Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1931, Page 6

i A6 #» CAPITAL RESIDENT | THE EVERING STAR, TON, Relief Rushed to Storm-Stricken Be_lize 1S BELIZE VICTIM U.S. _Consbl Giles R. Taggart Lived Here 17 Years. ‘City Asks Medicine. By the Assoctated Press. 1 BOSTON, September 15 —The death ©of Giles Russell Taggart, American con- sul at Belize, British Honduras, at Tels, Hongdyras,, last night from pneumonia, causéd by exposure during the recent humicane: 8t Belize was reported by radlél today to the United Fruit Co. he’;‘:‘mrt was a native of Clarksburg, N3 au} was 59 years old. He was a | grat Lhe‘_'?fi‘ in- the District He was assigned to Belize in 1927, Lived Here 17 Years. Giles Russell Taggart lived in Wash- ington_for 17 years, from 1895 to 1912, when he was appointed to the consular service. He was a clerk in the Gov- ernmeht service until 1908, when he| became & special attorney in the De-| partmeht 8f Commerce. | ‘While here he also practiced law be- | fore District courts and contributed | articles to néwspapers. Mr. Taggart was born in Clarksbare, N. J. July 30, 1870. He was educated at_Princeton, the University of Penn- sylvania and George Washington Uni- versity. He served at various consular podts in Canada before being assigned 10 Belize in 1927. BELIZE FEARS RIOT. M Provisions and Water Shortage Com- plicates Disease Danger. ricane is shown at the lower right workers cared for the wounded and administered serums to prevent the sprend of disease. Desolation left in Scenes similar to that shown in the WORKERS FIGHT TO PREVENT DISEASE SPREAD. EDICAL aid and supplies from all possible sources were rushed to Belize, the capital of British Honduras, as fire ”‘;‘” and plague threatened the city after a hurricane and a tidal wave had claimed the lives of 1,200 persons. airplane view of the stricken city is shown above. An the wake of a former Caribbean hur- lower left were re-enacted as Red Cross A. P. Photo. | BELIZE, British Honduras, Septem- 4,mprounded by the enormity of the | velocity battered in its wooden houses ber 15 (#).—Manifold fears of a food and | catastrophe, for it had been the belief water shortage, an outbresk of disease for leslz'l"fkl““!mh:‘l’v;_g h‘l”l‘“m ‘“"i‘ld ;| ever strike Bel . e native popula- and rlots by stricken patives today |, ‘yyestricken, gees about relief work dominsted Belize's efforts to repalr the jn g trgnce, still unable to grzsp the havoc of storm and flood. | truth of the enormity of the horrible Estimates of the dead still ranged tragedy.” - ! Nevertheless, rehabilitation measures between 500 and 1,000, with the Brob- | gpe proceeding under the direction of ability that when outlying districts are British authorities and with the help of heard from the mortality list will reach | United States Marines snd sailors the latter figure. The wholesale burial| The sound of hammer and saw fs | heard often as natives go about the and cremation of the vietims without | work of restoring walls and roofs, torn identification made it likely that their asunder by last Th Vs cllsReier. exact numbers never will be known. | The Salvation Army has taken over operation of soup kitchens to feed the Critical Problems Remain. | hungry. Doctors have commandered Diddier Masson, pan-American fleld | 10000 {lllon:dglmwats; stored on a ey - | nearby key. itional food and medi manager, after Adauixn "n!“;hel hu:‘rhl e o oo cane area, warned that “critical prol ‘Jnmne. Disposal of the cead and re lems still remain to be solved” before ' for the injured goes steadily forward the work of reconstructing the eity, | b.:bg\fi‘sgoo ras;s_ ? wh k\'.rsra’_tk;r‘d o storm, have beel either on its present site or further in. | 25002 Zhe {Arce of the FOrT. fave bech land, can go forward unimpeded. | stacked on the main streets awaiting e food supply s running short, he 'new storage facilities. sald, and the lack of érinking water | e HEisriolL Thedinss chdlaa | T UANEISWERRSIMEXICO. not be underestimated in his opinion pyperty Damage and Deaths Heavy in and the possibllity of trouble among | the labering classes was & grave factor Leower California. MEXICO CITY, September 15 (&) — in the work of relief. “The blazing sun has been beating peavy property damage and some loss of life were reported today as the re- down mercllessly.” he said, “bringing | additional suffering to the injured as | they lie in rows on the floors of Toefless | sult of a hurricane which swept the homes. Masses of sea fish imbedded in | southern half of the Lower California pools of liquid mud piled up by the tidal | peninsula Saturday end Sunday. wave are decomposing and the alr at| A brief message from Santa Rosalia times is unbearable. seid the major part of the town was “The remaining population is still wrecked when a win ship and A OIL BURNER Combines Quality With Low Cost SOLDleSTALLED—SERVlCED By Direct Factory Branch—An Institution Founded and Established Through Quality and Service. A Complete System of Automatic Oil Heating and Lifetime Free Service with Fuel Oil Delivery. Unidivided Responsibilty ARTHUR H. BALLARD, Inc. Direct Factory Branch 1015 15th St. N.W. Natl. 6131 GIVEN