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TAMPA' DAILY TIME OU See It First TJOME JL Edition In The Times THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR No. 198 FULL DAT AND NIGHT REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TAMPA, FLORIDA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1929 FOURTEEN PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS TH IK JL JLJL JL After the Storm MILITARY RULE IS DECLARED IN Rosenthal Finds Bogus Vote Certificate in the Pocket LEGION LEADER DEMANDS U. S. STORM NEARS COAST OF NORTH FLORIDA; PENS A COLA IN PATH Of Clerk Overman at No. 1 7 Capital Problem Storm Moved i How Freak Vrv-sr.

Ml ATM A toatmrcn I TAMPA 1 outcc08tt. I I -V '11AM The approximate course of the most freakish hurricane in the annals of the weather bureau. Now threatening the west Florida coast, the Caribbean demon swept over Nassau on a direct west-wardly course, hovered there for two days, turned north, then south, then southwest and roared on through the Florida straits in a gradual northwest direction. From the various reports upon which the path of the storm is chartered, it is doubtful if the center ever struck any habitated section. Meteorologist Walter J.

Bennett explained that the path of a hurricane is several hundreds miles wide. Tampa, for instance, received a 47-mile wind but the center of the disturbance was more than a hundred miles out in the gulf. BORGER, TEXAS Governor Issues Order Suspending Civil Law. TROOPS ARRIVE FROM FORT WORTH Mayor of the City Is Under Arrest. Bv The Associated Press Borger, Texas, Sept.

30. A trainload of troops of the Texas national guard arrived here at 8:36 a. today. The special train, which came from Fort Worth, was composed of two box cars, a baggage car, two passen ger cars, a caboose and four trucks. Brigadier General Jacob Wolters, who headed the state troops, officially declared Borger under mar tial law at 9 a.

m. One minute after General JWol- ters alighted from the troop train, he read the proclamation of gov ernor MOody which stated that martial law had been declared tor Borger. He carried two proclama tions from the state executive. Governor Moody ordered all of ficers suspended except the mayor, the city attorney, the city commissioners and the justice of the peace and pointed out the lawlessness that has existed in Borger. Eighty-four soldiers of the Texas national guard were on tne train, 14 of whom were officers.

Its mayor free under bond on a criminal charge and tne entire county moving under military rule, this tense oil town prepared today to accustom itself to a rad ically new order of things as tne train-load of national guardsmen arrived to enforce a proclamation of martial law issued this 'morning by Governor Dan Moody. The governor had announced previously he would not release the oroclamation suspending civil rule until the troops supplanting civil authorities were in complete possession of the town. Arrival of the trooDs almost was overshadowed by interest in the scheduled preliminary hearing of Mayor Glenn A. Pace on a charge, filed yesterday by Texas rangers, that he "caused" a state witness in one of Borger's two-score unsolved murder cases of the last two years to leave town. Officers Implicated.

The mayor's arrest was the first result other than the movement of troops, or investigations by rangers and representatives of the gover nor, sent here to hunt the assassin of District Attorney John A. Holmes, that they had evidence implicating city and county officers in a criminal conspiracy. One point whether martial law would extend to Borger only or to all of Hutchinson county had not been cleared up. It was believed, however, that the entire area would be affected and in that event it was pointed out that Mayor Pace's preliminary hearing scheduled for county court, probably would be before a military court martial. The troops number between 100 and 150, most of them youths.

The train left Fort Worth at 2 p. m. yesterday with much secrecy. Brigadier General Jacob a wol ters, veteran officer in command of the troops in the past has rid-Ben into two other Texas cities Galveston and Mexia at the head of soldiers. In Galveston his work largely was in supplying police of ficers to the city force and in aiding to prevent looting after a storm.

In Mexia, he met a Borger of an earlier day. His men cleaned it out in short order. Borger Expected Soldiers. Borger. which for days has seen the near shadow of rule -by the mil itary, was expectant, and perhaps fearful in some quarters, but not demonstrative.

During the three years of the town's existence, martial law has been threatened several times. Its murders and other explosions of crime also-Jaave caused periodic raids by Texas rangers, but the slaying of Homes, who fell at the garage door of. his home on Sept. 28. was the first spectacular out break in months and the state had begun to believe the situation was well in hand.

