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The Washington times., 1926-09-21
Hurricane SURVIVORS Reaching
Capital Tell Harrowing Tales

had been blown CompIeIely away,
although our automobile still was
standing, unscratched, where the
garage had been.
The scenes after the storm were
terrible, Mrs. Webb said. AS she
and her husband went out from
their house, about IL o'clock Satur-
day morning, they saw a Child g
body rushing down what had been
the ;treet, but was then river OF
two or three feet Of turbulent
water. He reached out and pulled
the child from the rushing stream,
thinking at first 1t was dead. The
child, however, was alive and out
side OF few bruises, was appar-
emily unhurt. Il was little girl,
about two years old, and was turn
ed over bv Mr.. Webb to one Of the
quickly organized relief agencies.
Mrs. Webb understood that the
child's parents were found later.
Palm Trees Stand
saThe palm trees, although they
lost most OF their foliage were. IN
the main. still standing Mrs.
Webb said. ''and they saved many
lives. In one cassB just q few
hundred yards from our homer -
what had been our home-we
found a mother and three httse
children, huddled about the base
of a palm tree IN the center OF e
cluunp. the mother with the chi .
dren in front Of her, her arms en
folding them, and her hands nola
ing grimly to the trunk OF the
tree. Scores of persons saved their
lives in this way-lying flat on the
ground and holding to the trun1S
Of the palms. Many who were
seeking protection that way, now
ever, were killed when debris fel
on them" :.
Mrs. webb said she believes It
win be many days before the num-
Der of dead will be known.
"On the water front section,
after the storm had subsided, we
found a number of people riding
the waves on improvised RATS
made of automobile tires bound
together" she said. They told
tales of many they had seen swept
away from such flimsy craft. and
many of these bodies may not be
found, for they were carried out
to sea in the undertow that fol-
lowed recession of the storm"
Conradeship of the storm sur
vivors on board the train from
Florida was praised highly by
Mrs. Webb. Because banks were
not accessible, many who wished
to leave could not get enough
cash to buy railroad tickets.
Passengers Aided Each Other
"on the diner, everybody tried to
help everyone else" Mrs. Webb
said. Passengers who had money
paid for meals for passengers who
had no cash, and did it cheerfully.
The dining stewards also were gen.
erous, when they knew passengers
had only a little cash, and the
meals were given, frequently, with
one eye closed On the price list"
Mrs. Webb said she expects to
return to Florida in few weeks,
her husband being engaged in bust
ness in Hollywood. Mrs. Lukens X
pressed the same intention.
There was one woman on the
train. however, who didn't feel that
way about It.. She was Mrs. Estelle
Hawkins, a silver-haired lady OF
about so, vino lives in New York
city. Eight trunks in the baggage
car accompanied her. the Pullman
conductor declared.
The Washington times., 1926-09-21
Wireless Declares
Pensacola Is Laid
Waste by Hurricane

ATLANTA, Sept. 21.-Still cut off
from the outside world, Pensacola,
Fla, today was reported to have
suffered severe damage from the
tropical hurricane.
A wireless message picked up
from an unknown vessel at sea, de-
clared the famous old port on the
Gulf of Mexico is in ruins. Many
deaths were reported.
Mobile, Ala, appears to have
escaped any casualties. The storm
laid waste property, causing dam
age estimated at 100000. The
streets there were reported filled
with debris as the result of 100
mile an hour gale.
With the fury almost spent, the
storm passed inland along the Ala
bama and northwestern Florida
CzOast, taking a known death toll OF
tNn lives. This figure may be
materially increased, however, when
HA4;toll taken at Pensacola becomes
kn4wn.
Five were reported killed when
the storm struck Jackson, Ala, near
the Florida border; two were killed
near Bay Minette and three more
lives were taken at Flomaton, re-
ports said.
New Orleans escaped with small
damage, but the city was swept by
a heavy rain and a miniature gale.
The gulf coast towns further east
were hardest hit, with scores Of
settlements reporting property dam
age and injuries from the storm.
Even as far north as Atlanta, the
fury of the hurricane was felt. A
cold rain fell steadily and the tenn.
perature dropped 20 degrees in a
few hours.
No ships were reported in distress,
many doubtless needing the warn.
ings given by the Weather Bureau
and seeking safety before the tmp.
ou% hy.nIA
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81 KNOWN DEAD.
IN miami

MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 21.-Acting
Mayor James Gilman and City
Manager Frank H. Wharton have
issued an official statement to the
effect that property damage in
Miami as a result Of Saturdays
hurricane would total over $685..
O0O, 900. There is plenty of food in
the city to take care of every needy
person, but money donations will
be gladly accepted, Mr.. Wharton
said.
The official death toll as released
by the Miami police department
totaled 81 Of which "a are whites
and IL negroes, all Of these have
been identified. Fourteen additional
bodies await Identification in local
undertaking rooms. This list com.
prises the city Of Miami only. It is
believed 200 are dead In the city
and adjacent towns.
Restoration of water and electric
light service began with the re-
scinding OF martial rule by Col. ".
n. Collins, of Plant City. Monday
night, and construction workers
were busily engaged erecting and
repairing dwellings before daylight.
Rescue parties kept up a search
for bodies through the debris. It is
believed an accurate casualty list
cannot be obtained for several days.
Expressions of sympathy of offers
Of aid were received from all parts
Of the country. Medical suppl IS
and foodstuffs were pouring into
Miami.
The fury of the storm was spent
between Miami and Pompano, about
40 miles north. The hurricane
which tore a path of death and
destruction of the lower east coz st
continued it's havoc across the
State killing 40 people at Moore
Haven, on Lake Oksechobee.
\abing suffered considerable dam.
age from wind and water. Key
West reported that "all was WELL"
In Miami Beach, which is prac.
tically isolated from the outside
world by a condemned causeway,
many mansions were razed by the
hurricane.
The Carl G. Fisher home on
Lincoln Road is a mass Of debris.
The Roney Plaza. Wofford, and
Pan-Coast hotels, all along the
ocean front bore the brunt of the
storm.
The gulf stream apartment build
ing, farther north, was damaged to
the extent Of 100000. The Fire.
stone estate and number of
beautiful homes were wrecked.
At South Miami beach where the
hurricane hit hardest, all of the
casinos were feveled. Some Of the
structures have disappeared. The
Floridan Hotel was converted into
an emergency hospital. The Fleeo-
wood is being used as a dormitory
for many homeless. On Biscayne
Bay hundreds Of craft both large
and small were battered to pieces
by the angry waters.
The bay front park was strewn
with demolished yachts and schoon.
ers. A large oil tanker was heaVed
into Royal Palm Park, where it set
tied high and dry.
The Washington times., 1926-09-21

But as the damage to hui
man life diminished with
the restoration of order and
communication, the mate
rial toll appeared to mount
higher. The damage to
property has been terrific
and widespread.
In Miami, alone, the city
manager has estimated the
destruction Of property at
$125, 900, 600, and Miami
was only one of the Eden
like winter Playground
strung jewel-like along the
south Florida coast, which
lay directly In the path of
the freakish and devastat-
ing wind.
Other noted and costly re-
sorts-Hollywood, Coral Gables,
Delray, Homestead, Miami
Beach, and the resorts further
inland around Lake Okeecho-
bee, suffered tremendously.
In Moore Haven alone the
death list is estimated at go.
Strenuous efforts were being
made today to re-establish
communication with P en-
sacola, on the Gulf Coast. The
powerful naval radio station
there has been silent since a
final message yesterday which
said the wind was attaining a
velocity of 100. miles an hoH-
and was causing heavy dam
age. Shortly after this the
station became silent and re-
peated efforts to raise it
proved fruitless.
It is not believed, however that
the Gulf Coast resorts have suf-
fered anything like what Florida
has undergone, because the Gulf
Coast had ample warning Of the
winds advance, and had made
preparations accordingly.
Meanwhile, the nation with its
customary generosity is pouring
money and supplies into the
stricken cities. Reports to Red
Cross headquarters in Washington
today disclosed that the nation has
risen magnificently to the appeal
for funds for relief work.
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heights that they dared not venture
into the street.
About 2 o'cock Saturday morn
ing, the upper stories Of the apart
ment building were blown away. All
Of the occupants there, however,
had taken refuge on lower floors
so none was hurt, Mrs. German said.
Within an hour afterward, one side
of the lower floors OF the building
began to give way and there was
rush to the other side for safety.
Finally, all the occupants Of the
apartment buildings were huddled
in two little rooms on the ground
floor.
/ While these withstood the storm.
number who had taken safety
there during the night went out
after the lull about 5 o'clock Sat
urday morning, Mrs. German said,
and they didn't return. Whether
they were killed or injured. or
whether they reached other places
Of safety. she does not know. She
had heard nothing from them when
she left Miami Sunday night.
81 did not see much Of the dam.
age. Mrs. German said. 'I could
not look at it. 1t was too horrible,
and closed my eyes wherever I
could. I saw three people-two
women and a boy-dead. could
look at no more. It seemed to me
that there was nothing left stand
ing.
Milk for Children Scarce
"I had some food and got some
more; but could get no milk for
my baby and neither could anyone
else. That seemed to be the prin-
cipaI lack of food--milk for the
children. I fear that many Of the
younger babies there will not sur
vive the hardships they had togo
through-exposed to the rain and
the wind, bruised in many cases
by debris, and then no milk for
them after the storm was over"
One of the most graphic of the
storm tales was brought to the
city by Mrs. E. C. Webb, of Fred
erick, Nd, who is visiting Mr..
Webb's brother-in-law. J. I. Belt,
at 671O Piney Branch Road, Takoma
Park, D. C. Mrs. Webb, after q
narrowing experience in the storm
with her husband and two young
children, arrived on the a. m. train
today.
early in the Storm" Mrs. webb
said, "our house, a stucco villa at
Hollywood, began to rock. The
front door began to bulge and we
placed, first the dining table and
then all other heavy pieces Of furni-
ture against it and tried to brace
the windows.
''Then heavy pieces of roof from
an apartment house, about so feet
from our villa, gave way and some
of them crashed on our house, tear
ing holes in one side of the roof,
through which the rain and the
wind rushed.
Wind Bent Roof
1--WE all moved to the other side
of the house and then the wind,
while It did not take the roof off.
bent it in so that 1t held the water
from the rain, and this water be-
gan to pour in on US as the weight
Of 1t grew.
when the center of the hurri-
cane reached us and the consequent
lull came We looked out and. saw
four of our neighbors held in a
tangle Of debris of their garage.
Mr.. Webb went out and dug them
out, bringing them into our house,
as we felt the storm was not yet
over. We saw then that our garage
The Washington times., 1926-09-21
j. s. SHIPS IN
CHINESE WAR
By International News Service

