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The Great Parade of U.S. History

A DROSS the pages of United States history twenty-nine men have marched in the mighty drama of politics along the path of glory that leads to the presidency. From the days of George Washington down to the present race between Herbert Hoover and A1 Smith presidential campaigns have been colorful spectacles, the issues in each reflecting the story of their time and portraying, like succeeding chapters, the vast panorama of'the Nation’s history. The Times, through NEA Service, presents this interesting panorama to its readers in an outstanding series of articles written by Rodney Butcher, chief of the NEA Washington bureau. There a/e twentyeight daily chapters in the series on “The Presidential Parade.” They will start next Monday, Sept. 24. You will find nothing dry or tedious in Butcher’s series. A trained newspaper man of the modern school, in daily contact with the tangled web of Washington politics and a deep student of political history, Butcher presents the Nation’s heroic figures not as marble busts and steel engravings, but as men of flesh and blood—human beings with strength and weaknesses. tt an IN addition to the events of great historical importance, you will enjoy the strong current of human interest—little intimate glimpses of the president and celebrities—that flow’s throughout. For example, do you know'— Why President Grant refused to allow ex-President Andrew Johnson to ride in his carriage in the inaugural parade? What Henry Clay’s wife thought of his gambling habits? What Supreme Court justice was “mentioned” for the presidency at every convention for thirty years but never nominated? That Lincoln was once a lameduck Congressman, seeking appointment to a job in the general land office after being defeated for the Senate. That General Grant’s real name was not Ulysses S.?

FROM George Washington down to Herbert Hoover and A1 Smith, Dutcher tells the story of the campaigns and outlines the issues upon which the rival candidates fought. No glorious achievement has been ignored or minimized, but at the same time no misguided sentiment or hoary tradition has been permitted to veneer the ;ruth. The articles are written as Dutcher always writes—straightforward and direct from the shoulder. You will find this not only an educational feature, but an outstanding human interest feature as well. Remember —The first article will appear in The Times next Monday, Sept. 24. ' ' NATIONAL FIRE WEEK TO BE OBSERVED HERE Chief Voshell Starts Move for City Program in October. Harry E. Voshell, fire chief, today started work on the program for National Fire week the first waek of October. Voshell said tentative plans will be made Friday at the Chamber of Commerce. Frank Jordan, fire prevention chairman, and industrial leaders will cooperate. Special attention will be given industrial activities this year, Voshell said. ‘‘There is involved about $400,000,000 in Indianapolis industries, itnd I think they deserve some special attention.” dry"lrFdersnab~ two Seine 1.000 Quarts of Home Brew and Beer Apparatus. Police and Federal dry raiders Monday night seized nearly 1,000 quarts of home brew and beer making apparatus valued at more than SSOO in two raids. As the result of one raid Paul Mayer. 1303 Villa Ave., celebrated his” 29th birthday anniversary in jail after the raiders found more than 600 quarts of beer in his home. In the other raid Joseph Boldt was arrested when a quantity of ?home brew and beer making accessories were found in his home at 1115 S. State Ave. HELICOPTER MAKES HOP Spanish Inventor Flies New Plane From London to Paris. By United Press PARIS, Sept.. 18.—The Spanish inventor, La Cierva, completed a flight across the English Channel from London to Paris today in his autogiro plane, a helicopter. La Cierva made one stop, at St. Inglevert, and landed at Le Bourget field with one passenger. Hourly Temperatures 7 a. m... 45 11 a. m— 63 Ba. m.... 46 12 (noon). 64 9a. m.... 52 Ip. m.... 64 10 a. m.... 58

