New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 20, 1926, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press -uuo) ‘proJIEH “pdaQ "1APV “£181qU] 2JE)S TR0 = | - ESTABLISHED 1870 N BRITAIN HERALD A Wi Oct. 16th verage Daily Circulation For eek Ending 13 . 759 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1926.—EIGHTEEN PAGES CHIEF HART SCO RED BY JUDGE FOR NOT ATTENDING HEARING ON MAN'S FIGHT FOR LIBERTY Nickerson, in Superior | Court, Says He Cannot | Spend His Time With| Dilatory Officers. | Stinging Rebuke Adminis- tered for Failure to Re- spond on Bordinaro’s Writ of Habeas Corpus. BORDINARO FREED; ECONDMIG WAR ON .. THREATENING (British Expert, Speaking at Yale, Discusses Manifesto AMERTA HOLDS THE, KEY F. W. Hirst Says If U. S. Refuses Cooperatlon, Europe Will Form | | | | | | | Commercial Alllance Against This MAY SUE POLICE| | Antonio Bordinaro of Buffalo, N.| Y., who has been held by the New | Britain police in default of $5,000 bonds since his arrest last Saturday night on a technical charge of breach | of the peace, was released from cus- | tody by Judge Leonard J. Nickerson | in superior court this aftei Che judge overruled the demurrer filed by Prosccuting Attorney J. G. Woods granted writ of ha corpu d by Attorney Thom McDonough, representing Bordinaro. Mr. Woods said he would be in po- | lice court tomorrow morning and ar- | range for Bordinaro's discharge, but | Attorney McDon insisted_ that | his client be immediatel. and Judge Nicke upheld this | 1 d 0, who spent last night in Hartford county jail, rode to New Dritain with his counsel and at once | asked him to take action against De- | Sergeant 'W. P. McCue and T. J. Feeney, who, he alleged, | choked, punched and kicked him du a “third degree'” operation in the detective burcau Sunday Hn'-r-‘ noon, and threatened to strike him | on the head with an fron pipe if he | Aid not admit wrong doing with Mrs. 2 Barbuska of Buffalo, ney McDonough said his course of action has not been deter- | mined. Bordinaro and local friends | want action taken policemen. Attorney said the action of Jud in grantisg £ writ of bheas cor- pus proves t Bordina arrest | and detention were un d @ | McDonough | Nickerson | was excossive. | Judge Rebukes Chief Hart | When Chief of Police William C. t failed to present himself at the scheduled hearing in superior court at 9:30 o'clock this morning, Judge | Leonard Nickerson became nettled | 10 scored the New Britain official for his absenc Bordinaro was Policeman Thomas W , whom Chief | during his visit to the continent, it|Rumanian lcgation. | was declared today at the tre to Prosecut- | ing Attorney Joseph G. Woods o Britain police court, Judge | son said: I want you to see that this respondent (Chief Hart) gives some attention to the habeas corpus writ or I shall undertake to | have him do so. I cannot spend my time on dilatory officers. S that he s here at 1 o'clock. Unless | he is hero I shall .have to fssuc | papers for him.” Shortly after 1 o'clock this after- noon, Chief Hart was called befo (Continued on Page 14) s words WOMAN COMPLAINS OF GOAT-GETTING GOATS Tells Bl‘istol C ouncil Her | Neighbor’'s Herd Isa | Nuisance i | (Special to the Herald.) Bristol, Oct. 20—Th Smith on Roberts Court in the nort ern section of the city have not only | caused neighbors to turn up their| noses, but have also succeeded in| capturing the personal ‘“goats” of | said ncighbors to such an extent that their presence in the locality in question “was branded as a nuisance by Mary Sitke, who appeared before the city council last evening. According to information avall- able, Mrs. Smith first secured a goat to furnish milk to a sickly child for whom such nourishment was pre- scribed. However, the lone goat was simply a harbinger. of what was coming, and now what used to be! one nuisance has grown into a herd. | To add insult to injury, Mrs. Sitke claimed that a billy goat was added to the collection, and his arrival re- acted like the proverbial last straw. s informed the council that when she went out her rear door, she in-| haled the odor of goat and the same | nauseating smell greeted her when she opened her front entrance. The neise also is a factor not to be over- looked and when she remonstrated | with the aforesaid Mrs. Smith, the | only answer she received was “Wait | until the young ones arrive.” Mayor Wade informed ths com- plainant