LONDON, Sept. 21.-The situa.
ton in Chung King is critical, ow-
ing to the continuance of anti-for-
eign riots there, according to a
Central news dispatch from Shang-
hal.
The commander of the Cantonese
troops has threatened to destroy all
foreign gunboats found in Hankow
waters, but the foreign naval COM
manders have refused to withdraw
owing to the necessity Of protecting
foreign lives and property.
All American residents in Chung
King are safe.
British vessels which have been
held by the Cantonese at Wanhsien
have been released.
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Continued from First Page.)


storm children were hunting for
parents and parents for children.
It was artbreaking.
"I believe, however, 1t was curios-
ity that caused most of the deaths
and injuries. The first signs Of
the storm came about IL o'clock
Friday night, but it WASH t so
bad, then but bad enough, In view
of the warnings, for most people to
seek safety. About 2 o'clock Sat
urday morning buildings began to
rock, and the air became filled with
debris with sounds of crashing
heard above the roar Of the storm
every now and then. This continued
until nearly o'clock In the morn
ing, when there was a lull. Most
OF the people in Hollywood. at least,
and, / understand, In Miami also.
thought the storm was then over.
Hundred then went out to the
streets to see what damage had
been done. Many got far away
from places OF safety. Then the
storm came up again with even
greater fury than during the night,
and Ii came mp suddenIys Hundreds
were trapped away from the places
they had taken safety in during the
night, and it was then, I believe,
that most OF the deaths and IN
juries occurred. If everyone mad
stayed indoors and on high ground
when the lull came Saturday morn
ing, while the death toll still would
have been heavy, I do not believe
it would have been nearly as great.
UnseIfishness in Relief
"Contrasted with this horrible
picture, however, there came Sat
urday afternoon and night and Sun
day morning the beautiful picture
OF unselfishness in relief work.
Early Saturday afternoon in Holly.
wood one provision man tripled the
price of potatoes. The cries against
this, not only from the people gen.
orally, but from the rest Of the
tradespeople, were so loud and so
unmistakable, that the same provi-
sion man soon reduced his prices to
normal.
Relief agencies were organized
so quickly that they seemed to
have been wrought by magic.
Everyone who was able was work
ing for everyone else. Nurses were
volunteering-men and boys doing
the nursing where women were not
available. The doctors who were
there seemed gifted with tireless'
ness.
People who had more food than
they need were sharing with people
they never before had seen or
known-the rich were giving to the
poor, and the poor, finding many
Of the rich homeless and without
clothing, shared unstintingly when
they had things to share. The
hole relief work Immediately after
the disaster was one Of the most
beautiful examples of general un~
selfishness had ever seen or heard
Of"
FRS. Samuel German, of New
York city, whose husband operated
a laundry in Miami, was on the
train with her 18-month-old son.
Could Not Go Into Street
Mrs. German, her husband and
her baby were in their apartment
house, two squares from the ocean
front in Miami, when the first signs
Of the storm came. At first, Mr..
German was going to take his fam
lily to the big brick laundry build
ing for greater safety but, when
they had made up their minds to
start. the storm had reached such
The Washington times., 1926-09-21
Pensacola in Ruins"
Radio From C5'.1ip Says;
To Other Word Sent