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3MORECARS RECOVERED IN THEFTPROBE Two Costly Autos Found In Louisville, One Here, in Roundup. JURY PUSHES PROBE Important Witnesses Before Federal Panel; Traces Glenn Machine. While State and city police were recovering three more cars stolen by the interstaate automobile theft ring Prosecutor William H. Remy bored on in his investigation of the Traugott Clothing Store explosion and local activities of the car thieves. A Lincoln coupe and a Cadillac sedan were found by Louisville police there and a Buick sedan was recovered by Indianapolis police here, upon State police information. This brings the total of expensive cars recovered in the last two months to twenty. One other was found burned. Bridges declared he believes four more cars can be found in Louisville and another might be located in Indianapolis. Stolen in Indianapolis State police believe the two cars found in Louisville today were stolen in Indianapolis, although a complete check will be necessary to establish ownership. Most of the recovered cars have been stolen in Chicago and Cleveland and transported here, after alteration of motor numbers and licenses. The Buick sedan was taken-from Joseph Hunter, Benison Hotel, known as “Kentucky Joe." State police did not disclose from whom this car was stolen. Hunter had not been arrested. Charges of robbing Thomas Williams, known as a gambler, are pending in Criminal Court against Hunter. He was arrested with Harold Libowitz, 22, of 39 N. Jefferson Ave., at a camp near Lebanon several months ago. Libowitz died last week in Methodist Hospital of burns suffered in the blastwrecking of the Traugott clothing store, Aug. 26. Bridges and other State policemen still believe an abandoned farm between Lebanon and Indianapolis was used by the theft ring as headquarters for altering stolen cars and continued search for it.

Remy Continues Inquiry Remy obtained a continuance of the baseball pool trials of John and Ray Partlow, arrested at 29 W. Ohio St., July 13, from Criminal Judge James A. Collins, on the plea that he had a number of important witnesses going before the grand jury today whom only he and Deputy John L. Niblack could question. In addition to the grand jury work, Remy summoned Merrill Woods, advertising man, and James Mendenhall, printer, to his office. He did not disclose the purpose of the call. Three young men, whose names were kept secret, were brought before Remy by detectives and questioned for Jong periods. Meanwhile the proprietors of an automobile agency went before the grand jury. It is understood they were called upon a report Libowitz and Homer Wright, 27, held as an habitual criminal, tried to trade a Studebaker car for an Auburn the Friday before the fire of Sunday night, Aug. 26. Pair Held in Jail The witnesses were Leon E. Desautels and J. Rex Queeney, in business at 638 E., Maple Rd. Earl Sells, admitted bootlegger, and Clarence Douthitt. poolroom operator, remained in jail as part of the Traugott blast cleanup probe. Both have been questioned by the grand jury. Bonds of both, held on vagrancy charges, are SIO,OOO. The vagrancy case of Douthitt was postponed until Wednesday by Municipal Judge Palu C. Wetter Monday afternoon. Attorney Ira M. Holmes said he proposed a bondsman to Wetter, but the surety was not accepted. Trace Glenn Car Marks Rhoades, head of the license division of the Secretary of State’s office, announced he had discovered | that a stolen Lincoln coupe traced through the hands of Michael J. Glenn, former Indianapolis traffic inspector, was registered in Florida. Rhoades is investigating all angles of th scheme by which the theft ring obtained Indiana licenses on the stolen cars it handled. Rhoades said a Frank Moore, whom Glenn says was a bootlegger, presented Ohio papers and got an Indiana license Feb. 15. Then Glenn took a bill of sale for the car to Florida and registered it in his name. Records next show transfer of the car here from Glenn to an Indianapolis merchant. British Peer Dies Bn United Press NEW MARKET. England, Sept. 18 —Lord Durham died today at 73, after an illness of five months. He was unconscious for the last three days. His twin brother, Hon. Frederick William Lambton succeeds him.

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SHUMAKER PARDON TALKED JN PARLEY

Tm Sorry, Cal By United Press ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 18.— All the uncomplimentary things United States Senator James A. Reed ever said about President Coolidge’s use of worms for fishing have been retracted. “I have just come back from a fishing trip in Wisconsin,” the senior Missouri Senator said here, “and by experience has made me a T\hole lot more charitable. “I want to retract everything I ever said about Coolidge fishing with worms. “A man is entitled any bait he can get hold of in those northern waters.”

