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Evening star., 1926-02-16

Mrs Newton will be assisted in re-
ceiving by the officers and chairmen
of various committees.
A popular group of dance artists
will appear on the program and a buff
fet supper will be served at midnight
All Missourians in Washington are in
vited.
Mrs. Archibald Straub. Mrs. Lorenzo
d. Whitaker, Miss Elizabeth Boyd and
Miss Agnes Ewell are joint hostesses
at bridge tea this afternoon at the
Congressional Country Club in com
pliment to Phi Mu Sorority.
Evening star., 1926-02-16

Olive Beatty, Mrs. Alice Minch, Miss
Jessie Lane, Miss Helen Brown, Mrs.
Kinney. Mrs. A. B. Stewart. Mrs.
Frank G.. Stewart, Miss Ethel Bag
ley. Miss May Belle Raymond. Miss
Laura Berrien, Miss Harriet Cheney,
Miss II. K. kieman, Miss Eta Aus
tin, Mrs. Ella McCristal, Mrs. Laura
Margaret Val, DR. Mary g. Ritter,
q ont tinuel ON ,rl..er ai..l o.. GO
Evening star., 1926-02-16
SOCIETY
CONTINUED from Page Twenty.)
given at the Willard by the New
Hampshire State Society.

Mr.. Mira Bagher Khan kaZemi
charge d'affaires of Persia, left this
morning for New York. where he will
spend several days Tonight he will
speak at a banquet given in his honor
by Persian students in NGw York.
DIR. William Gerry Morgan enter
tained last evening at dinner at his
home. on Sixteenth street, In honor of
his house guest, Prof. knute Faber OF
Copenhagen University. Those invited
to meet Prof. Faber were DR.. William
Mather Lewis. president of George
Washington University; Very Rev.
Charles w. Lyons, S. j.. president OF
Georgetown University; Col. Frederick
y. Fenning, Commissioner Of the Dis
trict of Columbia: Capt. A. w. Dunbar
l S. A; Col. +. c. Fisher Maj. q. X
calender, DR.. Joseph Wall. DR.. Z. B
tonklin, DIR. S. S. Adams. DR.. J. B
Nichols, Or. o. B. Hunter. Dr. r. T.
Davidson, DIR. N. p. Barnes, DIR. w. NJ
BallinGer, DR.. ]. r. Nerbrycke, DR.. X
l.. Sexton, DIR. Charles S. White. Dr.
Harry Oberholser and Mr.. Guy TEN
pie. After the dinner the company
went out to Walter Reed General HOS
pital at the invitation of Col. Keller.
Evening star., 1926-02-16

sided. Sir George Buchanan told a
number of very witty Scotch stories
and all joined in singing Highland
songs. The Minister of Guatemala
and Nine. Sanchez Latour were elect
ed honorary life members.
Among the honor guests and
speakers at the dinner at the Wom-
ems City Club on Thursday, February
18, will be Justice Walter /. Mccoy,
DR.. Katherine Bement Davis, Miss
Helen Pigeon and Dr. Mary Harris.
Mrs. Nina c. Van Winkle will be the
hostess and introduce the speakers.
Among those who have III de reser-
vations are. Miss Rhoda Jameson
M:lliken, Mrs. Veronica Deolin, DIR.
A. Frances Foye, Judge Mary O'Toole,
Miss May O'Toole, Miss Sarah Gro
gan. Miss Mary f. McKenny, Miss
Evening star., 1926-02-16
Highland Clubs Annual
Valentine Party Last Night.

The Valentine dinner of the High
land Club was given last night in the
Chinese room of the Mayfiower and
was artistic and delightful in every
particular. Entertainment was fur
nished by Scotch Highland pipers and
dancers. The plaid Of the clans rep
resented was worn by members and
guests.
The British Ambassador sent a mes
Evening star., 1926-02-16

