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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-20
WASHINGTON IS HIT
TIGHTLY BY STORM
Some Trees and Wires Down.
+ Fair Weather Follows
Gales.

Leaving In its wake twisted mass OF
broken trees and torn electric light and
telephone wires, the remnant OF the
West Indian hurricane which visited
Washington last night travelled off into
the northwest this morning and was
superseded by slowly clearing skies and
q gradual rise in temperature.
Little material damage was reported
here from the storm. About so large
trees were broken off or badly damaged
by the wind, one of them wrecklng a
parked automobile on L street between
Fifth and Sixth streets and several
others falling against residences. caus-
ing slight damage.
Falling tree limbs played havoc with
telephone and electric lines in scattered
sections of the city and in adjoining
Virginia and Maryland communities.
Chevy Chase Suffers.
The telephone company reported a
number of wires down along Connecu-
cut avenue and in the southeast section.
Lines of the Potomac Electric Power Co.
suffered their greatest damage in Chevy
Chase
After a survey of conditions this
morning. officials reported that all cam
age would be quickly repaired and the
SlT66lS OpSi W tAoAAAN - e~A-S ~-'~
noon.
The Department of Commerce an
nounced that the warning light at Sc
wall Point was carried away by the
storm on September 10. The point Will
be marked temporarily with gas buoy
with a red skeleton structure supporting
a flashing red light of 40 candlepoWer.
The actual intensity OF last nlgnGs
storm in Washington was considerably
less than had been expected. Inc
highest wind velocity registered at the
Weather Bureau was 20 miles an hour
and the amount of rainfall was mucn
less than in some of the heavy august
storms.
Crops Damaged.
In outlying sections, however, the
winds were much stronger than IN the
city and caused considerable Damage
to trees and crops.
The forecast given out by the Weather
Bureau today was for fair weather to-
night and tomorrow. The temperature,
it was said, would continue cool. Inc
lowest recorded was So degrees at am.
today. Three hours later 1t had risen
one or two degrees, it was said.
The Weather Bureau could not state
today lust when the temperature here
would return to normal. The slow rise
this morning, however, together with
the fair weather, was taken as an ndl-
cation that the thermometer will begin
its climb to a more seasonable height
within a day or so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-20
Electrical Show for the Trade.

The usual electrical show, which has
been held each year with one exception
for twenty years, will take place in New
York during the middle Of October.
It's character has been changed slight
ly. Heretofore it has been more Of
popular nature appealing as much to
the general public as to the industrial
companies, but the next one will be
more of trade exposition. During the
first few days of the show it win be
open to the trade exclusively. but the
latter days will be thrown open to the
general public. 1t is thought that this
change will give the dealers and manu-
facturers an opportunity to get together
in a way that will be more satisfac-
tory and more profitable to all the
parties concerned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-20
OFFSHOOT OF GALE
STRIKES FRUIT BELT
Apple Trees and Cornfelds in
Maryland Stricken With Heavy
Loss and Other Damage Done.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HAGERSTOWN, Md, September 90
An offshoot of the West Indian hurri-
cane struck the Hancock fruit belt last
night, stripping late apple trees and
leveling cornfields where cutting was
just getting under way. The loss to
farmers and orchardists will be many
thousands of dollars.
Apples we're bruised in falling and
thus rendered unfit for market, though
much Of the crop can be diverted to
home consumption and canning. The
corn will require twice the labor to
harvest.
The storm unroofed the plant of the
Hagerstown Mantel & Furniture Co.,
the home of DR.. w. r. Bender, felled
many trees and put 300 telephones out
of commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-20
Grew Refuses to Quit Storm Tossed Ship
As Mother and Children Are Rescued

