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Smyrna times., 1928-06-27
FOR REPRESENTATIVE

/ desire to announce that ! VIII be
! candidate for the Democratic nomi-
nation for Representative for the
Third District Of Kent county subject
~ the decision of the Democratic pri-
mary election.
5-2 If ALEX. @. DARRAH, Clayton
Smyrna times., 1928-06-27

TOWN PROPERTY OWNERS: We
lend on standing first mortgage and
repayabIe second mortgage.
FARMERS: We write very cheap
long term loan for you. Loans prompt
" made. Write direct to THE DEL
MAR-VA MORTGAGE COMPANY,
Salisbury, Maryland. 3-2o T.
The Washington times., 1928-09-17

towns in the path Of the storm de-
scribe heavy rains with rising
wind.
ATLANTA, Ga. Sept. 17.--At 5
a. m. today all. wires were down
south Of Melbourne, Orlando and
Tampa.
The fun force OF the tropical gale
that dashed the peninsula. since yes
terday seemed to have been In the
southern.central part of the State.
Wind velocity Of 10O-miles an hour
was reported across the belt which
the storm followed.
TAMPA. Fla, Sept. 1.-THE fun
force of the Florida hurricane has
not reached here ct 4:45 this morn
inK. Az that time the barometer
registered 1885 With u wind velocity
of 2s miles per lfour..ssa slight IN.
crease over the last report OF "a
miles an. hour.
AN wires ara. down south OF hers
where the storm was expected to
strike with full force, but train ser.
vice has been uninterrupted.
HAINEs CITY, FLA. Sept. IT,
The hurricane which swept across
Florida IL gaining in intensity every
minute and before daybreak II Is
thought that 1t will have wrecked
many buildings. At sac a. IN.
Eastern standard time. IL had
reached point Of fury worse than
the storm of about six weeks ago.
The Washington times., 1928-09-17
EX- COP DRUNK,
PAYS FINE
Of $50

The crusade against drunkenness
III the Police department was given
a vivid twist today BY scene in
Police Court involving . former
member OF the force.
Only last week Lawrence g. Nil
Ter, formerly 81 the Fourth precinct,
was dismissed on liquor charges
brought before the police trial.
board. This morning he was
brought before Judge Robert r.
Mattingly as prisoner on 4
drunk and disorderly'' cEafs..
pleaded guilty. and was given the
alternative 81 i $50 fine 81 sixty
days IN Jail.
Miller was thrown off the force
because of an alteration ne mao
with Policeman =. w. Corners, Of
the 500 block Eleventh st. 3. w.
The evidence showed that tne
former had been drinking heavily
and was entirely at blame In the
row with Corners. The trial bOar'i
dismissed him summarily.
The ex.patroiman was arrested
yesterday by Sergt. N. o. Holmes
of the Third precinct, again up5n
a charge OF drunkenness. Miller
offered no defense in Police Court
today, and paid his fine after a
plea OF guilty.
The Washington times., 1928-09-17
Ruin and Famine Spur
Porto Rico to Demand
Martial Law for Isle
~ international News Service

SAN JUAN. Sept. 17.-With
death, destruction and ruin every.
where, Porto Rico figuratively forgot
Its scars today in a determined
effort TO keep the gaunt spectres.
pestilence and starvation, from ad.
ding their horror to the chaotic
conditions created by the terror
inspiring hurricane which swept the
country.
Reliable estimates place the mum.
Der who died in the hurricane at
about 260. Between 3OO, 900 and
bOO 600 persons are homeless. Prop.
erty valued at about $4,000, 600
was destroyed. Many towns are
still Isolated, roads are impossible
and food and water are scarce.
The greater part of the island's
crops have been destroyed. Most
OF the coffee and fruit trees have
been ruined. Sugar and canning
factories have been leveIIed TO the
ground.
Before the hurricane, a bumper
sugar crop brought with il the hope
Of exceptional prosperity this wear.
Now Porto Rico faces economic
ruin.
Leading citizens have petitioned
Governor Towner tn take swift re-
constructive measures, They ask
martial law, requesting of all avail.
abe supplies ~ food and It's proper
ApportIonmert, and the drafting Of
The Washington times., 1928-09-17

