Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1932, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers tonight and tomorrow, some- what warmer tonight, cooler tomarrow night; gentle south and southwest winds. Temd;xnturas: Highest, 70, at 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 58, at 7 a.m. today. Full report on page 13. The only evening paper in Washington wi Associated Press news service. hening % WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday’s Circulation, 117,212 A\ Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. - 32,291, Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1932—THIRTY: ONB HURTS WIFE OF SACCD JUDGE AS HOME 1S WRECKED Thayer Uninjured by Blast That Arouses Whole City of Worcester, Mass. MAID TAKEN TO HOSPITAL SUFFERING FROM SHOCK Police Now Guarding Residence of President Lowell of Harvard University. By the Associated Press. WORCESTER, Mass., September 27 —The home of Judge Webster Thayer, who presided at the celebrated case of the anarchists, Sacco and Vanzetti, who were executed for murder in 1927, was destroyed by a terrific explosion shortly before dawn today. Judge Thayer, althcugh virtually cov- ered by debris, escaped uninjured and, although visibly shaken, walked unaided from the house to offer what assistance he could to firemen and investigators. Mrs. Thayer, who was buried in wreck- age, was taken to a hospital, where she was treated for lacerations and shock, while a maid, Miss Jcan Ashe, was treated at a hcspital for shock. Other Homes Guarded. Immediately afterward authorities in Boston and its suburbs placed uni- ‘med and plain-clothed guards around homes of many persons who were ved in the Sacco-Vanzetti prose- cution. These included the home of A. Lawrence Lowell, president of Har- vard University, on the Harvard campus President Lowell was one of a committee of three appointed by the then Gov. Alvin T. Fuiler to determine whether the anarchists had had a fair The committee found that the evidence warranted a verdict of guilty. Gov. Joseph B. Ely, upon hearing the news, hastened here immediately from his home in Westfield after issuing a statement in which, by implication, he attributed the explosion to bcmbers and promised every resource of the State “to apprehend the culprits.” Statc and local police assigned to the nvestigation worked immediately upon the supposition that bombers were re- spensible. recalling that the home of Lewis McHardy, a juror in the Sacco- Vanzetti case, in Milton. was destroyed by a bomb in 1927 in the early morn- s, the family bzrely escaping heir lives. ing ho with Man Seen at Home. The Thayer home was wrecked, a ga- rige at the rear was demolished and hoemes for several hundred yards sur- rounding it were severely shaken. A neighbor told police she saw an auto- mobile stop near the Thayer home shortly before the explosion. A man go: cut, walked to the rear of the Trayer house, returned and sped away, she caid. Williem G. Thompson. one of the eouncel for Sacco and Vanzetti, inter- viewed in Boston, said he could not agree with what he assumed would be the general conclusion that the destruc- tion was the work of anarchists. “In the course of five or six years of work on the case,” he said, “I be- came aquainted with innumerable per- sons, including some anarchists, who were the real friends of Saccc and Van- zetti. Not one was a person capaple of such an act as this.” Deputy Chief Herbert W. Merrill, after an investigation, said opinion the explosion was caused by a bomb Entire City Aroused. Virtually the entire city was aroused by the blast which was heard for miles. ther the police nor Judge Thayer | were ready to lay the blame at the door of any person or organization “I should hate to think,” Judge “(Continued on Page 2, Column 1) JAIL TERM FOUGHT BY TRAFFIC VIOLATOR Man Who Served Day Because He Lacked $2 Fine Carries Appeal to Supreme Court. By the Associated Press. A man who lacked $2 to pay a fine for violating a traffic ordinance at Los Angeles, and was sentenced to a day in Jail, today asked the Supreme Court to decide whether the practice of im- posing a jail sentence in such a case is discrimination against the poor and a violation of the Federal Constitution. Bruce B. Johnson was given a ticket for overtime parking and was fined $2 or a day in jail. Johnson told the judge he did not have the $2 and was ordered committed to jail. He would have th~ highest court rule that any statute which permits a fine in lieu of a jail sentence is a discrimina- tion in favor of the rich and there- fore invalid. Not having money he asked the Supreme Court to permit him to file his case and prosecute without cost to him. Graf Passes Mnla;a. HAMBURG, Germany, September 27 (P).