gale still raging, the steamer drifted
helpless.
Yesterday the Willababco's S o S
was picked up by the steamship Guaya-
quill of the Panama Railway Line. The
Guayaquil went to the rescue and the
swipper's family were transferred to her
in the high seas.
Capt. McGahan and his men refused
to leave their ship. A hawser was final
ly made fast to the Mallory tanker Hox-
bar, bound from Cartagena to Bayonne,
N. j., which also had responded to the
S 0 S.
The Hoxbar is towing the Willababco
to New York through comparatively
calm seas today. The Guayaquil Is
scheduled to dock late tomorrow or Sat-
urday,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-20
Broken Wind Gauge
Will Be Sent Here
For Test of Speed
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN JUAN, September 20.-Dr.
o. L. Fassig, chief of the local
weather bureau, will send to the
Bureau of Standards in washington
today the thermometer broken by
the hurricane. He calculated that
the instrument was recording wind
speed of la miles an hour when
one cup broke. With two cups, the
instrument registered 100 miles per
hour.
He said he believed the bureau
by testing the damaged instrument
could determine the exact maximum
wind velocity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-20

kites, large palm trees carried through
the air and number of railroad cars
overturned near the dock. We saw a
large tower on a nearby ice plant COL
lapse, sending up cloud of ammonia.
ITO add to the difficulty fire started
in the suburbs of the city, and we could
see a red glare all over the sky. It
seemed impossible that a fire could
burn after such a drenching."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-20
ESTIMATED FLOOD DAMAGE IN FLORIDA

Map showing extent Of hurricane dam
age in 20 counties in Florida as reported
to American Red Cross. A. L. Schafer,
director of disaster relief in Florida for
the Red Cross, telegraphed Tuesday con-
ditions in these counties. Palm Beach
County suffered greatest loss of life and
damage; Okeechobee. Broward and Mar
tin Counties suffered considerable dam
age. The other counties, lightly shaded,
reported slight damage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-20
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, September 20.-The
thrilling rescue in mountainous seas of
a woman and two children from leak
ing and waterlogged San Francisco
steamer off Cape Hatteras was told to-
day in radio messages from the liner
Guayaquil.
Caught in the terrific West Indian
hurricane, the lumber steamer VILLA
babco sprang a leak. On board were
the captain, G. H. McGahan of Brook
lyn; his wife and two small children,
a boy and a girl, and his crew of 80
men.
The crew worked night and day at
the pumps, but the water finally
reached the engine room. With the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-20
FOOD REACHES SUFFERING.
Porto Rico Death Toll Estimate OF
1O00 Held Conservative,

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, September
20 OP.-Food supplies were moving
into the hurricane-stricken districts
outside of San Juan today under Red
Cross supervision. Tents and blankets
were being distributed by the Army
and emergency hospitals and for the
shelter of those weakened by privat1on.
The food was taken directly from the
transport st. Mihiel in Army trucks,
which had been placed at the disposal
of the Red Cross by Col. George Helms,
commanding the 9Th U. S. Infantry.
With actual relief either provided fof
or plans well under way, attention was
centered on putting Porto Rico to work
to keep idleness down and restore
morale through self-help. AS the
problem of unemployment Is largely
agricultural, E. B. Thomas, manager Of
the branch of the Federal Land Bank
of Baltimore, told farm groups he had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-20

from Moorehaven or Okeechobee City,
where we have base Possible Seaboard
Line may open up tomorrow. Pahokee
has called for military aid. Riots by
negroes"
Bodies Buried Hurriedly.
Compilation of lists of the dead was
hampered by the difficulties under
which the recovery squads worked.
MANY bodies, in the water since they
were overwhelmed by the lake flood,
were In such state that 1t was neces-
sary TO bury them Immediately. In
some instances SearcherS, lacking
means of conveyance, tied the bodies
to trees and left them for the trucks.
The State Board of Health sent ply
sicians and nurses, who were admins
tering to the injured and sick and CIV
ing preventative medicines to others.
The State Board of Health OF North
Carolina offered its assistance to Gov.
Martin, volunteering to send physicians,
engineers and sanitary experts into the
district. The 4th Corps Area OF the o. 5.
Army, dispatched two officers to sup
plenient the relief work. Many Florida
cities raised funds for the sufferers. A
special car of clothing was en- route
from Jacksonville. Additional workers
from the National Red Cross mead
quarters were expected to supplement
the field workers already on the scene
under A. L. Shafer, director OF dis
aster relief for the organization, who
yesterday took over the ministration OF
relief in coordination with local
agencies, civilians and the National
Guard.
Several hundred residents of Clewiston
and Moorehaven, who fed the towns
last Sunday before the advance OF the
hurricane and sought safety on high
ground, were re-establishing themselves
In their homes. These towns, together
with other communities around the
western and southwestern shores OF the
lake escaped the full fury OF the storm,
and reported only slight damage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-20
Father Gets in Swim.

