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DESK TO BEGIN j- -HIS
CAMPAIGN
Active Phase of Presidential
' Of
unve ueis unaer way
This Week
Republican Nominee Invades
Smith's Stronghold to
Make Speech
WASHINGTON. Sept.
(AP) Herbert HooTer closed hi
desk today to don his battle armor
and plunge into t- active fight
for the presidency.
'Turning his back upon weeks
of preparation and study, he pre
pared to invade enemy territory
to deliver at Newark, Monday, a
stroke on the very fringe of the
home state of his democratic op
ponent. As the republican nominee
launches his drive in the east.
Governor Smith, will be speeding
westward in an effort to rouse
the republican states of the middle
west in his own favor.
The old and the new will inter
mingle strangely when Hoover
speaks at Newark. Surrounding
the nominee will be the ballyhoo,
"torchlight jtnd banner of an older
political day. Before him will be
a microphone to carry his voice
in an ultra-modern way over an
extensive radio hook-up into all
sections of the country.
Two Sections Heard Prom
Before setting forth from his
campaign headquarters, Mr. Hoo
ver received today fresh views on
the political situation in two wide
ly separated states of New York
and North Dakota from Senator
Capper, who has been in New
York, and Senator Nye who told
of conditions in the western state.
In addition. Hoover talked over
conditions generally with speaker
Nicholas Longworth and with
Theodore Roosevelt, Hanford Mac
nider and other former service
men with whom he had luncheon
at the home of Assistant Attorney
General Donovan.
Senator Capper had an optimis
tic report for his chief, bnt Sen
ator Nye declared that there, was
much feeling against the repub
licans in his state because of the
party's failure to give the wheat
farmers relief through the Mc-Nary-Haugeja
bill. Nye felt, how
ever, that with judicious handling
the ruffled feelings might be
smoothed down sufficiently before
election time so thatMhe state
would be found in the Hoover
parade of electoral votes.
Business Men Quit Smith
Senator Capper told the nom
inee that business men with whom
he had talked in New York had
told him that although they had
been consistent supporters of Gov
ernor Smith in his campaigns for
the governorship, they would not
rote for him for president. The
Kansas senator believed that
enough of such voters were in
hand to cut down Smith's ma
jority In New York city so that
the upstate republican majority
would swing New York for Hoover
and Curtis.
The trip of the candidate to
Newark will carry him through a
dozen towns in northern New Jer
sey. Arriving at Newark early in
lbs afternoon he will make an
automobile tour of the Oranges
and Montclair. IQ the afternoon
a call will bo paid. on Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas A. Edison at their home
at Menlo Park, where Mr.' and Mrs.
Hoover will spend the night.
Social Affair Planned
A reception has been planned
at Newark late in the afternoon
after which the nominee will be
taken to the first regiment armory
where at 9 o'clock eastern day
light saving time, he will begin his
speech. S
Tuesday morning. Hoover will
be driven to the Newark municipal
airport to inspect the field. Later
he will visit Jersey City, Hoboken,
and Weehawken. returning to
Jvewark to be the luncheon guest
of Senator Walter E. Edge, In the
afternoon he will take another
automobile trip through Prince
ton and Elizabeth to Trenton
where his party will board
train for Washington.
Soveit Russia
To Sane Economic Basis
MOSCOW. Sept. 15. (AP)
An urgent need of capital from
abroad has compelled Soviet Rus
sia to take - one more step back
toward the economic system of
other lands, abandoned here - by
the revolution of 1917.
Such is the lntrnrratinn manv
J- observers have placed on the an
l noancement last night that the
policy oi granting concessions to
foreigners In industry, agriculture
and commerce Is to be broadened
fn order to encourage the greatest
possible investment of external
capital. -
r Some even predict that the So
i.tiet will take further steps to
I , encourage foreign capital. Some
TjHhese, mostly friends of the new
'-xovernment, say that last night's
f-s : welcome" to capitalists was not
WX in their view so much a sign that
;f .. the Soviet rulers have failed in
( their economic endeavors as that
V, they hare succeeded at least toi
Found Guilty
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Batcher Boy' of Los Anseles
who Saturday was convicted of the
murder in that city of Mrs. M Tr
ue L,. Melius, comely society wom
an.