BOYS HURT IN BLAST Burned While Investigating 'Empty’ Gas Tank. Two 9-year-old boys were burned, one of them critically, this afternoon when a supposedly empty gasoline tank blew up after one of the youngsters had dropped a match into it. The boys are Jack Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brown, of 4004 Ruckle St., and Jack Deming, son of Shirley A. Deming, 3940 Ruckle St. Both attend school No. 76. The explosion occurred in the rear of the Brown home when the Brown boy lighted a match. His face and heaed were burned badly. He was taken to city hospital. Jack Deming also suffered bums on the face and arms. He was treated by a private physician. According to Mrs. Brown, the gasoline tank has been unused in the five years of the family’s occupancy of the house. voicTYadeTtcTorder Artificial Larynx Demonstrated at Scientech Club. “If you don’t like your voice you can have anew one,” it was demonstrated Monday at a noon luncheon of the Scientech Club. E. J. Barland of the scientific research departmentn of the Graybar Electric Company demonstrated an artificial larynx in speaking on “Hearing and Artificial Speech Aids.”

Al Turns Down Offer of Hoosier to Buy His Brown Derby for SIOO

Vi! Times Special ELKHART, Ind., Sept. 18.—No mess of pottage shall buy Al Smith's birthright. Nor shall $l9O buy Al’s famed brown derby. Al has spoken. When the Democratic candidate left Elkhart yesterday on his special train, bound for Omaha, the derby was planted firmly on his head, to stay. As the engineer “whistled out” of this city, one of the crowd gathered at the station caluled, above the din, “How much will you take for that brown derby, Al?’*

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Pastors Discuss Chances With Governor Pending Rehearing Appeal. Possibility of a pardon for Edward S. Shumaker, Indiana AntiSaloon League superintendent, sentenced to sixty days at the State farm and fined SSOO by the Indiana Supreme Court for contempt, was discussed today with Governor Ed Jackson by Bishop H. H. Four of the United Brethren Church, the Rev. Charles H. Winders of the Norwood Christian Church and Ethan A. Miles, Indiana Anti-Saloon League attorney. Bishop Fout admitted possibility of a pardon for Shumaker was discussed, although he at first, said possibility of Shumaker appealing his conviction to the United States Supreme Court was the subject of the conference. Rehearing Pends No formal petition asking the Governor to pardon Shumaker was presented, however, Fout said. Fout and Winders are members of the headquarters committee of the dry league. A motion asking a rehearing of the Shumaker case now is pending before the Supreme Court. In the case of Boynton J. Moore, former councilman, convicted of bribery, Governor Jackson issued a pardon, while the case was pending before the high court. Question Pardon Right If Jackson acts to pardon Shumaker, it is likely his rights to do so will be questioned before the Supreme Court by Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom who started the contempt action. Whether the Governor has power to pardon someone sentenced for contempt under the Shumaker case circumstances is doubtful, it is said. Circumstances in the case of George R. Dale, Muncie editor sentenced for contempt by Circuit Judge Clarence Dearth and pardoned by Jackson, were different as the contempt charge in that case was defined by statute, it is said. Mrs. Lindbergh to Naples Bi/ United Press NAPLES. Sept. 18.—Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh, mother of Charles A. Lindbergh, arrived today enroute to Constantinople. She was accompanied by Miss Alice Morrow, sister of the United States ambassado rto Mexico.

Al merely shook his head and smiled. But the derby fan was not to be daunted. Whipping his wallet from his pocket, he shook a handful of bills in the air. “Give you a hundred,” he shouted. But Al merely smiled, the train pulled out, and the Elkhart citizen stood open-mouthed, still clutching his hundred, as the special faded in the distance.

