New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 17, 1928, Page 12

1,000 LOSTIN - PIRTO RICD STORM 300,000 Are in Immediate Neod of Food and Shelter 8&n Juay, Porto Rico, Sept. 17 P -~ —With the hurricane death toll con- | sepvatively estimated at 1,000, the spéctre of famine stalked through Porto Rico today. At least 300,000 persons wege said Disease was ghreatened. Hailf Homeless Half of the jsland's population of almost 2,000,000 was thought to be homeless. It was feared that the property damage would aggregate mQre than $100400,000. Declaration of martial law, the re- | quisitioning and rationing of food and the drafting of all able-bodied men was urged of Governor Herace M. Towner by a group of leading citizens. The group in a petition asserted that so far neither the government nor any other agency had taken ad- equate steps for relief nor to ascer- tain the facts as to immediate needs. i The national guard has been or- dered out to protect property from looters. Efforts are being made to stop profiteering. Nine of the island's 77 towns re- ported more than 250 dead. Others veported no loss ot life. Communi- cation with other places cut, it will be weeks before accurate reports cen be received from the rural sec- tions, in which more than 70 per | cent of the people live. Conservative Figure Physicians and others with conditions said that a death toll with 1,000 as a final figure was a conservative estimate. No continental Americans have heen reported jured. The known dead in towns reporting were: the various Cayey, 16; Guayama, 60; Humacao, 50; Ponce, | 25; Arecibo, 15; Aguadilla, 10; Na- cuabo, 10; Las Piedras, 5; and Fa- pardo, 3. Crops Gone Most of the food crops were de- stroyed. Half of the homes were de- stroyed or damaged beyond repair. probably the most seriously situated are the “Jivaros,” the poor country folk numbering nearly 1,000,000, who have no reserve resources. Tales of thelr suffering were reaching 8an Juan today. Joaquin Villanueva, a university instructor of Vega Baja, said the country people were coming into town by hundreds begging for food. Hard pressed merchants gave them as much as they were able. Villa- nueva with his family walked most of the 25 miles from Vega Baja to Ban Juan. Paul Maloney, who motored from Naguabo on the east coast, said a mi with a bag of rice, a bag of beans and a side of pork, was liter- ally mobbed by 250 homeless and hungry persons at Naguabo Playa. 300,000 Hungry A petition to Governor ‘Towner said that 300,000 persons were hun- gry and would have nothing to eat for another week unless immediate and drastic action was taken. These four proposals were laid be- fore the governor: {—Declaration qf martial law throughout the land, with officers of the 65th infantry in command. 2—Requisitioning of all food, sup- plies and materials in the island to be issued only in permit following & definite plan of rationing. Governor Towner urged the sec- retary of war to send immediate funds in whatever amount available and more when possible. He assert- ed the island had suffered the worst hurricane ever recorded in the West Jndies and that the facts “are worse than have becn reported.” fhe governor also urged presiden- tial approval for a general appeal tor ald through the American ‘Red Cross and asked that a Red Cross rehabilitation unit be sent to Portd ico. mEnergeuc efforts to stop profiteer- ing in food end supplies were made by Governor Towner. As a conec: quence of great damage to the crop. coffee jumped from 48 cents a peund to 65 cents in some. stores In some places milk rose from 18 and 42 cents to 50 and 76 cents a quart. The city is largely without fjce. The price of lumber soared from $45 to $75 a thousand feet and cement was boosted $1 a bag. Loss $100,000,000 A check on crop and o:h ages resulted in an estimate of | :fi:,snrm with many items unlisted. These, it was believed, would in- crease the damage above $100,00 000. Damage to property and pub- lic buildings, such as schools and hospitals, and to roads, stores and merchandise was not estimated The itemized list of ‘SH:’I\LI'W? loszes was: Coffee crop. $10,000,000; coffee trees, §10,000,000; sugar cane crop, 320,000,000; sugar factories. $5,000,000; citrus crop \m-l‘v'm’xln’;‘;'ms' 5 age to groves, $5.000,000; £5.000,000; Porto Rico Light and Power company. a telephone and tel er dam- of $65,- ntial services werc partly re- stored in San Juan and hundreds of men were clearing debris from the roads. B \ ctivities in Week’s A Catholic Churches | Andrew’s Church St win services schedule of at St Andrew’s chureh sermon at the vespers in The r was resume erday with o'clock mass and the afternoon at 4 o'clock Banns of mariiage were ed for th. sccond time Joseph Stanaitis ot Southington ard Miss Anna Stankevich of 101 Beld en street. The members of the church were urged to take part in the World War Memorial Dedication parade next Saturday The annual church fain will be held in the h hall on Church streel Septembe 2% and 29 On Saturday at 7:30 o'clock requiem anniversary mass will celebrated for Walter Jakimonis who was killed in the World War. publish between chy a to be hungry. | familiar | either killed or in- | HURRICANE HITS PALM BEACH, LA, (Continued from First Page) kind into West Palm Beach or Palm Beach today, the lines having