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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-19
World of Ships Snuggle
Close in Hampton Roads
AS 75-Mile Wind ROars
by international News Service

BY International News Service
NORFOLK, Va, Sept. IA gale,
the last of the destructive West
Indian hurricane, ripped through
this section today on its way to
the sea.
Communication lines were badly
crippled. Shipping was paralyzed
in the harbor. Portions Of the
water front section OF the city were
flooded. J. w. Wright was blown
into the path OF a trolley car and
was killed.
The wind velocity off Cape Henry
and Cape Hatteras was variouslv
estimated at from 4S to IS miles
an hour.
The naval scouting fleet. back
from Southern maneuvers, was tied
up in Hampton Roads for safety,
The harbor was lined with shjns
which rushed from the sea for pro.
lection.
Communication with the outside
world was possible only through q
devious route. Calls between here
and Washington We're routed via
Philadelphia and thence south
through the Delaware, MARYLAND
ana VIE ma IenitlSuld. The regu-
lar telephone circuit through Rich
mond was cut between Richmond
and Norfolk.
warning WAS given TO people Of
Virginia and WillouGhby Reaches to
abandon their summer homes. The
wind drove the tide over the lower
end Of WilIoughbv Beach.
Departure Of the whaIer G.. A.
I -
expedition has been DELAYED The
Eleanor Boiling. loaded with sun.
plies for the Byrd expedition. was
a day overdue from New York and
some fears were felt for its safety
until the flagship Of the scouting
fleet sent word that the Boiling was
riding at anchor near the bav en-.
trance TO await the passing OF the
storm,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-19
Mother Saves 4 Children
AS House Floats Away

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Sept. 19.-Mrs. Rob
ert Whiting recuperating in hospital here to-
day from a narrowing experience in hood-whipped
Lake Okeechobee.
Her home the lake shore, and she was
in it with her four young children, one a babe in
arms, when the fury Water driven out of the
lake swired into the house. rising higher and higher
it reached the second floor In terror she seized
the children, put them n bed and stood besids
them.
"Water Tapped about the bed" she said. 81
caught hold of the children and prayed. There
seemed hope for any of us.
"Then something even happened. The
house tottered and broke loose from itsfoundations
and began to drift along in the flood. This seemed
the final terror
But the house, after floating for WHILE came
to a stop against a neighboring house which not
flooded as badly. We waded through the water
the bed room, climbed through an upper window
and into window of the house jammed
up against. The other house proved to be safe-it
was not swept away-and we were spared. 1t was
amazing how near to death and yet
capped Not even the baby was injured"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-19
Red Cross Puts Florida Storm Dead at 400,
5000 Homeless, Damage 80 Million

the former place IN the swollen
waters at the Miami Canal.
A complete check of the situation
Is likely to disclose several deaths
from causes incidental to the storm,
az in the case of a man identified
as HENRY w. C. Briggs of Roches-
ter, N. Y, who wandered into a
flooded depression in Bay Street,
near Myrtice Avenue, here Monday
night, where water is said usually
to gather after a heavy rain and
was drowned. His body was found
in the receding pool.
Many Cities Escape
With the news of disaster there
came also cheering information as
the communications were estab ished
today. After the storm left Okeeci1c-
bee region 1t apparently had spent
its force, and damage in its subse.
quent course was negligible. Orland,
Ocala, Gainesville. Leesburg, Bar
water, Tampa, Cedar Keys, and
other cities for which grave fears
at first were expressed. reported
one by one that they had suffered
little.
Higher prices for citrus fruits
will be an incidental result OF the
hurricane, according to officials of
fruit growers exchanges who, after
tours of the orange and grape fruit
belts, have estimated a damage Of
90 per cent to the grape fruit and
10 per cent to the orange crop.
Railroad. telephone and telegraph
services were rapidly being restored,
and schedules generally were being
observed on all rail lines out of
Jacksonville. with orders 10 proceed
slowly until all danger had nassed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-19