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 21.-The
storm, somewhat spent in it's fury.
has swept inland with its center
at Meridian, Miss, but the whole
OF Alabama and parts of Miss
issippi, Louisiana and Georgia were
in the grip of the storm, and
cloudburst was reported at Troy,
Ala.
Pensacola was still cut off from
outside communication, and only
fragmentary radio reports came
from Mobile.
The Algiers Navy Radio Station
here got in touch with Pensacola
at 3 o'clock last night and was
advised that little property dam.
age was done despite q 72.mile
gale.
All efforts communicate with
Pensacola. since then. have. failed.
The Washington times., 1926-09-21
20 Reported Killed
AS Hurricane Wrecks
Towns in Alabama

MOBILE, Ala, Sept. 21.-The
West Indian hurricane today con-
tinued it's march inland from the
Gulf OF Mexico. laying waste rec
tions of northwest Florida, south
ern Alabama, Mississippi and
Louisiana.
Damage here and in Pensacola
probably will total $1,000, 900, or
more, it Is believed.
No loss Of life in the city OF
Mobile had been reported early to-
day, however.
A radio report stated that the
towns of Seminole and Lillian, Ala.
had been wrecked with the loss OF
10 or dozen lives, and great prop
erty damage.
Five were killed when the temp
est struck the village of Jackson.
Ala. Two were reported killed
near Bay Minette and several
crushed by debris at Flomaton.
Extensive property damage ahi
injuries to persons were reporte
from Enterprise, Hartford, Geneva,
Bay Minette, Monroeville, Dothan.
Brewton, Troy, Andalusa, Ever
green and Flomaton.
The Washington times., 1926-09-21

and Pigeon conveyed a British mer-
chant ship together with an Ameri-
can freighter past Hanyang at an
other time. the department was in
formed.
Good order is being maintained in
the foreign concessions of Hankow,
recently captured by the Cantonese
troops, but many murders have oc-
Cured In the native quarter, it was
added,
The Washington times., 1926-09-21
q. s. Warships Co-operatiag

American warships arA co-operat-
ing with the British M protecting
lives of foreigners and shipping on
the Yangste River in China, it
was disclosed in dispatches to the
State Department today.
On one occasion the United States
destroyer Stewart took injured Brit
ish officers and men from a mer-
chant vessel and transported them
to Hankow.
The United States gunboats Palos
The Washington times., 1926-09-21
New York Organizing Aid


NEW YORK, Sept. 21. - While
the lists Of the dead and the in-
jured still were pouring in today
from the storm-stricken area of
Florida, New York city and New
York State began organizing and
extending aid to the sufferers.
Responding to proclamations by
President Coolidge and Governor
Smith, and similar call by Mayor
Walker, New Yorkers expressed
their sympathy for the stricken
Floridians in terms Of medicines
and provisions.
A relief committee Of 6s proni-
nent men, working under a super
committee Of ten. all familiar with
Florida conditions, was appointed
by Mayor Walker to formulate
plans for systematic collection Of
relief funds.
The mayor teIegraphed to Gov.
John w. Martin that New York
city stands ready to render every
aid humanity possible"
The Washington times., 1926-09-21
Mr.. Shaw In Line

THE PRIVATE SECRETARY
to Representative Charles Atkins,
of Illinois, is ID. j. Shaw. He ex-
poets to attend the Dempsey -Tun-
ney fight, being in line for one
of the 100 extra ringside seats.
an have my ten subscriptions by
tomorrow .n0on." he pledged to-
day. That means he'll just get
in before the "deadline" on the
Offer.
The Washington times., 1926-09-21
SCORE Of TOWNS HARD.
H|T;N|ANY KILLED
CONTINUED from Page ~

stricken area told the determination of the sufferers
to build anew what has been destroyed.
AS order emerged of chaos, the toll Of human life
taken by this sry freak of appeared to diminish
Whereas some estimates Sunday and Monday had
placed the dead as high 1000, todays dispatches
brought this figure down materially.
II Is now reported be doubtful if the death list
above 500 grim enough TOLL but still greatly below
the original estimates.
The Washington times., 1926-09-21