DIES AT AGE OF 112. Sept. 30. A negress, Josefa Matamoro, who 100 years ago served Gen. Jaoquin Alvarez, Spanish captain at Santiago de Cuba died here yesterday at an age, it was said, of 112 years.

She was Drougnt to uuDa as a slave. from a girl cashier. Ralph Kennedy, house treasurer, was with them when the robber entered. Taking the money at the point of a gun, the thief ordered the three theater employes into an adjoining office and locked the door. He himself moved toward the exit.

Cobb, in the inner office, snatched a pistol from a desk and went to the peephole, made especially for just such an emergency. He sighted the robber, poked the weapon through the hole and pulled the trigger. Three years ago McVicker's was robbed of $9,000 in a similar manner. The idea of the peephole was a result of that holdup. Two other theaters, the Harvard and Grove, both south side neighborhood houses, were held up earlier last night, the thief getting $260 altogether.

Early today the Music Box theater, on the north side, was robbed of $1,000 by two men, the manager kidnaped and compelled to open the safe and surrender its contents. MRS. GANN. Washington society is "all excited" oved the problem of seating Mrs. Gann, sister of the vice president, at functions during the visit of Prime Minister MacDonald.

Mrs. Gann, plans to return from Topeka, where it was hoped she would remain during the visit of the British statesman. MRS. ANN'S DINNER TABLE RIGHT WAIVED She Will Be. Second at Social Affair for MacDonald.

By The Associated Press Washington, Sept. 30. Vice President Curtis has waived the rights of precedence for his sister and official hostess, Mrs. Ed ward Everett Gann, at the state dinner to be held at the White House in honor of Prime' Minister Haffisay MacDonald. Secretary Stimson in announcing this today said thevice president had graciously waived his sister's precedence in favor of Lady Isabella Howard, the wife of the British ambassador who will be the ranking British lady at the dinner.

Status of Ishbel. Simultaneously Stimson disclosed that Prime Minister MacDonald had asked that his daughter. Ishbel, who is accompanying him on the trip to visit President Hoover, not be regarded officially at ceremonious functions held while" he is in the United States. Stimson said he assumed that the arrangement which he described as not permanent, would place Mrs. Gann in the next position to Lady Isabella.

Social Washington was surprised and its interest aroused to a high pitch upon learning today that Mrs. Gann will be in Washington instead of Topeka, Kansas, during most of the visit here of Prime Minister MacDonald. Mrs. Longworth Absent. Interest in Mrs.

Gann's rank as a guest at official dinners had been on the wane, in view of expecta tions that -she would remain in Topeka and that Mrs. Alice Long- worth, wife of the speaker of tne house, whose rank' in relation to that of the vice president's sister frequently enters discussion of the subject, also would be out -of the city. Mr. Longworth, whose husband is not expected to return to Washington for some time, has disclosed no intention of coming here during the prime minister's visit. Mrs.

Gann, however, is expected back in her brother's household Saturday, one day after Mr. MacDonald's arrival. Two of the three other principal social functions arranged for the prime minister's entertainment which involve the question of precedence both will be "stag" affairs. One will be the luncheon at the British embassy Saturday, at which Mr. Curtis will be the ranking (Continued on Page Two.) WITH reports at hand from every citrus, section of the state, the Florida Citrus Ex change this morning estimated that damage to the state citrus crop from the high winds of the past few days was very light.

Generally the damage to the crop resulted from thorn pricks and limb bruises. It is still too early to estimate accurately the extent of this damage, but, ac cording to the reports from the various sections, this Is not expected to be material. Loss of fruit whipped from the trees by the winds did not amount to enough to be considered. Some loss of this nature was reported from the lower west coast citrus area and the extreme southern part of the east coast section. Official reports have been received by the exchange from St.

Johns, Indian River, Orange, Lake. Marion, Polk, Pinellas, Hillsborough, DeSoto, and Lee sections. Considerable damage, however, was reported to both grapefruit and avocado pear crops near Miami, where 10,000 boxes of each were reported to be on the ground, requiring immediate sale if they were to be salvaged. TJELL HARBOR, i 1 1 a of XX two months existence, stood up under the blow like a veteran. Lupe and company knocked off Saturday at noon.