Seeking immediate relief, h !
White House cOflferees directed that
the Army Transport st. Mihiel.
which left New York Friday for
Panama. discharge its subsistence
cargo Of $50 tons at San Juan,
which Will be reached tomorrow.
The freight transport Kan0wis.
which was due in Panama east
bound tomorrow has been dispatch
Cd also Il stand BY Porto Rico
pending further Instructions The
Kafl0wia IA carrying 4bOlt zoo tons
OF canned subsistence supplies. and
ii may be found possible to increase
this cargo At Panama.
worst EVER Blew
Meanwhile the War Department
made public i cable from GeyeRnOf
TOwner, reporting the .tlisaster -
the worst that ever occurred from
i hurricane in the West Indies
TOwner reported that everything
in the way Of relief Ii needed and
he urged that President Coolidge
issue proclamation asking for
nationwide aid through the Red
Cross.
Towner's cable follows: '.Reports
OF lOss or. property to this date con-
firm former reports. They are to
the effect that Dfle.haIf the homes
Of the people are destroyed That
would mean zoo. 600 people homeless
Many school houses and other pub
lie buildings also destroyed
THE cane.arOwiflx crop injured to
extent Of IS per cent. The tobacco
crop growing injured SO DER cent.
Tobacco barns nearly all destroyed.
The coffee crop. valued at SIC, 600.
600. Is per rent destroyed. The
fruit crop totally destroyed, also IS
per cent of trees.
''These reports are probably in
some respects exaggerated but the
disaster 10 the worst that ever &C.
CURED from hurricane in the
West Indies and in some respects
the facts are worse than the report.
The loss of life Is greater than
The Washington times., 1928-09-17
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Continued from Fgrst Ea6eJ
Beach and Fort Piarce, two or the
largest Florida East Coast cities
which bore the brunt of the West
Indian hurricane Sunday.
Although relief trains are reported
to have left for Palm Beach from
Miami late last night. no direct
word was received from the isolated
city as to the extent OF the havoc
wrought by the hurricane.
Indirect reports, however, from
several sources--independent wire
companies, railroad and amateur
radio operators-told Of many in
jured, with possible loss of life in
the Palm Beaches and Fort Pierce.
Hospital May Be Hit
one report, as yet unidentified.
said that > large county hospital N
the center OF West Palm Beach was
demolished by the 1z5.mile.an-hcur
gale. and that ecne Of the patients
may have been killed.
Still others were reported injured,
and perhaps some killed, when
houses ana buildings were unropfed
and ripped apart by the hurricane
Local railroads reported some of
their trains ''lost." Apparently they
are safe, bur owing to disrupted
wire communication and heavy
rains the trains stopped. awaiting
clearer weather.
Damages will reach millions Of dol
lars in property, public utilities and
fruit crops, 1t was ccnservatively
estimated.
Might Recurve
The damage was said to have
been particularly heavy at Fort
Pierce, Fort Lauderdale and the
Palm Beaches on the east coast,
and also west OF Sedrtng
The local weather bureau said
there was possibility that the
hurricane might recurve. Consid.
cradle uneasinegs was felt here
when wire communication TO Miami
was suddenly disrupted this morn
ing. Just before this, Miami re.
ported fresh high winds.
The hurricane was reported CEN
trial over the Florida peninsula
shortly before noon. just east of
Tampa, but whether 1t will go by
the west coast and hit Apalachicola
or blow into the Gulf Of Mexico. or
recurve was not certain here.
The Washington times., 1928-09-17