that he would personally look over the situation in company with Dr. B. B. Robbins, city health officer, and in the event they con-| curred with her opinion, the goat| herd would be condemned as a nul-| sance. gots of Mrs. | h- | 1 Country. New Haven, Oct. 20 (P\—Whether Europe will have a commercial al- liance against the United States as he outcome of an appeal for low- ered tariff barriers contained in a | rlin and | document made public in ¥ New York yesterday depends, in the opinfon of tor of the London Lconomist, upon the attitude of the United State Mr. Hirst spoke before Yale stu- dents last night on economic ions and left for Cambridge today o be the guest of awrence Lowell of H; Mr. Hirst sald he was with the document issued vesterday which had been called a by bankers and industria teen n securing cooperation for it for a rd. He said that the ma ated with Montagu man, pres dent of the Bank of England, though the belief was held in Eng- to origin- . W. Hirst, former edi- | ques- | President A, | familiar | Bytler Wright, an assis nifesto | gy sts of six- |raviewed the r-giment of midship- ations, as he had had a part |men. | group of London bankers last spring. dress uniform, swept by the rain- al- | and that its origin was in Berlin, | and its sponso: free-traders. Mr. Hirst that within a twelve month the document would bring about changes in the financial and political situation in United States followed the far-seeing American bankers | Europe in reestablishing their fi- nances, a new era of internatior financial peace and prosperity wou Mr. Hirst added that if the United her visit to America, cooperate land her royal Rumanian tates was unwilling to reducing debts, or allowing the na- tions of Europe to pay off debts with goods, the manifesto would re- sult in soliditation of a union of European nations and the waging of an economic war against the United State; Mellon Not Informed. hington, Oct v s not consulted by Was Mellon w pean fi manifesto made public yesterday, sury, nd the first he saw of it was when |1t was published in the newspapers. New York, Oct. 20 (P—Despatc from London quote free trade organs as being pleased with the manifesto, which is characterized as “the most impressive freo trade declaration ever presented to the civilized world,” and saying that wanting “that the warn s it tains will fall on attentive cars.” On Europe | ficers of the academy d that if the government of the |wives advice of | Marie. who | queen |signed the manifesto and was will- | through the rain to Baltimore, |ing to cooperate with the nations of imiles away. R | | either by reducing the tariff or by |washington at customs | anciers about the cconomic |Butler W | of sta | hes |ETOUPS who had braved the weather signs are not | con- | of the chief protectionist nefvspapers | suggests that no advocate of protec tion will object to it on theoretical grounds. 1t adds that therc are, however, practical objections and de- clares that modification of the French, German and American tar- iffs 1s so highly improbable as to be hardly worth discussing. Some of the German commenta- tors in the Berlin newspapers consid- er that the manifesto is the initia- tive of England and suggest that this fact is due to England being vir- tually a free trade nation “surround- ed by protectionist nations.” Discrimination Wrong Paris, Oct. flag discrimination in ocean-carry- ing trade, abolition of passport visas {and an end to ad volorem duties are the non-detailed suggestions made by Sir Arthur Balfour to carry out the principles of the bankers' manifesto, In a which was approved today council of the chamber merce. The report demands protection ot the rights of foreigners inall lands by uniformed laws, and absolute freedom of travel by air, rail and sea, with standardization of rolling stock to facilitate ~ommunications from one country to another. It calls for ratification of the league of nation’s frecdom of ports’ convention, and says traffic in war material ought to be exempt export dutles by the of com- tion that the league of nations organize a commercial and tariff commission, bringing together repre- sentatives of the various govern- ments to consider international trade questions, Brighter Picture A brighter picture was painted by Julius Klein, director of the United States bureau of forcign and do- mestic commerce, who addressed | the council