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Evening star., 1926-09-20
LOSES TOUCH BY RADIO.
New Orleans Naval Station Hears
Nothing From Pensacola.

NEW ORLEANS. September 20
N.-The United States naval radio
station at Algiers said today that at
am. the time it had last commune
cation with the naval station at Pen
sacola, Fla, the wind was blowing a
75-mile- -an-hour gale and the barom-
eter was down to 1905. Reports from
Mobile at am. said the barometer
there was at 1896. with a 72-mile
wind, and at Gulfport the barometer
at 9 o'clock was 29.42. The wind still
was north Of east, with gusts reach
ing so miles an hour. There was a.
slight drizzle, with the western half
Of the sky clear, indicating that Gulf
port was on the western edge Of the
hurricane.
Although the local naval station has
a 30minute working schedule with
the Pensacola station. it had not been
in communication with that point
since o'clock, although at several
times since then the Pensacola sta
ton had been heard or commercial
wave lengths.
Western Union wires connecting the
radio station at Pensacola with the
city are down, the local station said,
but they had no report Of any fur
ther damage.
The naval station said that the CEN
ter Of the storm appeared to be pass
ing toward Mobile.
All. WIRES ARE DOWN
Evening star., 1926-09-20
ALL WIRES ARE DOWN.
Atlanta Hears Storm Is Headed
Toward BurWOOd, La.

ATLANTA, September 20 R.-The
devastating hurricane which ragged
across the lower part Of Florida over
the week end today was reported
descending upon Pensacola. in the ex-
treme northwest Of the same State.
A wind which was blowing at the
rate Of 80 miles an hour. attended by
terrific downpour. was reported
from Pensacola early today. Wire
communication with Pensacola was in
terrupted early this morning when
the Associated Press circuit of the
Western Union lines went out. The
Western Union chief said that all
wires into Pensacola had been lost and
that communication between virtually
all points between Montgomery and
Mobile also had been severed.
The storm apparently was headed
toward Burwood, La. Whether its
progress along the Gulf Coast will be
marked with destruction equal to that
which attended its disastrous trail
scroSs Florida was causing worry to
thousands.
Observers of the hurricane said
that it seemed to have caused its
greatest damage when it doubled
trail. This Is believed to have been
the case in Miami and vicinity. where
reports estimate the greatest loss Of
life and heaviest damage to property.
jacksonville Hears Nothing.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. September
90 (P)-Efforts to communicate by
telephone with six towns northwest
and near Pensacola, reported to be in
the new path of 100-mile an hour
wind, were unavailing up to 1914
am. today. Telephone company Of
ficials reported that wire trouble was
acute in the area.
Evening star., 1926-09-20
FORT MYERS TOLL
PLACED At EIGHT
Six of Crew on Fishing Boat
Are Swept 0verboard-Two
Women Washed Into Gulf.
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASSUcldteu TIcSbs
FORT MYERS, Fla, September 20.
The death toll in the Fort Myers erea
was brought to a probable eight, when
Capt. Bolita of Cuban fishing smack,
cast upon Estero Island, reported that
six members of his crew had been
swept overheard and lost off Capitva
Island. A six-yearold cabin boy tied
to life buoy was washed ashore a
few minutes after the captain report
ed land.
Both were cared for by residents of
the island and brought to Fort Myers.
The bodies of two women, Mrs.
James A. McCool and a Miss Bradley,
drowned at Punta Rassa late Satur-
day, were recovered yesterday. They
were washed into the gulf by a giant
wave while trying to flee from their
automobile which had become strand
ed in the flooded road. w. e. Bradley
and his wife, who were with them,
were rescued. A relief expedition was
preparing to embark on a river steam
err for Moorehaven. Mayor Frank E.
Kellow is in command.
Evening star., 1926-09-20
PENSACOLA CUT OFF.
Mobile Station Antennae Damaged by
High Winds.

