The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-10-01

and persons remaining in many areas
were required to submit to typhoid
vaccination, and residents Of Davie
and Moore Haven were ordered to evac-
uate those towns because the water
supply was polluted and an epidemic
threatened. Vessels Of the United
States navy were put at the DISPOSE
ton Of the Red Cross, and the de-
stroyer Downe was rushed from
Charleston to Miami with serum and
the destroyer Cassin carried a load of
general supplies. Under the direction
Of Henry NJ. Baker, national disaster
director for the Red Cross, great num-
bers Of refugees from the shattered
towns were removed to nearby cities
in trucks, special trains and automo-
biles.
. Moore Haven, which was over
whelmed by the waters of Lake Okee-
chobee with a loss of more than 100
lives, may never be rebuilt. But steps
already have been taken for the re-
construction Of Miami Beach, Holly
wood and other places, while of course
Miami itself purposes soon to regain
its former splendor.
Damage done at Pensacola was es-
timated at 100000, and 1t was heavy
at Mobile and other places on the gulf.
st. Petersburg and other towns in that
vicinity reported no loss Of life but
considerable to property. The hurri-
cane before reaching Florida, had
killed score or more In the Bahama
islands and done tremendous property
damage, and Bimini island was raw
aged.
From Buenos Aires comes the report
Of another hurricane that struck the
town of Encarnacion, Paraguay, on the
Parana river, killing about 400 persons
and leveling thirty Of the city's blocks.
CAPT. RENE FONCK, the French
~ aviator, undertook to hop off. for
his nonstop flight from New York to
Paris In the giant Sikorsky plane built
for the project. Overloaded at the
last moment, the machine rushed down
the prepared runway at Roosevelt
field on Long Island, staggered along
for short distance with two wheels
collapsing, nose-dived into the earth
and burst into flames. Fonck and
Lieut.. L. W. Curtin, the alternate
pilot, crawled from the wreckage I'M
hurt, but Charles Clavier, the French
radio operator, and Jacob Islamof, the
Russian mechanician, were trapped in
the fuselage and were burned to death.
Grief stricken but undefeated, Igor
Sikorsky, the Russian designer and
president of the Sikorsky Manufactur-
ing corporation, briefly announced his
plans.
Officers Of the corporation" he
said, ''are shocked at the tragedy, but
we believe the best tribute we can pay
to their memory is to begin immediate
ly the building Of another plane to
carry out the project for which these
men gave their lives"
THE states members Of the World
i court agreed to accept the United
States reservations for adherence to
the court with the single condition
that by two-thirds majority the
court powers could repudiate their ac-
ceptance Of the reservations regarding
advisory opinions and the right to
amend statutes without the consent of
the United States.
The forty states participating ap-
proved the drafting committees proto-
col covering their terms on Americas
entry, and the joint note which will
be circulated to the various sigma
tories as the basis for framing their
individual replies to the United States.
The United States will be invited to
take part in conference with the
court states to frame special pro-
tocol to translate the five American
reservations into the language of the
court.
ID RAND and Stresemann, motoring
~ from Geneva to a French town
near the border, laid plans for rap
prochement between France and Ger
many that promises great things for
both countries and for Europe general
ly. BRAND reported to the French
cabinet and was given free hand to
proceed with the agreement, while
Doctor Stresemann, returning to Ber-
lin, prepared to fight the Nationalists
and Communists who alone oppose the
negotiations. 1t is understood the pro-
jected accord includes plan for the
immediate flotation of reich railway
debentures, as provided in the Dawes
plan, and that Frances share of these
amounts would be 7S0,000,O00 gold
marks, which would help to stabilize
] the franc. Germany demands reduc-