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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18

AS the gravity of conditions in the
wake of one of the most destructive
West Indian hurricanes in history be-
came increasingly apparent today, with
the receipt of every dispatch from Porto
Rico, the Virgin Islands and Florida,
the people of Washington joined the
rest of the Nation in raising a hurri-
cane relief fund, for which it is thus
far impossible to fix limit, but which
will surely run into millions of dollars.
President Coolidge, while directing
the Army, Navy, Public Health Service
and other Government agencies to ex-
tend aid without stint, has taken the
lead in the appeal for funds in this
overwhelming disaster" by issuing a
proclamation to the American people
both in his capacity as President OF the
United States and president OF the
American Red Cross.
Washington's quota has been ~tenta-
lively fixed at $4,000, but Victor Dey-
Der, chairman of the disaster committee
of the District chapter of the Red Cross,
announced this morning that the
amount may be increased. Money re-
ceived by the local chapter will be
| turned over to national headquarters
| for disbursement.
Mr.. Deyber expects the people of the
| Capital to respond with their usual
alacrity to this appeal He is already
| in communication with local theater
managers and expects to have girls
stationed in the theaterS to receive con-
| tributionS.
Subscriptions may be sent to The Star
| or to Mr.. Deyber at the uptown branch
of the Second National Bank, 1888 G
street.
Cannot Set Limit.
1t is impossible for John Barton
| PayEe, national chairman of the Red
Cross, to fix any limit at this time for
the fund, because information as to
the extent OF the damage is meager.
The American Red Cross spent $4,-
100000 in relief and rehabilitation work
in Florida after the hurricane of 1925.
Reports received here today indicate
that, in some sections at least, the
havoc wrought by the latest hurricane
is greater than that of two years ago.
If it should be revealed that Florida
has suffered as much as in 1926, the
amount of money needed may run to
$4,000 900, for there is the additional
need now of relief for Porto Rico the
Virgin Islands and other islands of the
| West Indies.
Red Cross workers are on their way
Continued on Page 2, Column 1)
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Georgia Feels
Force of
Wind.
CHARLESTON is
NOW ISOLATED
All Shipping Held
i'm POrt-FlOOds
Threaten.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Sep
tember ia wireless message
received today from Station
4BN, Tampa, addressed to the
Associated Press, said that
bodies had been recovered from
the Miami Canal, at Lake Har-
Dor, near Clewiston, and that
35 others were missing. The
message was signed Vance"
r. S. Vance is the Associated
Press operator at Tampa.
BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Ga, September 18.-
The local Weather Bureau an
nounced today that the tropical
hurricane apparently was moving
northeastward along the Atlantic
Coast between Savannah, Ca, and
Charleston, S. c., and that ii
inches of rain had fallen in
Savannah in the last "a hours.
The barometer, which had been
falling steadily at Savannah since
last night, was reported at 1892,
drop of 10 points in two hours,
and a 8-mile-an-hour wind was
blowing. The coast from Savannah
northWard to Charleston waS cut
off from communication today and
the last word from Charleston
shortly after 3 am. was that a
5O-mile wind was blowing there.
In addition to Charleston, Beau
fort, Georgetown and Paris Is
land, the United States Marine
training station, also were cut of,
and the local Weather Bureau
stated that because of wire con-
ditions it was impossible to fore
cast the direction of the storm
other than generally northeast
ward.
Storm DiminisheS.
The Weather Bureau indicated its
belief that the storm had diminished in
intensity. All wire communication with
Savannah. Brunswick and other coast
cities of Georgia was lost this morning
and the only wire working to Jackson
vile was reported by the Postal Tele-
graph Co.
A long-distance telephone message
from Savannah just before wire COM
munication was interrupted said that
extra coaches were placed on the train
to Tybee Island to bring out the resi-
dents of that Summer resort.
At this season of the year, there are
normally 200 residents there. Some are
believed to have left there last night
for Savannah, after the Weather Bu-
reau had forecast the coming Of the
storm.
Word came last night from the
Continued on Page 4, Column ~
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Change in Party Rule Would
Peril Industry, Jersey
Workers Told.
PROTECTIVE TARIFF
HELD ONLY DEFENSE
Thousands Cheer Nominee as T.;
Auto Cavalcade Passes
Through Towns.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN,
staff Correspondent of The Star