this afternoon. Mr. Klefn, who has just com- pleted a round of visits to most of the European countries In which he studied commercial and economic cenditions with agents of the depart- ment of commerce, said the recovery (Continued on Page 15.) from | . { 1 crown worn 20 (P—Cessation of | MON° {only sign of modern femininity dis- |and o | sees no harm in the use of lip-stick ntefnational | 7o) ance her royal good looks report | | can brands, The rejort closes with the sugges- | PRICE THREE CENTS MARIE WELCOMED AT ANNAPOLIS BY SALUTE OF GUNS Visits Naval Academy—Won't (0 to California Since She Gets 3o Cut Rate on R. R. ACROSS CONTINENT THO TIMES FOR ONLY $3 FEE Her Itinerary Changed to Includo | West Point, Albany and Syracuse | —\White House Dinner Is Brilllant Affatr With Queen Resplendent In Crown and Glittering Jewelry, Annapolis, Md,, Oct. 20 ¥ — |Booming of guns from the sea wall [welcomed Queen Mari 4 roval Rumanian entourage at napolis and thc United States Naval academy at 10:53 a. m., today. party had traveled 40 miles over rain swept roads from Washington under escort of a troop of Maryland state police. T entourage pro- ceeded directly to the home of Rear Admiral Louis M. Nulton, academy {superintendent. Reviewed In L.ain Admiral Nulton formally received the queen, e Prince Nic from their olas as stepped omobiles under the | protection of a canvas canopy. | The royal visitors -emained under | {the canopy with Admiral Nulton, J. nt secre |of state, and Charge Djuvara of the manian legation, while the queen The four academy classes, in full drenched reviewing stand, arms at | present. Prince Nicholas standing by his mother during the review, was dressed in the uniform of a lieuten- ant of the Rumanian navy. | Immediately after the review the |toyal party was escorted into Ad- miral Nulton's home, where the of- and their presented o Queen served before the drive 25 were Tea was prepared for another Teaves Washington Washington, Oct. 20 (#> |improve her balanc [ five | this | which physici | For some | Having inst the two | follow on both sides of the Atlantic. |completed the opening formalities of Visit of Queen But Advertising Preparatory to Attempt to Sell Rumanian Bonds Here, Paper Says | { | New York Publication Predicts Marie’s Government! Will Offer Issue Ranging From Twenty-Five to| Fifty Million Dollars to American Public Soon After She Leaves Count New York, Oct. UP—Today unsettl New York World sa “Soon after Qu Marle these shores the Rumanian govern- ment will offer to the American public a bond issue ranging from $25,000,00 to $50,000,000, Before the loan is marketed Rumania will > sheet. She b g a loan here sinc 1, but was unable to get fun bankers said, because of defaults on outstanding English and French loans, the mining laws of 1924 pro- hibiting entry of foreign capital in the oil flelds except under Rumanian T 1 leaves er hand York Rt a loan pired by the his count nanla was the United t of Queen received no fal district yvears there '1 of s e finan For several discussion been negotiati 1 OLDEST REALD. A.R. DEAD AT 108 YEARS Eastford Woman Had Never Ridden on Train or Heard Radio OLD ERWIN RESIDENGE PASSES INTO HISTORY shington Street Land- mark Being Razed by New Owners W 20 (P—The e old Erwin residence on Wash Ameri- years, e known the England and of the | Eastford, Con Oct. daugt tion the : er of the which was c homes in t constructed, was th passed awa of 10 days. Br can 1 last t at ont ind Sarah Bosworth far as oldest person in New belleved to have been one cldest in the country. For tw Mrs. s0 e room ion. William McDonough are th ay had been confin They in mind with a specific property to commercial 4 would among other types halt her iilding under consideration s a | had been heir plans have not been blind, but up to very recently ghe decided on, however, had been consclous and able meantir c lot will be communicate her wishes to thosc the some residence about her. old and the sp: Mrs. Bradway was born April 30, bles that have housed some 1818, the daughter of Allen best mounts ever owned in Sarah (Harwood) Bosworth. father had enlisted' in 1778 Connecticut unit of the Contin army. At the age of 26 she v to William Bradway, for more F. Far 1t owners. ing t} Ve been fatal to one years s e tefinitely and in tr» ipped of u the house was built by the late in who generously endoy much of its pa In later