gone | down shortly after the hurricane ; struck the cities. Relief forces wera isent from Miami today after uncon- | firmed reports of casualties were re- ceived. Miami, however, was isolated | | from wire communications and if couriers have returned from the | hurricane area, no report has reach- ed the outside world. North of West Palm Beach, the lack of communications extended to Melbourne, more than one hundred miles, while conditions south were not known owing to the failure of the wire into Miami. Operates on 38 Meters Grange said the Palm Beach sta- | tion was working on 38 meters. Two Killed Tampa, Fla., Sept. 17 (P—A wire- less dispatch from West Palm Beach picked up by Station 4BN here says two persons were killed and 50 in- jured as a result of the West Indian | storm that isolated that vicinity last Inight. The message was received from station 4AFC and was signed “Crimath."” It added that an unconfirmed re- | port from Boynton south of there |said 40 persons were buried in a | school building which collapsed. An- other report from Deerville said sev- eral negroes were dead. Many buildings in district of West Palm | damaged, the message the I)usinflss‘- Beach were added. ships Ride Out Gale | New York, Sept. 17 P —Ameri- can steamers in the hurricane's path reports today indicated, safely out- rode the tempest, with one excep- tion. All have safely reached port or are proceeding on their courses. One Unreported The freighter Carolyn, under charter to the Grace Line was the only steamer unreported. No fear was felt for the ship, however, as she was scheduled to reach Colom- bia tomorrow or Wednesday and was believed to have missed the storm, Reports to the Bull line placed the damage to Porto Rico well over $100,000,000. Crops not ruined were badly damaged. Roads are impass- able. The eastern shipping ports of "Yabucoa and Hunacoa were wiped out. Two of the line's steamers, Clare | and Catherine, docked in Porto Rico in the last 24 hours. A third, the Helen, is en route while the Del- fina arrive today. All four vessels have,cargoes of foodstuffs. Due Tomorrow The San Lorenze of the New York and Porto Rico line is due to dock here tomorrow. The boat was in | 8an Juan harbor when the hurri- cane struck and was delayed a day | in leaving for New York. | | Coolidge Anxious | Washington, Sept. 17 (P)—Presi- | dent Coolidge's first request when he reached his office today was of the latest news from the hurricane swept sections in Florida and in the | West Indies. He called on John Barton Payne, chairman of the Red Cross, Major General Summerall, chief of army staff, and Assistant Secretary Robins of the war department for a detail- ed report on what has been done thus far to aid in relief and rehabili- tation work. Ship to sail The Red Cross announced today that the U. 8. 8. Bridge would sail from New York today for Porto Rico with supplies for those strick- en In last week's hurricane. Captain | (UP)—The high NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER I, 1928 the overhead will start repairing lines. L) s Washington, 'Sept. 17 (M—The weather bureau's weather condition report on the tropical storm today said: “The tropical stérm is central this morning over the Florida peninsua east of Tampa, where the barometer reading at 8 a. m., was 29.00 inches. Titusville reported a barometer reading of 29.24 inches and wind of hurricane force from the east. “This severe storm continues to move northwestward at the rate of about 300 miles per day. Hurricane warnings remain displayed from Punta Gorda to Apalachicola, Flor- ida, and south of Jacksonville to Ju- piter and storm warnings elsewhere on the Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi coasts. Wind Changes Beach, Fla, Sept. 17 wind beating on this city veered from the northeast to the southeast today and increased in velocity to around 60 miles an hour. Trees were uprooted, roofs dam- aged, signboards demolished and plate glass windows smashed. No casualties had been reported. The Halifax river tide was at rec- ord height. The gale blew the crested water into Beach street— the main thoroughfare of the city. The Atlantic was flaked with toss- ing combers. The unusually high tide on the ocean front had done no damage. No indication of the extent of damage south of here was obtain- able. Daytona Over Polk County 4 Tampa, Fla., Sept. 17 (®—The tropical disturbance today had ap- parently turned north-northeast over the northern part of Polk county W. J. Bennett, government meteorologist reported at 10 a. m. The barometer which reached 28.98 here early today had risen two points at 10 a. m. and the wind had dropped. The highest wind velocity, he said, was 24 miles an hour at 7 a. m. Yachts Are Iost Daytona Beach, Fla. Sept. 17 (UP)—Yachts in the Halifax river were being battered to pieces today by high winds and lashing seas, as the edge of a hurricane struck this city. Owners looked on helplessly. A Florida cast coast raflway pa senger train due at 5:30 a. m., was missing. Railroad officials believed it was marooned in the hurricane district to the south. The number of passengers on the train was unknown. At §:30 a. m. winds from the southeast were increasing in force. The barometer reading at 8:30 a. m. was 29.25 the lowest in years. Two houses on Ocean Boulevard were blown