MOBILE. Ala, September 90 lP.--
All communication with Pensacola has
failed. Efforts were made to commu-
nicate with the city by radio from
Mobile. but the antennae at the local
station was damaged by the high
winds here and put out of commission
temporarily.
Pensacola is located on Pensacola
Bay. body of water IL miles long
and miles wide. Pensacola Bay emp
ties into the Gulf of Mexico. The mar
row entrance into the gulf Is defended
by Fort PickenS, on the west end of
Santa Rosa Island, Fort Barrancas is
on the mainland. north Of Fort Pick
ems. On the mainland. one mile east
of Fort aBrrancas lies the United
States naval station, consisting Of a
navy yard, steel floating dry dock and
marine barracks. Two villages, War
rington and Woolsey. are located near
the navy yard, with a population Of
approximately $50.
A hurricane driving north-north.
west from the south Florida devasta-
ton area would strike Pensacola
across Pensacola Bay from the Gulf
of Mexico. Pensacola, the county seat
of Escambia County. had a population
of 25.305 in the last census.
Although not protected by an elab-
crate seawall. the city is protected from
the Gulf Of Santa Rosa Bar It's busi-
ness and residential districts have con.
siderable height above the waters
edge.
LOSES TOUCH BY RADIO.
Evening star., 1926-09-20
FLORIDA BUSINESS MEN
HASTEN FROM NEW YORK
Miami's Mayor. Hollywood S
Founder and Others Leave
on Special Trains.


NEW YORK. September 20.--J. NJ.
Smoot. president of the Miami Jockey
Club, now in New York, announced to-
day that damage to the Jockey Clubs
property at 1Iialeah would cause no
postponement of the Winter racing
schedule. Mr. SmoOt will leave for
Miami tonight on a special train with
a group of friends and business men
having interests there.
Miami will overcome this and he
ready for the tourists by January,
he said.
Another special train left New York
early today carrying Joseph w.
Young, founder of Hollywood; Frank
3. Shuts, publisher of the Miami Her
aid; Mayor Ed e. Rompf Of Miami.
Fl. c. Stilwell. publisher OF the Fort
Lauderdale News and members or
their families.
Mr.. Young said his first duty would
be to relieve the suffering families of
Hollywood and to take steps to rebuild
that portion of the city damaged by
the hurricane.
Evening star., 1926-09-20
RED CROSS CHIEFS
RUSH TO FLORIDA
Disaster Relief Director
Baker Recalled From Flood
Areas in West.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Nationwide relief machinery OF tn"
American Red Cross was at work to-
day carrying aid and comfort Ia the
thousands left injured and homeless
In the wake of the Florida hurricane.
From score of sources its hastily
marshaled forces sped to the scene of
disaster, while other of its units az
home were preparing supplies TO he
shipped to the devastated area.
The call to action came quickly after
Gov. John W. Martin, in telephone
message, had made an urgent appear
for help. lie authorized the National
Red Cross headquarters here to take
complete charge of all relief work.
Supplies to BE Sent.
Complying with his request. Robert
s. Parker. head of the Red Cross unit
in Atlanta. Ga. was directed to ship
six carloads of supplies at once to
Miami and to prepare to- send more as
soon as the demands of the situation
were known.
kilograms called together all of the
organizations units in larger Southern
cities, while James l.. E'ieser, national
vice chairman. hastened from Mont
gomery. Ala, to Atlanta to take per
sonal command of the work.
Officials also indicated that probably
some time during the day an appeal
will be issued to the American public
for funds to care for those made deN
titute in the storm. Whether this ap.
peal will he made through President
Coolidge. honorary president Of the
Red Cross or another official has not
been determined.
Director Baker Called From West
Henry NJ. Baker. national director
of disaster relief, was recalled from
work in the flooded areas in the West
and is fastening by fast train and air
plane to the new scene Of trouble
Besides. two officials from headquar-
terS here are ell route 10 aid in til"
mobilization of the relief units. and
Miss Pauline Marshall of Cleveland
who assisted in relief operations after
the tornado in Northern Ohio i'm 1921,
again has been called into service.
While orders were being issued. ap
peals began coming in from organiZa
ton workers in Florida cities. Each
told a story OF disaster and suffering
reported on the work being done. and
asked for food medical supplies
clothes. doctors and nurses at once
Officials as yet have not determined
upon the amount of money that will
be needed to care for those In dis
tress. but 1t was their opinion thar
a large amount probably would be re
quired, as news from all quarters in
dicated relief workers must cope with
one of the worst disasters of all time
on the North American continent.
Evening star., 1926-09-20
FLY TO THE SUNNY SOUTH.

