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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
BOYS HURT IN BLAST
Burned While Investigating
Empty Gas Tank.

Two 9-year-old boys were burned,
one of them critically, this after
noon when a supposedly empty
gasoline tank blew up after one of
the youngsters had dropped a match
into it.
The boys are Jack Brown, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Brown, of 4004
Ruckle ST., and Jack Deming, son of
Shirley A. Deming, 3940 Ruckle st.
Both attend school No. 76.
The explosion occurred in the rear
of the Brown home when the Brown
boy lighted a. match. His face and
heaed were burned badly. He was
taken to city hospital. Jack DEM
ing also suffered burns on the face
and arms. He was treated by a
private physician.
According to Mrs. Brown, the
gasoline tank has been unused in
the five years of the family's oc-
cupancy of the house.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
Martial Law Proposed for
Storm Stricken Florida
Town.
ROB EXPENSIVE HOMES
City Is Mass of Ruins as
Citizens Start Relief
Work. \
BIZ United Press

DU OWttpU 4fGoo
NEW YORK, Sept. 49,
Looting of Palm Beach homes
has resulted in an appeal to the
Governor of Florida for two
companies of soldiers to act as
police, according to a message
to the executive in Tallahassee,
intercepted by the radio station
of the United Press at Garden
City, L. I.
"We recommend martial law
for Palm Beach only,'' the
message stated. Expensive
homes are being looted and
the city is wide open"
The appeal was signed Clark j.
Lawrence, major, president of the
state reserve officers association. 1t
was radioed through the medium
of fire department station.
Thirty-f1ve persons were reported
dead or missing at Bear Beach near
Clewiston, Fla, in a telegram re-
ceived here today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
Tell of DeSoIation
BIZ United Press

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Sept. tS.--
Passengers who arrived here fifteen
hours late on the Havana special
from southern Florida have provided
vivid eyewitness account of the
destruction caused by the tropical
hurricane.
H. Hilliard, Easton, Texas. who
boarded the train at Miami, told the
following story:
"After we left Miami, we ran into
the path of the storm about fifteen
miles south of Palm Beach.
"Torrential rains and wind struck
the train, rocking the cars from side
to side. The noise of the wind
sounded like a hundred sirens blow
ing at once. It was estimated at
from 100 to 15o-mfle velocity.
Clear Debris From Track
an preparation for clearing a
path through the storm zone, a
wreck train had preceded us out of
Miami and we were stopped con-
stantly behind the wreck train while
the crew removed telegraph and
telephone poles from the right Of
way.
I'm many instances portions of
houses were blown on tht track and
the crew labored for hours clearing
the way.
"It took us five hours to get from
the south end Of Palm Beach to
the north end. When We halted at
what had once been a station, the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
Suffer in Porto Rico
BY ANGEL RAMOS
Vnlted Press speclaI Correspondent

OhAhC4 AACoO 0pNCA8A AuIEEeVuNWEub
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Sept. 49,
Suffering was intense on this hur-
ricane-Swept island today.
The economic disaster that has
robbed the island of her wealth, in
the shattered homes and ruined
crops we're temporarily in the back
ground while the people begged for
food and shelter.
An epidemic of typhoid has broken
out at Aguadilla, on the northwest
coast.
AT Glrabo, a hunger r-maddened
throng of 5000 clamored for food
and the authorities were powerleSS
against them.
At Maguabo the situation was de-
Scribed as terrible" A thousand
people were living IN the tumbled
ruins of their homes. The children
begged for food and their parents
were becoming desperate.
At Aibonito, a desperate man, all
his possessions gone and facing
starvation, shot himself.
The Evangelical Church at Patil-
las was destroyed while filled with
refugees during the storm. Sixteen
bodies have been removed from the
ruins. More than sixty were in
jured.
Discarding proposal for martial
law, a group of prominent citizens
banded together and dedicated
themselves to the task of distribut-
ing food and clothing.
They were headed by Chief
Justice Emeli Del Toro, who was
named chairman of the general
committee at a meeting held at the
home Of Governor Horace M
Towner.
Del Toro said his committee would
take steps Immediately to provide
regulations for the distribution of
food and clothing. A special COM
mittee was appointed to collect
funds.
Despite a warning from the
attorney generals office that
profiteer1ng would be vigorously
prosecuted, the price of food had in
creased from 25 to so per cent since
the hurricane struck the island
Thursday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
JOINS BYRD CREW
Ruth Elders Mate Chooses
Trip to Divorce.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
BALBOA, Canal Zone, Sept. 18.-
Lyle Womack has left his divorce
suit against Ruth Elder to lie in
allegiance for two years while he
goes to the South Pole with the
Byrd expedition.
Womack boarded the Byrd flag
ship when it passed through the
Panama Canal Monday, and was ac-
cepted as one of the crew. He and
Max Boehning, a canal employe,
were taken on in place of two men,
bers of the crew who were rejected
because of poor health.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
APPEAL CASE
BARRING Steve.
IN ARSON SUIT
VermiIion Prosecutor Takes
Fight to High Court
for Witness.
EXPECT RULING TODAY
Action Follows Judges Ban
on Former Dragon
TeStifying.
EXPECT RULING TODAY