years it served the South Con married 1 gational church Queen Marie party left 9:15 o'clock this morning for Annapolis, Md., travel- ing over roads made somewhat haz- |ardous by a cold, drizzling rain. Had Dozen Autos | The entourage, occupying more | than a dozen autoniobiles, was led by a squad of Maryland state motor- cycle police. The distance to An- napolis is 40 miles. The queen rode in the first auto- modible in line, accompanied by J. ht, assistant secretary e, and rge Djuvara of the Nicholas followed In the second car and Princess Tleana in the third. All members of the party | waved cheery greetings to scattered Prince to see them off. On arrival at New York the state department will give up supervision |over the arrangements for the re- ception In the United States and the | remainder of her trip over the coun- (Continued on Page 15) AMERICAN CIGARETTES PLEASING TOROYALTY. Marie Smokes But Won't Let Daughter—Uses Lipstick, No Rouge Washington, Oct. 20 (F—The dia upon shingled permanently waved locks is not the played by Marie, queen of Rumania, for she smokes American cigarettes likes them, and, furthermore, So declared her spokeswoman, the lady in waiting, Madame Simone Lahovary, in answering questions to- day of reporters. Madame Lahovary described a queen who is modern and human, feminine as well as regal Yes, the queern smokes a few cigarettes daily, although she is b: no means an inveterate smoker, she said. “She does not permit the Princess Iicana to smoke. “We have brought some Ruman- fan clgarettes with us, but the| lieen has also smoked some Ameri- and likes them very much,” she added. “She never uses rouge,” continued the vivacious Madame Lahovary. | although she sees no harm in (hfl,} occasional use of a lipstick. Her | color s entirely natural.” Asked about the number of fur coats in the wardrobe of the queen, Madame Lahovary estimated “sev- cral grey ones, a sable and an er- mine evening wrap, the moleskin coat you saw her wearing. She must have over a dozen.” “About four costumes a day are usually required by the queen,” she sald. “She makes a point of hav- ing matching hats and coats for every gown. She usually orders her clothes from Paris houses after studying special sketches sent her by the designers.” | A | caste | Marey | great grandson, Keith Lewis, son of | North Ashford. | blood, and in the Rocky Fill contested election case will |before Judge Leonard J. general facts, it is expected the re- count will proceed. ,bury, who is familiar with the Aus- 1898, To them five children wi born, of whom two are living, Mrs. M. wife of the villa grocer ic kers for ed woodwork LeWitt, pl from curly one of ti otinz on the first floors of inlaid marble and this will be removed intact as will several o sections of residence BERGSTROM APPOINTED 0 GOMPENSATION BOARD antlques have of the mirrc One of the pur- | s, doors o Boiven nd and nd M mad from ners, | violin taken wains- 1l w fc Mrs, Darwin whom Mrs. ier death grand-children Clark and Putnam, arles C survive - i3 ns to I irchwood The nd sec ve a Clark Bradway ST, with ed until Four George walls. include AW Marie of D. of nd Mrs Lewls ford c is also by one Mr. and M Darwin .ewis of Mrs. Bradway on either am nor had s L radio. The Eastford is at away and she tive town, k work until her ended by illness At the of 95, was voted a member beth Porter chapter, Putnam. Each year committee of the chapter has c: ed upon her and these p were high spots in her ex When Mrs. Bradw many of the necessities were unknown or in It was not until the n the first steam 1t across the Atlantic. | Louisiana empire, ccd Is Declared a Menace United States but 1 V' r' Si 1le, ct. 2 > was being opened by . Sander today told the neers. The first steam T. U. convention here but nine years old. Harvey had not prohibition problem in discovered the circulation of the “woman boot- major opecrations performed without which were unknown cal fraternity of the had er ridden or eleetric ca stencd in” on railroa to nam, ten ldom l¢ ping working nev Former City Official Named to Com- nea E mission to Succeed Late i John F. Gill Mayor Weld today appointed | August Bergstrom a member of the board of compensation and ment to flll the unexpired term of John F. Gill, deceased. Commission- cr Bergstrom is a republican. From 19 3 to 1913 he served the city in a trisle capacity, being building and plmbing ir