Judge Forced to Pass Death
Sentence Upon Con
victed Murderer
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 15.
CAP). Although formal sentence
will not be passed until 2 p. m
next Tuesday. Leo "Pat" Kelley
29-year-old butcher boy convicted
of murder in the first degree for
the slaying ol his middle-aged so
ciety matron sweetheart, knew
this afternoon that his life may
end on the gallows.
When the seven men and five
women, who formed the jury and
cast the grim lot against the
youthful meat-cutter, returned
verdict of first degree murder and
made no recommendation for
leniency, they bound Superior
Judge Fletcher Bowron, under
California 'law, to sentence Kelley
to hang.
In approximately one hour of
deliberation the Jury reached its
verdict. On the first ballot all
agreed that the butcher boy prin-
cinal in a five rear clandestine
love affair with Mrs. Myrtle Mel
lus was guilty of killing her. On
ly two of the 12 voted for leniency
on the second ballot, and br the
fourth ballot the death verdict
was unanimous, discovery of vot
ing slips in the jury room disclos
ed.
"I am surprised: I didn't ex
nect them to bring in a verdict
like that," Kelley declared, as he
forced a smile on his ashen iace.
Mrs. Josenhine Kelley. the con
victed man's mother, collapsed in
her chair when the foreman read
the verdict, and had to be half
carried from the court room by at
tendants.
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IPPE1L FOR FUNDS
Appeal for financial aid for the
thousands of persons left without
homes in Porto Rico and other isl
ands in the West Indies following
the recent hurricane, has been re
ceived by Justice George Rossman
of the Oregon supreme court from
the San Francisco headquarters of
the American Red Cross There
is no regularly constituted Red
Cross organization in Salem, but
the appeal is being made public.
and arrangements have been made
to have contributions received and
forwarded by William Walton at
the Ladd and Bush bank.
"West Indies hurricane has de
stroyed thousands of homes in
Porto Rico and other Islands, also
devastating crops," the telegram
from the Red Cross states. "Im
mediate need for food, shelter.
medical supplies and emergency
relief.
Red Cross is taking charge at
request of President Coolidge.
Need for large funds imperative.
BUTCHER BOlfTO
GO TO GALLOWS
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the Trained staff now on way to island."
Returning
the point where Industry needs ex
pansion. It cannot expand with
out capital and the announcement
of Mat night is admission by So
viet Russia that she needs that
from abroad. -
Russia industries need forHheir
exploitation technical advice and
help as well as money. Conse
quently the bringing of foreign
engineers into the country also is
to be made easier. Concessions In
the future are to open more fields
than. In the past and probably will
be granted for longer Jerms than
has been customary since the ad
option of the new economise policy
and abandonment of militant com
munism in 1S21. !
. The United States, which Is sec
ond to Germany In the number of
its P loreign concessions, is - the
country to which the soviet gov
ernment loks for a large Dart of
the capital which la expected to
flow into Russia. i
REWARD IS PUT
UP Bf FRANTIC
TALI FATHER
Frank Ranieri Abandons Plan
to Get Son Back With
out Assistance
Police Raid Roadhouse Few
Hours After Kidnapers
Escape With Boy
CHICAGO. Sept. 15. (AP).
With police pursuing a fruitless
search and his own efforts to res
cue a kidnaped son proving, equal
ly futile, A. Frank Ranieri today
abandoned his lone game and of
fered a reward to anyone who
would bring home his 10-year-old
boy, Billy.
For nearly a week the Italian
father had hidden the secret of
the kidnaping and for three days
more he had resisted every at
tempt of police to trail the boy.
Allotted Time Passes
"In 24 hours I'll get my boy
back; if you keep out of it," he
pleaded yesterday but today the
24 hours had passed. The police
had raided a resort" where they
said the youngster had been held
and still Ranieri was without word
from the band that had demanded
160,000 for Billy's return.
