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It Th. WEATHER OUR CIRCULATION OV1"i 4,2IM AND IS STILL GROW1NO Highest Yesterday Lowest Lstt Night Rain this aftarnoon night s . 82 . 4 to- and Consolidation of Tht Evtnlng Nawi and Th Roatburg Raview An Indapandant Nawapapar, Published for tha Baat Intaraita of tha Psopl. ROSEBURG. OREGON. THURSDAY. MARCH 19. 1925. VOL. XXVIf NO. 103 OF 8EBURQ REVIEW VOL. XIII NO. 4 Of THE EVENING NEWS A rmiTh K AnrMIl -iff Mfiflnn.3 m vim U LbUUUU PITIFUL SCENES nrnnur uinr.. aK hLOWl Morgue Crowded With Infant Dead Red Cross Start Relief Work at Once Estimate of Dead Ranges From 700 to 1000 Thousands Injured. Summary of Destruction by Tornado (Associated Press Leased' Wire.) Dead estimated at 600 to 1,000. ' Injured eatimated at 2500 to 3.000. Homeless estimated at 8,000 to 10,000. A mid-afternoon tornado, the worst hour to strike when children were packed in schools and workers in stores and ahopa, yesterday's storm in five mid-western states still held many victims turfed and unreported this afternoon. Where It did the worst damage, the tornado lasted less than five minutes. - It flattened heavily conatructad schools and business buildings with worse results than the casualty In lighter dwellings. Babies In homea were apecial sufferers. Fires still raging or amouldering and milliona of dollars worth of wreckage delayed counts of the larger death lists, the hsrdest hit placea were the ,amall cities in Southern Illinois West Frankfort, Murphysboro and Carbondale. 1 Nearly all the destruction waa In the aoft coal fields. , Next to Illinois, the worst sufferers were In Indiana and Missouri with fatal echoea of the twlater coming from Tenneesee and Kentucky. Red Cross, state guardsmen, army aviation forcee, railroad' resources piled into many spsclal traina and private relief from two of the nation'a largest cities, Chicago and St. Louie, with a host of contribu tions from smaller cltiea, concentrated on 8outhern Illinois. - ' Two towns in ths wake of the tornado were reported to have been virtually eraaed from the map while a large aection of another waa laid to ruins. But one home and a school house were the remain ing structures in the village of Parrlsh in Franklin county, Illinois. Ths four dwellings Isft standing at Griffin, Posey county, Indiana, a town of 750 psopls, wsrs badly damaged. One hundred city blocke at Murphysboro were practically flattened. Seventy blocka m tha real. Intlal section were swspt by flames. ' y Setting a record for swift legislation tha members of ths Illinois leglslaturs and those in the Missouri assembly respectively pushed for ward measurss appropriating $500,000 and $25,000 for relief in their devastated sections. Governor Small of Illinois and a staff left for the etorm area. In the stricken district In Southern Illinois, the storm took Its toll In several places in leaa than five minutes. A brakeman on an Illinois Csntral train who wltneesed the tragedy at OeSoto, pictured it thua: "A crash of thunder, preceded by two blinding flashes of lightning, after which there waa nothing left of the town." In a mine near West Frankfort, eight hundred men were under ground. They felt a concussion and fearing disaster flocked to the lifts. None of ths cages could be operated. When they were able to reach the surface, they found a tornado had passed over them. One of the Interesting features waa reported from this same locality where a rescue worker, noticing a baby'e shoe protruding from the debris of a miner's home, grasped It, to find Becky Reed under the wreckaoe. She waa unhurt. f Aarefated prm f,aM4 Wirt.) CATtBONDALE. 111., (via Cairo, 111..) Mar. 19. West Frankfort re ported 100 known dead. More than 500 were Injured with many home less. Gorham was Isolated and report ed virtually destroyed. In the vlllsge of 600, 75 were reported dead and scarcely a person escap ed injury. De Soto, a little town of S00, was reported virtually wiped off the map. The village six miles from Carbondale, did not have a dozen homes left Intact today with i from 100 to 126 reported dead and 150 more injured. Nearly 30 school children were killed at De goto when the school house collapsed as the pupils struggled to escape. Several were reported dead and Injured at Ziegler and Christoph er, small mining towns, and many were hurt at Bush, Hurst, Parrish, Roy-niton and Benton, according to meagre reports. Carbondale was crowded with the dead and injured. More than forty bodies were brought here. The damage In West Frankfort was believed to be more than $1. 