Charles Swayne, Vermilion County
prosecutor, today carried a fight to
the Indiana Supreme Court to OBJ
tain D. c. Stephenson as a prosecu-
ton witness for the arson trial of
Samuel Withrow in Vermilion Cir
cult Court at Newport, Ind,
Swayne asked that the Supreme
Court mandate Judge Wait of the
Vermillion Circuit Court to call
Stephenson, former Klan grand
dragon now serving a life sentence
at the Indiana State Prison for
murder, as a witness.
AS onyl two Supreme Court JUS
tices, Julius C. Travis and Willard
B. Gemmill, were at the Statehouse
this morning, action on the man
damus petition was postponed un-
til this afternoon when Justic Clar-
ence r. Martin was to be present.
Three judges must be present to
make action possible, it was ex-
planned.
Wanted as Witness
Stephenson is a material witness
in the case, Swayne declared.
The Withrow trial opened Mon
day. Judge Wait refused to call
Stephenson as a witness.
The judge declared that the
conduct of Stephenson in court is
such that he is of nc use as a
witness and that as he is q life
term prisoner he cannot be made
to answer or held in contempt of
court"
Withrow is accused OF burning
school building at Bridgeton
Parke County, in 1924, and it is
said that Stephenson processes to
know "all about" the case and is
willing to testify. He was inter-
viewed recently at the State prison
by Ben Stephenson, Parke County
prosecutor, and Swayne.
Escaped Conviction Twice
AT two previous trials, held ir
the Parke Circuit Court at Rock
vile, Withrow escaped conviction
when juries disagreed. The case
was taken to the VermiIion Circuit
Court on a change of venue.
The school fire was one round ot
a bitter Klan and anti-Klan fight
in the 1924 Parke Count election
Withrow was a leader in Klan &C
tfvities.
Counsel defending Withrow in
cludes Charles j. and Telford Orbi-
son, Indianapolis lawyers, who have
been legal advisers to the Klan
on various occasions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18

wind had stopped and groups Of peo-
pie were wandering about as though
in a trance.
"The city was without lights. The
sight from the train was one Of COM
plete desolation and ruin. 1t was a
CHASTITY sight to see wrecked build
ings leaning all about, and many
persons homeless.
Those questioned said almost the
whole residential section OF Palm
Beach had been leveled."
GAS we travelled north" Hilllard
said, at was plain to see that the
damage had been extensive. There
was much water everywhere from
the heavy rains which accompanied
the hurricane"
w. j. Mullinix, Jacksonville, who
returned to his home from southern
Florida on the Havana special, told
the following story to the United
Press:
"The train had to clear the way
as it proceeded from Fort Lauder
dale northward. Everything seemed
to be in good shape between Miami
and Fort Lauderdale.
At Deerfield, just north of POM
pano, all but four houses had been
wiped out and part of the railroad
station was blown away. Eleven box
cars had been blown from the rail-
road tracks.
"At Latona the railroad station
was f1attened out and there was
nothing but a scene of desolation
around us. When people saw the
train coming slowly toward them,
they hocked out to the tracks and
told of enormous damage in West
Palm Beach,"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
Pastors Discuss Chances
With Governor Pending
Rehearing Appeal.