ctor and sanitary in- spector for the health department. In 1920 he was a member of the board of health for a period Mrs. of D Bradway the a E assess- b plied year that its way anaesth the tics, ssman Fra declared women quit playlng enough to vote and children to vote.”” Statr president M Floren met Murphy’s challer after the men, 1 women." “We appreciate your we don't play bridge much of our time reac men do In congress.” k Murphy, 18t tim the bridge long | h their Ww. C T U | ¢ Richards | with “look loois after the | vice, but | we spend ling what you to listrict, is t medi- it 1e Rocky Hill Election Vote to Be Recounted Hartford, Oct. 20 (—A recount we take place Monday after- | noon in the superior court room h Vickerson. The petition for a recount will he presented at 2 o'clock Monday and | was the | were possib The Woman Bootlegger | HAVANA IS LASHED BY HURRICANE THAT THREATENS T0 HIT FLORIDA; MIAMI AREA PREPARE S FOR WORST YOUNG PEOPLE OF PHILOSOPHY GAUSE Gy Already Deluged TODAY NOT S0BAD ~ OF SERIOUS FIGHT By Rain—All Avail- able Police and Relief Bishop of London Takes Issue‘Golumbia and New York U. In-; Workers Called Upon With Judge Ben Lindsey | SPEAKING IN HARTFORD ramous British Clergyman Says in Fifs Opinfon the Youth of Today Difierent Than They Are No Were 10 Years Ago. Hartford, Conn, Oct believe that someone shoul possible, the assertions ma his book, bec B. Lindsey in Youth, ot scem to me that the young Ju The Ben evolt of ause it le of today are nearly as bad P as, being,” represented Rev. Arthur F Rishop. y are the Right ley Lord Bishop Ingra y to b en B Mrs, has gton-Ingram, morning. ed in Hartford yesterd t President R college and sive program the bi throughout nd evening, going to New Ha- v morrow to be the guest of President James Rowland Angell Yale university Would Refute Charges > bishop said aid that in of Trinity An exte planned for remain H it who the will mu of youth" and the young people different than s ago. He 1 that assertions made by America predicament s opinion that to refute these Judge Lind nly the ity of s United States to write answer to the Docsn’t Blanic When asked if war had been rked chan Rishop “revolt opinion 16 ye of the Lindsey were be in a Judge must 1t true, ather sad bish ments of 1t was in book Tes for in the youth of Eng- In said that he difference. they hat mat . as they ago, said. “Bobbed hair and all those iperficial things have nothing to do acter,” he declared. \e Bishop said that he had not been in America long enough to form definite opinfon of the actual dit g among the young any am ny were ars ople today b idea that tad as they have at time been repre- | d to be.” If they are,” he said, America has a serlous problem on ands.” speaks at Trinity Matriculation day was celebrated s morning at Trinity and there a number of local clergymen | nt in the chapel o hear Bishop shop Chauncey | iscopal diocese | | | re. present and am and Presi- phers fol-! 1 his party were the »sident Ogilby at the for luncheon nt Ogilby will the Bishop to wing have been in- Ormond A. Blyth, personal op who is traveling Morgan B. Brainard, he Aectna Life Insur- sident George D. lege; Dr. William . president of the rinary Foundation; minway of Watertown J. McCook of the su- t of York stata; W orson, vice-president and treas the Hartford Steam Boller Insurance comp: d Milligan, president x Insurance company gu; H: 0lds of Doy Hartford Harry 8. } Phil cov prem R.C, urer of as there is no objection to it and practically an agreement as to the The parties have agreed upon At- torney Henry H. Hunt of Glaston- tralian ballot, to be the counter. Leonard Griswold of Rocky Hill | contests the election of Edwin Court- There 51 ney as selectman. ballots in dispute. are Property Owners Who Installed Type of Heating System Be BLUENOSE WINS RACE Halifax, N. Oct. 20 (P—The Bluenose today won the champion- ship of the Canadian fishing flcet, by defeating the Haligonian in the | fourth race of the series. Two previous s were declared void | because the schooners were unable | to finish within the time limit. | Bluenose led in both these races. 