim was a large yacht. Patients in the Post.Graduate Hos- pital at Homestead were exposed for | hours te the elements when the storm pped off the roof of the structure. No one was hurt. A woman sought storm in different all of which refuge from the houses in Home were demolished. water waist deep where a train as stopped for her ale’s Beach front was shore line estal- the original Fort Laudes oblitered and a_new lished 100 yards from line. Citrus and truck crops are believed to have been damaged severely. The |little _community of Davie, bordering "the Everglades, now has only a single house and a church standing. Special Dianntih WINCH 2-The Roy Clarke County was held up amd robbed early this Afternoon hy three masked negroes, escaped in an automobile One covered Cashier Cornelius Van deventer wi )1 while others of the cleri unch and 1} in sight e Star Va Bank eight miles 1 September at Boyce, om here, EXECUTIVE OFFERS GOVERNMENT HELP TO DISASTER AREA State (Continued from st Page.) messages to velatives and friends of | | the dead and injured. It was thought here the letter car. viers and other postal employes might prove of valuable help in identifying Lodies. The postmaster at Miami was instructed to get additional help to . facilitate his work. Reports reaching Tiliphon. vhyails of | Washington disclose that the main SRS OF e Seteoted e in Miami was not material- et ced, although a temporary bl hgechon : n in the rear was washed away. light to a greater | 1 has been .xvm(. watched, the nain niry being Measures Light Velocity. Prof. A. A the University nz his meas of light at Al He will end urement of degree of pre veached SPECIAL NOTICES GES. CRAPEMYR VERGREENS héd_and plan ich soil 6 1 0th 8 lessage to Governor. speed cision thau eve Secret Davis' to Gov. rtin satd | 1 desire to offer such istance in connection with disaster which has | occurred in your State as is within means at the disposal of the War De- | partment. M. en Johnson Hagood, | commanding 4l Corps Area. ha cted by radio to render all | 1d where immediate on | v to prevent extreme suf- where local authorities are to cope with the | message WANTED—A RETURN LOAD OF FURNI- tee from I Plaiadeiphia or Ba Diare wnus TRA RUAND STOR- |is neces { fering or clearly inadequate situation The Seev | Hagood at “Secretary investi REPAIRED —“BOWERS Phoie Mati 30 6 uim) _THE BETT <130 GAS vu\. ES tear 616 H st ta 10 an BiRD SEED ATHE 10 pou R_KIND i 5 pounds, 7 N Tudiana ave APERITANGING MATDENS' 5704 8 NW.o (B Potone 3042 By v VORK GH RATES N( etary’s message to Gen. | Atlanta said of War direct t onditions exi: ult of storm, and take on in accordance with regulations. You are authorized | 11 upon exempted stations in your e ag may PAIN at you 2 ing " in OR PART 1 RIS A TOUAL MOV i REPATRIY he required heen notified that op | 10_extent_condition conditions and action » | Department. . Infan AND UPHOL anywhere. warrant. taken to Report 0D MAK War | cils suttah] : o v and Air Aid. ROOF WORK' Fhrough removal of the “exempted | stations” restrictions. the department ok any gennsy f vou | has placed the infantry school at Fort 3 S Rl WY G, and the flying fields of > g Air Corps in the 4th Corps ‘\rea al the disposal of General Ha- 18 2l St S W < (S ROOFING zood in emergency relief measures in KOONS ToRipagy ' s & rida he may find it Give Us Your Next Order| ins-— Benning, the Army | 1a Washingtonians, ed eagerly and anxiously word, however. meager, concerning the fate of dear ones who had placed their fortunes under the magic spell of Florida's “dream cities As hourly press reports added but dral strokes to the picture of elesola- | tion already painted, local telegraph | and newspaper offices were be ieged | with frantic inguiries from relatives | and friends of those thought to have Hieh e i siree "N Ry Priced been in the storm.stricken area. GV NOTICE IS HEREBY N | Only Few Wires Up. that the Imperial Theater Com-| With