turbance was spreading northward
toward this city. A heavy rail- has
been falling. here for "a hours.
The city is without power or
lights.
The Palatka Daily News an.
nounced Il would be forced to sus.
pend publication for today. al there
was little chance of the power COM
pany being able 10 resume business.
All telephone lines south Of here
were out. and no definite news
could be obtained as to the extent
Of the damage wrought by the hur-
ricane. y
BRADENTOWN, Fla, Sept. IT,
Bradentown is standing by to re-
ceive the second worst hurricane in
its history. All windows and open
work on buildings have been barred
and the inhabitants Are calmly
awaiting the worst.
At National Guard headquarters
1t was announced that all Is in
readiness to mobilize the troops
with 80 minutes notice. Barometer
reading at 2 "a. m. showed 29.3l
pressure.
ORLANDO. Fla, Sept. fat 4
o'clock this morning the wind was
still blowing a gale at a velocity OF
about so miles per hour. The
barometer reading at this time was
1911. The peak OF the storm was
expected to reach here at about
o'clock.
ORLANDO, Fla. Sept. 17.-All the
wires are down here and the wind is
blowing at the rate of so to SO miles
per hour. Trees have been blowing
down and it is feared that many
buildings OF flimsy construction will
90 down.
LAKE WALES, Fla, Sept. IT,
Many trees were down at a. m. to-
day. and the hurricane that came
out Of the southeast il growing In
fury. The barometer is still falling,
and 1t now seems that 1t will reach
point never before reached here.
CLEARWATER, Fla, Sept. II.
The local post of the American
Legion was ordered to stand by
for service when the storm strikes
here. The wind is gaining in We
locity and there IL heavy rainfall
in this section. Radio reports from
The Washington times., 1928-09-17
Episcopal Church Does
Away With Big Deficit

After three years of effort the
Episcopal Church Is almost out Of
debt. Lewis B. Franklin, vice.
president and treasurer of the Ma
tional Council of the church; has
announced that the Forthcoming
general convention OF the demon.
nation in Washington will be likely
to find that deficit Of 81 500, 900
faced in 1926 has been done away
with.
Credit for the achievement should
be given to the bishops and other
leaders, Franklin thinks.
The Washington times., 1928-09-17
Radio Stations Send
Tale of Destruction
On Islands and Coast
n rrRwyANn n OrwWTT
By EDWARD B. LOCKETT
InternatIonal News service

A tale OF death and destruction
filtered in today from the few wind
whipped remaining posts Of radio
communication la the wake. Of the
West India hurricane.
For the second time, within two
years the southeast coast OF the
United States was ripped by a de-
structive hurricane.
Through the night wireless whined
and cracked it's story of sorrow and
disaster. Men sat tensely in the
blue flashing lights of wireless
rooms, earphones tight TO their
The Washington times., 1928-09-17
Loss Of Life Feared IN Florida Cyclone;
Hospital Rep orted Demolished