With the first coo. weather of the
Fall go forth gay adventurers I'm
search of a llindlier climate and warm
er quarters for the Winter season.
Some of these nomads are beasts,
some are birds, and some are butter
flies.
Although it is not generally known
that butterflies as well as birds mi
CRATE with the seasons, scientists
know of at least one species OF but
terflv that flies to the warm South
lands each Fall. This species is the
Monarch, according to George Dean,
entomolgist at the Kansas state Agri-
cultural College at Manhattan.
Bands of these beautiful insects.
each one a deep brown in color. with
black veins in their wings and black
border speckled with white dots. have
been seen recently winging their way
steadily southwark. Each Fall the
same phenomenon Is observed. Why
these insects leave the habits Of their
kind and adopt the migratory instincts
of birds, or what makes one species
have this trait when all other kinds
of butterflies do not, no one so FAR
has been able to answer or explain.
says Mr.. Dean.
All that is known Is that the ruler
of this particular butterfly tribe as
sembles his subjects as the first au-
thentic rustic of Winter reaches him.
He forms them into companies. or
columns, or whatever formation they
have, and orders the march 10 the
South. In the Spring the return trip
is made and then one may see bands
Of rowing butterflies whose wings are
frayed as if they have battered against
unkind winds OF many states and
countries. They seem tired and weary
from their long journey and probable
adventures.
What happens on that Winter Jour
ney no one knows. Why they left or
why they returned science cannot ex-
plain except that their wanderings
come with the seasons changes and
are invariable and authentic indica
tors of the weather that is to follow.
Their trail is marked with bent and
broken branches where tens OF thous-
ands Of them have hung to a cluster
while resting. They are the gypsies
Of the butterfly kingdom, the only
wanderers of their kind.
But the butterfiy's cousins. the
moths. have nomad species who are
quite generally known throughout the
country. Most interesting and rare
of these travelling moths Is the Black
Witch. beautiful satin black creature
with wing expanse OF from 8 to :
inches. This species Of moths. as do
all others. comes from the South, but
never returns. 1t is always flying
northward and may be found In the
uppermOst part OF Canada.
The Black Witch comes from Mex.
leo and Central America each Spring.
1t is very seldom captured. Prof.
Dean having one of the few perfect
winged specimens In this country. An
other species of moth--the cotton
worms very common and Is no
ticed frequently In the Summer. This
Is drab insect of similar nomadic
habits to its more splendid relative.
the Blach Witch.
Evening star., 1926-09-20
TWO DOCTORS READY
FOR HOSPITAL STUDY
Three Others Awaited for Works
Probe of Conditions at
St. Elizabeth's.