down, but no one was reported injure . Six Are Dead Paris, Sept. 17 (—Storm damage in the French West Indies has prov- ed lighter than was first feared al- though six deaths have been report- ed to the ministry of colonies by the governors of Martinique and Guade- loupe. Three men were drowned Martinique by a tidal wave w'ch swamped a score of small boats. A few houses were wrecked and con- siderable damage was caused to at | crops and highways. Guadeloupe suffered somewhat more severely, many persons being injured in addition to three killed, All communications were destroyed for a time. Several buildings col- lapsed and many were unroofed while heavy crop damage was caus- ed. Rotinson Ready Miami, Fla., Sept. 17 (#—Senator Joseph T. Robinson, stood ready to- T. H. Taylor will be in charge. Sccretary Wilbur ordered the Bridge to load with supplies at the Brooklyn navy yard and leave as soon as posstble. Lieutenant Commander Robert T. Young of the destrover Gilmer which sailed from Charleston, §. C., with Red Cross officials and sup- | plies tor Porto Rico, reported that his vessel had avoided the storm and is expected to arrive at fan Juan to- | morrow” morning. The Gilmer took |'a course east of the path of the hurricane, which has delayed its arrival, A communication from the di rector of naval communications at | $an Juan filed at midnight Svamr‘ ber 16 advised the navy department that there were mo casualtics to | navy. army or marine corps person- nel or families in San Juan, Cayey | or 8. Thomas.~ Conditions Bad ’A dispatch from the naval station | at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, from | Captain Waldo Evans. governor, faid that he had proceeded to Bt | Croix on the tug Grebe and found conditions there very bad. Six per- | sons were dead and 20 were injured. the dispatch said. The probable | damage will reach at least $400,000 | according in the dispatch. Among the dispatehe tain Evans was one t damage was done to the nd water fronts in the that some houses were &t. Thomas but there was no loss of Iife or serions injuries Aerials Blown Dow At St. Thomas the aerials to the radio station were blown down but have been repliced, but comt munication had been < with &t Croix or St cable communication was interrnpt ed This dispatch said that feared that St. Croix suffered most from Cap- | satd much establ Johns Coast Lme Cut OF New York, Sept. 17 (B—The 0 tire Atlantic coast of Florida sout! ot Titusville was eut off trom com munication with the £ e country today by the cials of the I'ostal Telegraph reported. Telegraph wires to Tampa on tir vest coast were reported operufing atisfactorily, The Western [ nion < prepared for the storm and nud 1% repair gangs concentrated in the | viemity of Titusville and Palm Beach Saturday. These men laying soft ground cable. and rest o hurricans, offy Union 4 compani stern cable are | soon as communication is recstab- | phone company officials ! lished with the stricken zone they R D HERALD C IVIED ADS day to abandon temporarily his role of democratic vice presidential can. | didate and become a relief worker during the Klorida hurricane emer gency. Should a call received from the section f the 'B'H(Q affected by the hurricane which was crossing the state early today, the nominee, now in Miami. was ready to cancel all engagements here and proceed immediately te the scene of the disaster, Stay on Car The senator is scheduled to speak in Bay Front Park tonight, an¢ planned to give the address unless storm relief work should call him away. He and Mrs. Robinson. who is accompanying him on his cam paign tour of the south, remained aboard their private car all night in the railroad v Before retiring. obinson 'eft word that his car along with an other Pullman attached to it for newspaper men should he attach to the first relief train which migh* leave the city. s said that Mr. Robinson at in the event of a call for his private car would he of cinasmuch as it was equip- ped with a kitchen and stecked with sufficien food o last for five or six days ance he rds here. M High Wind Fo ampa, velocity of 4 o'clock w J t (P —Wind an hour by s forecast carly faday hy Bennett, government mwteor t here. The center of the hur which moved inland from Atlantic n vesterday he was some where north . Tampa Blowinz at £ A the wind wa miles an hour was overcast and squall from barometer reading 20,00, a drop of 0 e of bio he Ky an occasional rain the north. The t that hour was 7 points in fom hours The terday steamer Culit, due to sail yes th passengers anchored in Tampa 10 Temain nntil storn danzer is according Peninsular and Occidenta amship Co. offices Advices from the Gulf ‘outh orn Tampa. due here y vith passengers and frey New Orleans said shr out & stiff blow at the mor mya Bay and would dork the wind abated sufficiently make progress. Wires Are Down Reports from the Peninsular Tele- a to ani rday t from riding h of T: for her to were down at Rradenton ta. Bartow and farther south and that they had lost their northern ! route through Orlando. Earlier re- <0- ports said they had lost a number of lines between Arcadia and Wau- chula southeast of Tampa. The Barometer reading at 7 o'clock this morning at Lakeland was 28.81, according to weather bureau reports. Fort Plerce Damaged Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 17 (P— Indications that yesterday's storm was as severe as far north of West | Palm beach as Fort Piercé were giv- en today in reports from wire com- panies. When the Western Union's wire failed at Fort Plerce about 9 o'clock last night, operators said a high gale ! was sweeping the city and that a | passenger train which arrived there shortly atter noon, at five o'clock still was waiting for the storm to abate before proceeding south. Fort Pierce is 52 miles north of West Palm beach. Titusville, which was the wire communication outpost this morning, is approximately 140 | miles north of West Palm beach. The telephone operator at Titusville said strong winds were blowing there last night. Fort Plerce section was hard hit by the August storm, as was Stuart. 