APPEAL CASE BARRING STEVE IN ARSON SUIT Vermilion Prosecutor Takes Fight to High Court for Witness, EXPECT RULING TODAY Action Follows Judge’s Ban on Former Dragon Testifying. Charles Swayne, Vermilion County prosecutor, today carried a fight to the Indiana Supreme Court to obtain B. C. Stephenson as a prosecution witness for the arson trial of Samuel Withrow in Vermilion Circuit Court at Newport, Ind., Swayne asked that the Supreme Court mandate Judge Wait of the Vermillion Circuit Court to call Stephenson, former Klan grand dragon now serving a life sentence at the Indiana State Prison for murder, as a witness. As onyl two Supreme Court justices, Julius C. Travis and Willard B. Gemmill, were at the Statehouse this morning, action on the mandamus petition was postponed until this afternoon when Justic Clarence R. Martin was to be present. Three judges must be present to make action possible, it was explained. Wanted as Witness Stephenson is a material witness in the case, Swayne declared. The Withrow trial opened Monday. Judge Walt refused to call Stephenson as a witness. The judge declared "that the conduct of Stephenson In court is such that he is of no use as a witness and that as he is a life term prisoner he cannot be made to answer or held in contempt of court.” Withrow is accused of burning a school building at Bridgeton, Parke County, in 1924, and it is said that Stephenson professes to know “all about” the case and is willing to testify. He was interviewed recently at the State prison by Ben Stephenson, Parke County prosecutor, and Swayne. Escaped Conviction Twice At two previous trials, held in the Parke Circuit Court at Rockville, Withrow escaped conviction when juries disagreed. The case was taken to the Vermilion Circuit Court on a change of venue. The school fire was one round of a bitter Klan and anti-Klan fight in the 1924 Parke County election. Withrow was a leader in Klan activities. Counsel defending Withrow includes Charles J. and Telford Orbison, Indianapolis lawyers, who have been legal advisers to the Klan on various occasions.

JOINS BYITO CREW Ruth Elder’s Mate Chooses Trip to Divorce. By United Press BALBOA, Canal Zone, Sept. 18.— Lyle Womack has left his divorce suit against Ruth Elder to lie in abeyance for two years while he goes to the South Pole with the Byrd expedition. Womack boarded the Byrd flagship when it passed through the Panama Canal Monday, and was accepted as one of the crew. He and Max Boehning, a canal employe, were taken on in place of two members of the crew who were rejected because of poor health. MERCURY IRISE~ON~WAY Weather Bureau Predicts Wanner Weather for Wednesday. Temperatures 15 degrees below normal chilled the oity this morning at ‘‘getting up” time. The United States Weather thermometer registered 45 degrees, 15 below normal, at 7 a. m. That mark also was the lowest reached during the night. The mercury will rise tonight and Wednesday, weather bureau officials predicted, but it still probably will be several degrees cooler than normal Wednesday morning. Woman in Auto Killed By United Press WASHINGTON, Ind., Sept. 18.— Mrs. Ethel Farren, 30, Odon, was killed here today when she lost control of the car which she was driving as it struck loose gravel and overturned. Two other occupants of the automobile were uninjured.

ASK TROOPS TO HALT LOOTING IN PALM BEACH; HURRICANE HITS GEORGIA

Death List in Sweep of Gale Will Pass 1,000 Mark. STORM’S FURY IS SPENT Warnings Posted on East Coast as Far North as Boston. By United Press The tropical hurricane, one of the most devastating and extensive on record, was spending its fury in the United States today, leaving behind it a trail of almost a thousand miles of wreckage and death. Starting at the bottom of the Carribean Sea near South America last Wednesday, the storm moved with relentless fury over the scattered islands of the Carribean, advancing steadily along a curved course over island after island until it reached the United States. Curving seaward again after its destruction in Florida, it moved to the northwest and storm warnings were posted as far north as Boston, which would make the whole path of the storm about 2,000 miles. The deaths could not be estimated accurately, but may be more 1,000. The most reliable figures indicated at least deaths in Florida, 510 in Guadeloupe, more than 200 In Porto Rico and scattered deaths in other places. Death Toll Is High The first point to report damage from the storm was Martinique French colony in the windward islands, although points south of there may have been stricken and have not yet been reported. Leaving three dead in Martinique, th storm passed over Dominica, a British island to the north, where it did great damage, although full reports have not been received from there yet. Next Guadaloupe and its surrounding small islands were crushed under the terrific storm with untold destruction and loss of life. Monserrat, little British isle north of Guadeloupe reported twenty-five dead, 50 injured, bui’dings and crops leveled and two thirds of the native homes destroyed. Antigua, northeast of Monsen at, also suffered. The hospital and other buildings were destroyed. It was not known if there was any loss of life. St. Kitts and Nervis were next in line. Damage apparently was not so great in St. Kitts and no loss of life was reported, but Nevis reported thirteen dead. The numerous other little islands in that vicinity have not reported their losses.

