ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI ■ | . ■ - -ii u ———— * " ■■ 11 Reports Today Direct From Storm Area Indicate First Reports Not Exaggerated THOUSAKOS HURT; OTHERS WITHOUT HOMES AMD FOOD Nurses, Doctors, Troops and Red Cross Workers Hasten to Stricken Area For Relief Work. BREAD LINES IN MIAMI FEED MANY Children Separated From Parents Wander About Ruins—Other Cities Are Damaged. _ • (By the Associated Press) The first news dispatch received di rect from the storm scattered city of Miami since the disaster estimated the dead at between fWK) and 1,500. These figures did not include casualties at Fort Lauderdale, where- WO are re ported dead, or at Moorhaven, 75 miles west of Miami, where huge waves from Imke Okechobee took a heavy human toll. i'ntold thousands were homeless and the injured were estimated,at 25.000 to 80,000. ■\ Continuing its path of devastation , the tropipi)-hurricane that stmc* she ■ Grilf of Mexico, today was stffklhg Pensacola, according to meager ad vices received jant before that city was isolated from communication. Word from Pensacola at the ex treme west tip of Florida Peninsula said a 100-mile gale was blowing this morning, and the barometer reading was 20.16. Two staff correspondents of the As sociated Press arriving in Miami by airplane estimated the damage Ih that sections at $150,000,000, indicating the totnl property toll of the storm , may exceed $200,000,000. Two hundred children separated from their families were wandering through the ruins of their homes ini Miami, the newspaper men reported,, while roads * leading to West Palmj Beach were crowded with automobiles] filled with refugees. Fears of the j health of many of the children were, held because of the lack of water, milk j and proper sanitary conditions. A wall of silence guarded the ex-' tent of the hurricane's tell in Fort] Lauderdale, said to have been one of 1 the heaviest sufferers. t Hundreds of persons were injured in Miami by Hying debris during the nine hours of the storm, a Pullman engineer reported. The wind tore heavy galvanised iron sheets from the roofs of buildings and carried them about like paper, he said. Bread lines have been formed in Miami, where severe penalties have been fixed for hoarding- and profiteer ing. The city is under martial law, and no one is allowed on the streets at night unless on urgent business. Conflicting reports were received from the towns of Moorhenven and Clewiston on the south and west shores of Lake Okeechobee. Refugees reaching Sebring said that, only the brick buildings came through, the gale unscathed,' and that wreckage was strewn over a wide area. They said the Mayflower Hotel at Moorhaven was turned Completely around and numerous small buildings were wreak-, ed. A man reaching Lakeland from Mooi'oaven, however, said the build ings were mostly standing. Erti inates of deaths in this section were placed at from 50 to 100. Doctors and nurses arriving in the disaster sectiou today are bringing supplies and food and medicine. Urg ent calls hnve been sent out for bread and an appeal made for equipment to handle 300 X-ray cases at Fort Lauderdale. Additional reports today told of the mounting'damage to shipping along the, east coast. Several schooners were reported in distress and hundreds of small craft piled up on the shore. An unidentified man who swam to the shore said be was a member of $ schooner wrecked near Fort Lauder dale. They left its captain on board with both arms and back broken. The man was too exhausted to give furth er details. Citrus fruit suffered severe damage throughout the storm swept are*. The west coast of Florida although in the grip of 78 to 90-mile gales for several hours Saturday afternoon, escaped with comparatively slight damage and no casualties were, reported. Nasheville, Tenn., Sept. 20—<*>)— Flying in the Waco plane of the Naeh- The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily Airplanes, Automobiles and Trains At Service of the Stricken Area Miami, Tin., Sept. 20; — VP) Bt-ti- • mates ranging fr.