—The Hamburg-Américan line an- nounced today that the German dirigi- ble Graf Zeppelin, on its way to Pernambuco, Brazil, passed Malaga, Spain. at 7:20 am. today, flying against a headwind. in his| CHARLES R. CRISP, CRP APPOINTED TOTARIFF POSTON | Defeated Georgia Represent- | ative Given Commission Vacancy by President. | o B i | Representative Charles R. Crisp of | Georgia, who recently was defeated for | the Senate in the Georgia Democratic | primaries, today was appointed by | President Hoover to the United States Tariff Commission. Mr. Crisp will fill the vacancy created | several days ago by the death of Lin- coln Dixon of Indiana. In making the appoiniment known at the White | House today it was announced that this selection preserved the bipartisan character of the Tariff Commission. The announcement said further: “The | Tariff Commission is a bipartisan body of six members, not more than three of which can be a member of the same political party. The vacancy was a Democratic one, Mr. Dixon having previously served as Congress for several terms. He was a member of the Committee on Ways ;snd Means during his service.” Knows Tariff Problems. Representative Crisp, who has been |a_member of the House for a number | of years, is the ranking Democratic member of th® Ways and Means Com- | mittee. As such he personally directed | the preparation of legislation emanat- ing from that committee during the past session of Congress. It was be- cause of Mr. Crisp'’s intimate knowl- edge of tariff matters, as well as his | other qualifications, that President | Hoover is understood to have selected | “Mr. Crisp was st the White House | yesterday, = where he conferred with | Walter H. Newton, President Hoover's | political secretary, and it js undersiood | that it was settled during this interview that the appointment would be made. Father Was House Speaker. Mr. Crisp is the son of the late Charles F. Crisp of Georgia, former Speaker of the House. He was born in Ellaville, Ga., 62 years ago. He was ad- mitted to the Georgia bar and after a brief practice was elected to the Fifty- | fourth Congress to serve out the unex- pired term of his father. He served as | | judge of the City Court of Americus, | Ga., from 19C0 to 1911, when he re- | signed to accept appointment as parlia- | (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) 'MONTGOMERY SELLS $700,000 in County Securities Sold to Group of New York and Baltimore Bankers. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md.. September 27.— ‘The $700,000 cf the $1,000,000 Mont- gomery general improvement bond is- sue remaining to be disposed of was | sold to a greup of New York and Bal- | timore bankers for 92.5 by the Board of County Commissioners when bids were opened at their semi-weekly meeting here today. | _Members of the group are the Union | Trust Co. of Maryland. the Baker- | Watson Co., both of Baltimore; Lehman | Bros, R. W. Pressprich & Co. and | gla'nnahs. Ballin & Lee, all of New York | city. | The bond issue, which will be used to finance a pretentious program of school and rcad improvement through- out the county, was authcrized by the 1931 session of the Maryland General Assembly. The commissioners recently disposed of $200,000 worth of the bonds to county banks at .99, $200,000 of which was sold to ths Takoma Park | Bank and the remainder to the Silver Spring Bank. While the bid of the New York and Baltimore group was lower than the board expected to receive from the win- ning bidder, Lacy Shaw, president of | the Board of County Commissioners, ‘Smted that much mcre road and school ‘improvemenz work could be accom- | plished with the money to be received |at this time than if the board waited | to receive a better price. RIVALRY OF ROMANY TRIBES SEEN IN KIDNAPING O F GYPSY PRINCESS King Joseph Marks of Brazilian Group Lays Abduction of Daughter to Serbo—Italian Faction Seeking Reprisal. By the Associated Press. TOLEDO, Ohio, September 27.