000,000 with the total damage with in a radius of 25 to 30 miles of Carbondale, running between 16, 000.000 and $7,000,000. - At Murphysboro, at noon, an As- The Mobile and Ohio shops em soclated Tress correspondent hsd ' ploying 1400 men, were destroyed counted 126 dead. Fifty more . by fire, an 185.000 .Baptist church said to be dead and (he estimates iwas In ruins snd a $267,000 addi of Major Davis in chsrge of the i Hon to the high school was two troops at. (Murphysboro and of the i fire chief there placed the number , of dead whose- bodies are yet un- recovered at from 100 toT50, a pos-1 Bible total of more than 350. West Frankfort at noon report - 95 known dead, with the number expected to exceed that, aa the 1 to give care to the Injured. Car search through the wrecked area , bondale hospital, lodges and homes continues. I were thrown open to the Injured De Soto, six miles from Carbon-1 from De Soto and other nearby dale, has been virtually wiped off towns, the msp and of its population of Coolldge Takes Action R00 upward of 125 are dead and WASHINGTON. Mar. 19. Pres 150 more Injured. Ident Coolldge, who Is president of fiorham. ten miles west of j the American Red Cross today sug Murphysboro, was Isolated by the geated to Chairman John Barton storm but refugees making their l'alne that all of the facilities of VST to Murphysboro from mere i ssld 85 were known to be dead: with the total number likely to be, incres wiiim ! uijuicm iiuuriiiniiuu nan i..i if once by the Pnllmsn company, ber 150. Onrham has a population said In a communication made pub- 4) giTimn standard sleeping cars of 300. ' lie st the Red Cross headquarters. !., trhen Mri wmn ornered out From the rural district little i"0f the disaster that has overtaken fhlrsiB at 1 p. m.. and a slnill has been heard and it was estlmat- 'a portion of Missouri, Illinois and 'r n-t.r from SL Louis due In ed thst 150 might be found dead. Murphysboro aent out a request j far E0 additional doctors and nurses declaring that there are several persons there seriously In- tnre.1 requiring immediate alien- tioo. The storm area at Boon was ENACTED STARTED iTllllfll wunu still virtually Isolated from the out side world as far as wire communi cation waa concerned. The torna- do 6 cli skipped and hopped from town to town, spurning the unln habited countryside left In Its wake damage so great that people of the community where it occurred could scarcely believe the reports. vviiii ruuuess -nanu me iionniMnrahvihnM -.-.f . lata the twon flat and tnrlnv the boil I P of 30 school children from there lay l Carbondale morgue, while sincsen parents nurneo rrom one scene of death to anoth- er fearful of what they might find. In Carbondale morgues bodies '' row upon row upon Improvised I biers while a steady stream of peo- I J" ,u " "n. iu menu- if."1" .j"!"-. Bab .twln side by side and a stricken mother was taken awsy after she had seen her babies and fainted. Murphysboro, probably hardest hit by the tornado suffered a pro perty damage of upwards of $3, 000.000 from wind and fire. At noon twelve fires waVe still burn ing in various parts' of the town. Upward of fifty city blocka In the town or 13,000 were laid waste and many bodies were burned beyond identification. Two unusre miles were laid waste. Two buildings , were dynamited In an effort to check the apread of the flames. thirds destroyed. Yesterday when the tornado broke Joe Boston. n the long lines In the morgues chief of police Yushed to the school but whst hsd broken and twisted building to help take out the child-; limbs. In some Instances nesrly ren. The flnit tot he found was every bone In the body would be hls own. 8he was dead. Ibroken, Indicating th- torna-lo had Valiant efforts were being made! picked up the body ui.l huvli'd It the organization be put Into opera- Hon to relieve storm sufferers the middle west. 'n i 'Indiana. "It is said that many people are homeless and many are injured. I suggest thst yon put in operation j9OM hundred and two bodies all the facilities of the Red "hsve been extricated from the to assist in the required relief. I am sending a telegram to th gov mm TABULATED LIST OF INJURED AND DEAD IN STORM (Aaoclatea pr Lei 1 Wire.) CHICAGO, Mar. 19. Reports of caaualtiss from the tornado which on Wednesday struck five mid weetern states, compiled st 1 p. m. today war aa follows: ILLINOIS Dead Injured Murphysboro 250 to 300 300 to 500 Oe Soto 35 to 60 150 to 300 Parish :. 2Mo 50 100 to 150 Gorham 60 to 100 150 McLeanaboro 17 85 to 100 Logan 14 SO to 60 13 60 to 73 12 35 to 60 40 Benton Enfield Hurat Thomsonville Bush Carml Crossville 8 60 5 , 60 2 25 1 10 KENTUCKY Glasgow ,. 