All the precious sound equipment was brought into Tampa. Sandbags were stacked on the windward fronts of the sets. As a consequence no damage whatever was reported. No work was done yesterday, but this morning the sound-equipment was sent out at 4 o'clock and production was resumed shortly after the sun rose over the hellish place. TEN PLANES at Tampa's air port rode out the storm yesterday.

They were snugly berthed in the hangar. Drainage ditches recently dredged in the mud of the field carried off most of the water from yesterday's rain. Today there are only a few wet spots in evidence. No damage to any Florida aircraft has been reported. SHIPS WENT down to the sea again from Tampa harbor today, after sailings were discontinued Saturday.

The freighter Mano, loaded with lumber, is getting out for the West Indies. The Commercial Navigator will get away to Philadelphia with a general cargo. The West Maximus is off to Germany with phosphate. The Comal, Gulf and Southern pasenger and freighter from New Orleans, will not arrive today, due to a delayed departure. She may arrive tomorrow.

The Mal-lory liner Ozark arrives tomorrow from Mobile. The Cuba, snow-white P. O. passenger steamer on the Tampa-Havana run, will arrive Wednesday. She was held at Havana Saturday.

The Governor Cobb, on the Key West-Havana run, resumed sailings today, P. Nichols, P. O. agent here, reported THE TAMPA weather bureau needs some new storm flags. With a maximum velocity here of only 47 miles an hour, the wind yesterday whipped the warning flags to ribbons.

Furthermore, the deft fingers of the storm king pleted the ribbons of the eight-foot square storm flag as neatly as any woman could do it. Other ribbons were tied in knots. The wind cut off seven feet of the 15-foot pennant and carried it off to part unknown. And the storm flags are made of heavy strong material, capable of bearing the weight of half a dozen men. TROUBLE crews of the Tampa Electric company went out early yesterday morning to pick up several light lines shaken down Saturday night, and stuck to the job all day.

One or two streets in Hyde Park were without current during the day, and in other portions of the city the street lights were temporarily out of commission. Generally, however, damage was very light, and all wires were back in service by 2 o'clock this morning. Street lights, in some sections, dark last night, were burning at 8 o'clock this morning, just for fun. Crops in Georgia Suffer Heavily From Floods Atlanta, Sept." 30. Georgia's flood damaged cities, towns and smaller communities today had begun the work of rehabilitation and disease prevention, as streams which were sent swirling our of their banks by Incessant rains last week, receded rapidly.

Augusta, where the pounding waters of the Savannah river broke a crevasse in the levee protecting the city and nearby lowland communities, reported conditions were approaching normal. The river there had fallen more than 10 feet from its record stage of 46 feet reached Friday night. Meantime, the fight against flood ravages continued on one front. Fed by swoilen creeks, the Stailla river had reached menacing proportions east of Waycross. The crest, however, had passed in the northern and western sections One death has been attributed to the overburdened streams, an engineer on the Central of Georgia line btween Atlanta and Savannah having been killed as his engine plunged into a washout.

Crops ready for harvest, especially cotton, are said to have suffered heavily. Railroad beds and highways have been washed away and bridgis destroyed in sections. NAVAL PARITY Says Cruiser Building Program Should Be Continuedi 50,000 VETERANS AT CONVENTION Louisville All Gay With Bunting and Flags. By The Associated Press Louisville, Sept. 30.

Until an agreement for real naval parity is reached, America's cruiser building program should be coft tinued, said Paul V. McNutt, tional commander of the American Legion, in his annual report made public at the opening session of the organization's national con vention here today. 50,000 Are Present. -Approximately 50,000 legion. naires, members of their families and visitors were assembled in Louisville as the convention open ed and additional thousands con tinued to pour into the city during the day.

Today opened gloomy and chilly and the delegates were somewhat tardy in arriving at the convention hall. The armory presented a beau tiful picture. A reproduction of an old fashioned colonial mansion front porch, gigantic columns at the edge of a broad veranda, was the speaker's stand. Immediate ly in front of the 60-foot porcn were pits for the 1928 prize band from Hopkins post of Wichita and the prize winning drum and bugle corps from Miami, Fla. Asserting that the Legion stands for movements to make permanent peace more certain, Commander McNutt added that until sucti methods are found and accepted by all nations "this nation must provide a complete defense in any contingency." Says Parity Essential.