Possibility of a pardon for Ed
ward S. Shumaker, Indiana Anti
Saloon League superintendent, sem
fenced to sixty days at the State
farm and fined $500 by the Indiana
Supreme Court for contempt, was
discussed today with Governor Ed
Jackson by Bishop H. H. Fout of
the United Brethren Church, the
Rev. Charles H. WinderS of the
Norwood Christian Church and
Ethan A. Miles, Indiana Anti Saloon
League attorney.
Bishop Fout admitted possibility
of a pardon for Shumaker was dis
cussed, although he at first. said
possibility of Shumaker appealing
his conviction to the United States
Supreme Court was the subject OF
the conference.
Rehearing PendS
No formal petition asking the
Governor to pardon Shumaker was
presented, however, Fout said. Fout
and Winders are members of the
headquarters committee of the dry
league.
A motion asking a rehearing OF
the Shumaker case now is pending
before the Supreme Court. In the
case of Boynton j. Moore, former
councilman, convicted of bribery.
Governor jackson issued a pardon,
while the case was pending be-
fore the high court.
Question Pardon Right
If Jackson acts to pardon
Shumaker, it is likely his rights to
do so will be questioned before the
Supreme Court by Attorney General
Arthur L. Gilliom who started the
contempt action.
Whether the Governor has power
to pardon someone sentenced foI
contempt under the Shumaker case
circumstances is doubtful, it is said
Circumstances in the case Of George
r. Dale, Muncie editor sentenced
for contempt by Circuit Judge
Clarence Dearth and pardoned by
Jackson, were different as the con-
tempt charge in that case was de-
fined by statute, it is said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
WOUNDED OFFICER DIES
Deputy Sheriff at Marion Victim Of
ConstabIe's Slayer.
~ Times Speoial

BIZ Times Special
MARION, Ind, Sept. 1s.-Fred
Certain, Grant County deputy
sheriff, is dead of bullet wound
suffered at the hands of D. w. Hsr-
yey, slayer of Constable Frank Ury.
The deputy sheriff was wounded
Saturday night shortly after the
constable was slain. Ury was fired
upon by Harvey when he went to
his home to serve a summons in a
dispoSsesSion suit. Certain and
other officers engaged in a gun bat
tie with Harvey who barricaded
himself In his home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
Three Die in Palm Beach

By United Press
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Sept.
18.-Reports received at police
headquarters here today placed the
latest death list in the hurricane
here at three, all unidentified.
There are hundreds of injured
being treated at improvised hos
pitals, most of them for minor tr-
juries.
AS word came in from towns and
cities north of here it was indi-
Gated that Stuart, olympia, Jupiter
and Kelsey City had suffered heavy
losses.
Dreary Picture Revealed
A dreary picture was revealed to-
day as the sun struggled through
clouds. B..
Trees broken and whipped almost
bare, of leaves, bright awnings
whipped to ribbons fiuttered from
the gaily tinted Spanish type Of
houses that in many cases were
rooflesS. Here and there care
fully driven automobile was piloted
through the debris Of the roads.
Business men picked their way
carefully through streets strewn
with broken glass, collapsed ma
sonry and a tangle of wires, to
reach their Offices or stores.
Many went breakfastless as light,
power, water and gas service re-
NAMED disrupted. Lunch stands
and restaurants we're in operation
In a few hours, however, charging
the same prices as before the storm.
Men discarded watersoaked shoes
and went about barefoot.
Bathing suits and raincoatS be-
came the popular garb for the day.
Newspapers, cut off from outside
wire service Monday, endeavored to
clean up storm soaked Offices and
posted bulletins. Crowds gathered
around the windows to read the
meager reports.
When train came into west
Palm Beach from the south and
started northward, throngs offered
passengers money to take messages
with the mand file them at tele-
graph Offices out of the district.
Everyone seemed bent on relieving
anxiety of friends and relatives.
All over the storm area there is
told tn same story Of high winds fol-
lowed by lull, and then the back
lash on o vicious wind under whjcil
masonry walls collapsed Like card
board.
Like Huge DOughnut
The hurricane was described Ike
a huge doughnut with a wnirling
edge.
Objects caught In one side Of the
rim were first whirled in onD
direction, then passed through the
central zone of quiet only 10 be
caught again in the rim and whirled
in the opposite direction.
Trees side by side, some broken
and falling one way, others the ops
posite showed what had happened.
Heavy freight cars in a train thai
started out of Miami Sunday were
overturned in the storm area ana
piled up east of the track.
In the spartan efforts to re-
establuish themselves few residents
have taken time to count the loss.
None could be found who would
hazard an estimate. There vas
general agreement however that
property loss was higher than IN
the 1926 storm.
Some of the citizenry whose
houses collapsed said they saved
themselves by getting under beds.
Bridge Is Guarded
Automobiles with tops demolished
were left along the streets and high
roads. Two automobiles, tangled
into one mass we're draped about a
lamp post on Clematis st.
Broken tile, nail studded boards
and shattered glass worked havoc
with automobile tires. The West
Palm Beach wire chief blew out
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
The Great
Parade of
us. History