With only two members of the board
Of five hospital heads. named by Sec
retary Work to investigate conditions
at st. Elizabeth's Hospital, on hand
this morning, the start of the investi-
CATION was postponed until this after
noon when it is expected the other
members Of the board will arrive.
Otherwise DIR. H. w. Mitchell and
DR.. A. H. Ruggles will start the in
vestigation alone, expecting to be
joined by the others tomorrow.
The investigation itself, ordered by
Secretary Work, is to determine II
ST. Elizabeth's is satisfactorily func-
tioning in all departments as the Gov
ernment's Hospital for the Insane.
Evening star., 1926-09-20
ORDERS FLOUR SUPPLY.
Fort Lauderdale, Hurricane Area
to Receive 21O Barrels.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, September
20 P).-Two hundred and ten barrels
of -four will be sent to Fort Lauder
dale today aboard the Havana special
of the Florida East Coast Railway, r.
r. Voght, manager for a flour COM
pany, announced in response to a
telegram from Mayor J. w. Tidball of
Fort Lauderdale.
I'VE must have -four" Mayor It'd
balls message said. Charges being
guaranteed by CITY,"
Evening star., 1926-09-20
SHIP MEN AWAIT
WORD OF 8 8BOATS
Clyde Line Reports S. S.
Cherokee Could Not Have
} Been in Path of Hurricane.

I bV the AsSOclAteQ ircSN
: NEW YORK. september 2o.-Steam,
ship companies today awaited Woru
from at least eight vessels unreport-
Cd since the tropical hurricane swept
Florida. 1t Is is not definitely known
that all the ships We're within the
storm area, and II is assumed by snip
ping men that vessels which were un-
affected would not consider it neces-
.sary to notify their officials.
The Clyde Line, operating between
New York and Miami, today denied
that the steamship Cherokee. with a
full complement Of passengers, was
within the storm area. The Cherokee
left New York Saturday and Is not
due in Miami until noon tomorrow
Freighters Believed Hit.
The Munson Line had received no
word from any Of dts vessels. 1t was
thought two freighters may have felt
the force of the hurricane.
The Dollar Line steamship President
Harrison left Brooklyn Thursday. but
company officials said it was doubtful
II she was far enough south when the
storm struck to be in danger.
No direct information had reached
the Florida East Coast Railroad office
here today. Officials said they had
sent the CnleI Oh LilSlT ttlepfloIc iOItc
10 supervise repairing of broken wires.
Meager information indicated that
about % miles of railroad telephone
lines had been destroyed in the vicin-
fly of Miami.
Girder Wrecks Wire Office.
A huge girder fell through the roof
~ the Western Union Building In
Miami but no casualties were suf-
fered. officials said. Wafer poured
through the roof. causing heavy dam
age to equipment.
A. f. Nelson, president of the
Southern Diaries, Incorporated, said he
was Informed that company's plant at
Palm Beach suffered no damage, and
that damage to the Miami plant was
approximately $4,000.
The New York headquarters of the
Red Cross has been authorized to re-
ceive subscriptions for relief work.
Canadian Vessels Safe.
MONTREAL. Quebec, September 20
R.-All Canadian government mer-
chant marine vessels on the West In
dian and South American routes es-
capped the hurricane which swept the
Florida coast over the week end, Gen
eral Manager r. B. Teakle said today.
Evening star., 1926-09-20
New Giant on Rails.

A new type of freight locomotive
has been designed which is said to
be capable of hauling 125 cars Of
freight across the Rocky Mountains
at the rate of so miles an hour. The
engine is the first to have three cyl
Inders in combination with six pairs
of drive wheels. 1t is 102 feet long
and weighs 1872, 900 pounds. 1t cost
$l05, 900. 1t is 16 feet high, feet
wide, carries 5000 gallons Of water
and consumes between 6 and tons Of
coal an hour.
Evening star., 1926-09-20
Flag glers Royal Palm Hotel in Miami,
Haven of Northern Society, Hit by Storm

cluded in the building program, which
cost millions of dollars.
Hollywood, according to news re-
ports. has been devastated, with but
one building remaining intact. Dania,
mentioned in news dispatches as hav.
ing sustained heavy loss, is 2 miles
north of Hollywood and within the
corporate limits Of the latter city.
Fort Lauderdale, with a population Of
$4,000, lies 26 miles north of Miami.
Pompano, Del Ray, Delmato and
Lake Worth, all mentioned in dis.
patches from the stricken area as hav.
ing suffered heavily from the hurri.
cane, were resorts.
Evening star., 1926-09-20
Blood Reveals Sex.