to first eve witnesses who reached
Atlanta today.
Due in Atlanta Tuesday morning
passengers from Jacksonville, sara
sofa and other connecting points in
southern Florida did not arrive here
until TODAY. nearly "a hours late.
They brought first hand reports
from persons who flashed news OF
tho disaster from the center of the
hurricane,
A, r. Brown, Cincinnati, in At
Iapta from Tampa. Fla, said Red
Cross and police estimates placed
the dead at about 400.
Refugees On Move
Mrs. s. f. Jordan, Sarasota, Fla,
enroute to Gastonia, n. c., told of
a gigantic refugee movement that
has started from the Palm Beaches
and that extends as far north in
Florida as Jacksonville.
~ left Sarasota Monday morning
list after the storm struck Florida,
she said.
at seemed that everybody was
nreparing to move as L LETT, ana as
the train moved on 10 JdChSoIlNl' ic
the storm overlook US. The hurri-
cane proper, though. did. not settle
about the train, they tell me, but 1t
seems TO he that the train was in
tie path, so hard did the rain fall
and the wind blow. | could feel the
train rock, but the conductor told
ms that was caused by heavy rains
Weakening the road bed. That really
was the cause Of the delay-the rains
washing out the rails.
'.Hundreds of residents who had
heeu made homeless by the storm
were being hcrded into tourist parks.
Wires Clutter Road
"On our way to Jacksonville the
rain came down in torrents. Trees
were down all along tho tracks, and
wires from the telegraph and tele-
nhona lines cluttered the way. The
train had to he stopped many times
To clear the tracks.
"After we reached Jacksonville 1t
seemed that the city had been
fIooded. but afterward was told
that the station was IN low'ands IN
which water had backed up. ] had
Continued on Page 4. Column ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-19
CONTINUED from First Page.)

NOMLlMue0 4EOiH a AESh nSSJ e
The photograph was identified as
that of Miss Raouel Farrell, who
left for Florida recently as one of
a group Of professional dancers.
Recalls Counting Days
eff In spirit can not find you
/ shall always haunt our park bench
until I do find you," the young
man wrote. II am going, tonight.
Please forgive and know my love
for you is greater than /. The
meter is ticking my time into
eternity, but / shall always be with
you, Toni" 1t was signed bill. >
Other portions of the message
recalled the days when the youth
knew the girl as my sweetheart"
Members of the Fire Department
Rescue Squad said the youth chose
a. method unique in their exper-
fence in his attempt to end his
life.
Breathed Car Gas
He was found seated in a parked
automobile near Bluemont Junction,
Va, with a long rubber nose from
the exhaust pipe of the car m his
mouth.
A passerby called Deputy Sheriff
Harry l.. woodward and Traffic
officer Ray Cobean, of Arlington
county, who took him to George.
town Hospital. His condition to-
day was still serious.
Hiber was formerly a member of
the orchestra of a local theater.
He had been boarding at the home
of Mrs. Elizabeth Merkling, on
Chestnut Street, Clarendon.
The rescue squad assisted physi-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-19
HEARST 6 D RIM
AID PROMPT

NEW YORK, Sept. 1e.-New
Yorks response to the appeal o.
the Hearst newspapers on behalf Of
Porto Rico's stricken thousands
was generous and immediate.
Max D. Steuer. noted attorney.
gave $1,000, and Margaret +.
Schulze gave half that amount.
From Sir Thomas Upton came .
pledge of 1000 pounds of tea and
coffee; from Representative Cohen.
5000: Bernard Baruch. flH,ancier.
800, and Hope Hampton, actress,
$50.
There were hundreds of smaller
contributions and the fund -
mounting rapidly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-19
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NCOHLlHu0u. 4TOIA 1ESt. 0SSD
earlier expectations and may reach
200.
Estimates. Of damage vary, and
none will know for : days how
definitely to estimate the loss In
fruit and truck crops, besides
measuring the devastation in build
ings. But most who have viewed the
destruction Of West Palm Beach say
that SIC, 900, 900 Is q conservative
estimate of the loss in that city
alone. Thousands are homeless.
Reports Of dead assembled by d.
rectors of the Red Cross relief work
who have made Jacksonville their
base of operations in the state in
cIude fatalities at West Palm Beach,
Okeechobee, Lake Harbor, Delray,
Jupiter, Kelsey City, Gordonville,
Belle Grade, and Phokee.
At the latter place ten white per-
sons and fifty negroes are report
ed dead.
Lost in Floods
From several points came word
that definite knowledge of the dead
and injured will not come until
flood waters have receded. Okee'
chobee, where "a are definitely re-
ported dead, and at West Palm
Beach, where information varies
from nine to IA dead, observers
have reported to relief workers that
a appearances would indicate more
have been lost than are yet known.
At Lake Harbor and Clewiston,
for instance, IS are reported nlisa-
ing. Three bodies were found at
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-19
dope" BLAMED
FOR HOLD-UP