Today, with wavering faith In
his own ability to negotiate his
boy's release. Ranieri went into
conference with Police Captain
James E. Doherty and offered
12,000 reward for the rescue. The
reward would be increased to
25,000 during the night if rela
tives could add to the fund.
Escape Close One
Three detective squads sped
out to a roadhouse near Elgin last
night on a Up that the missing
child was there. They came back
empty handed but Deputy Police
Commissioner John Stege express
ed satisfaction that the hiding
place was found. He was certain
the kidnapers had left there for
Chicago only a short time before
the raiders arrived.
Charges of kidnaping were
lodged against Salvator Maatroi
annL god-father of Billy Ranieri.
and Renaldo Schledo, and -their
bonds were set at f 25,000 after
Mastrolanni admitted .to s police
that he and Ranieri had been to
gether daily aince the kidnaping
under orders from the band who
held the boy.
FMII INJURED
IN TRAFFIC CRASH
J. B. Sheldon 69, who lives In Sa
lem at the State hotel, suffered
fractures of both legs and also
lacerations and bruises in an ac
cident at Brunk:s Corner, four
miles west of Salem, Saturday af
ternoon about 6:15 o'clock.
Sheldon was directing traffic
around repair work which was
under way on the highway,
An automobile driven by Albert
McBee of Dallas, freshman foot
ball candidate at Willamette uni
versity, came up and when Shel
don flagged him to slow down and
turn out, McBee applied the
brakes and the car skidded side-
wise in the freshly laid oil, and
struck the elderly man, knocking
him down. The driver was said to
lhave, been blinded . by the sun so
wax ne aia not see u xiagman.
The injured man was taken to
the Salem general hospital in Gol-
den's ambulance. He was report
ed early this morning to be resting
easily.
Veteran of War
Gets "Dog Tag"
After 10 Years
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 5
(AP) When Lieutenant Walter
E. Baker, of the 108th field artil
lery, lost his "dog tag" In France
ten years ago, he probably didn't
dream that the state department
would get It back for him.
The little metal identification
disc with which Baker, as well as
all other American soldiers, were
equipped, has been found in a load
of old metal In the war zone;
turned over to the American Con
sul at Lille, forwarded to the
state department here; turned
over to the war department, and
sent to Baker at Bridgeville, Pa.,
his last known address.
Freshmen Grade
High This Year
Prof. E. C. Richards of the
English department of Willamette
university announced Saturday
night that the freshmen had done
better, as a group. In the entrance
examination than have classes for
several years past, 'The class in
English 1 A is considerably larger
than the class of last year, and the
number required- to take review
English Is : substantially smaller.
Freshmen entering from Salem
high school made a better record
in the test than has been made by
Salem aggregation in several
years. A Urge percentage of the
1A division is made up of Salem
graduates.
Salem, Oregon, Sunday
What, . . .
They think of-
College Athletics and
Their Influence on
Student Life.
ITH the opening of the
college year in Oregon
and throughout the na
tion, dally columns of news
space are devoted by papers to
the discussion of football. Later
on will come other college ath
letics. Of late years there has
appeared a tendency, apparent
ly growing, to criticise the col
leges for the important place
accorded by them to athletic
competitions. With the idea of
learning how Salem residents
feel about thisj the New Oregon
Statesman Saturday put the
question to a number of resi
dents of this city. This is how
they view it:
J. H. WARD, deputy county
clerk, said: "I think college ath
letics, especially football, are
interesting and all that. But at
the same time I do not believe
they should be over-emphasised.
When they get into the practice
of going out and scouring the
country for material, offering
men Jobs on the side as an in
ducement, it seems to me they
are carrying it too far. Athletic
teams' should consist only of
men who, of their own accord,
choose to go to the particular
college In which they are enroll
ed. I also believe the man who
goes to college primarily to play
on the athletic field rather than
Co study, has no place in col
lege. How' would I have these
ideas put Into practice? Oh, I
don't pretend to know that."
BTJRRELL M. MITClfELL.
senior at Oregon Agricultural
college, said: "College athletics
seem to be about the only thing
that gives the colleges much, ad
vertising now. We hear of many
eastern schools only through
their athletic teams and it is
probably the same there about
our western institutions. The
college athlete is usually not
much better off after the four
years of sport as he usually
quits training and goes back
soon.