-m 600 to 1500 dead prevailed in the M’ami disaster aven fhis morning, as first contact w th the outside world wtta established by air plane! automobile and relayed trains. .The damage was estimated at $150,- 000.000. ( In the Miami storm disaster area are Included Hollywood, Fort Lauder dale, Redlands. Moorhaven and (Lewis ton. West Palm Beach received its first injured patients early today when George Bte ? n and R. .1. Sims, both of Hollywood, were rushed to a local hospital by a fast machine. Both were reported in a serious condition. LfWe eontnet with these places had been established as the causeways were flooded and wreckage and high water barred traffic-. Because of con tinued severe winds pilots of ah-plaues were reported as wary of attempting to enter the storni area. Airplanes could net find any land ing places, and seaplanes feared the ville Banner, Captain Walter Wil liams. local aviator, and W. E. Barr. Banner staff photographer, leave here at noon with several hundred pounds of first aid, hospital and medical sup plies for the Red Cross station at Miami, Fla. Relief Train Hatter by Water. Sanford, Fla.. Sept. 20.—(A*)—Tbc Atlantic coast Line relief train wbU-h left Sanford at 10:30 last night for lfborhaveii was forced to stop within fiHfcjs-esM&pa Cording to information relayed to T«i ifiSdleal, food and clothing sup plies are being transported to‘Moor haven by motor boat this morning. Ample supplies ape available for re lief, it is said. One hundred and fifty volunteer workers from Tampa were turned back at Palmdale, 16 miles north of Moorhaven. A total of 375 homeless people were transported in box cars and motor boats from Moor haven to Sebriug. a railroad message said. Money for Relief Work. Lakeland, Fla., Sept. 20.— OP) —The city of Lakeland today appropriated j 5.000 for the relief of storm victims. ; 50 Bodies in Improvised Morgue. Avon Park, Fla , Sept. 20.— OP) — I With fifty-six bodies in an improvised I morgue here today, and the missing , totalling nearly 200, rescue workers I in Moorhaven were bending every ef | fort to reipove all persons from the flooded area. I Nearly 500 refugees arrived last night. The water is receding, said 1 officials who returned here this morn ing, and the collection of the dead will be resumed immediately. According to one eye witness, the dyke along Lake Okeetftobee broke al 8 o'clock Saturday morning and the Water poured over the land until It stood twelve to fourteen feet deep in the highest spot in Moorhaven. In the lowlands it wsh over the roofs of the bouses. Few anticipated the break, he said, os the dyke wns thought invulnerable No one has been able to reach Clew iston, 20 miles southeast of Moorhav en today, and fear are expressed that many lives lost there. An aviator flew over the village ami reported the only sign Os life was a small group of people on the roof of the only build ing left standing. An nttempt will made this afternoon by a relief (tarty on horseback. Lake Point, a village of about 200 people is also isolated. rtartdant Appeals For Relief Fund. Washington, Sept. 20.— to it that their work is not Impeded by local interference.” ! WIH Fight Insanitary Conditions. I Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 20.—OO CStas. Mann, president of the State Board of Health, has ordered all em ployee of the board into the storm i' \ - , • i-ough and debris-filled Water. The American Red Cross has es tablished stat'iins throughout the str-qken area, ami the aid of nea.by towns and eitiee was offered. Relief trains from West Palm Beach have arrived, bringing additional phys icians, nurses, medical supplies and essential foods. Efforts are being made to find rel atives or friends of more than 200 elr'ldren wlio hnve been found wander ing about what remains of Miami, sep arated from their families. Miami was under mnrtial law, and none except goveftnnent, state offi cials, newspaper men and persons |>er fnrming missions of relief were allow ed to enter. Profiteering has been banned under another proclamation of Mayor Whar ton.' It's provides that no prices may be charged in excess of those pre vnMing September 18. the day follow- j ing the storm. Violators will suffer confiscation of their supplies, a heavy fine, and imprisonment. urea. Doctors, nurses, sanitary inspectors ami engineers will be appointed among the various cities, w’th orders to guard especially 1 against typhoid fev er. Quantities of serum for inocula tion has been sent south. Sanitary engineers have reported to the State Board that conditions arc “bad.” , Portal People Do Relief Work, f Washington, Sept. 20. —OF)—Pp*]t- marter General JfeW- TOW'Jn CHe*#. efi route to Kiimfis 'city; gave *iS r structions by telephone today author ing all Florida postmasters to utilize the facilities of the postal service in relief and rescue work. Clewiston, Fla. Sept. 20.