Continued from First Page.)
nf the LOO block Of Massachusetts,
Avs. N. w.
walter Dunn, Is. colored garage
elnplcys, who was washing the car,
was thrown into the rumble seat
and the cover was locked.
"eIt Sorry For Him"
The story told by Dunn when he
was released near Richmond led to
the arrest of the two youths. Both
Of the elleged bandits claim that
they liked Dunn and they were
unable to keep him confined after
he started shouting because they
felt So sorry for him.
The prisoners r said they had
planned to take Dunn South with
them and get him a Job. They
have not yet explained where they
secured the pistols with which they
held.up the store and garage.
police say.
A check-up on their stories re-
gardinS their former employment in
Chattanooga indicated them to be
true, Detective Brodie said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-19

ALL SET TO OPEN THE MEETING
LoUeLorn Youth Tries
Car Gas Death

clans at the hospital last night IA
treating Hiber. He is said 10 bv
suffering from carbon n1onoHde
poison.
Three letters were foune In the
youths room. They were addressed
to friends and have not yet been
opened. A telegraph company Is
holding a telegram addresses to Will
liam, which Mrs. Merkling planned
to deliver to him this aftemnoon az
the hospital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-19
Refugees Driven North
Tell of Suffering and
Wide Ruin in South

ATLANTA. Sept. Florda's
hurricane toW. growing hourly as
reports come in. will reach approx
mstelF %nn dead. hundreds injured
and between $4,000. 600 and 500.
100000 property damage. according
New Britain herald., 1928-01-20
S26.5O A MONTH COLUMBUS WAGES
This Was His Pay While Dis.
 covering New World

Chicago. Jan. 20. ReChfistopher Columbus received an annual salary of $320 while he worked at the job of discovering America. His trust ed aides. Captain Martin. Juan, and Anton Perez. were on the pay roll for $1s2 each year.
 Prof. Ruge. German investigator has figured out the actual cost of the Columbus expedition in terms Of today's money, it has been learned at Northwestern Univer- sity.
 The monetary unit then was the maravedi, a term of Moorish ori- gin. and all historic documents give the cost of the first personally-con- ducted tour to America's shores at 1,14o.000 maravedi.
 The good queen Isabella. after she had gathered Up all the loose maravedi she could lay her hands on and had augmented tho pile by taking the family jewels to a Spa nish 'uncle." had the round sum of $7,296 to give the ambitious voy- ager. Tho city Of Palos scraped together a few maravedi and came across with $7.500 more.
 In the course of the centuries the value of the msravedi decreased until 1t was hardly worth a quarter of a. cent.
 RuGe came to the conclusion. af- ter an examination of various de- crees of Ferdinand. that tho mara vedi was worth less than three- quarters of a cent in modern money at the time Columbus fared forth.
 His pilots received SIPS to $153 annually. and the union scale for the sailors of the vessels was $2.45 a month. The fleet physician's sal ary was all of $3S.50 a year.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-20

scheme.
 Graham B. Nichol is the only sur- vivtng officer of the first club. but the roll still carries many of the charter members. At the first in |auEuration in the new club this month J. Fred Essary. chief of The Baltimore Sun bureau here. be- comes president. succeeding Louis Ludlow. representative of The Co., lumbus, Ohio. Dispatch.
 The list of past presidents in- cludes Robert Armstrong of The Los Angeles Times: George Au- thier of The Minneapolis Tribune: l: Frederick J. Haskins. Frank Lord and Avery Marks, all Washington newspa permen; Carter Field of The New York Herald Tribune: i: John T. suter of The Associated Press: Henry L. sweinhart of The Havas News Agency: A. H. Kirch- hofer of The Buffalo Evening News: Theodore Tiller of Tho At lanta Journal: Uuric Bell of The Louisville Courier-Journal. and Ar thur J. Dodge of Washington.
 The club early adopted . policy of accepting no sratuities or gifts. monetary or otherwise. from out side tho profession and proudly ad- heres to 1t. One of its members, James William Bryan, dreamed of the new building and pushed through tho mammoth project.
 The $lo.oo0.00O building is oper- ated under the club. and it is the plan of newspapermen that this building eventually will be theirs, free of debt.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-20
CHINESE PREPARE
 YEARLY GREETING
This Year the Date Falls on
 January G3