only a few mahkesl}:ifl |(-1p7m‘r‘\1; " 1CH 4 - | es Strun; into the eart o he | pam S ated under the | ]\‘n‘;‘:ln\ o; (Igofi!ru(‘tkm at Miami, the laws of the State of Virginia, has | messages that would allay fears or| and good | crvptically confirm them filtered into | (e, f =ad sor- | Washington with agonizing sluggish- itk day ¢ ness. Two of these wires, placed into | se ce by emergency cre of the Western Union Telegraph Co., began | operation for the first time shortly ! before last midnight, it was an nounced at local offices of the com-| is | pany. The Postal Telegraph Co. had | | no lines in commission south of Or- | 1ando until today, when the Wash- ington office began to receive a few | | messages from Miami i res of brief messages telling of | | the safety of local people poured into | the Washington office of the former | company all night long, and con- inued to arrive almost without in- termission during the day. Some ! | were in reply to the hundreds of An efficient and economicallqume( regarding the ":\clmr'elahr‘\: i s o : oved ones filed here in the ver heating ‘system costs very 1‘“l°"4\umnrhe of outgoing messages to more. Florida points. WHY TAKFE A CHANCE? | 1t seems that inquiries av;.<ll| ):—';[‘ ks ”» | spondents had their own establishes i ,PA\C’E. e i 1"“‘ m of message. The question which ! 4 - VAPOR - WATER HEATING. | aimost invariably was flashed over 1240 9t St NOWL - Frank S834. | the busy wires to the scene of devas- PACE HEATED IS WELL HEAT WINDOW SHADES “‘m‘{:'l,r:\;lv:modmlpl\ if you are safe." OF QUALITY The standard reply was: da to Measure at Factors Prices “We are all 0. K Stop. KLEEBLATT Ste NE Window Shades aud Screens, Pha#flinc. 879 oper: meanwhile, await- and be assured of quality today for and o The Natxonal Capital Press 12161212 D ST NW 1 NEV DISAPPOINT PRINTING IN A HURRY BYRON S. ADAMS o M Crandall 034 F st.onow Martin Anderson, OPTOMETRI rears with ROE FULKERSON, MAN OPTICAL Nw i st 'YES WE STOP ROOF LEAKS Wash. | co and serve his | North fug 9th & Evarts TRONCLAD /s, o 2 e all ue arces STEAM More er. The influx of messages since the storm has been so heavy that ators have found l‘mwsllbh to !and that number from present indi tion will probably | men, | Beach, | escaped damage and all employes are {1t was known that the plant was well stocked at the time of the hur 1d | plan he meant not three Republican (delegate committee in Genev: | preted. | keep up with the traffic. Al main | wires between here and Miaml are | gone, it is stated, and the messages reaching here must come hy way of Jacksonville. More than 1,500 tele- grams for Florfda points were filed at the Western Union office vester be exceeded today A number of Washington real estate engaged in various Florida land development enterprises, have not been heard from. M. W. Ward, local realty operator. endeavored without success to learn the fate of C. W, Minken of this city, his representative in Tamiami Pines, adjoining Coral Gables, where he has just started erection of 40 houses. Most of the other lind development offices which did a thriving business in the National Capital a few months ago ‘Rave closed thetr doors, so that a check-up on Washingtonians who have moved to Florida could not be obtained from them. | A telegram received today from A. Neilsqn, general manager of Southern | Dairies, Tnc., with offices in Palm stated that the large stock of | milk, cream and other supplies used | in the manufucture of ice cream by this company have been diverted into relief channel The local office of was advised that the corporation the plant in Miami safe. How long the food supplies would hold out was not learned, but cane. The plant at Fort Lauderdale, under construction, was damaged to some extent, the message stated. iU, S. RESERVATIONS ON COURT TO STAY, WILLIS DECLARES o well abandon the reservation entirely. If we wanted to be un an equal foot- ing with the