"Under present conditions," he continued, "the policy of parity with other powers is essential to complete defense. Such parity must be real parity rather than ap parent parity. If it is possible to achieve such parity by agreement rather than by competitive arma ment, the policy of the American Legion is to support such a move. Until such an agreement is reached the cruiser building program should be continued. The American Legion, the com mander said in another part of his report, must confine itself to those matters which affect veterans of the World War and their dependents and to a "broad non-partisan questions of national policy." He said the Legion had been asked to further many causes which, al though worthy, did not concern the veterans as such, directly.

He added that the legion should pre sent a united front and that once a decision is made by a properly au thorized body "it is the duty of every Legionnaire to support that decision. National Hospital Bill. Discussing the failure of the na tional hospital bill, the report point ed out that more than 52,000 World war veterans are receiving compen sation for neuro-psychiatric dis ability. "We are told by experts' it added, "that the peak of the neuro-psychiatric load will not be reached until 1'947. "The month old report of the acting medical director of the veterans' bureau contains the information that 20,378 ex-service men are hospitalized for mental illness and that of these 7,217 have been hospitalized without authorization of the bureau, state, county, city and private institutions.

2,243 Await Hospitalization. "Our survey shows, on Aug. 1 that 2,243 neuro-psychiatric veterans, aside from those in non governmental institutions are await ing hospitalization today. The conclusion is obvious. The hospital facilities of the government are not adequate.

I believe it to be the duty of this convention to take a deter mined stand on these matters and prepare to carry the fight for ade- (Continued on Page Two.) Some Sidelights On Convention of American Legion Bv The Associated Press Louisville, Sept. 30. Traffic" is kept off the main downtown streets here during the American Legion convention, but this rule doesn't apply le a varied assortment of freak vehicles, which includes two "40 and 8" French box cars from Ohio, a locomotive under full steam from Florida, a Ford car which runs backwards and no other way, and a dozen or so clown cars. A drum and bugle corps at an American Legion convention has more rights and privileges Man any distinguished guests. There are something like 75 of them here, and every one goes where "lie pleases, when it pleases and plays as long and loud as tne leader pleases.

So far only churches have escaped these noisy visitors. One ten cent store put up a big sign 'welcome legion" and then as a safety first measure erected a scaffolding around the plate glass windows. Commander Paul V. McNutt has a bet to pay. He wagered his hat thai the department of Florida couldn't get 1,000 new members.

Department Adjutant C. Howard Rowton will receive the toppiece. Clerk Admits There Was a "Fraud" Somewhere. Charges of fraud resounded through the 17th district today following an encounter Saturday between Victor Rosenthal, candi date opposing Adolph Goldstein for the board Jot representatives; and J. H.

Overman, of 1513 Morgan street, registration clerk for the precinct. In a tussle at registration head-quarters Saturday night, Rosenthal seized two fraudulent registration receipts from Overman's pock et and displayed them today as evi dence. Signed by Overman. One of the receipts, No. 481, was issued in the name of "Dr.

Frank T. Barker." It was was signed by Overman as clerk. Dr. Barker this morning em phatically denied that he register ed in Precinct 17. He declared the receipt fraudulent.

"I have been a resident and voter in Precinct No. 4 since 1924." he said. "I did not go near Pre cinct 17 Saturday." Dr. Barker lives at 2102 Dekle avenue and has lived there since he moved from his former home in Precinct 17 five years ago. The registration receipts wnicn took from Overman gave Dr, Barker's address as 411 North Amelia.

Admits "a Fraud." Overman admitted to The Times today that "they must be frauds" but could not explain how they were in his pocket. He said he knew Dr. Barker, but when told that Dr. Barker had lived in an other precinct for five years, and hadn't registered in No. 17 during that time, he said he didn know who had filled out the certificates.

