Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1928, Page 4

[ e WASHINGTON IS HIT TLIGHTLY BY STORM Some Trees and Wires Down. I Fair Weather Follows Gales. Leaving in its wake a twisted mass of broken trees and torn electric light and telephone wires, the remnant of the West Indian hurricane which visited ‘Washington last night traveled off into the northwest this morning and was superseded by slowly clearing skies and a gradual rise in temperature. Little material damage was reported here from the storm. About 50 large trees were broken off or badly damaged by the wind, one of them wrecking a parked automobile on L street between Fifth and Sixth streets and several others falling against residences, caus-, ing slight damage. | Falling tree limbs played havoc with | telephone and electric lines in scattered sections of the city and in adjoining | Virginia and Maryland communities. | Chevy Chase Suffers. | The telephone company reported a | number of wires down aiong Connecti- | cut avenue and in the southeast section. | Lines of the Potomac Electric Power Co. suffered their greatest damage in Chevy Chase. | After a_survey of conditions this morning, officials reported that all cam- sge would be quickly repaired and the streets open to traffic early this alber-; noon. | The Department 6f Commerce an- nounced that the warning light at Se- wall Point was carried away by the storm on September 18. The point will be marked temporarily with a gas buoy with a red skeleton structure supporting a flashing red light of 40 candlepower. The actual intensity of last night's storm in Washington was considerably | 'THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO! | ONE SIGN OF THE STORM’S PASSING less than had been expected. The highest wind velocity registered at the ! Weather Bureau was 20 miles an hour | and the amount of rainfall was much | less than in some of the heavy August storms. i Crops Damaged. In outlying sections, however, the | winds weLrlZimuch stronger than in the | clty and caused considerable damage | to trees and crops. i “The forecast given out by the Weather | Bureau today was for fair weather to- night and tomorrow. The temperature, it was said, would continue cool. The Jowest recorded was 58 degrees at 8 a.m. today. Three hours later it had risen one or two degrees, it was said. The Weather Bureau could not state today just when the temperature here would return to normal. The slow rise this morning, however, together with the fair weather, was taken as an indi- cation that the thermometer will begin ts climb to a more seasonable height within a day or so. —_— FLORIDA REFUGEES RIOT; MANY BURIED WHERE FOUND IN GLADES (Continued from First Page.) from Moorehaven or Okeechobee City, where we have base. Possible Seaboard Line may open up tomorrow. Pahokee has called for military aid. Riots by negroes.” Bodies Buried Hurriedly. Compilation of lists of the dead was hampered by the difficulties under which _the recov&ry qu wortlg‘ed. Many bodies, in the wal nce they were overwhelmed by the lake flood, were in such a state that it was neces- sary to bury them immediately. In some lacking means of conveyance, bodies to trees and left them for the trucks. The State Board of Health sent ph: sicians and nurses, who were adminis- tering to the injured and sick and giv- ing precenative medicines to others. The State Board of Health of North Carolina offered its assistance to Gov. Martin, volunteering to send physicians, engineers and sanitary experts into the district. The 4th Corps Area of the U.S. Army, dispatched two officers to sup- plement the relief work. Many Florida citles raised funds for the sufferers. A special car of clothing was en route from Jacksonville. Additional workers from the National Red Cross head- uarters were expected to plement &e field workers already on the scene under A. L. Shafer, a director of dis- aster relief for the organization, who yesterday took over the ministration of relief in co-ordination ith local agencies, civilians and the National G Several hundred residents of Clewiston and Moorehaven, who fled the towns last Sunday before the advance of the hurricane and sought safety on high d, were re-establishing themselves their homes. These towns, together with other communities . around the western and southwestern shores of the lake escaped the full fury of the storm, and reported only slight damage. FOOD REACHES SUWEBIN(_}. Porto Rico Death Toll Estimate of 1,000 Held Conservative. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, September 20 (#).