—The Gypsy world was stirred today over the kidnaping of a 16-year-old Romany princess, Alice Marks, apparently an outbreak of ill-feeling between two tribes. The girl, daughter of King Joseph Marks of the Brazilian Gypsies, was stolen last night, her mother said, by four members of the Serbo-Italian tribe who make their headquarters in New York City. Queen Elizabeth Marks said one of the men was Miller Nicholas. ‘The royal parents, Prince Stephen and the princess were motoring to a ‘Gypsy camp near here last night when another eut: bil~ cer =apers forced iicm ofi ine highway. ing the kid- ! ‘Two of the kidnapers pointed pistols at the victims, took $200 from Queen | Elizebeth and then forced Princess Alice to drive away with them. Joseph Marks was elected king of the Gypsies at a rally of the tribes in | Detroit, July 12, but not without con- siderable oppesition and ill-feeling. He resides in Detroit, but several other members of the family live in Toledo. After the kidnaping, Jcseph notified police as quickly as possible, and ex- pressed belief the theft of his daughter may have been a reprisal for his elec- tion as king. ‘The stolen girl was dressed in Gypsy costume. She was described as weigh- ::fi 120 pounds, five feet, three inches , and having black hair and medium | ;xvmn!r on. Warrants were sworn out foic a Democrat in! BOND ISSUE AT 92.5 DARYNEN WILUT SIPPLY T0 CAPTAL TOAVOD PRCE WA 68 Montgomery Producers to Reduce Shipments 5 Per Cent. MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA UNITED ACTION IS URGED | Association Official Sees Danger of Forcing Shippers to Other Cities by Market Drop. Steps to escape the milk price war spreading over the Eastern and Scuth- ern sections of the country were taken today by the Maryland and Virginia i Milk Producers’ Association through curtailment of the supply to the Wash- ington market. Sixty-eight producers in Montgomery County, Md., already have planned to reduce shipments 5 per cent, and others in Maryland and Virginia have been urged by the association to take similar action to avert a break in prices. John McGill, jr., secretary-manager of the association, which provides ‘Washington with approximately 94 g:f cent of its milk supply, pointed out that the existing price level must be main- tained to avoid the widespread milk price war and its accompanying short- age of supply. Action of the producers, he said, was predicated on a desire to continue supplying the Washington market with the present high grade of milk in sufficient quantity to meet all demands. Overproduction Blamed. Overproduction in recent weeks, Mc- Gill said, caused the surplus on the ‘Washington market, which distributors have found difficult to handle at a price satisfactory to the producers. Should this surplus lead to price cutting, he explained, producers would ship to { other points and deprive Washington of an adequate supply. { Milk prices in Washington, according to McGill, are at present higher than |any place in the country, due to the high quality of milk required by stand- ards of the District Health Department. These requirements, he said, are so| strict that the Washington market lost | 1296 shippers in the last four years, | which placed the burden of making up | the shortage on 1,261 shippers, com- | pared with 1,557 in 1928. ‘These shippers met the demand for increased supplies through enlarged | { herds, which will now be reduced. if | necessary, to eliminate the surplus. This yexcess in supply, McGill explained, is| temporary, and is due largely to notices | sent shippers in July to increase pro- duction in September and avoid & po- tential shortage in event of a prolonged | dry spell. ‘The wholesale price of milk on the | Washington market is 27 cents a gallon | for a 4 per cent butterfat grade. This | is 6 cents a gallon lower, McGill said, | than the wholesale price a year ago. In the same period the retail price has| ibeen cut 1 cent a quart to 13 cents. | Pints are 7 cents. Any reduction in the wholesale price, McGili declared, might force shippers into other markels, even at prices lower than those in Washington because milk | standards on other markets are not as | high. A shortage then, he said, would e inevitable. Cut Voted At Meeting. ‘The 68 Montgomery County produc- ers voted the 5 per cent curtailment in | shipments at a meeting in Rockville yes- terday afternoon after McGill