CHICAGO CR.-A father followed
son into politics when Joseph A. Weber
accepted the Democratic nomination for
Congress from city district. The son,
Charles H., has been a member of the
State Assembly for several years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-20
Plan Smith Campaign.

Plans for cooperating in campaign
work in Arlington County, Va, will be
arranged by the Victory Smith-Rob-
inson Veterans Club at a meeting to-
night at the headquarters of the Demo-
cratic central committee, Is jackson
place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-20

been battling the storm all the way
from Havana, from which port she
sailed last Saturday, and was expected
to reach Quarantine Friday afternoon.
The Santa Marta of the United Fruit
Co., is only a day late out of Kingston,
Jamaica; while the Matura of the Trim
idad Line is two days overdue from
Trinidad. All three have radioed their
positions in the last "a hours.
The Fort Victoria, bound for Bermu-
da; the Cuyamapa, for Honduran ports,
and the Cristobal, for Panama, sailed
early today, after being held nearly a
day in the lower harbor by the storm.
SIXTY BURIED IN ONE GRAVE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-20
RELIEF SHIP SAILS.

NEW YORK, September 20 CP).-The
supply ship u. s. S. Bridge sailed today
from the Brooklyn Army base for San
Juan with food and supplies for relief
of the Porto Rican hurricane victims.
The ship took, besides tents and blan-
kets, 100000 pounds of food.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-20
THREE LINERS OVERDUE.

Ships From West Indies Expected to
Reach New York Tomorrow.
NEW YORK, September 20 Dr.
Three New York-bound passenger
liners from the West Indies, all delayed
by the tropical hurricane, are scheduled
to dock tomorrow.
The Monterey of the Ward Line,
carrying 81 passengers and crew of
$50, is four days overdue. She has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-20
italy and Greece to Sign Pact.

ATHENS, September 20 (P.-Presi-
dent Kondouriotis has authorized
Premier Venezelos to sign the Italio-
Greek pact of n-aggression and
friendship.
The premier will go to Rome to sign
the treaty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-20

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, September
20 R.-The ST. Petersburg Times today
published dispatch from staff cor
respondent at West Palm Beach which
said go bodies were buried there yes
terday in one huge grave, dug by
steam shovel. He said bodies were
brought in so rapidly from the lake
region that crew of carpenters was
kept busy building rough collins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-20

Some politicians who talk over the
radio ought to appreciate the advan-
tages of heard but not seen.-St. Mary's
Beacon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-20
CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENT.
EPISCOPAL

CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENT.
EPISCOPAL.
The Trustees of
CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH
18th and G SITS. N. e.
Announce With Great Pleasure
The Completion of the Church and the
Services Concentrating This Event
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER FL, 1928, AT
SPIN.
Service of Rededication
Conducted by the Bishop Of WASHINGTON,
Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman, ID. ID.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER %
Holy Communion. 7 Am.
Morning Prayer and Holy Communion,
IL AM.
The Ven. Henry L. Phillips, d. ID.
Arch Deacon of Philadelphia
VIII Preach at the III O'Clock Service
The Offering viii Re for the Benefit Of the
Heating Plant. 21S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-20
FLORIDA REFUGEES
RIOT; MANY BURIED
WHERE FOUND IN GLADES

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-20

from Moorehaven or Okeechobee City,
where we have base. Possible Seaboard
Line may open up tomorrow. Pahokee
has called for military aid. Riots by
negroes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-20

SIXTY BURIED IN ONE GRAVE.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-05-22
UNIVERSITIES gain
new H. 5. RECRUITS
Large Percentage Of Graduates
Want Higher Education