Blood can reveal sex, according to
experiments conducted recently by
DR.. Dewey G. Steele of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin. DIR. Steele used the
blood Of cattle and found that when
the blood serum is diluted a hundred
times and then properly treated with
chemicals, a few drops of methyl
green dye can be introduced, turning
the blood serum to green. If it came
from females, and red If 1t came from
males.
Evening star., 1926-09-20
Jacksonville Hears Nothing.
GEORGIA OFFERS AID.
Gov. Walker Asks Relief Ofhcials

ATLANTA. September 20 P).-Gov.
Clifford Walker. in a telegram to Gov.
John W. Martin at Tallahassee, placed
the resources of Georgia at his dis
posal in alleviating conditions in the
storm-stricken area of Florida.
Gov Walker said: THE people of
Georgia extend their deepest sympa-
thy to our stricken neighbors on the
Florida coast. Please have the proper
authorities advise as to what as
distance Georgia may render(
Evening star., 1926-09-20
Goeben Still in Service.

Now being refitted to serve as a
flagship for the new Turkish Navy,
the old German cruiser Goeben is still
seeing service after its thrilling World
War episodes. The Turkish Navy
will use it in the Black Sea and the
Sea of Marmora. Under the direction
of German contractors the Turks are
building a large modern drydock and
naval base on the Gulf of Ismid, 25
miles from Constantinople.
Evening star., 1926-09-20
Hartford Firms Losses Light.

HARTFORD. Conn, September 90
UP.-Losses of insurance companies
here in the Florida storm will be
largely on winter homes there. Hart
ford insurance companies have made
their rates for the East Coast of
Florida so high that they did little
business.
Evening star., 1926-09-20
FOOD RUSHED TO SCENE.
rs Truckloads From West Palm
Beach Hurried to Sufferers.

WEST PALM BEACH. September
20 R.-More than Is truckloads Of
water, coffee, milk and bread have
been sent into the storm-stricken area
surrounding Miami since yesterday by
West Palm Beach relief workers.
Dispatches from Miami say the
troopers guarding the city have the
situation we'll in hand.
Evening star., 1926-09-20
Coast Guard Rushes Aid,

HAVANA. September 90 R.-The
United States Coast Guard cutters
Saukee and Badgaduce left Key West
for Miami last night. They carried
National Guardsmen, Marines and
sailors and supplies Of medicine and
food
Evening star., 1926-09-20

September IS, the day following the
storm. Violators will suffer confisca-
ton Of their supplies, a heavy fine
and Imprisonment.
Evening star., 1926-09-20

One kind of diplomat is a woman
who can make a man believe he
knows more than she does, says the
Chicago Newt
Evening star., 1926-09-20

Miami, society's Winter city Of
pleasure, which was turned into a city
Of terror and suffering by the dev-
astating fury Of the tropical hurri-
cane Saturday, first came to national
attention with the completion Of the
Florida East Coast Railway by Henry
NJ. Flagler.
F1agler's Royal Palm Hotel became
famous as the first meeting place in
Miami Of Northern society and wealth.
Late dispatches from the stricken city
told of the unroofing Of this old struc-
ture, which had retained it's popular
ity with Winter guests.
The development Of Miami Beach
several years ago by Carl G.. Fisher.
indianapolis sportsman, started the
first rush Of Winter tourists to Miami,
and the city's popularity as a Win
ter resort has of late years threat
ened to oust Palm Beach as the lead
ing resort.
Harbor Coastwise Terminal.
Miani's harbor, located in Biscayne
Bay, which separates the mainland
from Miami Beach, and constructed
at a cost of thousands of dollars, dur
ing the Winter season has been a
terminal for coastwise steamship lines,
a port Of call for ocean-going freight
ers and the home berth Of numerous
small lines plying to and from the
Bahama Islands and Cuba. Real es.
tate activity in Florida in the last few
years has seen the pouring of millions
Of dollars into developments, town.
sites and subdivisions between Miami
and West Palm Beach.
A notable example Of the latter is
IT,
north of Miami, which in five years
sprang from a nlangrove swamp to a
community of $4,000 Inhabitants.
Three modern hotels were erected,
and public utilities, banks, schools.
churches and Dayed sktsts were H.
Evening star., 1926-09-20