—OP)— This place survived the storm safely, with no casualties. SOME DETAILS OF THE GREAT STORM Interesting Story of the Devastation Wrought at West Palm Beach and Elsewhere. Real estate activity of the last five years has seen millions of dollars (mured into developments, modern ho tels, subdivisions, apartment houses, homes, public utilities, schools and churches along the lower coastal sec tion of the peninsula which bore the brunt of the hurricane. Miami Beach ten years ago a low lying sand bar and mangrove swamp, had of late years taken on the appear ance of a tropical vista, Spanish vil las, golf courses, polo fields, yacht basins and artificial lakes and canals have for several seasons enjoyed a popularity with winter resorts rival ing attractions of Palm Beach. Hotels Erected. The last three years has seen the erection of the Fleetwood, Flamingo, Nautilus, Pancoast and Itoncy Plaza Hotels, all modern and imposing struc tures ,at costs estimated in the mil lljons of dollars. Miami Harbor, where according to late dispatches, damage running into tbe millions was sustained, lias for several years been tbe site of an ex tensive development program, and as sisted by the Federal Government, thousands of doflnrs have been ex pended in deepen 1 ng and widening tbe, channel into the outer sea. Causeway Covered. Ih the shallow waters of Biscayne Bay, artificial islands have made their appearance and the ‘‘Venetian Is ’ands,” a late feature of this type of development, built of bulkheaded sand sucked from the bottom of the bay, have been show places of the Miami area. Late dispatches told of water completely covering the $1,000,000 causeway, connecting Miami with M ami Beach, and running directly tbrough tbe Venetian- Islands. Roval Palm Park, in Miami, lying one block from the Biscayne Bay waterfront where reports say a large steamship has been stranded, is tbe scene of tbe famous weekly Sunday School cUrs of the late William Jen nings Bryan, who for several years prior to his death made his home at Miami. The park lies directly in front of the famous old Royal Fatrn I Hotel, erected in the 80‘s by Henry I M. Flagler, shortly after the comple j tion of the Florida East Coast Rail way line south of West Palm Beach. Newspaper Plant Destroyed, i The Miami Tribune plant, report . ed destroyed, was situated several blocks from the waterfront. Miami and vicinity and Fort I Lauderdale appear to have borne the brant of the etorm. Water was flow ing in the streets of Miami, prac tically every place of business was j said to have been damaged, no drink ing water was immediately available » (Please Turn to Pag* ** ven ) CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1926 ‘ S" 1 ‘ -. l 1(J ■ LSB^rttes»i^gga™s^asa"rt»tes»saiaMaiae»»»«»»"M»ssss*s I " ' MR 111 1 '* ~- -!-■ - ■ ■■ .... . '*> J Quake Wrecks City on Mid-Atlantic Island | ißs. s -MffiffirtM^^Lpl off,* ir ffisffffffy cy ju fhis iff a general view of damage done when a series of earthquakes rocked Horta, in the More* Islands. Many werf killed. „ Ills—elUwql ttsvewmi COOUDGES AGAIN ARE ] IN THE WHITE HOUSE j President Returns From Vacation | j and Prepares to Resume Routine, j Washington, Sept. I!>.—l “resident | Coolidge resumed life at the White House' today as before his vacation | and tomorrow plans to be at his j desk early in the executive offices prepared to carry on the business of the government. With Mrs. ('ooiidge he attended services this fnorning at the First Congregational church. The services were held at the Met ropolitan motion picture theatre in i the down-town district which bos been placed at the disposal of tbc church peding construction of a .new I building. It was the first Sunday service to be_i*onducted by tbe Rev. Dr. Noble Pierce since his vacation' mod he greeted all his parishioners from the pulpit. Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge returned late last night from the Adirondack* to the White House, which was re novated during their more than two months' absence. The first day home was spent quietly at the executive mansion. Do Not Inherit “T. B.”—lt Is Communicable. Sanatorium. Sept. 20.—Previous to Koch's discovery of the tubercle bacilli, anil among ignorant people since, it lias been held that tuber culosis is inherited. It is now known that jt is not inherited, but infectious or communicable. It is also generally agreed that most infections occur in childhood. * The germs of tuberculosis are found in the sputum or spit that consumptives cough up- Intimate and close association of the well with the sick may lead to infection if proper precautions are not taken. Probably most infections occur from inhaling air in wich are large numbers of the germs, or the germs are conveyed to the month on the fingers or'in food contaminated from floors, sidewalks and gutters where consumptives spit. Physicians declare that large num bers of persons contain in their systems the tubercle bacilli. With the tubercle bacilli so general and wide spread right living is the best means of preventing the disease. Rest, food and fresh air are today the recogniz ed essentials for the cure of the disease. Methods of living that will cure the disease will also prevent it. State Highway Detours. Greensboro, Sept. 20— OP) —De tours on five main highways in North Carolina were shown oh the regular semi-monthly report on touring condi tions of the Carolina Motor Club, which has been issued here. They are: route 10, Greensboro to High Point, Salisbury to Btatesville, Valdese to Morganton and Smithtield to Goldsboro; route 20 from Shelby to Forest City about two miles; route 00 from Raleigh to Wendell; route 80 from Salisbury to Albemarle, and route 21 from Raleigh to Fayette ville. Detours ‘generally were reported in good shape, and in several cases al ternate routes are provided where It ’ is necessary to detour around con struction activities. i Old Duke Gymnasium Will Sen Ser vice as Cafeteria. , Durham, Sept. 17. —The old Duke , gymnasium, built in 1880 through . the generosity of Benjamin N. Duke, was named the Angier Duke builil : in*. In honor of tbe late Angler B. Duke. The building was at that time considered one of tbe finest gymnas iums in the entire south. It is still ‘ standing, and during the present year will be used as a cafeteria for students. I Thirty-six from the Jackson . Training School enjoyed a fine swim , at the Y. M. C. A. pool Saturday. . Their visit was made possible by the , courtesy of W. B. Ward Company, which furnished a truck and driver to take them to and from the Y. [boy. 12. DIES IN FIGHT FOB GENE TI NNEY “Dempsey,” Agc:l 10. Lands a ! “Knockout” on Young Enthusiast.— I Clot Caused Death. Philadelphia. I’a., Sept. 20.—A 112-yenr-old boy's enthusiasm over the j prospect of Gene Tuhney winning ; the world heavyweight title trom Mack Dempsey when they meet in j the Sesquieentennial Stadium cost him his life. Offering to demonstrate how the exmarine would knock out the ehani | pion. Mattel Kin of 1.032 North Franklin Street today squarred off in the yard of the Clay Public School. Eighth nml Thompson [streets, with Carl Weinstein, It), of 411 West Oxford street, his pal. tak ing the part of Dempsey. >' A few moments later Kin was dead, his pal sobbing, "I didn’t tneair to hit him.” Physicians oily the dead boy ap pears to have suffered from a thrombosis, a rare ailment caused by obstruction of the veins or arteries, which blocks the action of the heart. Weinstein was arrested on a tech nical charge of homicide. With Our Advertisers. Dodge Bros, announce another im portant list of improvements on their cars. See ad. of the Auto Supply and Repair Co. The Parksßelk Co.'s Beauty Shoppe will, dress the hair in such away as to accentuate the beauty of the face. Phone 802. Atwater-Kent radios talk for them selves.l Get them at the Yorke & YVadsworth Co. Overstaffed Suites complete with three pieces, only $133.05 at the Con cord Furniture Co. Deep and Shallow well pumps and washing machines told here by 11. H. Owen. Phone 600. • Done Star cement is sold here by the National Lumber Co. See nd. in this paper. Get a radio and etfjoy the fight Thursday night from your home. From sls to $375 at the Ritchie Hardware Co. Just two more big Dollar Days at the Parks-Belk Oo.'