had out- lined the seriousness of the milk situa- tion. Producers in other sections of the area covered by the association, are to meet this week to act on the request for a 5 per cent reduction in supply. Milk distributors in Washington are not contemplating any redustion in the retail price because of the temporary ex- cess in supply. Dairymen pointed out that retail prices are governed by the wholesale price, and if the producers, through their association, do not order a reduction, they cannot profitably make a cut. The average daily consumption of milk on the Washington market is 58,- 640 gallons. Fowler Watches Situation. Dr. William C. Fowler, District health | officer, is following closely the milk | situation in Washington as well 8s in | other sections of the country in prepa- ration for any eventuality. “So far as I can see there is no indi- cation of trcuble in Washington, and I don’t anticipate any trouble,” he said. “The Washington market is a good one and the producers are getting a good price.” Dr. Fowler made it plain, however, that if shippers outside the present ‘Washington production area make ef- forts to unload surplus supplies in the District. his department will be ready for action. “The quality of milk is one thing that I can control,” Dr. Fowler de(‘lm‘ed,l " (Continued on Page 2, Column ) TELEPHONE CALL MAY SOLVE BOMBING CASE Anonymous Tip Leads Police to Second Infernal Machine at Chicago Beer Flat. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 27.—Discovery of another bomb following information received in an anonymous telephone message, gave police new hope today they may be able to find the terrorists who recently bombec the home of Judge John P. McGoorty. ‘The bomb was found last night in the rear of a reputed beer flat after an unidentified man telephoned the police as follows: “Tell Capt. Prendergast to go to the rear of 5108 La Salle street. He will ]m'\g a bomb there, Tell him I may call ater.” Following the finding of the bomb, Capt. John Prendergast, one of the leaders in the search for the McGoorty bembers, issued an appeal for the uni- dentified man to communicate wif him again. He promised to keep his name a secret. HEADS INDIANS AGAIN Peckinpaugh Reappointed Manager ] for Cleveland Club. CL!V#I;LCA&D, s;pumber 27 P).— paugh today wes reap- Rog,e'x;d manager of the Cleveland ghum eeeived From A Bracley. presc Teceive: va Bradley, presi- dent of the club, who 4s in New York for the world series. SIX PAGES. #x# UP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. MUST BE DERFUL TO B MiSSeD LIKE THAT! NEW MEXICO HOST T0 GOV. ROOSEVELT State Convention Recessed to Welcome Nominee at Lamy Today. By the Associated Press. | ROOSEVELT SPECIAL EN ROUTE TO COLORADO SPRINGS, September 27.—New Mexico, the earliest-settled of the States of the-Union and the smallest in population he will visit on this campaign trip, tod: was host to the Democratic presidential nominee, Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. Swinging East from Williams, Ariz, where he stopped yesterday, Mr. Roose- | velt will receive New Mexico's official welcome at Lamy Junction, a fow miles from the old capital city, Santa Fe. At Albuquerque, United States Sen- stor Samuel Bratton and the State’s lone Representative, Dennis Chavez, both Democrats, boarded the train to continue on to Lamy, where the del- egates to the party's State convention will be gathered. | ‘The convention, meeting at Santa Fe, | will recess to meet the party's standard bearer. Greeted by Leaders. i Sunshine, a red uniformed band, a| crowd of several thousand and the Democratic leaders greeted Gov. Roose- | velt at Albuquerque. The Governor ap- | peared on the rear platform of the train. | “The primary object of this trip is not political speeches,” he said. “It is to find out the ccnditions and | needs of every part of the country. We | don’t want prosperity to be lopsided. We want it to be widespread when it returns.” Senator Bratton introduced the Gov- ernor as the “next President of the | United States and a distinguished | American.” Senator Key Pittman of Nevada, who was on the train, predicted that Roose- | velt will carry every State in the West and “judging by the enthusiastic crowd | here I am confident he will carry New | Mexico.” | Senator J. S. Cohen of Georgia said | he brought a message from the