Islands Feel Fury The next points stricken were the Virgin Islands, United States possession, north of St. Kitts and close to Porto Rico. Damage was great and the deaths were listed at six. The storm then turned its ful! fury on Porto Rico. Its course took it from there just north of the large island divided between Haiti and Santo Domingo. Haiti, which recently was devastated by a severe hurricane, escaped entirely. The storm, nearing Florida, treated the twenty islands in the Bahamas less severely, and while damage was extensive, no loss of life was reported. From the Bahamas, the hurricane, some of its fury spent but still capable of doing great damage, entered Florida with Palm Beach about in the center of its path. Tell of Desolation By United Press JACKSONVILLE. Fla., Sept. 18.— Passengers who arrived here fifteen hours late on the Havana special from southern Florida have provided a vivid eyewitness account of the destruction caused by the tropical hurricane H. Hilliard. Easton. Texas, who boarded the train at Miami, told the following story: “After we left Miami, we ran into the path of the storm about fifteen miles south of Palm Beach. “Torrential rains and wind struck the train, rocking the cars from side to side. The noise of the wind sounded like a hundred sirens blowing at once. It was estimated at from 100 to 150-mfle velocity. Clear Debris From Track “In preparation for clearing a path through the storm zone, a wreck train had precided us out of Miami and we were stopped constantly behind the wreck train while the crew removed telegraph and telephone poles from the right of way. “In many instances portions of houses were blown on tht track and the crew labored for hours clearing the way. “It took us five hours to get from the south end of Palm Beach to the north end. When we halted at what had once been a station, the

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Stork in Storm By United Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Sept. 18.—Two births and a death occurred here during the height of the hurricane. Mrs. Henry Parrs, an elderly woman, who had been ill for some time, died in her room at the Pennsylvania Hotel, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Jentlle became the parents of a girl, and Mr. and Mrs. E. J. McCann of a boy.

wind had stopped and groups of people were wandering about as though in a trance. “The city was without lights. The sight from the train was one of complete desolation and ruin. It was a ghastly sight to see wrecked buildings leaning all about, and many persons homeless. “Those questioned said almost the whole residential section of Palm Beach had been leveled.” “As we traveled north,” Hilliard said, “it was plain to see that the damage had been extensive. There was much water everywhere from heavy rains which accompanied tne hurricane.” W. J. Mullinix. Jacksonville, who returned to his home from southern Florida on the Havana special, told the following story to the United Press: _ “The train had to clear the way as it proceeded from Fort Lauderdale northward. Everything seemed to be in good shape between Miami and Fort Lauderdale. At Deerfield, just north of Pom* pano, all but four houses had been wiped out and part of the railroad station was blown away. Eleven box cars had been blown from the railroad tracks. “At Latona the railroad station was flattened out and there was nothing but a scene of desolation around us. When people saw the train coming slowly toward them, they flocked out to the tracks and told of enormous damage in West Palm Beach.”

Suffer in Porto Rico BY ANGEL RAMOS United Press Special Correspondent SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Sept. 18.— Suffering was intense on this hur-ricane-swept island today. The economic disaster that has robbed the island of her wealth, in the shattered homes and ruined crops were temporarily in the background while the people begged for food and shelter. An epidemic of typhoid has broken out at Aguadilla, on the northwest coast. At Gurabo, a hunger-maddened throng of 6,000 clamored for food and the authorities were powerless against them. At Maguabo the situation was described as “terrible.” A thousand people were living fn the tumbled ruins of their homes. The children begged for food and their parents were becoming desperate. At Aibonito, a desperate man, all his possessions gone and facing starvation, shot himself. The Evangelical Church at Patillas was destroyed while filled with refugees during the storm. Sixteen bodies have been removed from the ruins. More than sixty were injured. Discarding a proposal for martial law, a group of prominent citizens banded together and dedicated themselves to the task of distributing food and clothing. They were headed by Chief Justice Emeli Del Toro, who was named chairman of the general committee at a meeting held at the home of Governor Horace M. Towner. Del Toro said his committee would take steps immediately to provide regulations for the distribution of food and clothing. A special committee was appointed to collect funds. Despite a warning from the attorney general’s office that profiteering would be vigorously prosecuted, the price of food had increased from 25 to 50 per cent since the hurricane struck the island Thursday. Start Relief Fund Here City Red Cross officials today begun accepting gifts for relief work in the West Indies hurrican district. William Fortune, Indianapolis chairman, announced checks should be made payable to Frank D. Stalnaker, treasurer, and sent to the Red Cross heeadquarters, 777 N. Meridian St. The local chapter contributed SI,OOO from the emergency fund. Voluntary contributions have been asked by the National Red Cross. WOUNDED OFFICER DIES Deputy Sheriff at Marion Victim of Constable’s Slayer. By Time* Special MARION. Ind., Sept. 18.—Fred Certain, Grant County deputy sheriff, is dead of a bullet wound suffered at the hands of D. W. Harvey, slayer of Constable Frank Ury. The deputy sheriff was wounded Saturday night shortly after the constable was slain. Ury was fired upon by Harvey when he went to his home to serve a summons in a dispossession suit. Certain and other officers engaged in a gun battle with Harvey who barricaded himself in his home.