113 East Fifty-seventh street, New
York City, who are spending some
time in Washington. are guests at the
Mayfiower. Mr.. Littleton was a for
mer member of Congress from New
York.
Miss Charlotte Freeman Clark is
in New York visiting friends en- route
to Boston, where she will remain for
three weeks before returning to
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur w. Hubbard
We're among those who went over to
Baltimore to attend the dinner given
by DR.. Henry Barton Jacobs last
night in honor of Sir Esme and Lady
Isabella Howard. The Duchess of
Norfolk and her daughter, Lady Ra-
chel Howard, and the Princess de
Polignac were also among the honored
guests.
Miss Eleanor Zuberano, who has
been visiting at Lake Placid, has re-
turned to Washington.
Rear Admiral Benjamin F. Hutchi-
son and Mrs. Hutchison will be the
guests of honor at the Missouri State
Society reception and ball. which will
be held in the Washington Hotel to-
morrow evening.
Many prominent people are reServ-
ing boxes for the occasion. for which
Mrs. Charles P. Keyser Is In charge
of reservations.
The president of the society. Repre-
sentative Cleveland A. Newton, and
Evening star., 1926-02-16

Miss Eleanor Zuberano, who has
been visiting at Lake Placid, has re-
turned to Washington.
Evening star., 1926-02-16

CONTINUED on Twenty-third Page)
Evening star., 1926-02-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Littleton of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-22
ACCIDENT TOLL
MOUNTS TO IS
Woman, Injured Feb. Is,
Dies at Hospital.

Accident fatality toll in Indian
apolis for 1926 stands at fifteen to-
day, following the death of Mrs.
Pauline Alternately, 5, Of SIS E. Mar
ket st. at city hospital late Saturday.
Mrs. Alternately was injured when
she was struck by an auto at East
and Washington SITS. Feb. 10. Hewitt
Talbot, 452 E. Walnut ST., driver,
was arrested at that time on an as
sault and battery charge.
Coroner Paul F. Robinson Is in
vestigating the death Of Elizabeth
Brown, 8, Greenwood. Ind. at Meth
odist Hospital late Sunday. 1t was
said the child was struck by an auto
near her home several hours before
her death. Guy Foster, Greenwood,
Ind, who brought her to the hos
pital. is said to have been the auto
driver.
Herman Laudig. Al. Of 1867 Ewing
St, and his daughter Lola, Is, were
injured when an auto driven by
Laudig was struck by a Big Four
freight train at Sherman DIR. and
Sixteenth st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-22
TWO A DAY is
PH0NEAvERAGE
Local Exchange Handles
675,O0o Calls.

Three-quarters of million times
each day some resident of Indian
apolis has something to say to some
other Indianapolitan that makes it
necessary to use the telephone. This
is an average of two calls daily
through the Indianapolis telephone
exchanges for every man, woman
and child in the city. Business and
personal telephone messages Of In
dianapolis total 1859 ,97S,00O a year.
Check Of long distance calls shows
an average of 1921 900 persons out
side the city are called by Indian
apolis subscribers in one year and
probably an equal number in Indi-
annapolis are called from outside.
The calls out of Indianapolis went
to every State in the Union and to
Canada and Mexico.
Number of telephones likewise has
shown a remarkable rise. Twenty
years ago Indianapolis had 4.S tele
phones for every 100 citizens. Now
the city has twenty-one instruments
for every hundred persons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-22
Three DEPUTIES
NURSE WOUNDS
Shot in Encounter With Al
Ieqed Bandits.

Three deputy sheriffs were nursing
slight bullet wounds today as the
result of an encounter with alleged
bank bandits Saturday night at the
home of Robert Hostetter. 621 Brad
ley Ave. The deputies hurt were
Charles Bell Leonard Koffel and
Robert Reims.
Lawrence Bradley. 1920 n. Key
stone Ave-, in the house when the
deputy sheriffs arrived. was
wounded by Bell. Officers went to
the house on a tip that bandits who
recently held up the Southport
Bank and escaped with $1,000 were
there. Bell was in the room with
Hostetter, Rose Marie Kaiser, Elmer
Hoffman, $50 Temple Ave-. Leonard
Winkelhousem, 1918 Temple Ave,
Margaret Crawford, Chicago, and
Bradley.
Robert and his brother, Howard
Hostetter, Kenneth Reeves, 923
Broadway, and Rose Marie Kaiser.
escaped. The others are held on
vagrancy charges. Robert Hostetter
is said to have opened fire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-22
JORDAN RIVER
Revue TO BE
BROUGHT HERE
|. u. Musical Comedy Will Be
Presented at Murat
March 10.