17 miles south of there and the in- habitants barely had completed re- pairs to roofs of houses before the present storm. Rich, citrus groves on the Indian fered heavy damage in the August storm. The Palm beaches, one of the most widely known of the Florida winter resorts are on the lower east coast some 70 miles north of Miami. Ac- tually, Palm beach and West Palm beach are separate municipalities, separated by Lake Worth but linked by long bridges or causeways. Palm beach. the seat proper of an exclusive winter colony, is situated on the Atlantic Ocean side, while its neighbor, a thriving commercial center, is on the inland fringe of the lake. Palatial hotels, private residences and casinos abound In Palm beach, which derived its name from the lux- urious palm trees that flourish along the beach for miles. . Exclusive Town Exclusive bathing beaches where celebrities of many countries are seen during the season, bridle paths and boardwalks that wind through exotic tropical foliage and wide boulevards that skirt the city from lake to ocean also go to make up this millionaires’ playground. The private yachts of many of the resort's wealthy patrons lie at an- chor in Lake Worth during the tour- ist season. West Palm beach, however, is the chief business center of the two. Here are located banks, stores, | newspaper offices and other branch- es of commercial activity that draw their support from both cities. West Coast Walting St. Peterburg, Fla, Sept. 17 (P —With the West Indian hurricane centered somewhere between Wau- chula and Arcadia in central part of Florida early this morning, the en- tire west coast area was waiting for the coming of the main blow which was expected to pass out over the coast sometime this forenoon, With practically no information from the sections through which the storm has passed since it entered Florida in the vicinity of Palm beach late Sunday afternoon it was difficult for weather bureau officials to predict the path of the storm or | what velocity, might be expected. | At the office of the U. 8. Weather Bureau at Tampa it was expected | that the center of the storm would | pass out over the gulf somewhere | south of St. Petersburg early to- | day, and a maximum velocity of sev- | enty miles an hour was predicted. | This would indicate that the storm has been reduced in intensity con- siderably since it hit Palm Beach | where it was said to have blown 100 | miles an hour at ¢ o'clock Sunday. Take Precautions All along the west coast of Flori- | da every precaution has been taken | to prevent damage to property. | Stores and house have been boarded | {up. and boats have been taken to sheltered waters until the storm has | passed. Residents of Clewiston, Moore- | en and other towns on the south ‘and west banks of Lake Okeechobee | were reported fleeing to Sebring an | other cities on ‘higher ground, as it | was feared the force of the hurri- cane coming out of the east and al- | most directly across the lake would blow the water out of the lake and | flood the cities which are below the |level of the lake. | The fruit crop in the ridge sec- | tion of the state is said to have suf- fered as a result of the storm. | Two Tampa-Havana steamers | were facing the hurricane today with 100 passengers aboard was an- chored in Tampa Bay off Gadsden Point, riding out the storm. The other, returning from Havana Tampa was in the gulf off the west coast of Floi#la and was experienc- inz difficulty m making headway. It was considered strange that early today Tompa reported onl winds of 25 wiles an honr while St. Petersburg, only miles to the west of the gulf was cxperiencing blasts that recorded as high as 50 miles at times Low Tides Recorded Telephone operators said the last word from Ravascta, Lradenton, Veni, Petersburz had siiff winds hut had not felt the full effects of the hur- ricanes Low tides the west coust At fiv teday meter which had besn ping all night was vas at ten wiinimuim recorded in the 6. The wind was blowing about 40 miles 10 45 miles an hour parently was inere steadily. were recorded all along a'clock the baro teadily drop least poin s below the | weather Tampa reported that the barometdr there lad dropped fo L9.05 and was still falling. The wind had increased o 40 miles an hour. At 1:30 this morning it ported that the wind was blowing at Venice at the rate of 60 miles an ho with a barometer reading of Communication failed at that time and nothing further was heard from the southern part of the west coast after that honr \ Tampa. Fla.. Sept The & S