South, | where “every electoral vote will go to | Roosevelt.” New Mexico, the sixteenth State the | candidate has visited on his three-week | trip of 8,000 miles, is one of the young- | est of the 48 States, although it was| settled in 1537 by the Spanish. It was admitted to the Union in January, 1912, | just a month before Arizona, the baby iof the States. New Mexico voted for Woocrow Wil- ton in 1912 and 1916, but in 1920, 1924 and 1928 it was in the Republican col- | umn on presidential elections. Mrs. Rocsevelt, who joined the Gov- " (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) PREMIER VENIZELOS WINS MAJORITY FOR LIBERALS By the Associated Press. ATHENS, September 27.—Premier Eleutherios Venizelos was assured today | of 100 seats in the Greek Parliament | against 90 for the Monarchists as re- turns from Sunday's election became more nearly complete. He also will have a large majority in the Senate and indicated he would ask the President of the republic to invite the Monarchists party to the Tepublic. RARA On The Sta The weorld series will be The Star's electric scoreboard, game from the ball park will be amplified through the Public Address System's announcers on The Star Building. The operation of the scoreboard will be synchronized o that the plays will be reproduced on the scoreboard as the details of the game are explained with the radio broadcas by radio. The first game in New York will start tomorrow at 1:30 ington time. p.m., W Chicago games will begin 2:30 p.m., Washington time. After the game get The editions for full and detailed description of every play. A A R A A A AR AL AT 5 RIS See the World Series Electric Scoreboard (Eleventh Street Side of The Star Building.) Bonus Is Demanded For Crew’s Rescue Of Flying Family By the Associated Press. ABERDEEN, Scotland, Septem- ber 27.—The crew of the trawler Lord Talbot, which rescued ihe “Flying Hutchinsons” in Green- land, were reported today to have gone on strike, claiming a bonus frcm the owners for the rescue. They also demanded longer shore leave as a reward for the adventure, it was said. Negotia- tions are under way, but mean- time the trawler has sailed for Greenland with a new crew. ASSASSIN SLAYS CUBA SENATE HEAD Clemente V. Bello Shot as He Leaves His Home | in Havana. By the Associated Press. i HAVANA, September 27.—Clemente Vazquez Bello, president of the Cuban Senate and head of the National Liberal Party, was assassinated today by an unidentified assailant. He was shot as he left his home next door to the Havana Country Club, and died a few minutes later in the Mil- itary Hospital at Camp Columbia. | The assassin escaped. ONE DIES, ONE JAILED, IN “IN-LAW” BRAWL ' Stepfather and Stepson Arrayed Against Each Other in Fatal Argument. By the Associated Press. TEXARKANA, Ark., September 27.— A domestic brawl that arraigned step- father and stepson against each other in a gun fight sent the former to hls‘ death and the latter to jail today. | Ed Green, a farmer, was shot at his home near Garland City late last night and died in a Texarkana Hospital a few hours later. CUBS TAKE REST FOR SERIS START Downpour Prevents Practice in Gotham—Bush to Pitch Opener. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. September 27.—The Chicago Cubs, -full of vfm and vigor, | rolled into town on their special train at ! 10 am. today, anxious to get into their playing togs and get in a stiff practice at Yankee Stadium, but after two glances at the sodden sky, Manager Charley Grimm decided his team would do no rracticing before the first game of the world series against the Yanks tomorrow. “It wouid be possible to work out to- day.” expiained Grimm, “but it would be wet and there's no use in taking any chances. All of the boys are in good shape and I believe we can get along without working teday. Sun Needed for Workout. “The main reason we wanted to visit Yankee Stadium was to get a line on the sun, how it affects our batters and out- fielders. But there isn'; any sun.” A cold, drizzling rain fell most of the morning. It let up about noon, but even then it didn't look like world se- ries weather. The Cubs’ pennant party included 27 players, coaches snd trainers, as well as some 50 club officials, reporters, pho- tographers and plain, everyday base ball fans. There was only a small crowd to meet the special train, nothing like the send-off the