1 Persons who have had ofl burnc —4 |installed in their homes after June 30, Wil be called upon by the build- ing department to pay a fee of $1 as |provided for in the new building |code, the department announced to- ‘ |day. | Inspectors Rutherford and Curtin | [will make a survey of the city and | |@ctermine where oil burners are in * luae and the date of their installa- | Have New s Since June 1 to Sought. ] * THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Rain tonight; Thursday part- 1y cloudy, not much change in temperature. | [ * City Inspectors Turn Sleuths | a To Hunt Fees for 011 Burners Since the ordinance providing | fee went into effect June are ctible that date col from The oil burner ordinances are only partially enforced since the city de- partment had devoted its attentions to the more Important phases of | the new code and has just reached | a point where the staft feels it can | glve the time to enforcement of this | section. | At a meeting of the common coun- | cil tonight a change will be made in | the law as it now rcads to provide that all permits be issued by the building department. The original | code authorized the fire department | to issue permit This fee applies not only to heat- | | | | ranges in which oil burning equip- | ment has been installed, the build- ing department states, | er Baue structors Engage in Brawl ‘ ONES SKULL FRACTURED Both Men Had Been Drinking Heavi- | Iy Before They Got Into Their | Battle Over the Merits of Philo- | sophical Tdeas. | New York, Oct. 20 C Lawrence Bauermeyer, 37, of Wernerville, Pa., | instructor at New York university, is in a critical condition at Bellevue | hospital with a fractured skull re- ved in a fight which followed a ussion of philosophy with Joseph irson, an instructor at Columbia university. arson t ( confes: rly today to °r, police said. ached to the and that he went apartment early 1ing to discuss philoso- they both teach. When wermeyer got the hetter of the ument, he first hit him with a shoe, leaving him lying on the floor. He returned to the apartment Tues- ¢ noon to find Bauermeyer up and ind. The argument was resum- | nd Carson said he struck Bauer- causing him to collapse. He d police when he could not revive him Held For Assault Carson is held on a charge of | felonious assault | Both instructo is admitted, | had been drinking heavily and neither of them went to his classes on that day Carson was admitted to $10,000 bail and the case was adjourned un- til Friday pending the outcome of Bauermeyer's injuries The detective w son sald the dis Columbia f to Bauerme Monday mor phy, which rey notis it d Car- ussion between the \ers started Monday noon a companied by heavy drinking. H the attack was made when Bauermeyer refused to answer phil- | osophical questions propounded by | Carson. Carson’s weapons, the de- tective . were a heavy shoe and a milk bottle. During the thirty hours between | the first attack and the time police were notified, said the detective, | Carson made one attempt to smoth- meyer, placing him in the bathtub and wrapping his head in a blanket. SENATE WILL PROBE ILLINOIS CAMPAIGN Bullitt’s Fund Questioned —Magill's Limit $25,000, | Says Witness 10 arrosf safd Chicago, on of of money Oct. 20 (A—An fnvesti charges that large sums are being spent in Wash- ington in beh of the candldacy | of A. ott Bullitt, democratic sen- atorfal candidate as ordered today by the senate campaign funds com- | I W The inquiry is to be conducted by | or MeNary, republican, Oregon, | f the committ pro- tl>. Decision to make tion was reached by | democrat, Missouri, ittee chairman who now is in £o, after receipt of telegrams Samuel Sumner, chairman of republican ate committee, Sumner declared in his telegram he had heard that a fund of pproximately $300,000 was to be expended on belalf of Bullitt's can- la He added that full page dvertisements had been published in ten daily newspapers and 25 we papers in Washington and | estimated thut this alone had cost imner also charged that motion icture interests were strongly be- 1 Jullitt campaign. “I am informed,” he sald, “that the motion picture combine in Se- attle is instructing all theaters in the state to run Bullitt slides and that these are now being sent out. Keith Bullitt, brother of the candidate, is attorney for the motion plcture com- bine, and C. D. Stimson, millionaire lumberman and capitalist of Seattle, father-in-law of the candidate, has motion picture investments. “The state of Washington never lias seen the like before in a cam- paign $390,000 for all parties.” Senator Reed immediately sent a telegram to Senator McNary, re- questing that he conduct the