Tampa. passenger from New Orloans to Tampa, radiced here last night that she was heing held by the storm off the Florida west was re Steamer Held By ¢ 17 P vessel river banks through the section, suf- | to and other towns south of St. | 20,14 here which | rm ot | coast and unable to make headway. The vessel asked for a report of weather conditions in this vicinity. The message was picked up by navi reserve members shortly after mid- night working an improved ‘set at the weather bureau. Left Saturday New Orleans, Sept. 17 UP—The Steamship Tampa, which reported last night she was held off the Flor- ida west coast by the storm, left here Saturday with 27 passengers. Names of passengers were not available. Start Rellef Miami, Fla.,, 8ept. 17 UP—Florida today turned to the administration | of relief and a checking up of dam- ages in the section devastated by |the West Indian hurricane and to | protective measures in places lying hin the indicated path of the storm. Relief units were dispatched to Palm Beach and West Palm Beach, “whluh were isolated late yesterday, | together with a dozen other com- munities. Before communication lines went down, meager reports in- dicated that severe damage may have been inflicted and unofficial wind velocities ranging as high as 125 miles an hour were reported. No report on possible loss ‘of life !had been received early today but among the uncontirmed reports reaching here was one made to H. H. Arnold, director of public safety, by the police department at West Palm Beach, saying that the wind !was blowing 125 miles an hour at six o'clock last night and that roofs of buildings were ‘“being blown about.”, Phone Cut Out Before Arnold finished talking. | the telephone line went down. Tele- | phone and telegraph lines likewis: were reported out north of West Palm Bach as far as Fort Pierce, | but the Jupiter radio station, about |20 miles above the Palm Beachea was said to be working with naval stations. Below West Palm Beach, | communications were down to Fort Lauderdale. Houses Unroofed | "A preliminary check-up at Fort | Landerdale which was struck by | winds estimated at 75 miles an | hour, said several houses had been | unroofed and power disrupted. | There were no reports of casualties. | Meanwhile, 2 Red Cross unit here left for the Palm Beaches to ren- der aid if necessary. Units in other { sections of the state were prepared |to enter the area should Investiga- tion prove that aid is needed. Be | fore becoming isolated, West Palm | Beach reported that the American Legion had taken over relief meas- ures there and was prepared for any emergency. The inhabitants were asked to stay inside their | homes and it was believed they | would be able to withstand the blow. Passes Inland The weather bureau believed the storm center passed inland in the | vicinity of West Palm Beach, but. in the absence of Uefinite reports, it was unable to fix the exact passage or trend of the storm. Hurricane warnings, however, were out along the west Florida coast which the | bureau said the storm “likely will reach not far from Tampa” during today. If the storm pursued the north- westward course it has since sweeping through the West In- dies, it would have crossed last night a sparsely Inhabited region bordering Lake Okeeshobee, Flce for Safety Many of the inhabitants of the lake towns fled for safety to Lake- land, Avon Park and other places in central Florida. Residents from east coast cities joined the caravan, after the issuance yesterday of the hurricane warnings. and were said to have filled the highway leading across the state. Many autoists sought safety by driving northward up the east coast- highway. But little distress was reported from shipping. Vessels had been warned in advance and put into the first available port to await the pas- | sage of the hurricane. Mountainous scas were reported from the vicinity of the path taken by the storm, one vessel wirclessing that it had en- 4 | countered 90-mile winds. Weather bureau reports were that | winds of 100 miles an hour velocity accompanied the storm as it ad- vanced upon the Florida coast. Correspondents of the St. Peters. burg Times who started for the east coast got through a message to that newspaper carly today from Frost Proof saying that they had encoun- tered a heavy storm there with the wind blowing in excess of 50 miles an hour. Frost Proof lies in the central part of the state east-south- east of Tampa. They reported that as they neared the town, they were asked for a ride by a man and five little children who said that their home had been blown over. In Frost Proof they found large numbers of people | huddled together in an arcade | building for protection. Palatka Suffers Also Palatka, Fla., Sept. 17 (UP)— Heavy damage to power and trans- | mission lines in this part of Florlda was reported today by the Florida Power and Light Co. A heavy wind blew down awnings, trees and signs carly today. Tt w: a steady blow from the northeast of about 50 miles an hour velocity. Vetes $5,000 New Have pt. 17 (P—The su preme couneil of the Knights of Co- lumbus announced today it had con- tributed 25,000 to the relief of the sufferers in fhe hurricane in Porto Rico. nd ap- | The police are investigiting a re- port by Adolph Zidel of 19 Hayes | street that he was held up on Farm | ington