JOHN J. ROTTLE proprietor
of a shoe store on State street,"
said: "If the body la strong, .the v
mind will le equally sound and
capable. It follows that bodily
development should go hand in
hand wkh mental development."
PROF. E. C. RICHARDS, of
Willamette University, said; "I
think college athletics should
go far enough for a healty cul
tivation of the physique and if
one Intends to became an ath
letic instructor one should ma
jor in that subject. I think col
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SMITH WILL BEGIN
IB OF 1ST
ALBANY. N. Y. Sept, 15.
(AP) Priming himself physical
ly for the two-weeks campaign
tour through the west and north
west he will start out on tomorrow
night. Governor Smith dismissed
official and political care from his
mind today, played some golf and
did considerable resting.
The nominee of-the democrats
remained away from his office at
the capttol, having cleared his
desk of all pressing business, and
took it easy in the circle of his
family and a few close friends.
After a late breakfast, the gov
ernor, toggedout for a round of
golf, held his dally conference
with newspapermen in the recep
tion room at the executive man
sion, as he awaited the arrival
from New York of two members
of a foursome his son, "young
Al." as he refers to him, and his
bosom friend WiUIam H. Todd.
The ship builder.
Todd and "Young Al." who is
27 and a practicing atorney in
New York, came up the Hudson on
the "Saelmo." a yacht on which
Todd rears ago drove rivets and
later, after making a iortune
bought for his own use.
Hoover Is Lauded
As Accomplished
Man For Position
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Sept 15
(AP) W. L. Harding, former
governor of Iowa, in a speech here
tonight: lauded Herbert Hoover as
the "most accomplished' man for
the presidency, and declared the
republican "nominee the logical
man for the nation's Jeader and
the best fitted to bring relief to
agriculture and solve other 'prob
lems.
Dupont Daughter
Marries Poor Man
-WILMINGTON, Del.. Sept 15.
(AP) Fulfilling a family tradi
tion that, none of the- DuPont
daughters marry great wealth.
Miss Esther D. DuPont today be
came the bride of Campbell Weir,
West Point graduate and a former
employe in the Du Pont offices. :
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DOUBT IS CAST
MURDER STORY
Officers Pick Flaws in Ac
count of "Northcott
Murder Ranch"
Portion of Human Skull and
Hair Are Nevertheless
Found on Place
LOS ANGELES. Sept 15.
(AP) Officials tonight began to
express doubts as to the veracity
of the story of the Northcott mur
der ranch crimes, as told to them
by 15-year-old San ford Clark. The
boy, who was brought to juvenile
court from Pomona chicken ranch
by Geo. Cyrus Northcott, accused
Mrs. Northcott and her 21-year.
old son Stuart of kidnaping, tor
turing ana wiling with an
four boys. .
Young Clark declared the mur
dered boys were Louis and Nelson
Wlnslow, who disappeared from
their Pomona homes; Walter Col
lins, who disappeared from Glen-
dale last spring, and an unidenti
fied Mexleasayouth. Clark said
he was forced to help kill one of
the Wlnslow boys, and also aid In
burying the. bodies in shallow
graves filled with lime to dispose
of them.
Discrepancy Found
Tonight N., II. Wlnslow of Po
mona, father of two of the al
leged victims of the asserted de
generate, young Northcott, stated
to .investigators he believed posi
tively that reports made to him of
his two sons having been appre
hended In Texas were true.
Another doubt on young Clark's
tale was cast by juvenije author.
Itiea and the police who asserted
their belief that Walter Collins.
whom Clark said was also a victim
of Northcott. was the boy who
now Is' at his .mother's home la
Glendale. Young Collins was lo
cated In the midwest several
weeks i ago and returned to his
mother, who declared: "That Is
not my son." The mother. Mrs.