San Francisco. Jan. 20, H-Chi- nese New Years day falls on Janu- ary 1S and Chinatown Is making the traditional preparations to celebrate with . week of fireworks and feast iny.
 The Chinese year begins on vary tns dateA sauged by the Julian cal- sndar on which Americans calcu- lats tune. In 1927 the Chinese year began on February ]. in 1926 on February 13 and in 1925 on January 3l.
 Like Easter. 1t is determined by the moons. The Chinese number thsir months instead of naming them. and in ordinary years there ars l3. which correspond to lunar months Twice in each i've year period there are leap years when there are 13 months instead of 12 and fixed date leaps a month in- stead of . day.
 The feast days that inaugurate the new year differ from many Chinese holidays in that there is more feast ing and rejoicing than of prayer and reelection. Custom decrees that every Chinese. except those in des- perate financial circumstances. shall begin the year free of debt, all per- sonal obligations having been met before the beginning of the week of celebrating.
 In . business way the past year has not been one of unusual pros perity in Chinatown. The wane in popularity of Nah Jong cut into the sales of stores catering to Cauca- sian trade. and in silk and other eastern products keen competition was encountered from the Jajan- csc.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-20
PRESS BUILDING
 TO BE DEDICATED
Washington Structure Will Be Ready January 2S

Washington. Jan. 20 R>-News- paperdom officially will have achieved it's national monument to the capital when President Coolidge delivers the dedication address on January g at tho new S1O.00o.o 900 National Press club building.
 A dream for yearA the cubs new home rises skyward on corner stepped in Washington newspaper history. It is described as one of tho best appointed and most com pletely outfltted of its kind. and already the membership, embrac- ing representatives of the leading newspapers of the world. has moved in.
 Overlooking the White House and the treasury on one side and under the shadow of the towering Washington monument on another, tho club quarters occupy the two top floors of the 14-story National Press building at the corner of Fourteenth and r street North west. Fourteenth street between F and E long has been known as Washinstop's newspaper row."
 Already the new walls are ab- sorbing newspaper history of the capital as members of the "Old Guard" who organized the club 20 years ago. sit contentedly in their new home and reminisce of times which havo brought virtually every leader in worlds affffairs into associ- alton with the club during the pc riod.
 Taking advantage Of It's own tal- ent. tho club. under the direction of Felix MAhoney. a Washington artist. has given particular atten- tion to interior decorations lining the walls with replicas of various newspaper mats. The spacious au- ditorium. seating 1000 persons. Is worked out in g. unique color
New Britain herald., 1928-01-20
SHIPYARDS BUSY.

London. Jan. 20 R-TonnaEe un- der construction in shipyards of Great Britain and ireland last year edualled. if not exceeded, that of all the other shipyards In the world combined More motor ships than steam vessels are being built.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-20
NEW YORK EDITOR EXPELLED.

Rome. Jan. 20 (UP)--It was off cially announced yesterday that the general secretariat of the fascist party abroad had ordered the ex- pulsion from the party Of Agostlo Dc Riasi. editor of the New York magazine "Carroccio."
The border vidette., 1928-04-28
PECAN GROWING IN ARIZONA.

Tucson, April. Pecan grow.
ing, an industry which shows
indications Of becoming highly
profitable in the irrigated val.
leys Of southern Arizona, is be-.
ing subjected to considerable
research by the University Of
Arizona Department of Plant
Breeding.
Professor ". E Bryan, head
OF the department.. left here
Sunday and will spend ten days
on the field at Yuma tempting,
in cooperation with local grow
sers, to ascertain the most favor
able variety Of pecan for condi.
tions 10 the Yuma valley.
Formerly, considerable effort
has been made by the Univer.
sity to find foreign nut which
would prove commercially sue
cessful. This attempt has re.
suited in the finding of the Sch.
!:ley pecan. a full meaty nut
whose chief. advantage is weak
she'll, aud the Bass Special, a.
less meaty nut with stout
she'll
These two varieties will now
be cross pollinated in an effort
to find a distinctive and success.
full Arizona variety. The sue.
cess of the cross pollination will
be known at the end of the sum.
mer, while the plant is expected
Ito bear within three or four
years. properly facilitated by
budding with a standard variety.
The department. of zoology at
the University OF Arizona will
next year be strengthened by
the addition of Mr.. Clarf A.
Hannum, at present instructor
at the University Of Hawaii.
Honolulu.
Hannum is the possessor of g.
| masters degree from the Univer-
sity Of Washington, and has had
considerable teaching expert.
ence. He will take up his work
as instructor here at the open
ing Of the fall semester in Sep.
tember.
The border vidette., 1928-04-28
COL. FARR GETS WILD HOG-DAD
FOWLER GETS ORANGES