The Jordan River Revue, Indiana
University musical comedy, will be
brought to indianapolis March 10,
for a showing at the Murat theater
under the auspices of the indiana
University Club of Indianapolis,
Ralph f. Thompson, club president,
announced today.
Thompson has appointed these
committees to arrange for the pro-
duction here:
Finance, Elmer Straub, Mark
Helm and Ifez Pipe; publicity, Her
man Gray, Shockley Lockridge,
Homer Mckee, John Mellet, James
A. Stuart, Vedder Gard and
Walter McCarty; tickets, Cecil
Weathers, Barrett Woodsman and
Emil Mccoy; stage, Herman Lieber,
Jr., and Stuart Wilson.
Rehearse Nightly
The cast and chorus for the show
are rehearsing nightly for the
Bloomington and Indianapolis pro-
auctions. The dates for the Bloom
1lSIOn pSTlOIIldIlCS oil Mol NAA 10
1s and II. approximately 100
students will be required in the di-
rection, staging, orchestra and staff
of the show.
Carl futile Of Indianapolis is
,Ahow director. The staff includes
%Villiam Fox, Bicknell, musical di-
rector; Helen Hinkle, Bloomington,
assistant musical director; Mae Mar
tin, Bedford, dancing director; Ethel
Budrow, Flora, assistant dancing d.
rector; Irwin Huncilman, Blooming
ton, business manager; Leon Wal
lace. Terre Haute, publicity man.
ager; Elizabeth Barnard, Wanatah.
costume director; Arthur Moore,
Bloomington. stage manager, and
Willard MacClintock, Indianapolis,
assistant stage manager.
In Cast
Cast: Mildred Legge and Irwin
Huncilman, Bloomington; a n e
Adams, Bloomington; Frances Luke,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-22

mond; Ivan Boxell, Marion; Charles
Miles, FIT. Wayne; Harry Reed,
Walkerton; William Toner. Ander'
son, and Russell McDermott.
Those in the mems chorus from
Indianapolis are Robert Bolyard, Ted
Sedwick and Greed Fisher. Indian
apolis girls in the chorus are Fran
ces Bracket and Martha McCreary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-22
'SNIPER' KILLS H00SIER

BIZ United Press
RICHMOND, Ind, Feb. 22.-Police
today admittedly were without clew
as to the slayer of Frank Buck, 40,
who was shot dead while talking to
his sister. The bullet which killed
Buck was fired from outside the
house, crashing through a window
and hitting the man in the head.
Buck had been divorced for several
wears
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-22
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

~Elwood Barnard, grand inspector
general of Indiana. A past COM
mander's jewel was presented to w.
l.. Dysart. formerly Of Palestine.
Mont, who moved to Indianapolis.
Delegations from a number Of cities
attended.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-22
WOOL THEFT CHARGED

BIZ Untted PT66S
ANDERSON, Ind, Feb. 22.-Or-
vile Frock of Summitville was free
under 50 900 bond today following his
arrest on charges of grand larceny
for alleged completely in connection
with the theft of 1900 pounds of
wool.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-22

Cast: Mildred Legge and Irwin
Huncilman, Bloomington; J e
Adams, Bloomington; Frances Luke,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-22
RAILROAD AID REPORT
President of Pennsylvania Auxiliary
to Address Meeting.

Mrs. w. c. Downey, president Of
the women's Aid of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, Indianapolis division, will
report on the years activities at a
meeting at p. m. wednesday at
Union Station.
Membership gain Of Is per cent,
raising the enrolment to 1000 wives
of Pennsylvania employees, relief
amounting to 1882 for needy families,
Christmas baskets to twenty-one
homes and 457 calls on persons in
distress will be reported.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-22
INSPECT COMMANDER
knights Templar to Entertain
Wives. Families Saturday.

Members of Raper Commandery,
Knights Templar, will entertain
their wives and families at a party
at the Masonic Temple, North and
Illinois SITS. Saturday night Bien-
NAL inspection of the commandery
was conducted Saturday night by
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-22
HELD UNDER HIGH BOND
Police Charge Man Attacked Girls in
Empty Barn.