nations which are mem- bers of the League council in the matter of advisory opinions from the World Court, we could join the League of Nations. \We are not a member of the l.eague nor are we going to become a member. sSenator Willis safd that he had not cussed the World Court reserva- tions and the action of the delegate committee in neva with the Presi- dent today. No statement was made by the President or the State Depart ment with regard to the proposal of the committee regarding the fifth res- ervation of the United States. The at- titude of the administration, however, ever since the adoption of the Senate ervations, has been that this coun- would adhere strictly to the reser- vations, and that it would not under- take to interpret or amend the reser- vations in any degree. Was Court Advocate. . Senator Willis was one of the fore- ‘most_advocates of American adher- ence to the World Court during the fight in the Senate for ratification last Winter. His statement today that he and other Senators would oppose the plan put forward by the delegate com- mittee in Geneva is, therefore, consid- ered particuarly significant. It is pre. sumed, however, that when he said not three Senators would vote for that (Continued from Senators. A gonsiderable number of the Democratfc Senators have been friendly to American membership in the League of Nations itself. The Senate would be called upon to pass upon the interpretation of the fifth reservation now proposed by the Sena- tor Willis said. In no other way could the reservation be modified or inter- The interjection of the World Court issue in the Senate again, particular- 1y at the coming short session of Con- gress, would be the signal for a re- newal of the attacks made by the ir- reconcilables on the World Court Unless the other nations members of the World Court are willing to ac- cept American membership on the terms laid down by the Senate reserva- tions, including the fifth reservation, there is little chance of the United States becoming @& member of the the| Court at present, in the opinion of |} observers here, {The Star i block | b N0 CAPITAL FOLK HURT IN STORM Check-Up Reveals Absence of Washingtonians Among Casualties in Florida: No Washingtonians have appeared either in the list of dead or injured as far as could be ascertained today As the names of the vietims of the Florida disaster poured over the \ires today, friends or relatives of Wash- ingtonians 1n the stricken area be- ~zed newspaper offices sceking wi of their fate. The names former residents 'm-stricken by their friend: Mrs. Walter, a or the to of Washingtonians of this city in as furnished follow Holl Acker, wood | suburl Albrittan, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene. | Ao at Miami. | formerly in real | estate business here with Fulton Gor- | don. nuw of Coral Gables. | Mrs. John A., the daughter | Director M. O. Eldridge, and six-month-old son, now at Coco- nut Grove, Barr, Miss M. L5, sister of R. M. Barr of the engineering department of the District, now at Miami Barry, Mrs. Florence J.. and small son. Cleveland. employed at the| Barnett Farmacy, Dania, near Holly- wood. Mrs. Barry is the daughter of Mrs, Elizaheth Jenkins, 1 B reet southeast. Bass, Miss Ra Gables Bear, Roger tehmer, I at Miami Bennett, ( employed by the Washington real estate firm of W. M. Ward at_Miami. Black, Dr. John R.. at Miami. Blum, Mrs. Eva, at Coral Gables. Fla. Cain, Miss Clara, Calstrum Clark, M and Walt Cline, E. L., s John' Miami and Coral at Coral Gables. Miami. M mmi Miami Beach. | Tling, Mrs. Mian Cooperman, Ellzabeth. at Miami. | Dodek, Dr. Oscar, Miami Beach. | Fischer, Miss Hilda, former ste- | nographer in the office of Daniel J. | Donovan. District auditor. and a| friend of Commissioner Rudolph, | Miami. | Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh G., 261 Twelfth street southwest, Miami. Samuel 1., of Anacostia, e of building