A JROSS the pages of United
n States history twenty-nine
men have marched in the
mighty drama of politics along
the path of glory that leads to
the presidency. From the days
Of George Washington down to
the present race between Her
bert Hoover and AL Smith
presidential campaigns have
been colorful spectacles, the is
sues in each rejecting the story
of their time and portraying,
like succeeding chapters, the
vast panorama Of the Nation S
history.
The Times, through NEA Service,
presents this interesting panorama
to its readers In an outstanding
series of articles written by Rodney
butcher, chief of the NEA Wash
ington bureau. There aIe twenty
eight daily chapters in the series
on "The Presidential Parade"
They will start next Monday,
Sept. "a.
You will find nothing dry or ted1-
Gus in butchers series. A trained
newspaper man of the modern
school, in daily contact with the
tangled web of Washington politics
and a deep student of political his
tory, butcher presents the Nations
heroic figures not as marble huSts
and steel engravingS, but as men OF
flesh and blood-human beings With
strength and weaknesses.
I'm addition to the events of great
L historical importance, you will
enjoy the strong current Of human
interest-little intimate glimpSes OF
the president and celebrities-that
flows throughout.
For example, do you know
Why President Grant refused to
allow ex-President Andrew Johnson
to ride in his carriage in the in
augural parade?
What Henry Clay's wife thought
Of his gambling habits?
What Supreme Court justice was
mentioned" for the presidency at
every convention for thirty years
but never nominated?
That Lincoln was once a lame
duck Congressman, seeking ap-
pointment to job in the general
land Office after being defeated for
the Senate.
That General Grants real name
was not Ulysses S.?
EROM George Washington down
to Herbert Hoover and al
Smith. butcher tells the story Of
the campaigns and outlines the Is
sues upon which the rival candl-
dates fought.
No glorious achievement has been
ignored or minimized, but at the
same time no misguided sentiment
or hoary tradition has been per-
n1itted to veneer che ruth.
The articles are written as
butcher always writes-straightfor-
ward and direct from the shoulder
You will find this not only an
educational feature, but an out
standing human interest feature as
well.
Remember-The first article will
appear in The Times next Monday.
Sept. "a.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
MERCURY RISE ON WAY
Weather Bureau Predicts Warmer
Weather for Wednesday.

Temperatures Is degrees below
normal chilled the city this morn
ing at getting up" time. The
United States Weather thermometer
registered IS degrees, Is below
normal at a. m. That mark also
was the lowest reached during the
night.
The mercury will rise tonight and
Wednesday, weather bureau Off
cials predicted, but it still probably
will be several degrees cooler than
normal Wednesday morning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
DRY RAIDERS NAB TWO
Seize 1000 Quarts of Home Brew
and Beer Apparatus.

Police and Federal dry raiders
Monday night seized nearly 1000
quarts of home brew and beer max
ing apparatus valued at more than
$500 in two raids.
AS the result of one raid Paul
Mayer, 1903 Villa Ave, celebrated
his 29th birthday anniversary in
Jail after the raiders found more
than 900 quarts Of beer in his home.
In the other raid Joseph Boldt
was arrested when quantity Of
sl1ome brew and beer making ac-
ctSsories were found in his home at
Ills S. State Ave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
SHUMAKER PARDON
TALKED I'M PARLEY
I'm Sorry, Gal
BIZ United press

BD United Press
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. 1a.-
All the uncomplimentary
things United States Senator
James A. Reed ever said about
President Coolidge's use of
worms for fishing have been
retracted.
''I have just come back from
a fishing trip in Wisconsin"
the senior Missouri Senator
said here, "and by experience
has made me whole lot more
charitable.
"I want to retract everything
I ever said about Coolidge fish
ing with worms.
"a man is entitled to use any
bait he can get hold of in those
northern waters"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
Death List in Sweep of Gale
Will Pass 1000
Mark.
STORMS FURY IS SPENT
Warnings Posted on East
Coast as Far North
as Boston.
BIZ United Press

