Evening Star Newspaper, September 5, 1930, Page 3

Red Cross Dispatches $15,- 000 to Minister Curtis. Quarters at San Juan. A surge of relief at word that the hurricane danger to the American coast seemed over lightened today the sorrow brought to the Capital by the desola- tion of Santo Domingo, while aid was dispatched to its suffering population. ‘The Red Cross, keeping forces at work through last night to scan the meager reports coming from Santo Do- mingo, prepared to back up its prelimi- nary measures with large-scale relief work as soon as the situation was sized up clearly. An initial $15,000 was dis- tched to American Minister Curtis the Dominican Republic yesterday. Capt. Antonio Silva, manager of the Porto Rican Chapter, was ordered to the scene of the disaster by airplane, and Gov. Roosevelt of Porto Rico was authorized to spend $10,000 immediately for emergency medical supplies. These will be shipped from San Juag, aboard the 8. S. Catherine of the Bull*Insuiar Line, which was placed at the disposal of relief forces, The destrover Grebe was en route from the Virgin Islands under orders from the Navy Depart- ment to pick up-30 doctors, nurses and medical assistants at San Juan and take them immediately to Santo Do- mingo. Relief Headquartiers. rarily San Juan was made Red cmu r-.-liel headquarters. intensity was announced by the Weather Bureau on the strength of reports from ships and land stations in the vicinity of the storm, which indicated wind velocities had dropped sharply. Mitchell said the storm might reform and become dangerous in the distance from Cuba to the Florida Straits, but added that from present lndlutmns this was unlikely. “While duutru\u to Santo Domingo,” he said, “it may have been fortunate for Cuba or the coast of the United States that it dlm!plved its force on the mountain island.” He sald the storm lost as much force in traveling over Santo Domingo as it would have done in traveling across the Florida Peninsula. Record of 50 Years. ‘The hurricane, Mitchell said, was the first of any consequence to strike Santo ingo in more than 50 years. He added there was Ilwla likelihood of the storm shifting its course from west-northwestward to northwestward until Saturday. An area of high-pres- sure lies north of the storm now, and it acts as a wall to prevent swinging to the north. The pressure, he said, however, will be dissipated by Saturday. ‘The damage wrought in the Domini- can republic meanwhile gave appre- hension to American commercial inter- D C, Upper: Tower where Christopher Columbus was imprisoned in Santo Dominge City. Lower: The liner Coamo, which outrode the tropical hurricane. The breaking up of the hurricane’s | terday after passing through the heart of the storm. This map, The ship limped into the harbor at S‘An Juan yes- P. Photos. Line /noicdtes High Pressure frea Eearmg Down on Hurricane, Keeping 14 in Streight Line Forecaster Charles L. Mitchell, shows the course of the hurricane up to and including today. O S aanie [ itne nurly straight ,.u.”.i unusual and is the result of a high-pressure area pressing down from the north to prevent lecline in the buying Sower fll thll kllnd market. Department of Commerce officials American investments It between $90,000, 000 and $110,000, PLANE RACES DEATH ACROSS NORTHWEST|. 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Minister Curtis in- formed the State Department as fol- lows: United States Legation Ruined. “Office unroofed and not worth re- pairing. Residence unroofed. tnhetI quarters unobtainable. Supplies and re- cent archives undamaged. Personnel | uninjured, also consul and family.” Gov. ‘Roosevelt of Porto Rico ad- vised the Red Cross that he had been informed b{ his aide, lln] Cary I Crockett, who flew to Santo Domingo yesterday, as follows: “After conference with President Tru- fillo and Minister Curtis and quick reconnaissance of clcy, I put situation in_ecity of Santo Domingo as follows: -quarters of houses practically destroyed and entire city very badly llllll{ed No news from interior towns in of cyclone. American Minister tr‘ I Europeans saved, but legation troyed. Urgent and immediate need or doctors, medical supplies, all avail- lhle tentage, cots nnd bhnkeu, 50,000 to 100,000 rations, also Red Cross over- alls and any other clothing, both male female, available. Punds also from Red Cross.” vailed at the Dominican 'h heard from its govern- ered already. With an appeal to the American people for succor, the cable- gram said it was necessary to cremate bodies for lack of time for burial. ‘The cablegram placed the loss at $30.000,000. Numerous messages of inquiry and expressions of s 1ymp-my were being re- ceived by the legation. Many friends called in person to convey their regrets. Feiser Confers With Hoover. James L. Peiser, vice chairman of domestic operations of the Red* Cross, immediately left the Red Cross Build- ing with Silva’s report for the White House for a conference with