«. Special dis counts in their rcady-to-wenr and millinery departments during these two days. They buy your country produce. Exquisite new fall frocks at J. C. Penney Company's, only $14.75. See description in new nd. today. Fall and winter footwear at Efirds. Prices range from 05 cents to $4.05. Final reduction of prices of one half to one-third at Markson Shoe store. Caps, neckwear and belts as well as clothing at Hoover’s. The Forest Hill Cleaning Co. wants to clean your clothes. At 318 North Church street. Phone 175 J. The Moreland is another one of those nice Pttle cottages, one of which F. C. Niblock can erect for you. See plan and description in new ad. The prices on Goodyear tires are as low as any you can find. Yorke & Wadsworth Co. sells these famous tires. Farmers Form Mutual Help Aaaocia tlon. Lineoluton, N. C., Sept. 20.— 0 P) —Farmers in the Triangle section of Lincoln County have formed ■ a mutual help association and at their first meeting built a concrete septic 1 tank at the borne of the local minia ' ter, reports Oonnty Agent J. t*. Morrison. The Association will uext ' put in a wuter system and electric light p’ant in- this home at their | next meeting. This is the first rural | borne in the community to be equip ; ped with these modern conveniences, states Mr. Morrison, and will be used as a community center for the ex change of agricultural ideas. i i C. t. Patterson, of China Grove, I Has been very sick at the Concord Hospital, suffering from lockjaw caused by getting a nail run into his > foot. We are glad to note that his condition is now improving. FI Nl> AMENTALIST BODY < PLANS NEW ACTIVITIES ! ( 1 Committee of 100 Will Have Im- 1 portant Announcement Within 1 Short Time. < Charlotte, sept. 10.—The Funda- 1 mentnlist Committee of One Hull- 1 dred. formed here last spring with 1 the announced purpose of battling to 1 rid stnte eupjiorted schools of a taint 1 of evolution .theories is showing new ! signs of life nnd may take an active 1 part in the fall campaign, it was ‘ indicated here today with announce ment by Dr. A. R, Shaw, of this ; city, that the committee will have an : important announcement to make : within a few dayo- Dr. Shaw, one of the organizers of ‘ the movement, k vice president of the committee of which Judge Wal- ‘ ter H. Neal, of Laurinburg, is presi- ‘ dent, : The committee plans a campaign this fall designed to foster ' public ] opinion favorable to enactmeut by the state legislature at its meeting , next January of a bill to prohibit the } teaching of the evolution theory in public schools and state supported j colleges and universities in North Carolina, Dr. Shaw intimated. ■ Judge Neal is exacted to call the < committee to meet within the ’ next ( two wees at which time definite ( plans for the committee’s future pro- | gram will be outlined. Dr. Shaw , said the meeting in nil probability will be held in Charlotte. While declining to go into details | of the proposed campaign Dr. Shaw ] said that it would be non-partisan, , and of a purely education nature. He said that speaers representing the . committee probably would be sent into every nook and corner of the , stnte. The committee was organized here ( last spring when a group of promi nent churchmen and civic leaders met at the First Baptist church aud formed a tentative organization. Later a formal organization meeting wns held nt the Second Presbyterian church. The organization wns com pleted but the meeting was adjourn ed in haste, when delegates became embroiled in an exchange of bitter words and a first fight was narrowly averted. It was thought at the time that ■ the committee would cease to func tion but a few days later this was denied by Judge Neal, and Dr. Shaw's statement, today indicated that the organization is planning for a new lease on life. THE COTTON MARKET > Opened Fairly Steady at Advance of 3 Points to Decline of 7 Points. i New York, Sept. 20.