Christine Collins, who yesterday
was missing from her home, to
night was located in the psycho
pathic ward of the county hosnl-
tal,,where she is under observation
ior Tnener xronoies. ' v
Bones May Not be Human
Bones which investigators to
day oug up on the Northcott
ranch, and many of which had
been burned,, were declared by
sheriff's Chief Deputy Ben De
Crevecoeur and other officials as
likely to be bones of chickens and
other butchered animals as- of hu
mans. One bone, they said, might
have been part of a human skull,
out they were not positive.
Boys' clothing found on the
Northcott property, which officials
earlier described as. Darts of Bov
Scouts' uniform similar to those
worn by the Wlnslow boys when
they disappeared, tonight was de
clared not to hare been connected
with any of the asserted victims.
The clothing included a rareed
blue and yellow sweater, a gray
coax, a pair of trousers, and two
otner coats.
Clark's story of the Collins boy
being one of the murder victims
was attacked by the police as well
as by physicians and juvenile au-
t non ties. Young Collins was
questioned tonight by an officer
of the police juvenile bureau, who
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Parking Measure
Before Council
Monday Night
Permitting parking In alleys for
unioamng merchandise Is the pur
pose of the only, new ordinance
on file for original consideration
by the city council Monday night
It Is a companion measure to that
Introduced two weeks before seek
ing to permit pargdng of motor
reatcies on certain bridges.
The council will open bids on
sieo.eeo worth of sewer bonds
Monaay night A petition asking
that ! Columbia street east to
Broadway be designated as a
through street, has been filed,
with the signatures of 77 residents
near Columbia and Liberty
streets, which is declared to be a
dangerous corner.
"Y" Conference
Planned Today
Outlining plans for the coming
year will be the chief business at
the setting-up conference of the
Salem Y M. C. A. at the Wallace
farm this afternoon. Lester Ad
ams of the -northwest council and
Harry W. Stone, general secretary
of the Portland Y. M. C. A. will
give short talks. "Mexico", will
be the subject of a talk by Mr.
Stone at the bonfire. The confer
ence will adjourn at 2:30 o'clock.
Store Manager
Is Transferred
8TAYTON; Ora..- Sept. It.
(Special.) Mr. and J Mrs. Roy
Kemp; who have . conducted tho
20th Century store here for the
past Year or more, have been
transferred to Portland, where
they will -have, charge of a store.
Ted McDermott of Portland will
have Charge of the 20th Century
store here and wll occupy-the. J.
W. Day residence, ."j r j
J I m
Brings Home
Secretary of State Frank B.
y v6 xj --v .
axe I i f
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ifltBah-
anti-war treaty recently signed by 15 leading powers in Paris, posed
for a picture with Mrs. Kellogg aboard the Leviathan.
REPUBLICANS
RALLYMONDAY
'recinct Chairmen to Hold
Meeting on Call of
Chairman Perry
Marking the opening of the re
publican campaign in all parts of
Marion county, a meeting of all
precinct chairmen will be held in
the courthouse here Tuesday
night at 8 o'clock, according to an
announcement sent out Saturday
by J. C. Perry, chairman of the
county republican central commit
tee.
In addition to a general discus
sion of the political situation, dis
tribution of campaign eupplies
wll be one of the principal pur
poses of this meeting.
Xnterest . Incrcasesji..-.5-.,.,
The people of Marion county
are now showing great interest In
the coming election, as if evidenc
ed by the number visiting tne
county republican headquarters at
room 210 Masonic building. The
interest is also being manifested
in a material way, the number of
contributions to the campaign
fund increasing daily, reports
Newell Williams, chairman of the
county central committee.
Present efforts of the republi
can organization are being direct
ed principally along the line of
urging, all voters, regardless of
party or preference, to register.
The registration books close Oc
tober 6, and 'persons who have
not registered at that time will
not be permitted to rote, as the
state law forbids the swearing in
of voters on election day.
The republican county officers
received a letter last week from a
woman who says ahe has "waited
ten years for the opportunity", to
vote for Hoover, but who moved
from Washington to Oregon in
June, and is therefore not entitled
to rote In this state. She asked
if any way exists whereby she
may be permitted to vote in Wash
ington. The party officers have
informed her that the only way
in which she can vote is to return
to Washington.