That the tendency of high school
graduates is toward higher education
may be learned from the results OF
a census taken among mid-year
graduates at the Senior High school
with reference to their plans follow
ing graduation. The number of boys
and girls who intend TO enter col
lege Or other higher schools of edu-
cation is greater than those who are
planning to enter employment.
Thirty-four boys are planning to
enter colleges and universities and II
girls intend to enter colleges.
Although there has been a con-
slant increase in the number OF
graduates who continue in quest for
higher education this years quota
has been much larger.
Nhe statistics. as complied by the
Senior High school authorities, and
which are in the possession OF Miss
Mile G. McAuley. assistant princi-
pal. are as follows: boys, college. 81:
employment. u: undecided, .: girls.
college, Il; employment. Is; Normal
school. 10; nursing, s: undecided >.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-05-22
HOPPE AWAITING
TRIAL FOR MURDER
Career Is Likened to That Of
Chapman

nedham, Mass. May .. UP)-
stephen Hoppe has come, at last,
to a crisis in his checkered career as
burglar and jail-breaker.
In cell before which extra guards
watched his every move. the notori-
Gus criminal waited today trial in
which his life will be at stake.
Conclusive" was the fatetul add
jective employed by District Attor-
ncy Winfield NJ. Wilbar in describing
the evidence which the state holds
against Hoppe. charged with killing
Policeman Alfred \. Hollis during
hold-up here the night OF October I
last
Hoppe, while quietly protesting his
innocence, has steadfastly declined
to discuss the allegations against
him. He faces the possibility OF
death i'll the electric chair if the
state can prove that he was the
burglar that broke into Pill Broth
crs' hardware store on the night in
question.
The career OF stephen Hoppe is a
strange parallel to that Of the late
Gerald Chapman. Like the man
who was dubbed the prince OF
bandits Hoppe has long record
Of crime and spectacular Jail breaks,
once h" escaped from the death
house OF the Vermont state prison
With the aid Of only a table fork
1t was in Hartford, Conn. that
Chapman received the sentence of
death, and it was in Hartford that
Hoppe was captured after his get
away from the Vermont prison.
Chapman was granted federal
pardon so he might be placed on
trial for murder in Connecticut.
Hoppe. who was serving a 14-year
sentence for burglary in the Yer
mont state prison up to last week,
was pardoned by Governor John r.
Weeks Of Vermont so he might be
brought here TO stand trial for mar
der.
Ni'dplldl was COHNltltu OF klllInE
policeman. and 1t is for police
mans death that Hoppe must so on
trial for his life.
Hoppe was brought here Nester-
day from Windsor Vt, and lodged in
Dedham Jail, famed as the place
where Nicola Sacco wa. held for sew
eral years pending his execution.
District Attorney Wjlbar has indi-
Gated that Justice will be speeded to
insure a prompt trial. and he has
expressed confidence that he has
sufficient evidence to convict Hoppe.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-05-22
CH|NA'S Civil WAR
MAY BE SWITCHED
Its Direction May Yeer North
and Inland

London. May 80 UP)-China's
civil war may be diverted northNard
and further inland from Shantuns
instead of moving from the Picking
area northeastward toward Manchu-
ria, it was announced today.
Provided that Chang Tso-Lin.
northern commander-in-ch chief does
not defeat the advancing national
lists. it appeared that the fighting
zone might continue toward the in
ner Monaghan section of the great
wall, instead of switching--as had
been taken for granted-toward
Manchuria,
The reason for the probable d.
version in Japan's strategic Gordon OF
troops in Shantung and further
north in Southern Manchuria whore
Japan has said she will permit no
fighting because Of her great inter-
ests there.
For the moment interest is con-
contracted at Pckinc. seat of the
northern government. The north
erners' military fate. it is believed.
depends largely upon the political
stuation--tirst Japan's attitude and
secondly the extension OF national
list propa gauda into the Picking area
All through the civil war the ma
tionalist slogan of China for the Chi
nese. and lropa ganda telling of the
nationalist fight TO win full indie
pendence for China. has gone out in
advance of the southern armies like
an invisible skirmish force. and pre-
pared the way for the troops them
selves, In many cases the propa
eanda has caused the dcsertlon Of
enemy troops to the nationalist
ranks, and in all it has Won them
the support of large part Of the
population.
The propaganda n th" Pcl>ing
Lin to announce that no student
demonstrations will he allow Cd
Chang seemed today 10 be playing
for time. Much depended OH how
quickly the nationalist armies were
able to move northward without
weakening themselves.
Many times before Chang has
waited until nationalist lines have
been extended too far. and then adj
administered crushing defeats to ap-
rarently Irresistible armies
In the present case. If F'enE Yu-
Hsiang. fsrthcst advanced of the
three nationalist army leaders driv.
Ing toward Picking. should move too
quickly in his eagerness 10 seize
Picking and power. Chang might save
himself
The main southern armies ar
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-05-22
Steady Round Of Good
Times Awaiting Fliers