operation “Tamian adjolning hles, Heilman, Mayer, at Miaml. Tl Pr at visiting with ¢ Miami avenue, Melvin North 3% Country Club . and daugh- ter Dorothy, 1648 Fifth street north- | west, Mianii Hume, Mrs, P Jackson, Dai Miami Jarvis, Mr ) New mi, Kengla, Charles jv.. Miami Bank and iKennon, Mr. and M children. Little River At Minmi Beach colored maid, at William avenue, of | at and M Hampshire nd Chy Tust Co.. Ira near fles B Aliami H., and | Miami rith Olive, Little, Edmond G., and son, Lemon City. Fla. Macklin, Beach. Maloney, Maloney, Mr Mangan, W. street, manager properties in Mann. R. G., northest. ¥ Mr. Mrs. Louise, at Miami Miami Miami Sixteenth Bliss | Radie, David, « Miss Alo Miami nd avenue of the lorida, at and Mrs. Ned, MeClintie, Emmett, Miami_suburb. McGann, Joseph, Hollywood, whose mother, Mis. Harry McGann, lives at . this city { and Mrs, and two children, at Miami. Middleton, Robert, Pensa Milton, Miss Nancy and M at Miami. Milton, Mrs. Kalpl ington real estate m Minker, €. \W., repre cal realty office of W Tamiami Pines, F arphy, Mr. and Mrs Tenth avenue southw esselton, Mr. and M mi, A telegram received by their Trvin Nesselton of Washington veported: “Both safe, evervthing gone."" Padgett, Mr. and Mrs. J. Edward, Maryland Apartments, Miami. Perry, nk Sprigg, forfer assist- ant District attorney of Washington, veported at Miami. Pesner, Mrs. Eva and Redmon. Mr. and Mrs. 400 Indian drive, Miami H@mh Richardson, Minnie Reese, i Twenty-eighth street northeast, Miami, | M. Ward at | James Mi. children, and Mrs, A, of Miami Richte three small Coral Gables. Robbins, Mr. Beach. Scharper, automobile Miami. Segal, Louis. and famiy, at Miami Shoftner, Robert Wilsonia Apart- ments, Miami Beach. ! Sioan. Ted, Sheridan avenue, Miami | Beach. ¥ Smith, small son, Miami. Stonestreet, and } and Mrs. + Miami | at | former D. retired, Alexander, dealer, now and Mrs. Albert northeast section and My of | in Nicholas, formerly of Washington, who s distributing | engineer of the Florida Power and | Light Co.. Miami. Switzer, Mr. land Howard C., and children, Miami. Mr. Switzer, now employed by the Miami Western | Union, formerly resided at 1214 Four- | teenth street. Tassett, Mrs. Selma, and son, care | Roth's store, Miami. Thompson, Miss J. H.. formerly in the District of Columbia tax accessor's office, now emploved at the probate | judge's office, Miami, Fla Townsend, Mr. and Mrs. H. C., for merly of 3223 Fourteenth street, and | three children. Mr. Townsend em- ployed at: Philbrick's Funeral Home, Miami, Fla Wallace, Miss Pauline G., employed 5 Commerce Arcade, Miami. Westlake, W. B., former president of Federation of Citizens’ Associations, now at Hotel Watson, Miami, Fla. Wiehle, A. H. V.. wife and five children, address not_ given, Wilson, Annie, at Miami. Winkler, Berthold S., at Fort Lau- derdale, Fla. Woodward, Arthur, cotton planter, brother of Fred J. Woodward of this cit; Wroten, W Wyman, Mrs. La. Grande, Miami. Yarbrough, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L., and two children, northeast section of FLAT TIRE? .MAIN 500 LEETH BROTHERS £=* BOOKS BOUGHT == Big vfi.s-h.- ’J;.C S:Y.Nl.“lv‘- o lie, Miami. [ men are being ! and ‘ FIVE CALLERS GIVE change of scenery and the re . pressing | per !tation methods are somewhat hlamed | From the 1 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. 