—Food supplies were moving into the hurricane-stricken districts outside of San Juan today under Red Cross supervision. Tents and blankets were being distributed by the Army and emergency hospitals and for the shelter of those weakened by privation. The food was taken directly from the transport St. Mihiel in Army trucks, which had been placed at the disposal of the Red Cross by Col. George Helms, commanding the 6th U. S. Infantry. With actual relief either provided fof or plans well under way, attention was centered on putting Porto Rico to work to keep idleness down and restore morale through self-help. ~As the problem of re-employment is largely agricultural, E. B. Thomas, manager of the branch of the Federal Land Bank of Baltimore, told farm groups he had Tree blown down on Tenth street between Q and R, which fell on the home of Charles E. Hall, 1616, almost blocking the doorway. This was only one of almost 50 trees blown down yesterday by the tail-end of the West Indian hurricane. Crew Refuses to Quit Storm Tossed Ship As Mother and Children Are Rescued By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, September 20.—The thrilling rescue in mountainous seas of a woman and two children from a leak- ing and waterlogged San Francisco steamer off Cape Hatteras was told to- day in radio messages from the liner Guayaquil. Caught in the terrific West Indian hurricane, the lumber steamer Willa- babco sprang a_leak. On board were the captain, C. H. McGahan of Brook- gale still raging, the steamer drifted helpless. Yesterday the Willababco's 8 O 8 ‘was picked up by the steamship Guaya- quil of the Panama Railway Line. The Guayaquil went to the rescue and the swipper’s family were transferred to her in the high seas. Capt. McGahan and his men refused to leave their ship. A hawser was final- ly made fast to the Mallory tanker Hox- bar, bound from Cartagena to Bayonne, N. J., which also had responded to the Iyn; his wife and two small children, |S O S. a boy and a girl, and his crew of 39 men. The crew worked night and day at the pumps, but the water finally reached the engine room. With the assurances the bank would stand by and help them carry on. Profiteers Are Threatened. With this assurance, farmers took hope to thousands of families that em- ployment and wages were in sight. In an effort to check profiteering the San Juan Chamber of Commerce threatened to cut off both merchandise and credit. Where help was needed, however, the organization pled its members lenient credit and delay on collections. A committee was appointed to report promptly on comprehensive plans for reconstruction and rehabilita- tion. Punds of $60,000 were advanced by banks to the citizens’ relief committee | Pe! headed by Justice Del Toro. They were placed in the nands of agencies for dis- tribution in every city and town. Three members of the staff of Henry M. Baker, Red Cross director of disaster relief, were making a rapid survey of the further needs of the island. ~Mr. Baker meanwhile planned to sail for the Virgin Islands and see what could be done toward relief there. He will go first to St. Thomas, where he will be joined by Capt. Waldo Evans, governor of the islands. Then they will go to St. Croix, which was reported to have been devastated. A local political quarrel has prevented the removal of garbage and debris from the streets of San Juan since the hurri- cane. The Municipal Assembly, which has been attempting to impeach Mayor Todd, refused to appropriate funds re- quested by him for use in the emer- gency. The mayor then appealed to the merchants to supply him with trucks without charge so that the debris might be_removed. Reports of casualties were still filter- ing in today. Senator Jordan an- nounced that there were 45 deaths at Utuado up to last Saturday night, when instructions were given to bury the bodies where they were found after identification, if possible. A courler brought the first word from San Sebas- tian, in a high mountain valley in the northwest of the country, advising the Red Cross that 46 bodies had been found there up to Sunday when he ieft. With the reports coming in observ- ers said that there was ample ‘sub- stantiation that the estimate of 1,000 dead was justifiable and conservative. Although insular police have reported only 106 dead, their reports covered | known .dead up to noon Tuesday and were at variance with persons on the scene of the disaster. The insular police, for instance, listed only 22 dead at Cayey, whereas naval officers there said they saw 32 bodies placed in a single grave. Lieut. Polland