| BY UhtteG Press
The tropical hurricane, one
of the most devastating and ex-
tensive on record, was spending
it's fury in the United States to-
day, leaving behind it a trail of
almost thousand miles of
wreckage and death.
Starting at the bottom of the
caribbean Sea near South
America last Wednesday, the
storm moved with relentless
fury over the scattered islands
of the caribbean, advancing
steadily along a curved course
over island after island until it
reached the United States.
CurWng seaward again after its
destruction in Florida, it moved to
the northwest and storm warnings
were posted as far north as Boston,
which would make the whole path Of
the storm about 1000 miles.
The deaths could not be estimated
accurately, but may be more 1000.
The most reliable figures indi-
Gated at least deaths in Florida,
$40 in Guadeloupe, more than 200
in Porto Rico and scattered deaths
in other places.
Death Toll Is High
The first point to report damage
from the storm was Martinique
French colony in the windward
islands, although points south Of
there may have been stricken and
have not yet been reported.
Leaving three dead in Martinique,
tn storm passed over Dominica, a
British island to the north, where
it did great damage, although full
reports have not been received from
there yet Next Guadalupe and
its surrounding small islands we're
crushed under the terrific storm
with untold destruction and loss of
life.
Monserrat, little British isle north
Of Guadeloupe reported twenty-five
dead, so injured. buildings and crops
leveled and two thirds Of the native
homes destroyed. Antigua, north
east of Monseuat, also suffered.
The hospital and other buildings
were destroyed. 1t was not known
if there was any loss of life.
st. Kits and Nervis were next in
line. Damage apparently was not
so great in st. Kits and no loss Of
life was reported, but Nevis reported
thirteen dead.
The numerous other little islands
in that vicinity have not reported
their losses.
Islands Feel Fury
The next points stricken were the
Virgin Islands, United States pos
session, north Of st. Kits and close
to Porto Rico. Damage was great
and the deaths were listed at six.
The storm then turned its fui!
fury on Porto Rico. Its course took
it from there just north Of the large
island divided between Haiti and
Santo Domingo. Haiti, which re.
Gently was devastated by a severe
hurricane, escaped entirely.
The storm, nearing Florida,
treated the twenty islands in the
Bahamas less severely, and while
damage was extensive, no loss Of life
was reported.
From the Bahamas, the hurricane,
some of its fury spent but still cap
able of doing great damage, entered
Florida with Palm Beach about i'll
the center Of its path.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
Start Relief Fund Here

City Red Cross officials today be-
gun accepting gifts for relief work
in the West Indies hurrican district
William Fortune, Indianapolis
chairman, announced checks should
be made payable to Frank D. Stall
maker, treasurer, and sent to the
Red Cross headquarters, TT N.
Meridian st.
The local chapter contributed
$1,000 from the emergency fund.
Voluntary contributions have been
asked by the National Red Cross.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
NATIONAL FIRE WEEK
TO BE OBSERVED HERE
Chief VOShell Starts Move for City
Program in October.

Harry E. voshell. fire chief, to-
day started work on the program
for National Fire week the first
week of October.
Voshell said tentative plans will
be made Friday at the Chamber Of
Commerce. Frank Jordan, fire pre-
vention chairman, and industrial
leaders will cooperate.
Special attention will be given in
dustrial activities this year, Voshell
said.
There is involved about $780,
100000 in indianapolis industries,
and I think they deserve SOME
special attention.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
ASK TROOPS TO HALT
LOOTING IN PALM BEACH;
HURRICANE HITS GEORGIA
StOrR in Storm
Bg United Press

By United Press
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla,
Sept. 18.-Two births and a
death occurred here during
the height of the hurricane.
Mrs. Henry PAIRS, an elderly
woman, who had been i'll for
some time, died in her room
at the Pennsylvania Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs S. A. Jentiie
became the parents Of a girl,
and Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Nc
Cam Of a boy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
Woman in Auto Killed

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Ind, Sept. 49,
Mrs. Ethel Farren. 80, Odon, was
killed here today when she lost con-
troll of the car which she was driving
as it struck loose gravel and over
turned. Two other occupants of
the automobile were uninjured.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
Mrs. Lindhergh to Naples

BIZ JUIted PreSS
NAPLES, Sept. 18.-Mrs, Evange-
line Lindbergh, mother of Charles
A. Lindbergh, arrived today enroute
to Constantinople. She was ac-
companied by Miss Alice Morrow,
sister of the United States ambassa-
do rto Mexico.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
British Peer Dies

BIZ United Press
NEW MARKET, England, Sept. 18
Lord Durham died today at 70,
after an illness of five months. He
was unconscious for the last three
days. His twin brother, Hon. Fred
erick William Lambton succeeds
him.