— (A*) —The cot ton market opened fnirly steady today ( at an advance of 3 points to a decline i of 7 points, most months being lower in response to relatively easy Liver s pool cables. f Selling was active after the call, owing to belief that the volume of hedge business by the South was > steadily increasing, and further pri . vatc reports pointing to an increase , in the indicated crop. October broke to 15.03, net decline of 12 points, and new low ground for the movement, while January sold off to 10.21, the general list showing net losses of 12 I to 15 points by t'ae end of the first f hour. . i Cotton futures opened fairiy steady. I Oct. 10.00; Dec. 10.28; Jan. 16.32; s March 10.57; May 16.78. Silk That Explodes. t Paris, Sept. 20. —A French manu > facturer of artificial silk has been f sued for one hundred thousand francs 1 by the parents of a boy w'ao was . killed by the sudden flaring up of the 1 , scarf he was wearing. It is said i that a certain mixture of cotton and - artificial silk makes a compound al most as explosive as gun-cotton. , The Fred f. McConnell Post of the 1 American Legion Auxiliary w'.H meet r this evening at 8 o'clock in the new i. Iregion dub rooms. As this is the s I time for the election of officers, a full 1 attendant!* is urged. & m Hurricane SwepsTo I Florida West Coast; M Pensacola Is Struck I MR. MORRISON PROVES !. PUZZLE TO POLITICIANS It May Be He Exp-ots to Profit if Mr. Overman Should Retire In Mid-Term. W. T. Bust in Greensboro News. , j Raleigh. Sept. IP.—Politicians -1 : have been trying to understand the meaning of former Governor Camer on Morrison’s recent announcement , !of his United States senatorial eandi-: J daey. a statement which enme at the I j opening of a very dull off-year in I | politics and in advance of the ae- j tun! commencement of the term to | which Senator Overman recently hue i been nominated and soon will be j elected. Messrs. Morrison and Overman ! have been very thick for a year or 1 two. Though the high aspirations of: Mr. Morrison have been unconcealed I by him for four or five years, be j never would hear to any proposal to 1 run against Mr. Overman and the! 1 worst threat that he would make < was a candidacy designed to bent 1 anybody else who might beat Mr. 1 Overman. That splendid loyalty of ' Mr. Morrison nerved the Overman •' men during the late fight with Bob i Reynolds. There were all sorts of j 1 evidences that Mr. Reynolds was j ' making much headway ; the boy was i < irrepressible. Bur Mr. Morrison never enme out to help Mr Over man by announcing against ltey- j Molds. When the Charlotte statro- 1 i man would not take Reynolds ser iously the Overman boosters anew everything was all right. This generous support of Mr. Overman must melt that gentleman. The interpretation of it is this: Mr. Overman will probably serve half of his term, will resign and take things \ quietly for the next 20 or 30 years. He will have served 30 years if he completes his term and 24 plutujf he does not. That is li long senatorial life ami Mr. Overman has gone through the senate during th» must exciting years of the world. He never has said ahything publicly about retiring bill he has dropped things, to friends in his part of the world that they construed to mean a possible retirement before the date of maturity. Mr. Morrison stands to profit most by such a step-down. If it should come three years from now Mnx Goodlier would be governor and it could hardly be asked of him that he name his brother-in-law, Clyde Hoey. And primury would be neces sary and Mr. Morrison would be in : it. If Mr. Overman should resign two years from now Governor Me-, Is-an would be asked to name sev eral senators and he could not do it. It is assumed that he wou'd let a primary decide the issue and Mr. Morrison again would be in it. These considerations come to the men at tempting to analyze Mr. Morrison’s statement. Wanting to Hold Baby Hill Bill Was Paid. Tribune "Bureau i Sir Walter Hotel I Raleigh, Sept. 20.