FOR THE BEST | ANSWERS EXPLAINING THE 'MYSTERY OF THE "HIDDEN QUART" AND TELLING HOW IT BENEFITS MOTORISTS FULL DETAILS IN THIS NEWSPAPER THURSDAY and that a number of lives were lost in a tidal wave that swept over the ruins in the gale's wake. The population of Santa Rosalia does not exceed 2,000, but there is a consid- erable the hills back of the town. Serious damage was reported at the mine, but details were lacking. | Storm Toll Unknown. ‘The exact number of victims at Santa Rosalia and other points in the hur- ricane’s path is unknown here, for the dispatches said that in view of the con- fusion no eheck had been attempted. La Paz, which is the capital of the southern ’ distriet and _considerably arger than Santa Rosalia, reported ious property damage, but no casual- es. Beveral emall vessels were overdue from Mazatlan and other ports. how- ever. and it was feared they had foun- dered. One of them had a crew of seven aboard in addition to six prisoners Be i plies to aid in the relief of the hurri- and a military escort of seven men. Guay, on the mainl Wi pulation at El Boleo mine, in [} Santa Rosalia, was visited by the hur- ricane and part of the waterfront sec- tion was flooded. A number of houses were unroofed, trees were uprooted and two persons were injured. Second Cyclone Reported. The Tacubaya Observaiory here re- ported that @ cyclonic disturbance sweeping {n from the Caribbean was venting its force on the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. but no serious consequence was known to have o¢- curred. Port authorities at Vera Cruz warned shipping that navigation was dangerous in the south and southeast of the Gulf of Mexico on account of the disturbance, which it was believed might sweep across the llf of the peninsula, eut over the Gulf and penetrate inland along the Tehuantepec Isthmus. Reporis to the Government today said the territorial authorities of Quin- tana Rod had dispatched a vessel to e with doctors and medical sup- cane victims there. any emer- gency descends upon you, your te Nothing el help as q surely—an , look to lephone. se will get uickly, as d the cost is but a few cents a The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company (Bell System) 725 Thirteenth Street N. W. T ALL RECO ME! 4| NOTHING GIVES SO MUCH. FOR SO UTTLE tropolitan 9900 S BREAKS D. €, TUBSD\Y. 100,000 EXPECTED AT LEGION SESSION Wet and Dry Issue Likely to Be Aired at Convention in Detroit. S By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich, September 15.— A mass movement declared never be- fore equaled in the United States will be completed September 21, when thousands of members of the American Legion move into Detrojt for their national convention, Col. Frederick M. Alger, Detroit, president of the Legion Convention Corporation, declares the convention will bring the largest number of dele- gates in the history of the organization. Because the Leglon membership in the past year has grown from 825,000 to over 1,000,000, and because of Detroit's | central location. he says an attendance of at least 100,000 is assured. | Last year's ' convention in Boston brought 80.000 delegates. | Practically all the delegates, with their wives and members of the aux- ilfary, will arrive between 9:30 p.m. Saturday, September 19, and 7:30 a.m. Monday, September 21. Prepare for Throngs. Scores of special trains and busses will ‘carry Detroit-bound Legionnaires. Parking space has been arranged for | thousands of automobiles. Thirty thousand delegates will sleep in Pullman cars shunted into Detroit | railroad yards. Hotel reservations now near capacity. ith the Legion throng will eome 400 bands and bugle corps which will have a leading part in the parade, | to_be held Tuesday, September 22. The opening meeting _of the four. day session will be in Olympia aren: on_the morning of September 21. Ralph T. O'Neil, national command- er, and Col. Alger will welcome the delegates, while Mrs. Robert Lineoln Hoyal. Douglas, Ariz, national presi-| dent of the auxiliary, will make the ndlli::ss of welcome to the women's units. Wet-Dry Issue Seen. Chief problems of the business ses- sion are expected to center around | { A possible attempt to bring the pro- | hibition question to the convention | floor and a discussion of the unemploy- | ment situation. | Preliminary to the latter was the conference of Governors, mayors and representatives of labor, capital and | industry which Comdr. O'Neil called | in Washington before the Detroft ses- | sions. | From this gathering the Legion's un- | employment commission planned to | carry recommendations to the conven- tion. Holland was at one time one of the mest important commercial powers in d. Only $16 a day . filled days . . . 