avenue, mnear Allen street, rly yvesterday morning by four men. who took $10 and tried to take his watch, missing it when it fell to the sidewalk. They also assaulted him. he told Officer L. E. Harper. RED CROSS ASKS AID Peter Crona. chairman of the | New Britain chapter of the Red { Cross, has issned an appeal for re | lief funds for the hurricane disaster victims in the West Indies. Mr. | Crona said the Red Cross has sent $50.000 from its Washington head quarters and all local chapters are asked to assume their share. followed | SWEENEY TAKES EDALIST HONOR Tops Big Field in Play for | Shuttle Meadow Championship W. J. S8weeney was medalist in the qualifying round of the tourna- ment for the championship played at Shuttle Meadow club Baturday and Sunday. He led the field with a mark of 78 for the round. He is the favorite to .win through_ this year because of the fact that a new champion will be crowned. Alan Sweetser, winner of the champion- ship last year is not entered this year because he will not be in the city for the tournament. The first 16 who will play in the championship flight anc the marks they' made are as follows: W. J. Sweeney, 78; C. W. Manning, 81; T. 8 Hart, 81; D. R. Manning, 82; C. E. Parker, 82; C. W. Davis, 84; Clarence Barnes, 85; O. E. Bwift, 86; C. F. Btanley, 86; E. V. Higbee. 86, H. 8. Humphrey, 87; L. 8. Jones, 88; P. B. Stanley, 88; K. H. Knowl- ton, 88: J. H. Kirkham, 88, and Stan Hart, 89. The pairing for the matches in the first round were drawn as follow: W. J. 8weeney vs. C. F. Stanley; C. E. Parker vs. P. B. Stanley; T. 8. Hart vs. H. 8. Humphrey; Clarence Barnes vs. J. H. Kirkham; Clarence Manning vs. E. V. Higbee; C. W. Davis ve. K. H. Knowlten; D. R Manning vs. L. 8. Jones and O. E. Swift vs. Stanley Hart. Matches in the first round must be finished before Thursday night, September 20, and second round matches must be played on or be- fore Sunday, September 23. second Flight Pairings in the second 16 in the club championship match are as fol- lows: William Cowles vs. G. O. Por- ter; J. H. Robinson vs. J. C. Bier- y; C. W. Wilson vs. Logan Page, D. A. Shaw vs. Al Knowles; Ed Twitchell vs. Willlam Johnson; E. M. Smith vs. R. T. Frisbie; F. H. Shield vs. P. F. McDonough and A. Porter vs. R. C. Germond. POLITICAL BARBECUE New Britain to Be Well Represented at Fifth District Sheep Rcast at Lake Compounce Thursday. A delegation of about 50 local democrats will attend the fifth sena- torial district barbecue at Lake Compounce Thursday night. Plans for the barbecue have been {12id_out by former Mayor Joseph | K. Dutton of Bristol. Congressman | Black of New York city, lawyer and | author, who was in the New York | assembly during Governor Smith's first term at Albany, is to be the featurcd speaker. Others on the program are Charles G. Morris, can- didate for governor; Augustine | Lonergan, candidate for the United States senate. Jesse Moore of Farm- ington, Herman Koppelman of | Hartford and Ufa Guthrie of Hart- gressional nomination for this di trict, will be introduced, as will also | Attorney George LeWitt of this city. | nominee for secretary of state. Mr. Dutton has made reservations | for delegations from Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, Waterbury, Stamford and this city, in addition to the cities and towns in the fifth district. Expect Big Attendance At Builders’ Barbecue Reservations are being made {large numbers for the sheep barbe- cue of the New Britain Master Builders' association, which takes place Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 lo'clock at Lake Compounce. In charge of the barbecue is the lowing committee: Iugene F. son, K. L. Johnson, CI. nce Call; han, B. 8tein, I. Wexler, A. N. Ruth- erford and Harry Battiston: Through the courtesy of the Ha; ware City Lumber Co. a movirg be shown, and a vaudeville program and music will be presented. VETS HAVE RE Bridgeport, Sept. ‘;Gflh annual reunion of the society of the 14th Connecticut regiment | met here today with 50 delegates | present. It was stated that only 12 {of the original muster of the regi- ment are now alive and but five of these were present. The member- ship of the society includes rela- 1ti\'en of the members of the regi ment. Frank A. King of this city was elected president. Other officers | will be elected this afternoon. JON MARRIAGE INTENTIONS Marriage license applications have been filed by the following: Theo- | dore Capsalore of 123 Sefton drive, jand Emma Hall of Middletow: { William J. Kelly of 41 Hart Ter. Irace, and Katherine Agnes Kerin of 61 Wells street; Walenty Samsel of | Mineola, L. 1. and Helen Luma of 86 Concord street: Frank D. Vig- | inao of Windsor Locks, and Sylvia G. Vincelette of 20 Mitchell street; Clifford F. Barrett of 391 Arch istreet, and Alice D. Clauson of Newington. MISS HELM % Miss Helen Helm of 97 Glen | street was the guest of honor at a | miscellaneous shower given by Mrs. | John Schroeder of 44 Wellington | street Friday evening. The home was | decorated with goldenrods and other | held flowers with an attractive ar-| | rangement of green. white and blue | streamers. About 30 guests were | present. Miss Helm received many Dbeautiful gifts. She will become the bride of Hugo Schumacher of Arch strect on October 13. Following their wedding trip they will make their home on