heads, and listened to shrill notes of
sending keys in the stricken area.
The nation bent 10 the work OF
ascertaining damages. picking mp
word OF injury and death and
speeding relief.
The screaming wind left q 90
mile sWath of silence behind. It's
course was marked ~ one COM
munication post after another was
silenced under the lashing hurricane.
Deaths. injuries and damage re-
sulting from the storm In Florida
were unestimated.. Up until 8
o'clock the naval communications
office was receiving word from
Jupiter, Fla, just above Miami,
but at this time n last message.
hhakiIv received, reported wire
less tower had gone, and that fur
Their messages would be impossible.
Shortly afterwards the Charles.
town, s. c., naval radio relay re.
ported not d word from Jupiter.
station probably out.
The Western Union reported at
midnight that one wire was work
ing to Miami from Atlanta. Ga,
but that beyond this point there
were no wires.
Fort I4auderdale, which suffered
severe damage in the 1925 disaster.
messaged early last night, before the
storm reached It's height. that a 80.
mile.an-h0ur wind was whirling
through 1t, breaking windows and in
flicting other slight damage At Mel
bourne a gale OF similar intensely
was raging.
Reports siftinH in from Porto Rico.
the bahamas and the Virgin Islands,
added 10 the toll OF dead and injured.
Danger OF famine and disease was
threatened In these sections. and all
possible efforts were being made to
repair damages.
A message to the Navy from It's
Key West station at 7:45 o'clock
today reported the wind did not
reach velocity higher than 40
miles an hour at either Key West
or Pensacola. No damage was re-
ported at these points.
Coast Guard headquarters re-
ported at o'clock that it had re.
ceived no news from its bases at
Fernandino. Fort Lauderdale or the
gulf division. where patrol boats
and cutters are stationed.
Officers regarded the situation,
however. as satisfactory and de.
clared mo news was good news"
They said the radios probably could
not get through to Washington and
that all precautions against the
storm had been taken before it hit
Florida. ..
2 $3.50 -
Six dead :, and twenty injured
were added to the long list of
tragedies resulting from the hurri-
cane Tonight in a, message from st.
Cs@s1 Island, sent by Capt. Waldo
nvans.~ governor of st. Thomas.
to the naval communication station
here.
No deaths or injuries have been
reported among any of the Ameri.
can naval or marine forces, the
message read.
The Washington times., 1928-09-17
Heavy Rains Drenching
Hurricane Area; High
Tides Menace Dayt0na
BY international News Service

DAYToNA BEACH. Fla, Sept.
ia heavy rain drenched tine
Florida hurricane belt today ac-
companied by winds ranging from
60 to rs miles an hour.
Considerable damage was done
here 10 plate glass windows, signs,
shrubbery and trees. The streets
iii the business district we're
Uttered with wooden signs, benches
and other debris.
The tide was running unusually
high against the seawall and along
tile Halifax River fronting the
mainland, waves were tapping over
the wall on to the river from
parks.
A motor boat moored near the
South Bridge was dashed to pieces
against the pilings. Several auto.
mobiles which Ventured out were
flooded with water and abandoned
in the streets.
Telephone and telegraph wires
were down in many places.
At a. M, the barometer was
1925, the lowest in years and the
gale OF so miles an hour was con.
tinuing with undated force.
The city was rapidly filling with
refugees from the South, fieeinS
here for shelter from the storm.
Most OF these interviewed reported
they witnesses heavy damage done
by the storm, but no deaths or
injuries.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Sept. II.
Florida headquarters of the Red
Cross met today to organize a re.
lief train to proceed at once into
the isolated section of the Florida
east coast which was hit by the
hurricane.
Doctors and nurses were re.
cruited and 1t was expected the
train would leave for Palm Beach
this afternoon.
PALATKA, Fla. Sept. 17..-Thc
tropical hurricane which severed
wire communication with south
west and central Florida today
reached a velocity of 20 miles an
hour at Sanford, according to re
ports reaching here.
Shortly before 10 o'clock The AAs
The Washington times., 1928-09-17

all able. bodied men for employment
ION farms and public works 50 that
reconstruction may go on smoothly
end quickly. Governor Towner has
called meeting for 10 o'clock this
morning for the purpose of formii-
iating plans for organized relief
and reconstruction.
Searching through the debris and
ruins of the town of C8vey, res
cue party recovered 81 bodies. Elf.
teen bodies were recovered FROM the
ruins of Ainonito. ThIrty-three
persons were killed at Humacao.
Five were killed when roof of a
building gave way an Coanio. The
telephone building there was de-
molished, an operator inside 1t
being trapped and killed.
An epidemic of measles added to
the misery of the survivors. Seventy
cases have been reported ainca the
storm. Health officials ara taking
stringent measures to cub the epi-
demic.
Badly damaged, but with her
crew and cargo safe. the steamship
Catherine was in port here after a
48-hour battle with mountainous
seas and terrific gales.
The Washington times., 1928-09-17
$50 Tons Of Food Sent
To Porto Rico
photo 81 1ntsrnatiopaI