Double Murder
Suspected When
Pair Found Dead
DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 15.
(AP). The bodies of Burr Hart,
wealthy Detroit contractor and
apartment house owner.' and his
wife, were found at midnight to
ngiht in their apartment here.
Both had been shot to death.
First reports were that Hart
had shot and killed bis wife and
then had ended his own life but
noliee said following a hurried In
vestigation that it may have been
a double murder.
Sande Second In
His Final Race
NEW YORK, Sept 15 (Spe
cial) Earle Sande, riding his last
race at Belmont Park today,
brought Joseph E.. WIdener's
"Chance Shot" under the wire a
nose behind Mrs. Payne Whitney's
"Jolly Roger," In the grand na
tional steeplechase. Sande rode
a gallant race and received warm
congratulations from Mr. Wldener
In addition to cheers from the
throngs In the stands. Sande, "the
world's greatest jockey," Is to re
tire as a rider, but will continue
on the turf as an owner and
trainer.
Hookup Planned
For Mr. Hoover
WASHINQTON. Sept v 15
( AP) .Thirty-one radio , stations !
are to participate in the hookup
ararnged to broadcast Herbert
Hoover's speech in Newark Mon
day night The program is to be-
tla at 7:30 p. m. eastern standard
'ime. Hoover Is scheduled to be
gin speaking at I p. m. .. .
Peace Treaty
KeUosx. back from Pari wfUi Oia
Old Relic of Year 1910 Used
By Flying Ace To
Thrill Crowds
MINES FIELD. Los Angeles,
Cal., Sept. 15. (AP) To close a
day of spectacular flying, each
moment of which was filled with
a new thrill for the record crowd
which attended the seventh day of
the national air races here. Col.
jChrales A. Lindbergh stunted over
the field in the 1910 Curtis Push
er model plane.
The relic of experimental days
in aviation was revived by Al Wil
son, movie stunt flier, and has
been a feature of the meet, but
previously has been flown only by
Wilson.-
Col. Lindbergh already had glv.
en an unequalled exhibition of
"trick" flying, alone and as the
substitute for Lieut. J. J. Wil-
LINDBERGRDOES
TRICKS IN PLANE
Hams, leader of the crack nny'near which the storm center was
trio of air acrobats known as the expected to pass tomorrow morn-
"three musketeers," who received
fatal injuries in a crash here Mon.
day.
Amelia Earhart, famed woman
nilot. soloed in her famous Brit
ish plane, and Art Goebel, Dole
flight winner as well as the first
to finish the New York to Los
Angeles non-stop race in spite of a
forced landing, participated in tne
Detroit news air transport trophy
race, tne ieature oi tne u
noon's racing program.
Another brilliant display of
craft aloft came, when for the
first time during the meet, all 36
of the army planes attending pass
ed over the field In formation.
Kmll nnrain. the fourth of the
nine pilots entered Iff the unwon
non-stop transcontinental classic
to arrive here,-set his plane aown
before the reviewing stand at 3 p.
m.
Chamber to Open
Membership Push
At Monday Lunch
The membership campaign now
being started will be the topie for
discussion at Monday s luncneon
of the Salem chamber of com
merce. T. B. Kay, state treasurer,
will speak briefly on this subject
and general discussion will be in
vited.
The present membership drive,
the first conducted by the local
chamber in three years. Is headed
by three teams; W. M. Hamilton
and B. E. Sisson. Otto Hillman and
Edward Schunke, and J. N. Cham
bers and Dr. Henry E. Morris.
In connection with the program
of obtaining new members, Mon
day has been designated 'as "guest
day" at the chamber luncheon.
Shocked Neighbors View
Frightful Double Killing
ST. HELENS, Ore., Sept 15.
(AP) William Dalton, 45,
longshoreman, today according to
a neighbor who witnessed part of
the tragedy, shot and killed Mrs.
James Roblnette, 7, and then kill
ed himself. Dalton and the-woman
had been living together in a
house in North 8C Helena. - -The
bark of a pistol and screams
of a -woman startled neighbors
shortly after five o'clock this af
ternoon. They saw Mrs. Roblnette
run into' the street., Dalton pur
suing her: with ; a smoking gun.