Columbia street. ELECTRICIANS' GO The annual golf tournament of the Connecticut Light and Power Co.. will be held at Highland Park. | Meriden Thursday. Among those | who will go from New Britain arc I|B. H. McElhone, L. B. Clark. A. W. Borg. B. L. Crampton, R. C. Mec- Connell, and W. R. Pond. ford, rival candidates for the con- picture of the lumber industry will | 17 (@ — The | CONGREGATIONAL WOMEN 10 CONSOLIDATE WORK Home and Foreigu Missionary Branches to Be Welded Into One Group October 2. Plans for the consolidation of the Congressional Home Misslonary union and the New Haven-Hartford and Eastern foreign missionary branches ot the state arc expected to culminate in a meeting to be held ip the Center Congregational church of Hartford, October 2. The meeting will be held for the purpose of consolidating the Union and the branches into one organi- zation to be known as “The Council of Congregational Women of Con- necticut.” [ Amng the speakers will be Rev. Dr. Rockwell Harmon Potter of Hartford, Rev. Dr. Day of Bridge- [ port, Rev. Hilda L. Ives of Port- |land, Me.; Rev. Dr. Oscar Maurer of New Haven, Mrs. Hannah Hume Lee of New Haven, Mrs. Jennio Pratt of Ellis Island and Miss Helen Calder of Boston. NEW BRITAIN GIRLS KILLED IN CRASH (Continued from First Page) line to pass a truck and headed di- | rectly into a car coming in the op- | posite direction. Both cars were crowded with passengers with the result that six persons were injured. | Eel's Hill, in Milford, scene of t | death of two men, has been a bad | spot for a number of years and sev- eral accidents have occurred there | recently. | Walter Larson, 18, a senior at | West Hartford high school, was in- | stantly killed at Thompsonville when returning from a dance with 6 com- | panions, after their car had been !struck by another driven by Frank Mockus of Westfield, Mass. | rence Yandow of West Hartford was | driving the car in which Larson was Killed. Witnesses said that Mockus attempted to cut out of the line of traffic to pass a truck and crashed head-on with Yandow's car. 8ix pas- | sengers of the two cars were pain- tully |injured and taken to the hos- pital. Failure to slacken their speed on Eel's Hill near Milford was the cause of two more deaths, Leroy Griffin, 21, and Elmer Jackson, 25, both ne- groes, were Killed when thelr car plunged off the road and turned over | striking a tree. Griffin was killed in- | stantly and Jackson died a few hours |later in the Milford hospital. A | brother of Griffin who was riding in |the car was uninjured. Alex Szeman of Bridgeport was struck by a car operated by Scott L. | Whitney, of Stratford, and died at 8. Vincent's hospital of a fractured skull, Josoph Saloniu, T4, of Middletown, was seriously injured when he was struck by a car driven by Malcolm P. Nichols of New Haven. Salonia stepped into the path of the New Haven car, after he had started to cross the street. AN STONED BY MOB 1S MISSING CONVCT (Continued from First Page) was informed today by Chief Hart of the man's record. According to the attorney, Desautel's wife in Springfield, Vt., wired money im- mediately on receiving word of the plight and the last seen of Desautel by the attorney was when he was heading towards the local trolley station, having been directed to a Hartford trolley car. In conversation with the attorney in preparation for the trial, Desautel said he had never been arrested anywhere, and claim- ed to have only recently left a hos- pital, where he was under treat- ment for tuberculosis. HIGH AND BERUTA §18. 10 GET SEWER SERVICE ! City 10 Relieve That Section of City of Disagrecable Post-Storm situation. Work will be started this week on a storm water sewer in the locality | of High and Beruta streets, which | when completed, will relieve condi- | tions in that neighborhood which | have caused frequent complaint to | the department of publjc works and | the ofiice of the mayor. This is the | district which has suffered most from storm water overflows in re cent years. | Poles are being removed from the | curbs on Chestnut street, the over- | head wires having been transferred to the subways. | The old bridge on Shuttle Meadow avenue, just west of the intersection | of Lincoln street. will be removed next week and culverts placed. | Weather permitting, the board of | public works will inspect a grading | machine tomorrow. The machine is of new type and is operated by one man, whereas the present type re- | auires a force of three. ELABORATE CELEBRATION Naples, fept 17 (UP)—Elaborate preparations have been made for the celcbration on Wednesday in honor of the miracle of St. Jenarius, | patron saint of Milan. The streets | will be illuminated along the route of the parade and platoons from the army and navy forces will escort the s of the saint. 