Cubs got at Chicago. “They gave us a wonderful demon- stration out there,” said Grimm. “They went plain crazy. We ought to play our heads off for a bunch of fans like that, and we will.” The Cubs’ pilot hustled around to a nearby hotel to pay his respects and confer with Commissioner Kenesaw M. Landis. On the way over he confirmed his choice of Guy Bush to face the Yanks in the first game tomorrow. Warneke Slated Next. “There’s no secret about it,” he de- clared. “I figure on Bush stopping them in the first, and then we'll toss Lon Warneke at them in the second. Either Root or Malcne will work the! third game at Chicago. Can't tell yet which it will be.’ | Did Grimm have any doubt of the Rookie Warneke's ability to stand off the slugging Yanks—to keep his head in the pinches? “Don’t worry about that boy. He can SCORES BELIEVED DEAD AS TROPICAL STORM SWEEPS PUERTO RICO First Reports Say Property Dam- age Greater Than in 1928 Disaster—Fatalities Mount. GOVERNOR’S RELIEF COI;IMITTEE SUMMONED TO MEET AT ONCE Hundreds Injured, Thousands Homeless. Police Save Many by Removing Them to Substantial Public Buildings. By the Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, September 27.—At least 40 persons are known to have been killed In a terrific hurricane which struck this city last night. The full force of a 120-mile wind struck before midnight and lashed the city until 2:30 this morning, causing property damage even greater than that left in the wake of the disastrous 1928 blow. [ Hundreds were injured and thousands were left homeless. Most of the dead, the first reports indicated, were in smaller outlying towns, such as Barrios, Sabanallana, Catano and Rio Piedras. ‘Women and Children Protected. . Here in the city the loss of life was materially reduced by the | police who took the precaution of rounding up hundreds of women 1and children, removing them from their homes and placing them for safety in the more substantial church and school buildings. The villages, consisting for the most part of flimsy homes, had no such protection. Even in San Juan homes by the hundred were unroofed and torrents of rain poured in. First reports gave the following death toll: Barrios, 14 dead; Sabanallana, 4; Catano, 2; Rio Piedras, 10. Various reports from the last named town placed the death toll there as high as 40, with seven members of one family killed in their home. Rio Piedras is about five miles east of San Juan, directly in the path of the storm. The unsubstantial native dwellings stood exposed on the hillsides. i Governor Inspects Damage. The death toll mounted as reports ! from other outlying districts came in. | The little town of Carolina reported 10 |dead. A native of Caguas was electro- | cuted by a live wire. | Gov. Beverley spent the entire morn- San Juan, traveling more than half way {to Caguas, neariy 30 miles distant. When he returned he called a meet- ing of citizens for this afternoon, when | he hopes to have more detailed reports. A. Wilson to call out 400 National Guardsmen to assist the police in the city and vicinity. From his own observation he estimat- {covered was greater than that caused by the storm of 1828. Lest night's hurricane swept the | citrus fruit districc and it appeared ilhll the entire crop, with an estimated jvalue of $7,000,000, would be a com- plete loss. Americans Unhurt. Among the Americans living here | there were no deaths or injuries, a | preliminary check indicated. No Amer- ican resident escaped without loss, how- ever, due chiefly to heavy rains pour- ing 1nto the unroofed houses. ‘The Weather Bureau estimated the storm had struck with its greatest force along the northeastern half of the | island, from Fajardo on the east to the | Arecibo on the northwest. Light, tele- | phone and gas services here were cut off and no communication with other parts of the island was possible. During the height of the storm the anemometer at the Weather Bureau blew away and the wind-gauge tower crumpled. | _The barometer fell to 28.95 at 1 am. The Weather Bureau offices were flooded this morning and employes were wading in barefoot to try and rescue | f‘“’“” and instruments from the build- | ing. | _The residence and office of Gov. | Beverley, La Fortaleza, suffered greatly from floods. Many doors and windows were broken. Many of the doors and windows which | residents rushed to board up yesterday Jesse Plant. 