1926. wFIRST HINT OF HURRICANE CAME | | SIX DAYS AGO FROM WEST INDIES :Trail Followed From Virgin Islands Turk’s Island, Nassau, Miami and pcn— sacola, Says Weather Bureau. ‘OLD DUTCH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY- Bargains these wings that the g nl Shoulder Lamb ol . e " Shoulder Roast A hurricane, it is explained Lb., over by damage is center of the huri to be a The first intimation of the Florida | hurricane received by the Weather au, it was stated today, came last Tuesday. when a hurricane cen- - was detected just northeast of the Virgin Islands. The next report was from. Turks | Island, ahout 100 miles north of Haiti, A wind blowing at the rate of 100 miles an hour was reported on | heavy enough to do much Wednesday. The next report cama | The harometric read in to from Nassuu In the Bahamas, where [rapidly. the rate of fall ming still a 30-mile-an-hour wind was reported. [ more mayrked as the Then the hurricane center struck |nearer. Miami, crossed southern Ilorid It is very difficnlt next heard from it was dict the course of a hurricane wia) s from Pensacola eavly t than a few hours in advance, xince it | The center of the hurricane is likely to change divection at any | to be movir from 12 to 13 miles time. Once a town is struck com- an hour. ng with it wings of | munications usnally are destroved wind moving at from 40 to 100 miles | for a time, so that exact data cannot | an hour. It is in the territory swept ' be obtained. THREE STORNSHIT - OTY SUCCESSIVELY Porter Who Came Through| Hurricane From Miami " Tells Graphic Story. 30c of 25¢ 18¢ [not sirike suddenly an warning. Towns in its path nsuaily | [ean be forewarned by at least two ur three hours hefore the winds | nnmn Breast of LAMB Lb, Breast of VEAL Lb., Rib Veal 15¢ CHOPS e 3¢ Shoulder Veal CHOPS 1s. 22 Shoulder Roast of VEAL 6., 15¢ Derrydale, That Good BUTTER 1. S0c 1,-lb. Portions, of Course Selected Fancy EGGS 2z 45c Carton {Pure Kettle Rendered LARD s, I7c | Chuck Yes ! o 22 delicious ,STEAK Lb., 15¢ however. to pr GOV. JOHN W. MARTIN. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., 20 (P).—Gov. John W. Martin left here shortly’ Defore noon toay for Palm Beach by automobile to place himself and accompanying State offi- cials in touch with relief measures in the storm area. He will be there indefinitet In repl Sept . ‘eptember morning to reach West Palm | Telegraph poles and trees all over the track and we had i houses that had and blocked our | Sunday bown on the tra w le 1 about - ready told us waiting At Fort Lauder 30 bodies piled In a I 2 to he sent to Miami. and they that a good many nore wer to he gatheved up for huvi “Debris was Al f the tracks in niany ld t crawl alon, rew workmen cleaning ils.” to reports that newspaper denied entrance into the arvea by civil authorities Gov Martin told the Associated Press ‘Associated Press correspondents official representatives of news papers are entitled to every couriesy authorities can offer, and 1 will see to it that their w not impeded by local interference. 11 them that if they have trouble to see me."” deep on and we shind the off the el seve of By the Associated Pres ATLANTA, Ga., September 20.—A graphic description of the havoc wrought by the hurricane at Miami given by members of the train | St ! v on the Dixie Flyer arriving in A Highly Restricted Com- o 1 today from Jacksonville and {| munity of Detached and Semi- ing Pullman sleepers m Miami || detached Brick Homes of Mod- Joy e it o crate Price. ¥ dnckeoniof (Which Michigan Avenue Boulevard porter on one of the Pull el through the storm in his car. at 12th Street For Information, Phone was parked directly in front ¢ VA'UGHN railroad station at Miami It was the worst thing I ever saw." 5669 id Jackson. “Our car was at station and from the time the sto hit about midnight. Friday until we | left at 1:30 Sunday morning we were | it in the middle of it There were three separaie Storms It hegan to blow and rain just after midn “riday, and untl about 7 ay morning it was ter rible. You couldn't see 10 feet in front of vou and the wind blew so hard it vocked the car like it was a o1 We were standing end on to the wind 100, headed north and south. If we hid heen he; st and w the car would hs en hlown away Saturday wn @ whole Iot, get out and started up with thunder veryw ain and ut it started in the after-| PRESIDENT VIEWS ON MANY MATTERS (Continued from First Page.) held at The P the Rev, the pastor Tncidentally, it w