Ten. new Times-Herald subscrfp-
tiOns can earn you ringsIde seat
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on Thursday
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-11

demanded trial by Jury the against
arbitrary depotsm of the kings Judges During interpen
ing centuries this right has been stauches supports
OF human freedom Yet in democratic America oorker no
longer enjoys the protection of jury trial to
strike against industrial tyranny for liring rage
Today the captains and the Kings of industry
majority OF the courts just Effectively did the
Of old England Their money buys the election of Judges
friendly to their and quits oUe the of presi
dents soo o "stay htched and appoint corporation
doyers they rant for federal Judges These judges
striking 0oker into court act legislator judge and jury
combined and then execute their sentences upon the
ers 'oho dare to object to this autocratic process
There is authority in lao authorizing judges to issue
njunctions az labor disputes 1t usmped poicer first ap
piled by Inuncton Bin" Taft When he tried chain
ArbOr railroad engineers to their locomotive
petty judge IN the country thinks he pooer strikes
by the abuse Of judicial po'oer.
The Of the Injunction consists this: being
increasingly used by both federal and state Judges
despotc manner and in the erent of really serious strike
readily become instrument Of brutal tyranny tearing aicau
the GIRL liberties Of the aoorker casting jail at the
kind of strike relief illegal has already done on the
There only pay for the fight the njunc-
ton successfully they achiere political poaocr in
both state and nation pass laos prohibiting the of njunc
tons in labor disputes and npcach remove from office
Judges ho persist in this dcspotc practice Then must also
put in the White House labor president the toor
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candidate for public office ought pledged oppose
this Grill and elected held accountable fo. his pledqe bu the
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-11
FIRST BLOOD
OF |. |. C. v.
FLOWS in N. Y.
But Pickets Close Down
Scab Shops

NEW YORK CITY, July 9. - The
first serious violence In the great gar.
ment strike came yesterday. Ciott
Farmer, business agent of the Heller.
Breslau gangs Local No. II of the In
ternationaI Ladies' Garment Workers
Union, was operating scab shop un-
der protection of leading psngsters, at
% West 26th street, when Samuel
Lendman, an I. L. G. w. picket, was
approached by three gangsters, one Of
whom shot him In the abdomen.
Lendman was rushed to Bellevue
hospital, and while the wounds are
serious, recovery is expected. valogers
Guidice, another picket was stabbed
by the gangsters and is under treat
ment.
Arrest Gangsters.
The industrial squad" were forced
10 arrest the identified gangsters
known as the Little Augie" gang
Little Augie" and his companion,
Morris Gilman, of SO and 92 ESSEX
street, rsspectI rely. Henry Stotz and
Josephy Buchhalter, other gangsters.
were arrested in the loft of Gold and
Clott after struggle.
Striking cloakmakers cleaned out
the foremen and designers from eigh-
teen shops, also cleaning out a big
scab nest operated in Brooklyn under
the disguise of Cohen and Turkewitz"
at 2S6 Fulton street, but actually run
by Cohen and Weinberger whose Man
haitian shop is n strike.
The shop chairmen held an enthus-
iastic meeting yesterday, adopting CON
structive plans for strike activity.
Bosses for Law and Order.
Henry H. Finder. president of the
Manufacturers Association, after a
meeting of the association issued the
following warning:
"The union has no right to interfere
with regular employees which remain
in our shops. We serve public notice
on Louis Hyman and on all other un.
ion officials that we intend to pro-
tect our property and our foremen
and designers at any cost. This is the
United States and not Russia, and we
happen to be in city where those
at the head of the government believe
In maintenance of law and order. We
are not going to lose any time in pres
enting our situation to the police de-
partment. We are not going to be a
bit hesitant, either, about laying all
information OF wrong doing or law
breaking. before the district attorney"
Mr.. Finders Nominations are ignor-
ed by the 10000 strikers. Their fight
ing spirit is developing excellently and
they are proving their determination
TO drive out the terrorism of the gang
sters and continue the struggle to vic.
tory.