of the United States Navy re- When You Paint USE THE BEST Sherwin-Williams Products : Paints, Oils, Lacquers and Enamels Are Nationally Known DYER BROTHER INCORPORATED / DISTRIBUTORS 734 Thirteenth St. Franklin 8325 ‘The Hoxbar is towing the Willababco to New York through comparatively calm seas today. The Guayaquil is scléeduled to dock late tomorrow or Sat- urday. ported Tuesday that 64 were dead at Cayey, and since that time two addi- tional bodies have been found there. Mr. Thomas C”C. Macrae, president of the San Juan Clearing House Asso- ciation, and others informed as to con- ditions were agreed that the damage was approximately $100,000,000. A police report made public today of casualties stated that up to 4 o’clock ‘Wednesday afternoon 16 towns had re- perted 174 dead, 341 injured and three missing. ‘William B. Taylor, one of the Red Cross assistants in the field, returned today from a visit to nine nearby towns and reported that there were 32,000 rsons in need of food. “If they do not get food from the Red Cross today, they don't eat,” he said. “Thousands are living on green bananas and other fruits that can be scavengered from the ground. This is lowering resistance and sickness must follow. One town I visited reported 200 cases of influenza from exposure.” RELIEF SHIP SAILS. NEW YORK, September 20 (#).—The supply ship U. S. S. Bridge sailed today from the Brooklyn Army base for San Juan with food and supplies for relief of the Porto Rican hurricane victims. The ship took, besides tents and blan- kets, 1,500,000 pounds of food. THREE LINERS OVERDUE. Ships From West Indies Expected to Reach New York Tomorrow. NEW YORK, September 20 (#).— Three New York-bound passenger liners from the West Indies, all delayed by the tropical hurricane, are scheduled to dock tomorrow. The Monterey of the Ward Line, carrying 81 passengers and a crew of 150, is four days overdue. She has EAST MARYLAND SUFFERS IN STORM Three Killgd in Baltimore. Severn River Overflows Banks. By the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, September 20.—With three known dead and property damage which will mount into thousands of dol- lars, the full force of the wind and rain storm which swept eastern Mary- land had spent itself this morning. In its wake were swollen rivers and flattened crops, with possibility that the damage would be augmented by flood waters. 5 Late last night the Severn River had overflowed its banks and had reached | the highest point in the last 10 years. It overflowed the retaining wall at the United States Naval Academy at An- | napolis and flooded the campus. Streets | in the lower part of Annapolis were | under water. Three men met death here yesterday in accidents directly attributable to the storm. Howard E. Riley was Kkilled | when struck by a falling tree. James Fields, negro, was killed when the au- tomobile in which he was riding struck a fallen tree suspended five feet above the street. Henry H. D. Erker was | struck by an automobile, the driver of which said that the rain, driven against the windshield by the high wind, had blinded him. The Eastern Shere bore the brunt of the storm, with shipping tied up and considerable damage done to trees and shrubbery. Telephone lines were torn down and many sections were without communication for some time. Several small boats in the harbors were sunk. FIVE PLAI\;ES LEAVE. In the face of a 65-mile head wind now prevailing at flying heights along the coast, five planes, three of them | heavy bombers, today took off from Boll- | ing Field for Langley Field, Hampton, Va. The bombers, with a, flying speed only 30 miles greater than the wind, are fueled for 7 hours of flying, though they have but 120 land miles to cover. Two other new O-11 observation planes, with Liberty motors, were brought here this week from the factory and were piloted by Maj. Bradley and Lieut. Aldworth of Langley Field. They took off from Bolling Field at 10:15 o’clock this morning. ‘The bombers, which took part in the battle maneuvers at Fort Leonard Wood Tuesday, are piloted by Capt. Oldys, Lieut. Adams and Lieut. Herbert of Langley Field and carry three pas- sengers each. They took off here at 11 o’clock. Maj. Carl Spatz took off at 11 o'clock in the new Fokker C-2 transport plane delivered at Bolling Field about 10 days ago for March Field, Los Angeles, Calif. The first leg of the trip, on which he is flying today, is to Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. Bad weather over the mountains faced him as he left. Plan Smith Campaign. Plans for co-operating