John Mann, Sc, of 522 S. Meridian
ST., is held today on a vagrancy
charge under $4,000 bond after po-
lice say he enticed three girls, s, 8
and IL into an empty barn and at
tackled them.
Inspector Claude NJ. Worley said
the evidence in the case would be
turned over to Prosecutor William
H. Remy and attempt VIII be made
to hold an early trial. Patrolmen
Bear and Bridwell made the arrest
of Mann.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-20
Clerks Returns Show Cummings
Elected Sheriff Kennebec County by y
LEWISTON PEOPLE
BADLY INJURED IN
SUNDAY ACCIDENT

Brunswick, Me-. Sept. 19-Alcide
Ouellette, Sylvio Chalaut and Ronal-
deau Duchette of Lewiston were bad
ly cut by flying glass when the Ford
sedan In which they were occupying
the front seat crashed into a tele-
phone pole on the Bath road this
afternoon. The steering wheel of the
car came off in the hands of Alcide
Ouellette, who was driving and he was
unable to stop the car before it trav-
elled IS yards and struck the pole
with such force that 1t was broken
short off. Glass from the windshield
inflicted serious cuts on the head of
the three. Mr.. Chalaut nearly had
his jugular vein severed. while Rom
aldeau Duchette. who is a baby, had
a triangular cash in his head just
over the left temple. Mr.. Chaleaut
also had the tendons of two fingers
on his right hand severed. DR.. Clar-
ence W. p. Foss, who was summoned
ordered all three taken to a Lewiston
hospital Mrs. Floriada Ouellette.
Ludger Duchette. Miss Marie Rose
Duchette and Miss Airline Chalaut,
who occupied the rear seat were bad
ly shaken up and somewhat bruised.
The car was seriously damaged.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-20
The Injured

A partial list of the injured in the
Miami zone included:
Floyd Delaney; l.. ]. Small, Bert
Stegall, Mrs. T. w. Davis, W. G.
Moore. ]. B. Lingefeld, Mrs Minnie
Shaw, Miss T. E. Smith, 7. w. Davis,
A. Z. Bland. Mrs. w. L. Sellers. Mrs.
T. C. Hairless, A D. Almond, Fred II.
Grove, Elizabeth Stuart. J. E. Russell
Max Sikeh. Thelma Harris. Louis
Roneh, c. n. Henry, Robert Pepper,
Robert Campbell, S. Meter, Mrs.
Marie Common, William TONNE, Fred
Delaney, ]. d. HenonsvilIe, Alvin Nc
Nally, Isadore Lutzki, Mrs. Don Law
renee, Earl Hudson, H. c. Booske,
Mrs. Louis Narcotic, Fred Fould. a
Mrs. Jordan, a Mrs. Manning, Floyd
HaZelbater. Bryan Plat, Gwendelyn
Coffee, Mr.. and Mrs. John Neylan, 6.
Ober, X. Kenney, ID. c. Murphy, Kent
Watson, Fl. NJ. Dick. Thomas A.
Montgomery. John Engstrom, Mrs.
Martha Kruse, J. c. Pickthorn, ID.
Carter, Margaret Conner, G.. W. Da-
Wis. G. A. Dolan, three children of G.
A. Dolan. Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Everle,
A. r. Fisher. r. A. Greene, C. K
Clellander, Mrs. T. S. Hairless, Earl
Hudson, Nathan Lewis, G. n. Stein.
Mrs. Evelyn Larsen, B. Leary, Porter
Longston, S. MeltZer, w. G. Moore,
Mrs. j. r. Patee, Louis Ronch, Mrs
Chares Almquist, H. w. Crish. S. M.
Carpenter. all of Miami. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Cotter of Cambridge,
Mass
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-20