NEWARK, N. j., September 18-
Don't throw monkey wrench into
machinery.
This, in the vernacular, is the plea
which Herbert Hoover, Republican can
didate for President, is making to the
industrial East. It was the theme Of
his address last night in the armory
here.
If the applause and enthusiasm
which greeted the Republican nominee
is any criterion, New Jersey will not
lend its hand to Democracy's effort to
oust the Republicans from control of
the National Government. The Hoover
trip is regarded by the Republican lead
ers here as distinct success and an
aid toward carrying the State.
Mr.. HOover'S address was directed
frankly to the worker and the business
man. In clear, every day English he
pictured the "hook-up'' which exists
today in the industrial, agricultural and
governmental life of the country. He
insisted that wages and standards Of
living are vitally affected whenever any
of the wires are disconnected, so in
tricate Is the machinery which gov
erns the whole. To his own party he
gave the crdeit for foresight in the
development of the great structure of
industrialism and commerce, domestic
and international, which has been
reared in this country. To turn the Re-
publicans out of power now, he said,
would be to hazard the entire struc-
iture in the hands Of party which has
ibattled against the protective tariff for
; 10 years, and to the protective tariff,
plus the restrictive immigration laws,
Mr.. Hoover gave credit for holding
back ruinouS foreign competition from
American labor and industry today.
Stresses Prosperity.
The Hoover plea to the East embodies
actually the entire premises upon which
the Republican claim to continuance
IN power is based. The country, labor,
industry have proSpered greatly under
the rule of the G.. o. p. Agriculture
must be aided and brought to a full
share in the prosperity of the Nation.
The Republican nominee alluded only
once in his speech to the prohibition
question when he said:
Education, prohibition, invention,
scientific discovery, increSae in skill in
managers and employees have contrib
uted to magnificent progress. But all
of these efforts would be incomplete
and the margin Of unemployment
would have been less had it not been
for the cooperative actions taken by
the Government"
Mr.. Hoover's argument last night was
clearly an effort to turn labor's mind
away from liquor to the more essential
question of q continuance of DroSperity
and high wages. 1t was launched ir
New Jersey, where Senator Edwards
was elected six years ago on plea tha
he would make the State as wet as tn
Atlantic. The Republicans insist that
he has done nothing of the kind and
that AL Smith If elected President can
do no more; that If New Jersey Is wet"
today, it Is because of law violations and
not because of the efforts of Senator
Edwards.
While Mr.. Hoover's main purpose in
making his New Jersey trip was to
Continued on Page 10, Colums IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
MAN. LOCKED IN RUMBLE SEAT,
CARRIED 100 MILES BY BANDITS
Auto Washer, Minus Shoes,
Taken to Richmond After
Robbery.
Clue Given Police Leads to
Arrest of Thieves in
DanviIIe, Va.

Battered and bruised from 100-mile
trip, chloroformed and locked. in the
rumble seat of roadster driven by
bandits fleeing from Washington, WAL
ter Dunn, 18, colored, car washer at
the Stoneleigh Garage, trudged into a
police station in Richmond last night
and, incoherent from fright, told a
story that resulted in the capture of the
bandits in Danville, Va, this morning,
when they were halted by traffic.
Police, say the two men who were
arrested in Danville were the same
who at o'clock last night held up and
robbed James H. Chambers. haber-
dasher, in his shop at lilo Connecticut
avenue, leaving him bound hand and
foot, then. at the point of a pistol,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
FLOODS PROVE FATAL.

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, September l8.-ReportS
that trickled in from the Lake Okeecho-
bee area today told of death and suffer-
ing. wrought by the tropical storm
which hit that section Sunday.
At Belleglade, settlement on the
southeastern shore of Lake Okeechobee,
90 residents were reported dead, most OF
them from drowning in the flood waters
of the lake Word of the loss of life
was brought to relief headquarters, at
lake Worth by Homer Dixon and w.
r Meeker, members of relief eXpedi-
ton.
one man was known to have been
SilIed at Okeechobee. they said, and il
g. feared that others lost their lives
-toaocr reports reaching Mlar7i last
xContinueG O. PsSs 4 Column ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
Autogyro Machine, Flying Windmill" )"
Completes Trip From London to Paris

from Croydon Field. near London, to
Lympne, on the Kent coast. Thence 1t
hoped the Channel to the famous war
aviation field of st. Ingelvert. near
Cape Gris-Nez.
The third jump was to have taken
the machine to this airport on the out
skirts of Paris, but motor trouble forced
Senior de la Cierve to land at Ahbe-
vile. where he remained several hours
while the mechanism was being over
hauled. The final jump was made
without miShap.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
List of Hurricane
Victims in Florida
BY the Associated Press.
The identified dead:

The identified dead:
Mrs. Julia White, rs, Del Ray, killed
bv a falling fireplace and chimney.
Infant Nelms, son of Mr.. and MRS.
Fred Nelms of Kelsey City, killed when
he was blown from his fathers arms oy
the wind.
1obn Anderson Braylock, 46, OF Cum
herland County, Tenn, killed at West-
gate when struck by a part OF IUot;
Will Jones, negro, Del ray Aiiio"
when his house collapsed on MIN.
Ella Jones, wife OF Wlii Jones. how
- Brooks. 8-year-old negro poy'
drownad in a ditch south of Deerfield
The injured:
w p Cobar. foot fractured.
Miss Dorothy Cobar, thigh fractured.
Dr w s. Moore, Palm Beach, arm
fractured. .x,.,, e,,o,,,.
uet Arthur + % McKinsie, 1s, right leg frac-
tured. - paooh left
i'f MRS. rs G. S. Stokes, Del Ray Beach,
Il Mrs r. II. Boyce, Del Ray Beach,
r;oi,t owe injured by flying object.
Mr. Smith. Del Day, fractured skun
and left leg. Was found on Dixie High
way following storm.
Mrs. Mary True.
Mrs. Nellie Vineyard.
George H. Walker.
A. C. Nelson.
Mrs. M. M Wright.
L. E. PratheS. ,
W. J. Mayfield, Kelsey City, lacera-
tions. poo,,
injury of legs.
'o M Hunter, Riviera, dislocation of
shoulder, decorations Of left SIDE:
q s Fem. Florida, Power g. Light co.
P. L. Hinson, Deerf1eld.
]. E. Grower, Deerfeld.
q Mehel, Lake Worth, both hips frac-
tured. , .on,
John D. Stelte, Lake Worth, COM
| pound fracture of ankle.
Edna williams, Lake Worth, fractured
ankle e.s
arm. - u,.u,4
| lacerations of head.
| %TrS. Emma Hawkins, Lake WorCll, III
| iuries and shock.
! Mrs. J. Weinman. West Palm Beach,
| lacerated leg.
Mrs. James Blaylock, Westgate, lacera-
tions about head and body.
| Charles Weingardner, Boynton, iacer-
| ated scalp and minor injuries.
Fred Nelmns, Kelsey City, bruises and
decorations.
r. r. Farrell, West Palm Beach,
bruises.
j. H. Short, Boynton.
Ernest Nuhouse, Kelsey City, ex-
posure.
Edward Lindsey, Kelsey City, bruises.
Neil Gibbons, West Palm Beach, eX-
posure.
Mrs. F. L. Porter, West Palm Beach
| both legs broken, head and internal IN
juries. No.,
internal injuries.
Ike Smith. Lake Worth, broken leg
and lacerated head.
NJ M. Wright.
L. E. Pretter.
Clinton Brandy.
j. B. Smith.
C. H. Allen.
j. B. Foster.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
AIR MAIL SERVICE
TO MEXICO OCTOBER |
Route Will Be Prom New York
City to Chicago, to Dallas
ara South.
By the Associated Press.


CHICAGO. September 18.-Direct air
mail service between New York City and
Mexico City will be established October
l, the National Air Transport announced
today.
Mail will be routed over the New
York Chicago run and the Chicago
Dallas night run, connection being made
at Fort Worth with the Texas Air
Transport, Inc, operating the route to
San Antonio From San Antonio the
route will be extended to Laredo, on the
border.
Letters leaving New York at 1915
pm. will arrive in Laredo 1855 pm. the
next day. The Mexican planes will
leave Neuvo Laredo at $3.50 am, flying
via Monterey and San Luis PotoSi, and
arriving at Mexico City at $40 pm.
Northbound mail leaving Mexico City at
els am. will arrive at Nuevo Laredo
at $40 PM and will be held overnight.
Leaving Laredo, Tex, the following
afternoon at 2:35. the mail will arrive In
Chicago the following morning in time
to catch the planes due in New York az
4:45 in the afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
SCORES HURT IN PALM BEACH AREA
WITH PROPERTY LOSS MOUNTING;
STORM SWEEPS NORTH ON COAST
SUMMARY OF HURRICANE DAMAGE

The
added 3S known dead
estimated at Indies
transports with na YES
in
in IA mostly
Palm Beach
poooh
under military facilitate relief ,ooo, eor
Dayton Beach, with water DOCTORS nurses anu
Is Georgetown,
Palm beach area
to
washington toward Wst Fa"
Florida
relief local eo
poce ana on
uhortieS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
BUREAU RECEIVES
FINAL D. c. BUDGET
Revised List, With $685.
1924 Pared Off, IIota's
$42,3O0,O0O.