President Hoover The War Department acted promptly shortly after Feiser arrived at the White ‘House, placing all of its facilities at the disposal of the Red Cross. Messages from the stricken zone con- tinued to pour into national headquar- ters. A report from Norman L. Orme, American deputy receiver of customs, while the wind | raged from noon until midnight Wed- | nesday. The message said: “Storm struck Santo Domingo at 12 noon Wednesday, lasting until midnight. Almost every house in city and suburbs unroofed or demolished. Almost all food supplies ruined in stores. No informa- tion as to extent over island: under- stand whole is suffering terribly. This is a major disaster. Need relief, food, clothes and shelter. “Please urge action American Red Cross. Not one house in a hundred re- mained roofed in whole city. Reception offices of the customs headquarters gut- ted, but roof remains. “Adnana and Depositos razed, too. Recettoria houses complete wrecks. All legations roofiess or wrecked, including American and consul. Myself and wife passed storms in house, roof unhurt. No casualties reported yet among for- eign colony.” May Not Ask Funds. Pieser informed the President that if the estimate of damages and injuries in Santo Domingo are borne out and are nm'::\oelededmemcmunu!mnfl contemplate mak making any general appe rican people for relief funds. 1 | Death Toll tion by the President was unnecessary at_this time. ‘While no_general campaign will be conducted, he said the Red Cross has authorized its chapters in the cities of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Balti- more, Washington, Miami, Jacksonville and New Orleans to proceed with plans ;gr canvassing subscriptions to a relief ind. Similar authority also has been ex- tended to the Porto Rico Chapter and chapters in Santo Domingo. ‘The Red Cross official mlomed the President that a total of $50,000 has already been made available for relief sufferers. Of this amount the Red Cross today gave $25000 to Minister Curtis. Dr. Sernos-! com- missioner of health for , the President was informed, the mlnd with physicians and n He has bought $10,000 worth of ‘medical supplies for immediate use and Gov. Roosevelt of Porto Rico has made $15,- 000 available to Minister Curtis. SUFFERERS APPEAL FOR AID. May Go Higher, With Country to Be Heard From. By the Associated Press. SANTO DOMINGO, September 5.— Property losses of not less than $20,- 000,000 were caused by the hurricane which took a toll of 1,000 lives and in- jured 5,000 persons in this capital on ‘Wednesday. Hunger began to stalk through the debris-filled streets this afternoon, al- though many thousands of persons had been provided with emergency ration- ing. Prisoners Work on Streets. ‘There were so many persons to be supplied with food that the force of relief workers had to be increased hour by hour as more became available for duty. ‘The hope was expressed by officials that early arrival of supplies would al- leviate the situation somewhat, A gang of prisoners was put to work today in the streets helping to clear away the wreckage. All food stuffs wfll be brought to the fortress as soon a&s they arrive. An adequate committee was forming today to strictly handle the distribution, as rationing will be ore of the most serious problems in administering re- lief not only in the city, but through- out a wide area where death and deso- lation are believed to have resulted. ‘The problem of landing supplies, once they arrive, arose today.. The River Ozama is flooded and filled with wreck- age and navigation is all but impossible. ‘The customs warehouses have been de- stroyed. ‘The authorities have said that 30,000 persons, at a minimum, are homeless and in urgent need and a way will be found to get the supplies off the ships. Half of City Is Shambles. More than half of the capital city is a shambles. Roofs were lifted off build- ings by the wind, which sometimes reached a velocity of more than 150 miles an hour. The great bridge across the Ozama River was destroyed and the huildings of the Pan-American Airways were blown to pieces. ident Rafael Trujillo, in confer- ence \Wwith Maj. Cary I. Crockett, repre- sentative of Gov. Theodore Roosevelt of Porto Rico, who flew here from San Juan, and with American Minister Charles B. Curtis, said that 800 dead had been counted and that the number in the city might reach even higher, with the remainder of the country yet to be heard from. The All-American Cable Co. re- established communications with the exterior, Telegraph lines to the interior have vanished, and the entire com- munications system of the republic has been totally disrupted, with bridges wrecked and roads impassable. There has been virtually no word from the rest of the republic. The hurricane struck Santo Domingo at 2 p.m. Wednesday, and blew at full force for four hours. Houses in the aristocratic quarter were destroyed along with those of less pretentious character. The insane