Election of Henry +. Cummings of
Manchester as sheriff of Kennebec
county by a plurality of % votes oyer
Joseph f. Jewett, of Vassalboro, the
Democratic candidate, is indicated by
the returns from the clerks of the
cities and towns of the county filed
at the office of the secretary of state
These returns which were inspected
Saturday by representative of the
kennebec Journal, give Cummings
a total vote of 1872, and Jewett a
total of $3.50 votes.
While these returns constitute a
reserve set and are not the ones from
which the official tabulation is made,
presumably they correspond with the
official returns which as yet have not
been opened.
According to the figures contained
Continued on Page 3-CoI. g.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-20
Major General Howe
Commander of Fifth
Corns Area, Dies, Ohio

columbus. Ohio, Sept. 10 - w
,.o ior General Robert Lee HOWE
n1manding officer OF the fll.n
Cnrns Area United States Army
died here today following an opela
tion Yesterday for gall biadder trou-
bile. He was 62.
General Howe had an outstano-
tho record in the United states
, INV which began soon after ms
nradya tion from the United states
ssI;i;tarv Academy in 1888. HIS war
.anord included service in the lndian
10 rfare in the northwest, for wh'cn
he won the congressional ineu"' 80
honor. the Philippine revolt, the
Mexican raids and the word MAJ
he also was awarded the ois'in.
o,ished service medal. the CfoiX ne
S1arre with palm. and was an ON
o 1u of the Legion of Honor OIL
France. s r.r General
uauza Commanded the 3Sth DIVISION
and served in the Meuse ~, a. si,,s
hatt,e He commanded the tnl ra
1Iarne, division in it's march 10 .ne
Drive and led that DIVISION III .ne
a nm.n of occupation in Germany, I'M
o., s,,n,,st IA. 1919. On his return
~ +ha states he was assigned ~
Javican border duty WIN tne en ~.
division. and was IN comma"
Tie came to Fort Hayes CoiuiiiouS'
in July, 1925.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-20

West Palm Beach, Fla, Sept. 19-(AP)-A death list Of
over one thousand and property damage esti-
mated at between and 100000 was the toll at
rbuted tonight to the West Indian hurricane which ragged
along the lower Florida east coast Friday Saturday and
passed into the Gulf of Mexico headed toward Southern Ala
bama and Louisiana Reports from the storm indicated
than hryeght thousand made homeless
and that of these urgent food and med
cal supplies The number of injured has been placed at 1000
Reports from all sections of the district brought stories Of
suffering and want 1t was not possible to obtain anything
like accurate check of the dead and injured tonight
Miami and vicinity and Fort Lauderdae appear to have
borne the brunt of the storm Water flowing in streets Of
Miami practically place of business was said to have
been damaged drinking water immediately available
and phones and electric lights were out of commission
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-20
40 to 60 Death
Victims Estimated
At MOOrehaven, Fla.

Fort Pierce Fla, Sept. 19-(Pl-A
telephone message from the Okee-
chobee News tonight stated that
Moorehaven still was under water
which was u to Is feet deep in some
sections
Aviators who flew over the town
today said they saw number of
persons marooned on a high ditch
bank. 1t was impossible to land and
give aid. The News estimated that
from 40 to 60 lives had been lost at
Moorehaven, while nothing has been
heard from Clewiston. The general
opinion was that Clewiston had been
washed away by the waves which
were piled up in Lake Okeechobee by
the tropical hurricane.
Connors Highway. in the vicinity
of Catal Point. another village in
the Everglades, was said to be under
five to six feet of water. 1t will be a
week before traffic can be resumed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-20
OTHER DISASTERS
FROM BIG STORMS
SINCE The YEAR 1884