The Districts final budget for the
next fiscal year, calling for 1922, 500
in the regular estimates and supple
mental items amounting to approx
mately $2,515,000, making total OF
42,3OO,00O, was transmitted to the
Budget Bureau today by Daniel J. Don
ovan, auditor and budget officer.
In it's present shape the regular esti-
mates represent a reduction of about
$2,515,924 under the tentative budget
submitted to the Budget Bureau in July.
Virtually all of the items taken out to
make the estimates conform with the
limitation of $39,s62, lot fixed by the
Budget Bureau, however, have been des-
ignated as supplemental.
Sl2,OO0,OOO for Schools.
The school estimates alone total
nearly $4,000 900, which is about
80. 600 900 less than requested in the
original budget of the Board OF Edu-
cation. The Commissioners transferred
about 81 100000 of the school items
from the regular to the supplemental
group Yesterday afternoon following the
refusal of the School Board to do so.
Although about $2,515,000 of the esti-
mates are designed as supplemental,
the Commissioners point out that tney
have equal raerit and are just as neces-
sary as those in the regular estimates,
but that they have been stamped SUP
Elemental" in obedience to the presl-
Dental mandate that the regular budget
should not exceed $38, ,922 500.
Will Ask Full Amount.
Auditor Donovan explained that when
the Commissioners appear before the bud
get bureau in October to defend the es-
Inmates they will hold that the District
should be allowed the full amount OF
$42, 800 900, as this figure will not re-
uuire any increase in the Federal Gov
ernment's $9,000,000 annual contribu-
ton and will not necessitate higher
tax rate. Moreover, Donovan pointed
out that the Budget Bureau gives the
same serious and earnest consideration
to the supplemental items as 1t gives
the regular estimates, and that there
should be no alarm on the part OF the
school authorities over the fact that
nearly $2,O0OO00 of the items included
in the school estimates have been des1g-
mated as supplemental.
Donovan further explained that the
S12. 900 900 allotted the schools repre-
sents a slight increase over the amount
in the regular estimates of the last fiscal
wear. In addition, he declared the school
budget is about one-third Of the total
estimates of the District, excluding trust
and special funds, which are not carried
in the appropriation act and If the
budget bureau should transfer the ST.
OOO. 900 which the Commissioners desig-
mated as supplemental to the regular es-
Inmates, then the schools would get
about 81 per cent of the total amount
payable from the general revenues OF
the District. This would put the schools
in the position of getting theo largest
percentage of the total budget than
ever before, Donovan said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, September ia story OF
a tragedy of life, the separation of a
father and his son five years ago
through the alleged mixing" of infants
in a hospital here, was before Circuit
Court jury today in the trial OF the
100000 damage suit of William G.
Greatrex, Detroit, against the Evangell-
cal Deaconess Hospital.
The child never was found although
a nationwide search was made and
since then the father las devoted al
most all of his time in an attempt TO
locate the boy.
Testimony presented by Greatrex was
that his son, then weeks old was
81 er Ly a hcSDital nurse TO Eva Vlem-
lniuck. an unWed mother. through mis-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18

The Star to Receive
Contributions for
Hurricane Victims

The Star will receive cOntribu-
tions from the public for the re-
lief of the hundreds of thousands
of homeless men, women and
children who are threatened with
starvation land disease in Porto
Rico, the Virgin Islands, Florida
and other regions in the path OF
the West Indian hurricane. To
start the list, The Star has con-
tributed $1,000.
All contributions received by
The Star will be acknowledged
and turned over to the District
of Columbia Chapter of the
American Red Cross, which in
turn will send the money to ma
tional Red Cross headquarters for
use in the storm stricken areas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
Father of Baby, Lost When Given by Error
To Unwed Mother, Sues for $200,000