25, his stepson, surren- | pitch against any of them and he Won't“when first warnings of the storm were dered and told police he shot in self- | defense. H-~ said his mother and sistor were being abused by Green and he in- tervened. Green turned on him, firing | one bullet that grazd his side, and the | youth emptied his pistol at him. | Plant was charged with murder and | was held for a preliminary hearing. | WOMAN WRITER DEAD LONG BEACH, Calif., September 27 (#).—Mrs. Mary Clough Watson, 74, first editor of the Hollywood Enquirer | and former president of the Southern California - Women'’s Press Club, died yesterday. | Mrs. Watson, & native of Maine, was | | educated in Baker University of Bald-| win, Kansas, and Vassar College. She | wrote for the Central Christian ‘Ad- | | vocate and the Boston Journal. For | several years she worked at revising | the books of Ellen G. White, high officer of the venth-day Adventist Church, for the church press at Battle Creek, Mich. Puneral services will be held in this | city tomorrow. | reproduced, play by play, on and the radio broadcast of the Star's 5:30 and Sports Final get flustered. Wait and watch him go. I hope McCarthy sends Young John Allen against him. That would be an interesting battle.” The Yankees also were forced to forego practice. stadium, but Manager Joe McCarthy wouldn't turn them loose on the field. Although the cold rain was disagree- able, it had not damaged the diamond to any extent. Only the ground around the pitcher’s box and home plate were covered. The base paths were com- paratively dry. MRS. BORAH GAINING IN FIGHT WITH FEVER Hope for Recovery Increased at Boise—Recognizes Those at Bedside. By the Associated Press. BOISE, Idaho, September 27.—Hope for the recovery of Mrs. William E. Borah was increased here today by suc- cessive physicians’ bulletins indicating she was slowly gaining in the struggle against psittacosis, or parrot fever. Improvement was noted through yes- terday, and at midnight Dr. Ralph Falk reported she had maintained her gains against the discase, though her heart muscles still were weak. She had cast off the periodic near wm;;hyflcmu said, and readily rec- ogni: those attending her. Rosebuds sent from the White House in Wash- ington brightened the hospital room in which she has been confined 11 days. Dr, Falk said five injections of serum brought \:’y airplane from Washington, D. C., and Pasadena, Calif., have been administered. She was given the first injection Saturday. Since then, with the exception of one sinking spell, she has showed gaining strength. In order to avoid any dis- turbance, only attendants and her hus- band, Scnator Borah, are permitted to enter her room. Philadelphia Judge Dies. IA, September 27 (). 68, . the oldest Philadelphia ju in of service, died todlypm. md‘l:ld on the bench 26 years. % | - Rrracru s nnanancnssnnsls ! Radio Programs on Page B-8 They gathered at the | iissued were crashed in today. Large | store windows were broken in. admitting the fury of the storm to these build- | ings as well as to the homes. Relief Committee Called. The New York-Puerto Rico steamer Borinquen, which was due to leave last night for Santo Domingo City, remained in port. Gov. Beverley's secretary summoned earliest possible moment to make pro- vision for relief if it should be needed. Frederick Krug, manager of the Puerto Rico Railway, Light & Power Co., said the company’s steam plant in {San Juan was intact and before day- 1 light workmen started clearing and re- pairing the power lines. 3 A quick survey this morning indicated ing inspecting the devastated area near | | Meantime he ordered Adjt. Gen. John | |ed that the damage in the area he the governor’s committee to meet at the | ' | that at least 800 of 1,000 dwellings in the ocean front section of the city had been wholly destroyed or rendered un- inhabitable. During the night hundreds of fam- ilies had found refuge in the ancient Spanish fort of San Cristobal. Property Damage Huge. ‘The chief of police said it probably would be several hours before details would be available regarding damage and loss of life outside San Juan. Preliminary police reports indicated that the hurricane caused more prop- erty damage than any previous storm. In the Condado residential section among the many homes unroofed or otherwise damaged was that of United | States District Judge Ira K. Wells of Kansas. The judge and Mrs. Wells found shelter elsewhere. The home of Manuel V. Domenech, insular treasurer., who is now in New York, was unroofed and otherwise dam- aged, but none of the family was in- jured. This home was wrecked in the storm of 1928. Schools Closed Yesterday. | _Reports received by the Associated Fress from its San Juan correspondent last night stated that schools were | closed during the afternoon and most | business houses shut their doors. Home- | owners, warned by the Government me- | teorologist at San Juan that the storm | would strike the east coast about mid- night, boarded up windows and took every precaution possible to guard against the destructiveness of the wind. The dispatches said the people, warned that a storm of great intensity was centered around St. Croix and St. Thomas, in the Virgin Islands, at 7 p.m., rushed for tcols to prepare as best they could for the hurricanes they have |learned by experience to expect in this | season. This is hurricane season in the Carib- bean area. The great storms which occasionally result in terrible catastro- phes with heavy tolls of death and property damage usuallv strike between | September 15 and October 1. Last Storm in 1928. The last serious storm which nearly wiped out San Juan and the surround- ing area struck September 13, 1928, killing more than 1000 persons and causing property damage officially esti- mated at $85,000.000. It continued on and hit the Florida Coast, rolling up an additional death toll of 1.000 or more, with property damage estimated at more than $165,000,0000. Nearly half a million people in Puerto Rico were left destitute, without food or shelter, and were taken care of by | the Red Cross and other relief agencies. Eighty per cent of the houses in San | Juan were unroofed. The wind roared up through the West Indies at a speed of more than 100 miles an hour. A deluge of rain | flooded everything and sheets of gal- | vanized iron were whipped through the streets of San Juan with the sound of batteries of machine guns. All com- munication facilities were demolished. | "The gale also struck heavily at Santo | T (Continued on Page 3, Column 2) FOREIGN STUDEN WHILE ATTEND Secretary Doak has ruled that foreign i students in Washington schcols must forego the privilege of engaging in part- time or vacation employment to pay their tuition, the Labor Department an- nounced today. The crder applies to all students in the United States who have been ad- mitted without regard to quota limita- tions to study at approved institutions in this country. Doak’s new interpretation of this provision of the immigration law is that an alien applying for admission there- under “must be able to show that ade- quate financial provision has been made. or is satisfactorily assured, which will enable him to maintain an uninter- rupted student status.” The order was handed down several days ago and the Labor Departms said it has drawn protests from collegs presidents and educators generally. Assistant Secretary of Labor Hus- may work in and sround in part payment of his z=zh the hope is exprassed TS DENIED JOBS ING U. S. SCHOOLS Secretary Doak Tightens Ban on Part-Time or Vacation Work to Pay Expenses. by Husband that preference in such employment would be given American students. The depertment said restrictions also have been imposed by Secretary Doak on the period for which non-quota students may be admitted. heretofore interpreted to include duration of their study courses subject only to main- tenance of satisfactory student status, and on the privilege of readmission fol- lowing temporary visits abroad. In defense of the “no work” regula- tion, it is contended by Secretary Doak that the law clearly never contemplated that foreign students would be permit- ted to take employment in this country, though the Labor Depari--~nt hitherto has been inclined to ! 7 in that regard. In view of the unemplcyment situa- tion, he said, stricter enforcement has been directed in order to reserve for American young men and women oppor= tunities to help pay their way through school by part-time work of which they might otherwise be deprived by foreign students. ‘The of Immigration said there are about 10,000 foreign students in this country, not more than hzlf of whom are likely to be affected in any . > ioms,