The wounded woman staggered in
to the kitchen of a neighbor and
cnea:
"I am dying!"
Dalton : then appeared in the
doorway and as the neighbor. Mrs.
McDonald, sought to stop him. at
tempted to shoot her also, but bis
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STORM SWEEPS
UER OAHAB
Terrific Hurricane Makes
Wide Path of Death
and Destruction
Effect of Gale Felt Atena
Coast of Florida, Re
ports Indicate
Harncane Damage
Depicted Briefly
BY ASSOCTATXD KXSS
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico,
- Seventy per cent of the
homes and 40 pT rent ef
business building believ
ed destroyed.
PONCE, Porto Rico.
Ten dead; TOO homeless.
Kxtensive damage,
HUM A CO, Porto Rico.
Thirty dead; widespread
damage,
NASSAU Shipping
ordered to' Anchorage faU
ing barometer forecast
storm.
ST. CROIX. Virgin Is
lands Hundreds home
loss. SAN SALVADOR
Stiff northeast gale blow
ing. TURKS ISLAND, Brit
ish West Indies Two
' schooner damaged, or
reported loet with all
hands.
PUERXA PLATA, San
Domingo Freighter Lil
lian driven ashore.
MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 15. (AP)
The tropical hurricane was
spreading deeply into the Baha.
mas tonight, San Salvador, ap
proximately 75 miles east of the
reported center of the storm, re
porting a wind velocity of 110
miles an hour.
San Salvador, also known as
Watling island, made no report of
barometer readings, but Cat Is
land, In the direct path of the hur
ricane as charted by the weather,
bureau, messaged that the baro
meter registered 29.10 and that
hurricane winds were blowing.
Barometer Low
Nassau, the Bahaman capital.
ing at 10:30 o'clock had a baro
meter reading of 59.54 witb a 50
mile wind.
The Miami barometer register
ed 29.74 at 11:30 o'clock tonight.
The normal Is 29.93.
Richard W. Gray, government
meteorologist here, at 11:30 o'
clock tonight said there was no
Indication that dangerous winds
will occur in the Miami area.
Red Cross to Aid '
WASHINGTON. Sept. 15.
(AP) With its task growing
hourly as additional appeals for
aid were sent in from the storm-
swept West Indies, the American
Red Cross today issued an appeal
to the American people for funds,
and set aside $50,000- of Its own
money for relief and! rehabilita
tion. V
The mobilization of resources
was determined at a conference
between President Coolidge. who
is also president of the Red Cross,
and John Barton Payne, chairman
of the organisation. Messages
from chapters in Porto Rico and
the Virgin Islands added to the
serious complexion of the catas
trophe as, pictured yesterday by
the Chancellor of the University of
Porto Rico in the first word re
ceived from the stricken island.
Work Get Under Way
The naval commander, Gilmer 'K
left Charleston early this after,
noon for Porto Rico carrying Hen
ry M. Baker, national disaster re
lief director and four associate.
Relief work has already been
started there, Manuel Mendia.
acting chairman of the island
chapter, cabled national head
quarters but it is "impossible as
yet to obtain data of extent ei
disaster."
News of the disaster continued
meager. The Red Cross was la
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gun Jammed and he retreated ou-
side.
Apparently intoxicated, he un
steadily beat the gun against the
house to loosen the jam. As Mrs.
McDonald fled by a front door to
summon help, she heard the gwa v
bark twice.
When help arrived. 1 twa seen
that Dalton had fired aaothet bul
let Into the body of Mrs. Robln
ette and then shot himself. Both
lay dead on the floor. Three bul
let wounds ' were found In the '
woman's -body; one in her side,
one in her back and. another in
her arm. . ? ''"-"I ' ,.
Dalton had lived in St Helena
. -n-a-iM mwA ft ait sSdndhA MA- '
1VI. WTCH enaa mm W . r
arated from his wife. Mrs. Robin-
ette raised a family here. . Her .
husband is dead and the children
scattered. . , ... . .
CAUSING HAVOC