service to be conducted by since he started on his own vacation he greeted all of his parishioners om the pulpit. significantly ssing the hope that the pres. who had ¢en on vacation. too. i veturned greatly henefltted by the Church Theater, mon by Pierce, the Metropolitan vesident heard a_ ser Dr. Jason Noble s which s the first Sunday the Dr. Pierce ent, hi President Greets Special Callers. With the veturn of the President, the executive office attracted more in terest from tourists and others than it has at any time this Summer. Through- out the morning and well into the aft ernoon little groups of sightseers strolled ghout the grounds, but re maining as close to the offices as pos- sible in the hope that they would get a elimpse of the man inside. who was irecting the progress of the nation hey were disappointed. however, for the President had no time to leave his desk even to he photographed. He wus plunged without ceremony into the very depth Midwinter rush of lers and other husiness. The President’s first receiving line of unofficial callers was limited to less than 100 m nd women with let ters of introduction and they were conducted through the President's office with the utmost dispateh so that the President might o to ihe \White House for a hurried lunch and veturn as quickly as possible (o conclude the problems before him, President. on i BEEF STEAK Pot Beef ROAST s, SANDWICHES Porterhouse STEAK e, POE\K CHOPS Sirloin STEAK e Round STEAK 1. 29¢ 2548 Mass. Ave. N.W.? 1 Freshly Ground \Hamburger rs. 15¢ morning ol look | ain [ and | the w folks around 1d died d hegan to Then it htil noon. nstorm. and water it died down thought it was all over up the third time late worse than ever ved in the « and people carne and with for shelter. The had heen washed away 1 down, and they had ny |y The water was up i ihie hody | of the car in the yards at the station 3 or 4 feet of water was washing he station evewitness follows an’t imagine such wind ward daylight Sature morning you could see limbs of tre 3 re 32 'HW Qo mest of 1l time, s g Have You Inspected ot Problems Face he account was con Seldom before has a President, re- turning from a Summer vacation, found a more strenuous day awaiti him than that which greeted Presi- dent Coolidge today. Not only were Morning vou could see limbs of troe there multitudinons domestic and (0% bE HOUNCS BIC KESE e tibens foreign problems to. be considered in S8iling along through the air. and th the regular sequence of governmental Ll L e e b business, but his duties were over- the wind. You could sit in the ¢ ur | burdened with the disaster in Florida #14 see parts of houses ko sailing in addition. The President in DY sud teleph poles would constant touch with s off vight close nind there and is known to feel keenl Fribune tragedy that overtook o many “Phe Miami Tribume zens in the storms of Saturday. twtated ddl e Bk over devoted considerable time to the and several lavge huildings and apart of reports of conditions that reached jent houses were blown almosi fo his office at frequent intervals. pieces. I noticed one bulle that . was heing erected near the s it | 8 N was several stories high and was built Japan Mortality High. of steck The wind hit 1t and tied | On an average 150 o 200 of every those heavy steel heams into knots. | 1,000 babies in Japan die in infancy, twisted them all out of shape. It | according to latest authentic informa’ looked like a pile of scrap iron tion. In England, France and Iol- Automobiles parked along the land the death rate is about 30 to 60 streets were blown away bodily or | 1000 Tmperfect and crude sani- washed against buildings by the water | that ran through the streets. ‘Late Saturday night we were u,m‘ by the raflroad officials that we might be stalled in Miami for @ week, but | about 1:30 Sunday morning they told | s to get ready to go north. 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