—" The incident', arising when the sheriff at Waynes- j ville refused to deliver the prisoner | to Masaehusetts officers until the SSOO i reward was paid, though unusual and j irregular, is rather amusing, but not i as unusual as a ense that was brought ( to me when I first started practicing lnw years ago. in Robeson county,” said Governor A. W. McLean today. “In this case a midwife had sworn out a laborers' lien and threatened to keep the babj until her bill was settled. The young father came to me much agitated, lest his young son be taken away from him, for lie was too iMior to pay the eight or ten dol lars due the midwife, who had gone before a country magistrate and se cured the lien. “The young father was much re- j lieved when 1 told him that the worn-; an could not take the child, that the, lien was illegal, and that he and his j wife need no longer worry about los-' ing the custody of the baby.” Von Elm’s Victory Lauded By Bob by Jones. Short Hills, Sept. 18.—Bobby Jones received his defeat at the bands of George von Elm today as the "finest thing that could have happened for amateur golf.” “if ever a man deserved to win, George did,” said Bobby. "He just put us all down and stepped on us.” Von Elm, blushing and stammer ing, received the championship trophy with his head bowed, eyes rivited on the ground. “1 don’t, know what to say snd you wouldn’t either,” wns the new champion’s brief message to a cheer ing throng which looked ou at the presentation. Oil Keeps Eggs Fresh. London, Sept. 20. —Bathiug eggs in oil is the latest method for keeping them fresh and sterilized. Eggs at the rate of 360,000 per day are passed through a bath of hot oil having a temperature of 235 degrees Fahren heit. The oil is said to fill the pores ! In the egg shell, and prevent air from entering. . —————— - ;>• TODAY’S NEWS TOd4§l no. 2aii mam Just Before All ConuKpftiv .*gßßft| A fast train bearing bridge anfi rg£rSß| struetion gangs left here at noon the Louisville & Nashville railroad for Mobile and Pensacola. Right Os way will he given the train as ns the tracks are safe. Sn cut James Morrison, of that said he had word just before nodh B1 that t he wind at Mobile was gaining ,fljj momentum and was then about Hwfsi miles. This report said the wind wS* fla from the northeast, a fortunate for Mobile, as no water was forced into the city at that tijjfc.-ijM fl The Birmingham Community Chest .W today telegraphed $5,000 to the IM Cross to aid storm suffereers.’ I " -syoPH fl Many residents of Mobile ate afiriU-yfll ing places of safety in down-toUtn tels and office buildings, aciording to fl wireless messages receive^ Itjr the Warrior River Barge Service, nt WwBI mingport. Since that message ! received Mobile was silent, j efforts to get into touch with the Alit*Sß| | bama port by wireless failed. fl Most business was suspended, atKM||B| j ear service tied up. and dumb Bei!-5W| ! vices were being held in some afilifMH | lions. ; New Orleans-Mobile Wires Down. .j|S } New Orleans. Sept.. 20— (A 3 ) —AH B ! telegraph nnd telephone tion between New Orleans and Mo- B bib- was severed shortly before today. fl The Tropical Radio Company ported a short time later shat its tion nt Mobile reported a M)0-mile B gale at 10 o'clock with the barhtnefer fl down to 20.05, B Meckl-nUurg Woman Takes Hes Ow#'9 Life. ■ Charlotte, Sept. 10.—Mns, Rosa B jZani Toplin, 38, wife of ! 1 in. I»ng Creek farmer, died I day afternoon shortly aftter .firing a B j pistol bullet through tier bend at | home on the Statesville road, 11 B . miles from Charlotte. fl I Her act was attributed to 111;JCj health by tlie surviving Coroner Frank Hovitt said. No vestigatimi into the death ,*eiß jMsH made, the Coroner announced. fl Toplin told Mr. Ilovis that hlh IB wife was unbalanced at that she had been acting qucerly B recently. He was in an bedroom when his wife killed her- fl self in the dining room. fl Sugar-Coated Booze is Latent Bajfc.fl Coup. fl Vancouver, B. C., Sept., i Bootleg chocolates have emerged British Columbia’s latent liquor lent. fl Police umiounced they would.fl ! prosecute five leading confection«i|flj in Victoria next week for telling the-Ml chocolates, alleged to contain liqutiffjfl which can he sold under the lfitr 1 by government liquor store*. ’» m : :WJB i~ " ""■‘^.''gflfl I THE WEATHIB* 1 Increasing cloudiness folltWiflß i showers Tuesday and in sottt|Mfl|H m l night; cooler Tuesday. (M»MHfI northeast and east winds. | '»