asylum was de- stroyed, and escaping inmates ran wild through the city’s streets, adding to the disorder and confusion. Soldleru and police finally up',ured Four Rooms, Kitchen and Bath, $57.50 Cambria-Majestic 1524 Euclid Street N.W. Bauld later, upon leaving the White House, that he thought any them and restored a semblance of order. There were many robberles. Conditions in the stricken area are worse than at first reported. The dead are unburied and the injured are suf- fering because of lack of medical and surgical attention. ‘There are 20,000 homeless in Domingo City, who are recovering but slowly from the first shock. Conditions in Haiti are normal. President Trujillo has taken not & moment of rest since the storm began. He has been in the streets of the city personally ordering the distribution of supplies and rations. The President’s entire attention has been concentrated upon forestalling famine. This afternoon the mung ing news was received that Two Ameri- can ships were to arrive momentarily with medicines and foodstuffs in re- sponse to the appeal of Minister Cur- tis. Other envoyl have appealed to their governments. It s h'npoulble to deal at this mn- ment with particular cases among victims. They are all so bad thlt n looks more as if an earthq had| oo devastated this island than & wind- storm. From Azus, 8 southern coast port, which he reached yesterday, !:mm Nichols, correspondent of the Press, and the only penonwhnhld netrated that dhunee from Port au ince, Haitl, today continued his ex- pedition toward the demolished Dimini- can capital, finding everywhere about him evidences of the havoc the nnrm left ln its wake. It was ol relief measures, however serious in t.he uplm itself, must be extended speedily to the inland sections. (Copyright, 1930, by Associated Press. All rights reserved.) FLORIDA ESCAPES AS STORM WANES Hurricane Holds Course Aimed at U. S., but Fury Weakens. (Continued From Pirst Pag: is probable that in some tornadoes “the wind attsins a velocity of 300 to 400 miles an hour/over an exceedingly area,” while the highest wind in a hurricane was that which struck Porto Rico in 1928 with an esti- mated velocity of about 200 miles an hour. Mitchell said records showed 84 hur- ricanes had touched the United States Coast between Cape Hatteras and the Rio Grande in the last 50 years, but only 16 of these could be called “great.” He estimated property loss from hur- ricanes on the Gulf Coast, including Florida, within the last 15 years had been more than $150,000,000. MIAMI READY FOR STORM. MIAMI, September 5 (). —While Miami residents awaited today’s con- 4 rts that the tropical fiorm's Intansity bad_ diminished, and the peninsula was free from danger, & few o( the cautious boarded up win- dows made general preparations lur inu-cued wind veloclty and possible City authorities ordered burned a Fll:’remltnin part of the old Royal Puin Hotel which has been under a razing process for several months. This was ordered as a precautionary measure in event of high winds, the authorities believing that in such in- stances, ing timbers from the old structure bm‘llamm do damage to sur- nding bu! w:lon.‘ Biscayne boulevard, which faces Bay Biscayne, a lew late glass windows were boarded ul fore re- ceipt_of last night's inrarmn.mn from the Weather Bureau that the storm decreased in intensity, but the m were left in place this morning. Give Supplies for Dominicans, Mayor C. H. Reeder of Miami an- nounced today that merchants have gathered 1 '&ounda of medical sup- plies, whlcn be_sent by mail plane to Santo as a relief contribu- tion. The supplies will leave here by Pan-American plane Mo:fl:y, officials nyin company said. TEFE SRS of mmn rrations. atches :‘f‘n:efleh were battered down, while extra lines were made fast from smr to docks. Many small boats were tal en up the Miami River to dock. The motor vessel Eha K., scheduled to sail for Nassau yesterday, canceled the sailing until more definite stcrm information was available, as did the motor vessel &ml R., scheduled to sail for Baracos, A bright sun beamed in a clear sky M Light, gusty winds from t uncommon at this time of year, prevnl.led. Waters in Biscayne Bay were com- tively calm, but across Miami h, on the ocean front, the waves pounded comldenh)y Plane Line Gives Space. The Pan-American office here said it had granted a request from the Presi- dent of the Dominican Republic and Gov. Theodore Roosevelt of Porto Rico, lor ce for 200 pounds of medical supplies and other needed articl# on all pllnu leaving San Juan for Santo Domingo. Two plmu, which were to have taken off from here morning for the ‘West Indies, were ordered held indefi- | nitely awaiting better weather reports. vices reaching here stated that un- both at Camaguey and cating that the unfavorable flying weather prevailed between those two cities. Key West, on the southern tip of Florida, also reported normal weather. Passen, booked on the two planes were rug!:o enter the ships when the orders were received to delay the take- They were told to wait at the Ill'pm’twber“flywbeflntheflltht on a moment's notice. CUBA ESCAPES THREAT. HAVANA, September 5§ (#).