inquiry and advised Sumner that he had taken this action. An agreement among the friends ot Hugh S. Magill, independent re- publican candidate for the senate in Illinols, that his campalgn fund should not exceed $25,000 was testi- Sena a m bably the invest Senator trom ol the !ing apparatus but also to cooking fled to today before the senate cam- funds committee by Julius paign (Continued on Page 13) » | cans have | overlooking the Guit | tect their homes In 1024 the expenditure was | ToBe Ready for Emergency. More Than 150 Homes De- | molished in Cuba Where 130 Mile Gale Blows— Communications Are Cut Off. Miami, F storm a., Oct. 20 ( -A tropl- great intensity, West Indies, was lashing Havana and the west coa. of Cuba ing to leap ac Before al Cuban capit cal of whipped out of the today and threaten- oss to Florida, ab service to the was sevel reports received by th consulata here said that more than 160 homes had been demolished in the *hickly populated Vibora and Jesus Del Monte residential sections. The American embassy is in the Jesus Del Monte district. No word had been received from the interior. Advices received from the West- ern Unfon were that the wind had attained a velocity of 98 miles an hour in Havana and that the barometer at 9:30 a..m, was fall ing rapidly. Weather Washington, turbance said it w st and bureau reports from describing the dis- as of ‘great intensity, as moving north or north- hurricane warnings were | ordered for the southern Florida coast and storm warnings for cen- tral Florida. With northeast to reach hurricane afternoon over Florida, Miami tions. All schools county made mediately m winds expected force late this extreme southern took all precau- in the city and ready to close im- on receipt of the first storm warning and at noon the city jail was emptied of prisone that they might be with their fam- flies in ‘the event the hurricane strikes. They were put on their honor to return after the emer. geney, Thickly Populated Area The Vibora and Jesus Del Monte | scctions of Havana are thickly pope ulated, older parts of the eity once the sites of many of the finest lomes in the anclent capital of Cuba. The American embassy s n the Jesus Del Monte scction and fs a large, strongly constructed resi. dence, occupying the greater part of a block with its ample grounds, Aside from the occupants of the embassy, which 1s the residence of United States Ambassador Crowder and his household staff, there are a few American rosidents scattered here and there, but most Amerts moved in recent ye to the Vedado, a residential pact of the town lying across from Vis ora and Jesus Del Monte and rleoking th of Mexlco. An intermittent rafn started here at Miami early 1oh night and continued today, coupled with & moderate wind, increased apprehension locall that the hur. ane would st Miami ction. SRR Police no Duty Chiet of Police H. Leslls Quigg at noon ordered every policeman in Miami on duty to await storm developments and stationed reliet men at strategic points to render 2id if necessary. The doors of the ;nyu were thrown open to prisoners Who were heads of families to pro- in the ev hurricane strikes here. T;:tn::: were released on their honor to re- turn after & | passed. emergency had Sho: the before |rain swept across t | the city. Many oon a driving i and over X omes have been |repalred only slightly since the re. fent devastating hurricane ang | fears were expressed generally that |2 prolonged hard rain would cause | much damage here, | Precautions Elsewhere Meanwhile, Tampa and other clte les on the west coast took simiiar jprecautlons. The weather forecaster |at Tampa, a eclaring it might ba nee |essary to issue hurricane warnings |Pefore midnight, warned shipping and residents to be pre, arey | emergency. PR R The storm was kicking up high !:’*M. the steamship Ulua, {n the ;uulf of Mexico, 40 miles west-north. west of Havana, advised the Tropical |radlo station at 9 a. m. and a driv. ing raln was falling. The barometer reading was reported as 29.54, The weather bureau at 12:18 o'clock reported a steady drop in the barometer from 29.96 inches at |9 o'clock to 29.76, with a driving |rain and a continued moderate wind, Precautions were taken here on an extensive scale with the issue of newspapens shortly before noon with first storm information. All city em~ ployes abandoned thelr work at the (Continued on Page Fifteen),