New York, Sept. 19.-(P)-The hurri-
cane which swept southeastern Florida
yesterday was the 22nd disaster of the
kind since the great storm which
scourged the southern states in 1884.
This is the fourth disastrous storm
to visit Florida in little more than a
year. On April 3, 1925. five were killed
in Miami: December 1. 1925, five were
killed in Tampa and Miami suffered
much property damage: July %, 1926,
20 were killed and great damage done
to property by hurricane which
swept up from the Bahamas.
Following is list of the worst
storms in the middle west and south
since that of 1884:
February IS, 1SS4-Six hundred kill
ed in southern states.
April s, 1S9o-Forty killed in Kan
sas.
June IA, 1S92-Fifty killed in Mime
sofa.
June 90. 1S93-Sixteen killed in Kan
sas River valley.
September 10. 1S94-Seventy- five
killed in Iowa and Minnesota. o
May -, lo3O-FiNe hundred killed
In st. Louis.
March 80. 1S97-Three-fourt of
the town of Chandler, okla. destroyed.
September s, 1900-Three thousand
killed at Galveston, Tex. 1900 bodies
washed ashore.
May 3, 1905-Thirty killed at Mar
quette, Kansas.
May II, 19O5-One hundred thirty
lii -
March 9 1906-Twenty- five killed in
Miridian, Miss.
April "a. 190S-E'ive hundred killed
in Mississippi. Louisiana and Alabama.
June 5, 190S-Twenty-se killed in
southern Nebraska and northern Kan
sas.
March 49, 1913-Heavy loss in In
diana. Tennessee, Louisiana and Texas
March 23. 1913-One hundred fifty
two killed in Omaha.
April %, 1923-One hundred killed
in Oklahoma.
July, 1923--Sixty-thre killed in
Pomeroy, iowa.
April 80 1924-One hundred and
nine killed in Alabama, South Carolina
and Georgia.
May 81, 1924-Forty killed in Mis-
sissippi and Alabama.
March IS, 1925-Eight hundred and
nine killed in southern Illinois, Mis-
souri, and Indiana.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-20
President Plans
To Resume Office
Grind This Morning

Washington, Sept. 19-(P)-Presi-
dent Coolidge resumed life at the
White House today as before his va
cation and tomorrow plans to be at
his desk early in the executive office
to carry on the business of the gov
eminent.
With Mrs Coolidge he attended
services this morning at the First
Conversational church, where he has
worshipped since he came to Wash
ington, and heard a sermon by the
pastor, the Rev. DR.. Jason Noble
Pierce.
The services were held at the Met
ropolitan Motion Picture Theatre in
the downtown district. which mas
been placed at the disposal of the
church pending construction of a
new building. 80
Mr.. and Mrs. Coolidge returned
late last night from the Adirondacks
to the White House which was COM
pletelv renovated during their more
than two months absence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-20
The Casualties

Estimates of dead, injured
and homeless, compiled at II
O'Clock, central standard time
tonight, from latest reports
from all sources:
Miami, 500 dead; 7OO.s0o in.
jured, $4,000 homeless.
Hollywood, $50 dead. 1000.
10000 homeless.
Moorehaven and Clewiston:
40; 35-45 women and children
drowned.
Miami Beach: $50 dead.
Fort Lauderdale. 100 dead.
Hialeah, 81 dead.
DANA, II dead.
Homestead, 3 dead, 1000
homeless.
Coral Gables. 8 dead.
Hallendale, 2 dead.
Larkins, l dead. "'"~
Ojus l dead,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-20
Hurricane on Way
To the Gulf States

New Orleans. La, Sept. 19-[P)-
Falling barometers here - at Mo-
bole, Ala. and Morgan City and
Burwood, La. late today gave evil
dence of the approach to the Abba
ma. Louisville and Mississippi Gulf
of the storm that swept over Florida
Friday night and Saturday.
Late afternoon readings from Bur-
wood and Morgan City showed drop
of two points since the 1880 read
ings. the pressure being recorded as
1870 inches at both points. At Mo-
bile the barometer shoot at 29.74 and
at New Orleans 20. %.
A 26-mile- an hour wind was blow
Ing at Mobile with a 24-mile blow
reported at Burwood.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-20
Trial of Daugherty
And Miller to
Be Resumed Today

New York. Sept. 19-P)-The gov
eminent Is expected to face the cru
clal test this week in the Daugherty
trial. which resumes tomorrow.
Already it has established the fact
that the late John T. King, once Re-
publican rational committeeman from
Connecticut, received $4,000 as
commission" for his part in obtain
ing the return to allegedly German
owners of s7,000,000 realized from the
sale Of American Metals Company
stock seized as enemy property dur
Ing the war. It's next important task
will be to convince the jury trying the
case In federal court that the two
defendants, Harry NJ. Daugherty, at
torney general under the Harding
administration, and Thomas w. Mil
Ter. alien property custodian at the
salne time. shared in this money Tor
allowing the 100000 claim.
Numerous documents have been
Presented as evidence by United
states district Attorney Buckner
bearing on the part Daugherty and
Miller played in the transaction, but
50 far the federal prosecutor has not
reached the point in his case of ac-
tuaiy attempting to trace the money
which he charges was accepted by
Daugherty and Miller.