Montreal. May 90 P'-A steady
round of entertainment awaited the
German Irish crew OF the tranSat-
lantic plane Bremen here today.
AS soon as they were rested after
their journey from Albany. \. Y.
Baron Won Huenefeld, Captain koehl
and Ma jor fitzmaurice were TO go
on an automobile tour of the city.
stopping at the new baseball sta
dunn, the Mount Royal race track
and the city hall
Late in the afternoon the aNiators
will be guests of the United Service
club at a reception and the city of
Montreal will give them a banquet
in the carly evening. After the BAN
quot. the hiers will attend thcater.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-05-22

forced TO advance slowly alongside
the Tientsin-P ukow railway, which
the japanese hold, and would be un-
able, if fight occurred without
warning, to move to Feng's aid.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-05-22

Reliable wash fabrics,
pretty styles. full cut,
sizes 2 to 6.
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
+ A I A |
QUEBECF|RE

QUEBEC, Dec. &c G.N.s1.-An
investigation was begun today to
determine the origin of the fire that
swept the central building OF the
Sacred Heart Hospital and claimed
the life OF Sister Ceci1e. a 22-year-
old nun. The blaze, according to
firemen. started in a laundry chute.
Sister Cecile was fatally burned
when she attempted to quench the
flames with an extinguisher
Thirty-seven patients. many of
them mothers with children. We're
carried down fire. escapes and fIam-
ing stairways to safety. Mrs.
Joseph Lorento, of Hull, carried
her two-days-old baby and four.
year-old boy down three flights of a
fire escape.
Two men, Elric st. Louis and
Ferdinand Gingras, found them
selves trapped in the building after
assisting in the rescue work. and
were forced to slide down to the
street on an improvised rope of
knotted bed clothing.
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
NONARCH /
DOING
WELL
By HARRY r. FLORY

LONDON. Dec. 26 lin. s. l.--A Il
though last nights official bulletin
on King Georges condition stated
that no bulletin would be issued
until this evening, buckingham
Palace was besieged To-Day BY tele-
phone calls from persons who were
anxious to be reassured that his
majesty,s Improvement was con.
tinuing.
Today is traditionaily known as
boxing day and Is usually cele-
fbrated throughout England by
elaborate festivities. Business is.
at q standstil1 and ordinary cares
are usually forgotten In high pew
ters Of ale and other cheering
refreshments.
But today the populace appeared
to be reluctant to enter into the
spirit Of the occasion until ii re-
ceived official confirmation that the
kings condition was satisfactory.
Palace officials, however. we're
reluctant to give out any informla-
ton
1t was learned from a reliable
source that his majesty's condition
continued satisfactory today and
that he had had fairly comfort
able night.
Lord Dawson. of Penn. was ex-
pected to make a short visit this
afternoon.
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
japanese Parliament
Convened bY Emperor

TOKYO. Dec. 26 u.N.S).-Domes-
tic issues overshadowed foreign
affairs when the fifty-sixth parlia-
ment was opened today by Emperor
Hirohito with a brief message from
the throne.
The Seyukai party, which Is
apparently in control of the lower
house is supporting the government
policies of Premier Baron Tanaka.
The present session was expected
to be very brief. with ain adjou. n
ment until January 20. Two of the
most important domestic issues
before parliament are the transfer
land tax and the proposed abolish
ment of the business tax to foster
trade.
The radical labor party attempted
demonstrations. but were kept In
hand by police.