Approximately $50 Of food supplies will be available
the sufferers Of Porto Rico within the next a
hours under orders issued President Coolidge today follow
ng conference at the White House with Chairman John
Barton PAYNE OF the Acting Secretary Of War
Robbins and Major General Summerall chief Of staff
The Washington times., 1928-09-17

Automobile bodx repair work e
specially cared for nv one Of the ftfsAe
advertised In the Who's Wh0s -
i3uAeements--next 10 last. nakea
The Washington times., 1928-09-17
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operation Of a gigantic extortion
ring.
Petitti, the assistant States attor-
ney charges was the leader of the
plots and that his operations cover
4 period OF 10 years.
Confronted with Petitti. the boys
father openly charged him with the
kidnapping Of his son.
He took him, cried the enraged
father. He doesn't work and he
didn't get fat by being honest. !
know him. He has two automo-
biles. How did ne get them?
Pctitis statement that he was in
no way connected with the abduc-
ton was fatty contradicted by
Mastrianni. who told the assistant
States attorney that he had seen
Petitti in long conversation with
the kidnapped boys father.
The Nome nugget., 1928-04-07
HARD TIMES DANCE
 WAS GREAT SUCCESS

The Hard Times Ball given last Saturday night in A, B. Hall by the "Jazzhounds, was great success. both socially and financially. The dance started of with @ small crowd but dancers kept arriving un- til the hall was comfortably filled and from the enthusiasm displayed it is apparent that all present had an excellent time.
 The "Jazzhounds' is a new mus ical aggregation but have already made several decided hits with their syncopated music, and they are all ready engaged for several coming dances in the not far distant future.
 While the crowd was not as large as some in the A. B. Hall, few dance dance crowds there have displayed such apparent enjoyment at dance recently. The dance ran un- til fairly late hour when the Home, Sweet Home" waltz was played.
The Nome nugget., 1928-04-07
CALIFORNIA bEATSSEATTLE
PROhI AGENTS m0BBED AT THANE
HAVANA, CUBA, HAS BIG FIRE

HAVANA. (F-A great fire in the Standard oil Company's Refin- cry at Regis. a suburb of this city is still raging this morning but with change of wind fears have been relieved that the flames would reach the gasoline tanks storing more than three million gallons of the explosive liquid.
 Eighty persons have been injured including eleven laborers. Ships anchored in the vicinity have been ordered to move farther away as further explosions are being feared and the burning oil adding to the hazard There were several explo- sions last night followed by fires within reasonable bounds. but it is almost impossible to fight these fires on account of the terrific heat.
 The company first thought that the fire had resulted from defective electric wiring. but the police be- lieve that it is the result of incen- diarism.
The Nome nugget., 1928-04-07
PILOT HAS BEEN SELECTED
 BY ROSSMAN FOR FLIGHTS

ANCHORAGE, (P1 = Matt Nie- ninen. a veteran Army fiier who came to Alaska recently from Mex leo to join the stan of the Anchor age Airways is to pilot the plane in which Earl Rossman intends to dy over Mount Mckinley. Niemin- en did much mountain flying seven years ago. It is Rossmans' inten- tion to make two flights over the mountains: the first over Mount Foraker and other peaks in the region of Mount Mckinley at an altitude of about seventeen thous- and feet approaching the mountain as closely as possible. The second flight will be over the top of Nc kinley at an altitude of more than twenty thousand feet.
 If landing place is found on the first flight efforts will be made to study the animal life. plant life and other scientific subjects. Mir. Rossman is hopeful of finding new species both of fauna and flora.
 He thinks that radio communica- ton can be maintained with An chorage, and he will carry special equipment for aerial photography.
The Nome nugget., 1928-04-07
VIIGUR URGES ADEQUATE
 NAVY IN OMAHA ADDRESS