The Times asked him if the usual proceudre in issuing registra tion receipts was not for the parties registering to carry the re ceipts away with them. He said it was. On this occasibn, he explained, the parties registering had asked him to "mail them out. Watched Through Window. Th eregistration headquarters in Precinct 17 was located in the dis play room of a garage and were visible from the street through the plate glass windows.

Rosenthal charged that he had kept a constant watch on what was going on and before he went in became convinced that the books were being "padded." He asked Overman to allow him to see the books in order to ascer tain the number of the last person who registered, he and was At that moment I saw those two registration receipts sticking out of Overman pocket, he de clared. "I asked him what he was doing with them and he told me none of my business." Rosenthal then proceeded to take them. He declared he only pushed Overman during the scuffle that ensued. He Got the Receipts. Overman, however, charged Rosenthal with hitting him in the face and breaking his glasses.

He knocked me down, he said, 'and took the receipts from my pocket while I was on the floor." After the men separated, Rosen thal called the office of C. J. Har dee, of the executive committee of the white municipal party, with the intention of asking him to come to the precinct. Mr. Hardee was not in and Frank Hobbs, an associate of Hardee, went to the garage.

Drove Away. "As I started in the door, Over man and Representative Goldstein drove off in an automobile," Hobbs said. "They carried the books with them. Rosenthal was waiting and turned the two receipts which he had taken from Overman over to me." When informed of the facts, Capt. W.

A. Johnson, city clerk, who appoints the registration officers for city elections, said that he could do nothing beyond scratching the names' of Dr. Bar ker and his wife from the books. 'If they will come to my office and make a statement that they did not register in Precinct 17 their names will be removed from the books," he said. "There's nothing else I can do.

If any fraud has been practiced the action will have to be brought by other parties." Two Sisters Kill Selves When They Fear Punishment Walnut Ridge, Sept. 30. Clara and Mabel Hudson, sisters, 16 and 18 years of age, respectively, killed themselves at their home here early today by drinking poison. Fear of punishment by their parents for a late automobile ride with two young men last night was believed by their parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Tom Hudson, to have been responsible for their act. The parents had objected to tne girls keeping company with boys, it was said. Last night tne gins went riding with two youths and the parents followed them. The girls returned atter mianigru and went immediately to their room. A short time later the par ents were attracted to the room by cries of the girls and found chem suffering from poison, ueatn i--i- lowed shortly.

FRENCH AIRMEN LOST Paris, Sept. 30. Anxiety was felt in some quarters today for Dieu-donne Coste, French aviation ace, and his mechanic. Jacques Bellonte, who took off from Le Bourget field tvinva ttian VlTPA ftflVS 8 CO in an attempt to reach Vladivostok, Si beria. They nave not oeen nearu from.

Hit Shore Line Late Today Bv The Associated Press Pensacola, Sept. SO. The local weather observer at 11 a. today advised that the tropical storm now off the coast here, would pass inland, with Pensacola near the center about 2 p. m.

and warned residents of the fashionable bay shore section to evacuate their homes, as heavy seas might accompany the disturbance. The wind had attained a velocity of 62 miles an hour over a five minute period with occasional 1 gusts of 78 miles an hour recorded. The barometer had dropped to 29.32 at 11 a. and was falling at the rate of .01 an hour. Precautions Taken.

Little damage had been caused by the winds, as ample precaution had been taken. Ships in the harbor had dropped extra anchors and fishing smacks and other small vessels had moved into the lee of Santa Rosa island for protection during the blow. A few trees and telephone poles had been blow down and roofs had been ripped from two small hotels, but no one had been injured. Train is Marooned. Rex Saffer, Associated Press writer, telephoned the News from Milton, that the train he left Jack sonville on for here last night was marooned there and that some of the passengers were seeking to reach Pensacola by automobile.

He said no one had been injured and all passengers were safe. Rain had fallen here throughout the morning and was continuing as the winds rose. Pensacola residents were not un duly alarmed by the storm. The first communication estab lished with points east of Pensacola today brought word from De-Funiak Springs that the wind there had attained a velocity estimated at 40 miles an hour. A telephone line was in operation from Pensacola to DeRunak Springs for a short time about 11 a.

m. Mobile Barometer Drops. Mobile, Sept. 30. The ba rometer reading here at J.