taken identities. The mother of the
Greatrex baby died soon after the
child's birth and the alleged interchange
took place while Greatrex was return
ing the body to the family home at
Toronto. Ontario, for burial.
Alphonse Vlemminck, father of Eva,
told authorities he had given the baby
to some passing motorists bound for
a Pennsylvania city. The long but futile
search was then begun.
The father charges the hospital with
wanton neglect.
, The defense insists the babies We're
never mixed, but that the wrong baby
was mistakenly given out. Hospital au-
thorities deny the wanton neglect charge
and contend that the hospital is char
liable institution and therefore is not
subject TO liability.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, September ia
death list of 149 persons from the
, area smitten by the tropical storm
in southern Florida Sunday was
reported today to the Miami News.
George w. Carr, general chair
man of the relief committee, for
Palm Beach County, said he
hoped it would not be necessary
to ask for more than $5,000,0oO for
rehabilitation in this county
alone. He estimated that 8 per
cent of the storm-wrecked build
ings in the Palm Beaches were not
insured.
Palm Beach and West Palm
Reach are in Palm Beach County.
: WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, Sep
tenDar 18.-striking with terrific
force the West Indian hurricane
has snread death, injury ana
,ropertv damage that is expected
to mount into high fiigures over
the Palm Beach sectlon. VI VIC
Florida east coast.
While only Ia, so far, are known
IN have been killed and l4O IN
iured, the property damage Is un-
The city of West Palm Beach
virtually is a wreck. Hardly a
h,1ilding escaped injury. The busl-
ness district looks like it had been
shelled by enemy guns. ReSloen-
tai sections of the city are put
little better off. ~
paln, Beach proper also was hit
hard MANY buildings were COM
pletely down and a pait OF Roya'
Palm avenue was unoer "aGei.
Path of Destruction.
The surrounding country suffered to
a similar extent. Beginning at stuart
on the north, to Pompano, 80 miles
fo the south. the hurricane LETT notnlne
hit wreckage and destruction in It's
path. s..n+o+ +oa
1al,o Worth was severely hit. Delray
1antana. Kelsey City and Jupiter, al
small towns, also felt the fury OF lne
elements.
thousands are Homeless and are oe-
ing cared for in railroad stations II
boy cars and in such structures al
withstood the storm 900,
Il have lived in Florida since 19o!
and this is the worst have ever seen,
soid Sheriff r. c. Baker of Palm Be2cf
County. after an inspection trip. Int
sheriff said in his opinion, conserVa'
tive estimate of property damage Il
West Palm Beach alone would oe Slo''
100000. :.
THE business section virtually is
wreck" he declared. There isn't
building in the city. which escape
damage It's as bad if not worse thar
what hit Miami :,
Mr.. Baker attributed the small los
of life to people being prepared Tor TN
storm.
Florida National Guardsmen were aS
sisting West Palm Beach city ofncia!
TO police the business district.
A large supply of drinking water wa
brought on a relief train from Miami
THE private car of Senator Joe ROBIN
son. Democratic vice presidential noml
nee. was attached to this train.
After a hasty inspection OF the cltY
Mr. Robinson dispatched an appeal 10
assistance to the American Red Cross
The storm area appears to extend iron
Tort J.auderdale to Titusville and ap
proHmatcly las miles in width, tn
MESA ge read.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LIE BOURGET, France, September
18.-The first autogyro fight between
London and Paris, including hop
across the English Channel, was COM
pleted here today by j. de la Cierva,
inventor and pilot of the machine. He
landed here at 4:23 pm. after making
three stops en- route.
The machine, which gives a spec
tator the impression that Windmill is
flying through the all. jumped first
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
LILY LANGTRY Ill;
CONDITION IS SERIOUS
Famous Actress Stricken in Lon
don, Newspaper
Reports.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. September 18.-The Eve
ming News says that Lily Langtry,
famous actress of many years ago. is
seriously i'll at London hotel.
The newspaper says that 1.-THE Jer-
sey Lily" whose married name is Lady
De Battle, had improved today after
several days of severe indisposition.
The noted actress, who was born in
1852, has been living in retirement for
some years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
OIL BILL PASSED.

Argentina Votes to Nationalize All
Petroleum Holdings.
BUENOS AIRES, September 10 CD.
ALI oil fields ceded to private enter
prise by either the national or state
governments. would be appropriated to
the nation BY bill which passed the
Chamber Of Deputies last night. The
vote was 70 to IL.
The measure authorizes the executive
department to proceed for immediate
naturalization Of all oil holdings in
the country. The object is to estab-
lish state monopoly in petroleum and
its products.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18

forced Dunn to crawl into the rumble
seat of the high-powered roadster OF
J, E. HAYES. 1925 Massachusetts, avenue,
locked him in and drove south at break
neck speed.
The bandits gave Danville police the
Continued on Page 2, Column 20
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ZEPPELIN TESTED.
Huge Transatlantic Ship Makes
Flight Over Lake Constance.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN. Germany, Sep
ternber 18 LP).-The Graf Zeppelin" ="
the huge dirigible in which DR.. Hugo
Eckener hopes to fly across both the
Atlantic Ocean and the American con-
tinent. was taken out of its hangar to-
day and given its first test In the ar;
It assembled at $3.50 pm. and started
westerly over Lake Constance.