OMAHA, [E) - Taking his pleas for an adequate but peaceful and neutral navy into the heart of Am erica, Secretary of Navy Wilbur de clared here in his address before the Omaha Chamber of Commerce. that an uninterrupted continuance of overseas commerce was vital to the prosperity of the Nation. not only to the seacoast states sbut to every citizen of the country.
 Secretary Wilbur said that organ ized systems of propaganda against the Nations defense. particularly against the first line defense of the Navy. was prompted by the Presi- dents last message to Congress. in which he said: "We should provide for our Navy regardless of the propagandists for or against an ade- quate Navy"
 Secretary wilbur urged the calm. persistent, determined but unosten- tatious construction of fleet which would not only be capable of pro- tecting our Nation but one which would be a source of comfort to all weak nations seeking peace.
The Nome nugget., 1928-04-07
TACOMA HAS FUR AUCTION

TACOMA. R9 = More than two hundred thousand furs were auc- tioned at public sales of the West Coast Sales. Incorporated yester- day The offering consisted exclu- sively of Alaskan furs with prices ranging as follows: Mink. top price $31.00 with ordinary skins going at from s1s,0o to $23.oo. Lynx averaged s3s.o0. Muskrat $1.57. Wolf, s13.5o. Cross fox. dark skins. t57.00. Red fox sold rapidly at ss5.oo. Otter fetched $23.0o. Silver fox. top price. $2O0.0o. Beaver went at $500. Blue fox. the best lots. sold at $55.0O. White fox. Alaskans. sold at 344.o0, and Mckenzie river at S53.00. Mckenzie river martens sold at S50.00.
The Nome nugget., 1928-04-07
WARREN $. HARDING BEAT
 UP AGAIN; ILLEGAL SEARCH

JUNEAU, R-Following free- for-all fight last Saturday night at a dance at Thane, four miles from Juneau. in which Deputies of the Federal Prohibition Administrator. T. L. Chidester and Prohibition Az ent Warren s. Harding were beaten up severely by mob of men who resisted the illegal search for bot ties in their hip pockets. the Feder- al Grand Jury, who were given the case. returned indictments against Evan Dezaloff and Nick Kobak on charges of using deadly weapons and resisting arrest. Both are un- der arrest since yesterday after- noon and are held in the Federal Jail in lieu of three thousand dol lars bail.
 Harding and Chidester are the two officials who were treed last year by a bear while making @ search in the woods for an alleged still.
The Nome nugget., 1928-04-07
SNOW STORM WRECKS
 OHAHA'S COMMUNICATIONS

OMAHA. tP) - An April snow storm cost the communication com panies here thousands of dollars. but brought a boon of moisture to the thirsting wheat fields and wrote a new record in the Weather Bu- reau' S books last night. and had the wrecking crews busy on the East ern Nebraska sections. Hundreds of workmen spent the night in an effort to normalize the telephone and telegraph systems service and clear the lines. Travel and busf- ness is at a 'standstill at Omaha and Council Bluffs. Iowa. across the Missouri river.
The Nome nugget., 1928-04-07
KENNEL CLUB NOTES

The directors of the Nome Ken nel Club held meeting last Wed nesday. It was decided to award the prizes to the winners of the Borden Race on the evening of the Kennel klub Karnival at Eagle Hall April 14th.
 A Cheechacco Race around the Loop will be held Sunday (tomor- row). Prizes will be on display in the windows of Lomen Bros. Drug Store. All Cheechaccos and Sour doughs who have never driven dog team, are eligible to enter the race. Officials for the race are as follows: Judges, C. F. Rice. F. D. Sheldon and L. F. Rynning. Time keepers. Segerstrom & Hagen and Geo. Hellerich. Starter. A. s. tDoc) Kemp. Marshals of the course: Al Pangman, J. G. Rose and Walter Taylor. Drawing for positions will take place this P. M.
 The committee on Carnival re- ports everything shaping up for one of the biggest events of the year. The Pageant committee re- ports much enthusiasm.
 A general committee meeting will be held Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Paul s. Potter.