0758. oo nibr RDS FOR WILLARD PRIGES! Genuine Willard Batteries Look for the Willar ign of Your Local Service Station WASHINGTON BATTERY CO. 1146 19th St. N.W. | North 0142 illard STORAGE BATTERIES Youngsters usually get loose dandruff at school; promiscuous use of combs, towels, etc., brings it on. At the first sign of it, go after it with Listerine, the safe antiseptic. To combat loose dandruff you sim- ply douse it on full strength and mas- sage the scalp vigorously. Kefl: the treatment up systematically. Unless the case is a very serious one, requir- 2\5 the attention of a physician, you d‘l note improvement within ten If infection is nt on the sur- face of the skin, Listerine attacks it. A powerful germicide, it bac- ports . . . on this cruise triumphant. Min- imum $2000. A few “bargain” accommo- dations yemain open . . decks . . . from $2700 to $3400. Get ship plans and itinerary today from your own agent, or C. E. Phelps, 14th and New York Ave. N.W., Washington, D. C. NAtional EupressBritain WORLD CRUISE iR 15, 1931. Sets Air Record FLIES SEAPLANE 3 PER HOUR. LIEUT. G. H. STAINFORTH, Member of the British Schneider Cup team, who set a new world record by fiying his seaplane 379.05 miles per hour at Calshot, England, yesterday. It was officially announced that he had beaten by more than 28 miles per hour the previous record set in 1929. —A. P. Photo. Name Postal Congress Delegates. Assistant Postmaster General Glover and Eugene R. White, director of In- ternational Postal Service, today were appointed delegates from the United States to the Pan-American Postal Con- gress at Madrid, Spain, in October. "~ UNGUENTINE CONES FOR PILES A Scientific Triumph by the Makers of Unguentine When a real mlracle-worklnx for- mula to speedily relieve piles is of- fered to the public through the drug stores of America it doesn’t take long for the good news to spread—sales are enormous. For over 30 years Unguentine Cones have been giving quick, blissful relief from the burning, itching and agony of piles. But that isn't all. In most cases Unguentine Cones cause all distress to vanish quickly. Do not neglect piles—you are invit- ng the knife if you do and operations are painful and expensive. It costs but 75 cents to learn about the supreme healing and soothing power of Unguentine C —at all drug stores. The Norwich Ct rwich Y. —Adver . but book nowl . . to play for 128 thrill- to stop at 52 high-spot L on B and C om NEW YORK (L v e N A teria in 15 seconds, the fastest killing time accurately recorded by science. Listerine helps to dissolve oily crusts and quickly removes them, as well as horny scales. And Listerine quickly relieves that burning, iu)in;:fi sensation. It soothes inflamed or tated areas of the scalp. If scalp is excessively dry, a littl olive 0il may be used in connection with the Listerine shampoo, or inde- dent of it. The ol aids in dissolv- ing crusts and and keeps hair {rom drying out. Lambert Pharmacal Company, St. Louis, Mo., U. 8. A, the safe antiseptic LISTE RINE kills 200,000,000 germs in 15 seconds WINE CONCENTRATE PROFIBITION URGED Senator Sheppard Threatens | Congress Action on Sale of Fruit Juices. By the Associated Press. Prohibition’s perennial shadow crept ftoward the next Congress today as Sen- Tepresentative of a grape coricentrate concern. She told the Wickersham Commission that her company had su- thority under the law to make and dis- tribute its product. in its report om ‘The commission prohibition law enforcement recom- mended a provision to fix the alcoholis content for cider and fruit juices. In addition, it commented "somewhat sharply on “the invitation to hypeeris: jln‘d evasion in the provision as to fruft uices.” Prohibition Director Woodcock has said that if fruit juice concerns are making & product which will turn inte a beverage with a fairly high alcoholie i:onunt they are clearly violating the aw. Question for Experts. He explained, however, that the sec- tion in the Volstead act applying to them makes the question of their il- ator Sheppard, Democrat, Tex., said he qigr would press legislation aimed -at the| sale of fruit juice concentrates which turn readily into wine. | In addition the co-author of the! eighteenth amendment sald he would urge a law making the liquor buyer eaually guilty with the seller. He introduced bills to carry out both ! aims at the last session. In his me; and the other was shunted aside. Sen- ator Sheppard said he believed the | volstead act now prohibited the sale of | Tates for wine-making purposes, | :lunzvnqgm he “wanted all doubt re- | Mabel Walker Willebrandt, former | Assistant Attorney General in charge of | prohibition enforcement, s the legal' legality one for exrepts, “and experts er.” The section reads: “The penalties provided in this act against the manufacture of liquor witi for use in his own home. But such clder ;nlt;l lrudu jultest £hall not be sold or lelivered except to persons ha - mits to manufacture \'tnenr.‘m o Several dry organizations, including Jjulee concentrates and have urged leg- islation to out! - % Because Vienna's weather prophet faled to predict & snowstorm which occurred when the weather should have been balmy the city government has “fired” him 1 2. 2.2.0.8.0.6 8.8 8 ¢ T many th the famous woman writer KATHLEEN NORRIS—added to the STAR e many, ousands of Washington womenwhohave profited by the famous ‘chats’ of KATH LEEN NORRIS will be pleased to know that a weekly article by this America will be a Feature noted n writer n added in the iy Star Beginning Sunday September 20th 1.5.8.0.8.8.8.8.8.8.8. 2