0:30 a m. was 29.54. The highest wind veloc ity was 40 miles an hour from the north. The barometer showed only a slight drop within the past hour. Washington Warning.

Bv The Associated Press Washington," Sept. 30. Storm warnings issued today by the weather bureau indicated that parts of Alabama, Mississippi and Florida coasts are still in danger from the tropical storm which has been threatening them for several days. The report said storm warnings had been changed to hurricane warnings for Alabama and Mississippi coasts and indications were that the center of the blow would cross the coast line near Pensacola this afternoon, attended by winds of hurricane force. At 8 a.

m. the storm was reported to be central about 75 miles southeast of Pensacola and was moving northwestward at a speed of 10 to 12 miles per hour. Northwest Florida Prepares. Jacksonville, Sept. 30.

Northwest Florida and the tiny strip of Alabama coast on the Gulf of Mexico prepared today for the advent of the tropical storm which swept northwestward after rounding the Florida peninsular from the Bahama islands. Predictions from the government weather bureau that the storm would strike with hurricane intensity somewhere between Apalachi-cola, and the Mississippi coast, caused the populace to take precautions against possible danger. Rising winds and falling barometers were noted along shoreline from Apalachicola to Pensacola and communications were disrupted early last night into the Apalachicola area. Unofficial estimates said a 40 mile wind was blowing, with occasional rain squalls. Fear was expressed that the storm center might pass inland through that area.

Vessels in Distress. Distressed shlnninEr. left in Yt wake of the Bahaman hurricane, held a prominent place in the spotlight, with resnne craft cmeoriinn through the stormv Atlantic. Their destinations were Italian steamer salina, aground off Man- tuontlnued on Page Two.) Nassau Damage Over Estimated, New Report Says Bv The Associated Press Miami, Sept. 30.

Property damage at Nassau, Bahama islands, from the tropical hurricane that struck there last veek, was not as severe as was first estimated, although it was heavy in isolated cases, said a wireless dispatch received here today from the Bahaman capital by the Miami Dally News. The message stated that only six deaths occurred in Nassau and that no loss of life in the other island group had been reported. Previous dispatches from Nassau placed the estimated dead at 20. Most of the loss was suffered by the poorer people, particularly in the negro settlement, the dispatch said. Thoroughfares have been cleared of debris and electric and water services re-established.

All radio stations in the Bahaman group, with the exception of Andros, have been heard from and none reported severe damage. Expected To CCAT ABACO etACM tv 1 A SKIES SMILE OVER CITY AS BLOW PASSES But Showers Still Loom, Predicts Weatherman. Tampa and south Florida arose today to greet smiling skies following the passage around the coast of the Caribbean hurricane which is now definitely headed towards the northwest coast of Florida. But there are still showers to come. Showers are forecast for Tampa this afternoon, tonight and tomorrow.

The heavy rains of the past month are expected to abate with- AIR MAIL FLIES. Tampa's northbound airmail left the municipal ariport on schedule this afternoon at 1:25 The southbound mail came into Tampa yesterday by train and the northbound mail was sent to Orlando and placed in planes there due to the intensity of the winds and the heavy rain here. in a few days, however, the rainy season officially ending on Sept. 28. Storm Intense to Gulf.

The fierce intensity of the sotrm is indicated in the velocity of the wind which Tampa received while the center was far out in the gulf. A maximum velocity of 33 miles an hour was recorded at the weather bureau but the anometer on top of the federal building is partially protected by the high buildings surrounding. On top of the Floridan hotel, an extreme velocity of 54 miles an hour was recorded while a maximum (sustained velocity for five minutes or more) velocity of 47 miles was registered. Tampa itself escaped with slight damage. Some trees were denuded and wires blown down, a few plate glass windows were shattered, and the city spent many hours of anxious waiting.

No one was injured here so far as has been learned. Freakish Storm. The freakish nature of the storm caused the greatest trouble to the weather bureau officials. Contradicting reports came in one after another and for hours it was impossible to definitely say where the center of the storm was. It is approximately charted now as having blown into Nassau from the west, hovered there for two days, turned north, then south, then west through the Florida straits and northwest into the gulf.