Princess Tarhata Of the Philippines.
former University of Illinois girl, is
enc of the first Moro girls to dare the
Sultan's wrath by bobhing her hair.
Evening star., 1926-09-20
900 TO 100 ARE DEAD IN MIAMI:
$4,000 INJURED; LOSS, 5000, 100000

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IL provides that no prices may be
charged in excess of those prevailing
Evening star., 1926-09-20


Iooting broke out in the negro Sec
tions of Miami last night. Seven sus-
nects we're arrested. Three hundred
special policemen We're sworn IN Tor
voluntary duty and martial law was
| ordered. At Hollywood 200 special
officers were added to the patrol force.
Cutting a path from Miami north to
| Fort Iauderdale the hurricane at
tained a. velocity of 120 miles an hour,
! leaving wreckage in its wake. 1t
roared across the Everglades ana
nassed into the Gulf of Mexico. with
only slightly diminished intensity.
The west coast was not damaged
seriously. Fort Myers bore the brunt
Of the storm on the west coast:
There public utilities were put out OF
for several hours.
At ST. Petersburg several thousand
trees were uprooted and water flooded
the outlying districts of Tampa.
Striking the vast eXpanSe OF Lake
Okeechobee on it's sweep from the
east coast. the storm hurled enormous
waves against the little city of Moore
Haven, where d. j. w. Mitchell, a
Sebring physician. estimated that at
least 100 persons had been drowned.
Drainage Dam Wrecked.
Residents were forced to the top Of
buildings. he said. and % persons
were drowned when a two-story frame
structure collapsed. He declared the
! drainage dam built around the town
at a cost of hundreds of thousands of
dollars was wrecked and the country
side flooded. Only the brick business
blocks and q schoolhouse were on
ktheir original foundations. DR.. Mitch
Evening star., 1926-06-13

Honor in the 1926 graduating of the Military
Academy at West Point Left right Herbert W. Ehrgott
of Milwaukee, Francis L. Ankendrandt of West Haven Conn.,
Little Rock Ark; Edwin Ragnvald Heberg of Edgemore
Bethesda, Nd, and William c. Baker of Clinton Tenn.
BY
Evening star., 1926-06-13

the christening of Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary
daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York. in the private
chapel of Buckingham Palace Front left right Lady
Elphinstone Queen Mary the Duchess of York and her
daughter the Countess of Strathmore mother of the Duchess
and Princess Mary. Back The Duke of Connaught
King George the Duke of York and the Earl of Stramore
G Under
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-08
OIL FOUND IN FRANCE
IN SMALL QUANTITIES
More Than 100000 Gallons Add
ed to Nations Needs-Pockets
Struck at 500 Feet.

PARIS. August 7--On in small
quantities, has been struck in the
south of France near Beziers on the
Gulf of Lyon.
Water contaminated with oil has
been known near the little village Of
Gabian outside of Beziers since the
seventeenth century, but quite recent
ly two biologists were moved to in
vestigate it's industrial possibilities.
Their efforts were rewarded. for three
pockets were located at depths around
500 feet which between November,
1924, and March, 1926. yielded
1905 900 gallons Of crude oil.
Unfortunately this product was
characterized by the drawback Of a
10 per cent paraffin content, but even
after the process Of refining the total
output reached a figure well over a
million gallons.
The future value Of these wells is
impossible to predict, says DR.. r.
Brunshweig, engineer Of the French
Bureau Of Mines, but the quantity
thus far produced is a respectable
contribution to the ever-increasing de-
mand of the French nation for more
gasoline for automobiles.