'ES BOARD Milan, Sept. 17 (I'P)—Podesta De Capitani received the bhoard of | trustees of la Scala opera house, who submitted their resignations as a matter of form, in view of the new Podesta’s accession to office. He urged the hoard to remain in office and all accept-d. Law- | SMITH'S CAMPAIGN STARTS IN WEST (Continued from First Page) York Central policé kept the crowds from jostling’ him, the nominee boarded the last car of hiu train, & club car, until the 8t Nicholas, private car of William F. Kenny ot New York and friend of the gover-. nor and observation car were hooked on. These two are being used by the Smith personal party. As the crowd let out shouts of “Good -luck Al" “Bring back the west AL" and “S8how ‘em Al" the governor appeared at the window of the club and waved his' hand. When he later transferred to the “Mark Beaubien,” the observation car, he made several appearances on: the platform to be photographed, torches and flares permitting dosens of pictures to be snapped. Hanging on the end of the train is a cir- cular illuminated sign reading “Smith-Robinson special, the victory ticket.” Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Warner aso made several appearances for bows and to thank the throng for the greetings both throwing candy Kkiss- es and flowers to the scores who fanked the car and stood on the tracks. The train pulled out shortly after 11 o'clock eastern standard time and it was not long after that Governor Smith made an unescorted tour of the entire train, shaking hands with the 40 newspapermen, &teno- graphers and office assistants. En- tering the work car equipped with typewriters for the reporters, the governor greeted each man individ- ually, and sat on the arms of the seats and exchanged pleasantries in the aisles. Going Into the sleepers, he reached: some of the compartments just in time to shake hands with some members of the entourage climbing into upper berths. He retired late. “Why go to bed” he remarked as he went through the cars “we don't have to get up early.” Besides Mrs. 8mith and the eldest daughter, Emily, the governor's per- sonal party includes Mrs. Daniel O'Day of Rye, N. Y., vice chairman of the democratic state committee of New York: Mr. Kenny, Major General Willlam N. Haskell, com- mander of the New York National Guard; Comptroller Charles W. Berry of New York City, who is a physician; Justice Joscph M. Pros- kauer, of the New York supreme court; Justice Bernard L. Shientag of the city court of New York; Former Senator and Mrs. Gilbert Hitchcock of Nebraska; . Bruce Kremer, democratic national com- mitteeman from Montana and John J. Glynn, nephew of Governor Smith and business manager of the train. Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock will go only as far as Omaha where the former senator publishes a news- paper, while Mr. Kreumer plans to accompany the party at least into Montana for the governor's appears ance at the state fair and his Helena specch. The democratic special had passed well within Northern Ohio before Governor S8mith stirred from his private compartment for a glimpse of a stretch of the southern shore of Lake Erie that most likely will see him again later on in the ecampaign. It is almost certain he will make a speech in Cleveland some time in October, although nothing definite has been decided for the nominee l'eyond his Rochester engegement the first of nest ronth. Syracuse, Rochester and DBuffalo, in the nominec's native state of New York, and Erie, Pa., were passed too carly for the governor to wave greet- ings to small patches of admirers. The presideatial noi ¢ made his first rear platiorm appearance at Cleveland when a erowd of about 100 persons gathered to rheer him. He made no spewch. “We need Al to succeed Cal the cry that went .p from - women who scid they were Yorkers, ‘Put on your derby.” was another shout. Eyeing Mrs. Smith, xeveral ‘n the crowd said, “Oh, isn't she grayd.” “Hurrah for our nest jresides the cry continne] gmiling broadly, the ucmince <hook the hards of ten or ti2ive be- fore the train pulled <ut. brown Crowd Expected Chicago, Sept. 17 (UP)—Despite cfforts of democratic leaders to dis- courage the staging of a demonstra- tion for Governor Alfred E. Smith as he passes through the city to. night on his way to open his presie dential campaign in Omoha, it is ex- pected he will be tendered a spone taneous ovation by Chicago admir- ers. Smith's 11-car special train will be shunted through the outskirts of the city in the transfer from the New York Central to Northwestern line. Chicago leaders will have an hour and 15 minutes with the candi- date. Request that any organized dems onstration be delayed until Gov, Smith's regular visit to the cuy, was made by James J. Joey, vice chairman of the democratic national committce. Chicago leaders agreéd to the requcst but with no ban impromptu celebrations it is likely that scveral thousand admirers will honor the candidate here. City Items The Ladies’ Aid of the First Luth- eran church will have a coffee social and program Thursday evening. Officer Delbert Veley. who sus- tained a painful injury to his leg when struck by a thrown ball in the New Britain-Meriden police baseball game in Meriden last month, is able to be about, but has not resumed duty. | Isabella Circle, National Daughe ters of Isabella, will hold their reg- uar meeting this evening at 8§ o'clock at the club rooms. A full attendance is desired. The first of a series of social events by the Women's Republican club will take place this evening. The program will include cards and other games. Reservations for tables are in charge of Mrs. Ray Leach and Mrs. F. W. Latham. The acceptance of a parcel of land for 'church and community welfare purposes from Rev. J. E. Klingberg will be discussed at @ meeting of the Barnesdale Com- munity club tomorrow evening. 4