in cam n work in Arlington County, Va., wm’%e arranged by the Victory Smith-Rob inson Veterans’ Club at a meeting night at the headquarters of the Demo- c{lflc central committee, 16 Jackson place. been battling the storm all the way from Havana, from which port she sailed last Saturday, and was expected to reach Quarantine Friday afternoon. The Santa Marta of the United Fruit Co,, is only a day late out of Kingston, Jamaica; while the Matura of the Trin- idad Line is two days overdue from Trinidad. All three have radioed their positions in the last 24 hours. ‘ The Fort Victoria, bound for Bermu- da; the Cuyamapa, for Honduran ports, and the Cristobal, for Panama, sailed early today, after being held nearly a day in the lower harbor by the storm. SIXTY BURIED IN ONE GRAVE. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, September 20 (#).—The St. Petersburg Times today published a dispatch from a staff cor- respondent at West Palm Beach which sald 60 bodies were buried there yes- terday in one huge grave, dug by a stcam shovel. He said” bodies were brought in so rapidly from the lake region that a crew of carpenters was kept busy building rough coffins. CHURCH__ ANNOUNCEMENT. EPISCOPAL. The Trustees of CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH 11th and G Sts. N. E. Announce With Great Pleasure The Completion of the Church and the Services Commemorating This Event FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1928, AT P.M. A Service Rededication Conducted by the Bishop of Washington, Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman, D. D. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 Holy Communion. 7 A.M. Morning Praver and ioly Communion, The Ven. Henry L. Phillips, ‘D, D. Arch Deacon of Philadeiphia WIill Preach at the 11 O’'Clock Service ‘Will Be f fit the The Oftering Will e for the Beneft of _— /N OANAN 5~ 7 omy in the long run. NS HOE/] It Out... Here is a precisely fashioned shoe...ashoe thatisfavored in London, Paris and New York as it is on your own Main Street. A shoe that with all its sterling quality is still an econ- Consider these facts oo they, offer_but one_course. of action. (Second Floor.) (heHECHT Co-F s Map showing extent of hurricane dam- age in 22 counties in Florida as reported to American Red Cross. A. L. Schafer, director of disaster relief in Florida for the Red Cross, telegraphed Tuesday con- ditions in these counties. Palm Beach County suffered greatest loss of life and damage; Okeechobee, Broward and Mar- tin Counties suffered considerable dam- age. The other counties, lightly shaded, reported slight damage. Broken Wind Gauge Will Be Sent Here + For Test of Speed By the Associated Press. SAN JUAN, September 20.—Dr. O. L. Fassig, chief of the local weather bureau, will send to the Bureau of Standards in Washington today the anemometer broken by the hurricane, He calculated that the instrument was recording a wind speed of 144 miles an hour when one cup broke. With two cups, the ir:lsmxment registered 100 miles per our, He sald he believed the bureau by testing the damaged instrument could determine the exact maximum wind velocity. OFFSHOOT OF GALE STRIKES FRUIT BELT Apple Trees and Cornfields in Maryland Stricken With Heavy Loss and Other Damage Done. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., September 20.— An offshoot of the West Indian hurri- cane struck the Hancock fruit belt last night, stripping late apple trees and leveling cornfields where cutting was just getting under way. The loss to farmers and orchardists will be many thousands of dollars. Apples were bruised in falling and thus rendered unfit for market, though much of the crop can be diverted to home consumption and canning. The corn will require twice the labor to harvest. The storm unroofed the plant of the Hagerstown Mantel & Furniture Co., the home of Dr. W. R. Bender, felled many trees and put 300 telephones out of commission. Father Gets in Swim. CHICAGO (#).—A father followed son into politics when Joseph A. Weber accepted the Democratic nomination for Congress from a city district. The son, Charles H., has been a member of the State Assembly for several years. o Ttaly and Greece to Sign Pact. ATHENS, September 20 (/).—Presi- dent Kondouriotis has authorized Premier Venezelos to sign the Italio- Greek pact of non-aggression and friendship. The premier will go to Rome to sign the treaty. The Columbia National Bank 917 F Street Capital and Surplus $650,000.00 Havoc of Hurricane Is Viewed by D. C. George D. 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