Roy Farr, Riverside, Califor-
mia, cattle buyer. and friend Of
Charles V. Fowler. has returned
to the coast. During his visit
here, Roy and bis friend Char
ley, saw George Layne's pet
wild Mexican pig,fo which they
offered George many pieces Of
silver. A sale was made and
the purchasers immediated ex-
pressed the scoche" to Roy's
father, Col. Bill Farr, wealthy
Riverside stockraiser, with the
compliments of Charley Fowler.
Believing the rare" specimen
came from bis old friend and
boy hood playmate. Charles L.
Fowler, former collector of U.
s.. customs, Colonel Farr sent
Mr.. Fowler the following wire
acknowling the receipt OF the.
wild hog: Received the insect
O. K. Think your are damn
smart" Several days later Dad
received from Riverside a large
box of luscious oranges, with
the compliments of his old friend
Bill. Now, Charles V. Fowler.
who sent the insect" says:
Dad, how come, l hope you en-.
JOY those oranges. ;"
The border vidette., 1928-04-28

Captain Manuel Proto, mem
ber of the staff of Governor Rod.
riguez of Lower California, is
in the city from the great Co
cospera ranch in Sonora, which
is owned by the estate of the
late Proto Brothers, Anton and
Luis Proto.
Judge Charles E.. Hardy, Il.
r. Sisk and Rev. O. a. Smith,
composed the mem mbers of the
board of arbitration which met
Tuesday and decided the dispute
between the company which
owns the Hotel Esplendor and
the contractors, Lown & Wood
of this city. Judge Hardy re-
sented the Hotel Esplendor, Mr.
Sisk appeared for the contractors
and Rex. Smith was the neutral
member appointed by Hardy and
Sisk. After hearing much testi,
mony, pro and con, the arbitra.
tion board decided in favor OF
Lown & Wood, contractors, and
against the Hotel Esplendor.
The military band of the 10Th
battalion of the Mexican army
stationed at Ortiz, Sonora, will
be in Nogales for the big Cinco
de Mayo celebration, according
to Trinidad Gomez, chairman of
the committee in charge of the
coming celebration. Many floats
have already been arranged for
by the Cinco de Mayo commit
tee, and prizes aggregating $175
are being offered by the Nogales
Wonderland club for the best
creations. The first prize will
be 500, $50 second prize and $25
for the third prize. The day 8
entertainment includes baseball,
horse races, dances, barbecues.
Paul Geary of Hoibrook, De-
partment Commander of the
American Legion, and District
| Commander Fred Dacey of Pas
time Park. k.~were among those
present at the good will' get to-
geter picnic given last Sunday
at the Aztec Club, Nogales. So
nora, when the local Ridge-Igo
post of the American Legion was
host to members of the Morgan
McDermott post Of Tucson.
Among the Legion boys present
we're: Commander Gus Michaels,
Harry Farrior, Frank Carroon,
John Jennings. j. Dalemark,
Burrell Coulsen, Charles Hardy,
POSTMASTER, r. A. Myer, Al.
fCastaneda, Harry Connor, Gene
Richards, all Of Nogales. and
Don Pace of Stafford; M. King
Frank Creadon. Frank Buckley,
H. S. Smith. Charles Dorfner,
J. M. Ramsay and A. B. Jacob
son, all of Tucson.
The border vidette., 1928-04-28
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY ORDER
or SALE or REAL ESTATE
SHOULD NOT BE MADE

In the Superior Court of the
State of Arizona, in and for the
County of Santa Cruz.
In the Matter of the Estate
of J. M. Summey, Deceased.
On reading and filing the peti.
tion of Willie j. Summey admin.
istratrix of the estate of j. M.
Summey, deceased, praying for
an order of sale of certain real
estate belonging to said estate.
described in said petition and for
the use and purpose in said peti.
tion set forth, and it appearing
that sale of the whole or g.
portion of said real estate is
necessary
1t Is Hereby Ordered, That
all persons interested in said
estate of said deceased, appear
before said Superior Court on
Friday, the 18th day of May,
1928, at IL o'clock in the fore.
noon or SAID DAY, at tne court
room of said Superior Court at
the court house in Nogales, San.
ia Cruz county, Arizona, to show
cause why an order should not be-
granted to said Administrative to
sell the real estate described and
that copy of this order be pub.
lished at least once a week for
four successive weeks in The
Border Vidette, a newspaper,
printed and published in said
Santa Cruz county.
Dated this 10th day of April.
1928.
w. A. O'CoNNoR,
Judge of said Superior Court
1 ii st