But it will be some time before its course can be accurately chartered, Meteorologist Walter J. Bennett said. Reports must be gathered and arranged from all communities in its path, ship; and other sources. Weathermen Busy. Mr.

Bennett and his assistants. Robert Martin and George Fish remained at the weather bureau from Saturday morning until late last night. The telephone rang incessantly from persons seeking information regarding the course of the storm while police headquarters and newspapers were besieged with calls throughout the several days of uncertainty. Trains Delayed. One local train between Tampa and Fort Myers was held up several hours yesterday by a washout at Nocatee, below Arcadia.

Damage was minor. With this exception all trains on both the A. C. L. (Continued on Page Two.) STATE OFFERS AIRPORT LAND AT ACRE Schools Will Get 25 Per Cent of Purchase Title to submerged ground In the bay required for construction of an island to be used as a municipal airport here will be trans ferred to the city for the consideration of $10 an acre, according to decision today of the state internal improvement board.

This arrangement would be the same as has been extended by the state to Miami for construction of a similar island in Biscayne bay, and contains the specification that 25 per cent of the purchase price representing the down payment, would be paid into the school fund. Advice of the decision was trans mitted to Mayor McKay by wire from Governor Carlton this morning. The mayor's request to the board was for 500 acres off Ballast Point to be made available for the city's purposes, 160 acres to be covered by the island airport, and the remaining acreage to be held in title for future extensions, either for development of the airport facilities or for park extension. Governor's Message. The governor's wire was as fol lows: "On my return to the office this morning from the Everglades I find your telegram with reference to Tampa bay bottom lands.

At a special meeting of the board just held the board determined to grant lands to Tampa on same terms as grant was made to Miami. That is to sav allow the city to pay into the school fund 25 per cent of the! purchase price. The purchase price for Miami lands is 10 dollars pfer acre. This would make the five hundred acres cost the city of Tampa $1,250. Advise if further service can be rendered.

"DOYLE E. CARLTON, Governor." Mayor Hopeful. Gratified with this prompt response to the city's request, Mayor McKay expressed the hope that activities in furtherance of the project for the land and seaplane base (Continued on Page Two.) The Weather Highest yesterday Lowest last night TT Year ago Highest, 86 Lowest, 71 Highest for 39 years 96 Lowest for 39 years 54 Today' Temiiernture. Mid. ..77 4 a.m..

78 8 a.m.. 79 la.m. .78 5 a.m. .78 9 a.m.. 80 2 a.m.

6 a.m. .78 10 a.m.. 82 3 a.m. .78 7 a.m.. 78 11 a.m..

83 8 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Dry 79 85 Wet 76 78 Rel. humidity 87 73 Tampa's hottest day (39 years record), June 3, 1918, 97.5 degrees. Forecast for 36 Hour Ending 8 P.

M. Tuesday! For Tampa and Vicinity: Partly cloudy with local showers tonight and Tuesday. For Florida: Partly cloudy with local thunder showers tonight and Tuesday. Winds for the East Gulf: Fresh southwest over south portion and strong shifting over north portion: gales near storm center, diminishing tonight. Rainfall For 24 hours ending- 8 a.m., ins.

.35 Total this month, ins 13.29 Excess since Sept. 1, ins 7.01 Excess since Jan. 1, ins 7.33 Temperature. Excess since Sept. 1, degs 12 Excess since Jan.

1. degs 523 Barometer, sea level 8 a. 29.73 Wind six miles. Direction south. Bandit Slain From Peephole After He Robbed Theater By The Associated Press Chicago, Sept.

30. A peephole in a wall a hole just large enough for a revolver barrel ended a bandit's career in McVicker's theater last night while a packed house thrilled at make-believe on a silver screen. The thief, unidentified as yet, had planned well; but of the peephole he knew nothing, and it was his undoing. He was striding qpn-fidently toward the outer door of the manager's office, $4,600 of the theater's money in his pocket, when flame snaked from the hole in the wall and two bullets entered his head. McVicker's is one of downtown Chicago's largest picture theaters.

It was filled to capacity, and long lines stood on the sidewalks waiting to enter. The manager's office is on the mezzanine floor. The assistant manager, Bernard Cobb, had Just received the box office receipts.