—The West Indies hurricane was said by Belen Observatory today apparently to have passed beyond Cuba. Barometer Danger to the the observatory, forecast fair weather for the next 24 hours. 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Resources of the Catholic Hospital Association, composed of 700 hospital units throughout the United States and Canada, were placed at the disposal of the American Red Cross today for relief work in Santo Domingo at the closing session of the association at Catholic University this morning. A resolution, pledging the association to whatever aid it may be called upon to give the Red Cross, introduced by Rev. Alphonse M. Schwitalla, was passed as the session brought the fifteenth annual convention to a close. The morning session of the conven- tion was devoted to the discussion of the work of hospitals represented in the association. Rev, Patrick Mahan, regent of the Loyola University School of Medicine and diocesan director, Chicago, spoke on “The Relation of Schools of Nursing to the Hospitals.” Dr. 8. C, McCollum, biochemistry at Johns Hopkins Uni- versity, spoke on nutrition and dietetics. Other speakers this morning were Sister M. Brendan, superintendent of nurses at St. John's Hor:f“‘l St. Louis, Mo.; Sister Helen Jarrell, Chicago; Sister M. Giles, directress of nurses, St. Joseph's Hospital, Kansas City; Miss Susan Francis, superintendent of Children’s Hospital, Philadelphia, and Mary T. Dowling, corresponding secretary of the National Catholic Federation of Nurses. Officers were chosen by the associa- tion yesterday afternoon, with the principal incumbents . being re- eleeud Two new members were added to Executive Board. The officers are: Rev. Dr. Alphonse M. Schwitalla, dean of the School of Medicine of St. Louis University, pi dent; Rev. Maurice Griffin, Cleveland, vice president, and Sister M. Irene, general secretary of the Sisters of St. Mary, St. Louls, secretary-treasurer. ‘The two new members of the board are Mother William of the Convent of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, and Mother Frances of St. Joseph's Hos- pital, Orange, Calif. Others on the board are Sister Mary Rose of Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh; Sister Helen Jar- rell of St. Bernard's Houp!ul, ohlum ister le_of St. ureen Bay, Wis., an of Gray Nunnery, Ilont.rul. professor_of EXPERIENCE BACK OF U. 5. MINISTER Curtis Described Here as a “Veteran of Caribbean Tribulations.” Charged with supervising both the re- lief and reconstruction of American affairs in hurricane-swept Santo Do- mingo, Charles B. Curtis, American Minister to the island republic, brlntu\r to his task more than 20 years’ ex- | perience in foreign affairs, | Curtis, to whom the Red Cross| already has turned over $15,000 of relief | funds, was described today by his| friends in the State Department as a “veteran of Caribbean tribulations” and an ideal man for the job. Helped Quell Revolts. He has aided in quelling at least two Latin American revolutions and has served through more than one natural upheaval of storm or earthquake, with their consequent reconstruction efforts. ‘The 52-year-old diplomat was born in New York City and was rrldxuud from Harvard. His first post Leningrad as secretary to the Ambu- sador, and thereafter he served in Con- stantinople and Christiania before his appointment as consul general at Santo Domingo in 1912. After thlt dee Cfll’fll foreign service carried him Latin American posts, l.ncludhu R\o de Janeiro, Panama, Tegucigalpa, Managus, Guatemala and Hlvuu. be- fore returmn: to Santo Domingo as American Minister late in 1929. Commended by Stimson. He had scarcely been installed in his new office before the Dominican revo- lution of last February broke out. In the subsequent upheaval, decades of diplomatic service stood him in such good that he was officially com- mended by Secretary Stimson. ‘Throughout the difficulties he vol- untarily assumed a post as intermediary | becween the revolutionary and govern- ment forces and his quickness in dis- patching a young umhry of the lega- Dominican vice Drecidsnt’s Testgnation, inican vice lent’s re on, in an effort to prevent bloodshed, was described on the mme pages of many American newspaper: Priends of Curtis ln the State De- also hl; activities as lncennedh during the revolution in Guatemala ln 1921. They describe him as “cool, slow-spoken, thoughtful and studious,” and as a man wl “sense | of proportion is seldom shaken.” partment recall when ACUTE| INDIGES- TION may strike? Who cares with Bell-ans near! BELLANS KRR bought in quantities of 6. This Makes 6—25, 40, 50 or 60 W. Bulbs $1.08 Phone Your Order and We Deliver C. A. Muddiman Co. 911 G St. N.W. 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