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Martial Law Proposed foe Storm- Stricken Florida Town. ROB EXPENSIVE HOMES City Is Mass of Ruins as Citizens Start Relief Work, v By United Press NEW YORK, Sept. 18.— Looting of Palm Beach homes has resulted in an appeal to thd Governor of Florida for two companies of soldiers to act as police, according to a message to the executive in Tallahassee, intercepted by the radio station of the United Press at Garden City, L. I. “We recommend martial law for Palm Beach only,” the message stated. “Expensive homes are being looted and the city is wide open.” The appeal was signed Clark J. Lawrence, major, president of the state reserve officers association. It was radioed through the medium of fire department station. Thirty-five persons were reported dead or missing at Bear Beach near Clewiston, Fla., in a telegram received here today.

Three Die in Palm Beach By United Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Sept. 18.—Reports received at police headquarters here today placed the latest death list in the hurricane here at three, an unidentified. There are hundreds of injured being treated at improvised hospitals, most of them for minor injuries. As word came in from towns and cities north of here it was indicated that Stuart, Olympia, Jupiter and Kelsey City had suffered heavy losses. Dreary Picture Revealed A dreary picture was revealed t<>day as the sun straggled through clouds. Trees broken and whipped almost bare of leaves, bright awnings whipped to ribbons fluttered from the gaily tinted Spanish type of houses that in many cases were roofless. Here and there a carefully driven automobile was piloted through the debris of the roads. Business men picked their way carefully through streets strewn with broken glass, collapsed masonry and a tangle of wires, to reach their offices or stores. Many went breakfastless as light, power, water and gas service remained disrupted. Lunch stands and restaurants were in operation in a few hours, however, charging the same prices as before the storm. Men discarded watersoaked shoes and went about barefoot. Bathing suits and raincoats became the popular garb for the day. Newspapers, cut off from outside wire service Monday, endeavored to clean up storm soaked offices and posted bulletins. Crowds gathered around the windows to read the meager reports. When a train came Into West Palm Beach from the south and started northward, throngs offered passengers money to take message* with the mand file them at telegraph offices out of the district. Everyone seemed bent on relieving anxiety of friends and relatives. All over the storm area there 1* told th same story of high winds followed by a lull, and then the backlash on © vicious wind under whicu masonry walls collapsed like cardboard.

Like Huge Doughnut The hurricane was described We* a huge doughnut with a whirling edge. Objects caught in one side of the rim were first whirled in on 9 direction, then passed through the central zone of quiet only to be caught again in the rim and whirled in the opposite direction. Trees side by side, some broken and falling one way, others the op* posite showed what had happened. Heavy freight cars in a train thati started out of Miami Sunday were overturned in the storm area and piled up east of the track. In the spartan efforts to re* establuish themselves few residents have taken time to count the loss. None could be found who would hazard an estimate. There was general agreement however that property loss was higher than in the 1926 storm. Some of the citizenry whose houses collapsed said they saved themselves by getting under beds. Bridge Is Guarded Automobiles wtih tops demolished were left along the streets and highroads. Two automobiles, tangled into one mass were draped about a lamp post on Clematis St. Broken tile, nail studded boards and shattered glass worked havoc with automobile tires. The West Palm Beach wire chief blew oat