8 Scottsvllle 4 Springfield 2 Lexington 1 MISSOURI Cape Girardeau 7 Biehle 10 Annapolia 3 . Altenburg 1 52 50 100 10 SO 250 60 to 100 50 to 100 10 to 20 30 TENNESSEE 0 INDIANA Wlltham 40 to 100 25 15 Totals . -708 2072 ernor of Illinois that you wllfdo so." Find 100 Bodies CHICACO, Mar. 19. The Chica go Dally News published a special dispatch today from West Frank fort saying that one hundred bod ies of storm victims had been found in West Frankfort, 111., and immediate vicinity. . , - - - The dead in Franklin county was estimated at 150.' The dispatch adds: "The bodies of 18 babies were placed side by side in one morgue. "The landscape, as far as the eye can reach, Is a mass of debris. Houses, wires and poles were mingled. Here a house had been moved from its foundation, there a side had been ripped off, leaving Griffin Princeton Owneeville Elizabeth Poseyvills .ruiwiii iumiiure in sight, umi-ui me ueienaant today and One woman with blood streaming there were a number of heated ex down her cheeks, talking in a for-'changes between Lieutenant Col eien tongue, had her shrieks ofionel Dennlstoun and Sir Kills grief turned to cries of iov when man anproached her carrying a ;baby. The baby had come through untouched." Injured Beyond Count MURPHYSBORO, 111, Mar. 19. As the aftermath of a snring tor nado which wrecked this cltv. .1 t . . ; others dead but' not yet brought ;t0 the lnlnrovla receiving rcims nii searched for ..ilmoiH ,150 to 250 buried In th. dahria of one ! Some. .JS inodLn town buildings. injured persons were beronl lc,unt. but various hospitals, hast- :My improved first aid stations and i homes reported hundred suffering. many'wou" " ,Mred , ,, . of what had been one of Southern Illinois most prosperous smaller cities.. The city proper with Its IE AAA lnl.-KI-. J ,1 and one-half ..uar. miles, Today more man two square miles waa littered only with charred dehr's. The electric light and ra, nlsnts hr w.r. H..) llo-t ing scenes were enacted as the iueaa were issen 10 morgues ana In lured to relief ststlons. Virtually every one of the one ,,,.,. . . -.., 5.-"d-a?L,lJ..,e .f0""' win- UL UIQ Instances huge splinters and pieces of plsnks had been driven through them. Hardly a body lay through apace. Irdlsna DssJ 150 INDIANAPOLIS. Mar. 19. The dead In Indiana from the tornado probablv will exceed 150, arcoid In to figures obtain vl over dam aged tolephon and telegraph wires. Use Slsepleg Csrs CHICAOO. Mnr. 19. Women snd children made homeless bv the intnflrin will he nrnrlileri with sleeping cars as temnoraryhet- ers and sent to Murphysboro. III., Murphy. Horn st 8 p. m. . Erlstlna Bodies WEST FRANKFORT, III.. Msr. inline of th buildings wrecked la (Continued on pars six) MTfTrT"ral""lgM",B" ..' i ' ' . - . i - . -u , ., , " - . 'i ' it . ENTOMBED MIXERS NOT YET KKMTl'EO. (AxooUttd pre. Uued Wu-O FAIRMONT. W. Va.. Mar. i 19. r Fire In the wrecked workinxs of mine 41 of the Bethlehem Mines corporation 4 today continued to lumper the work of rescue crews in their efforts to determine the fate of 34 miner entombed by an explosion Tuesday night. " 4 Hope has been virtually 4) abandned that any .of the miners are alive'. . , -. . . . . COUNTESS ON STAND IS: L Dennlstoun Trial Resumed Today With Counters Carnorvan Testifying. HAS FAINTING SPELL Smelling Salts Used to Re vive Witness Who Swoons Away During Trial This Morning;. . (AMated Pnat LtaMd Win.) J LONDON, March 19 The Do wager Countess Carnarvon today took the stand In the sensational Dennlstoun trial. Once during the evidence she nearly faintei. but recovered with ths help of smelling salts. , The increasing- bitterness with which the Dennlstoun case Is be. ing fought WftH nntlcenhla dttrln the continuation of cross examlna- Hume Williams. . Dennlstoun asserted that the In troduction of money matters Into the case was '"pure Invention on the part of his former wife, not on ly to show me buto to show up my wife, the Dowager Countess Carn arvon." Sir Ellis persisted In attempts to h'h wUn''1"8 t0 ,,dmlt that h" I"!! J" l" u'vurce- D" coionei ien i'T' "h"e d!nl" e a. re-.s ceived aums of money from her. declared she sent them "out of generosity on her part," and not as loans. When Sir Ellis asked if the Colonel Innl.toun 100.000 pound. upon their marriage to "preserve plied "yes sir," Sir Ellis flashed back "do you think that after you had accepted 20,000 pounds snd a flat from another man s wife you j h"i XrT? Colonel Dennlstoun who 4na(l testified that Countess Carnarvon ; "8 ",ra .lm" "m ,un' '." WIIlrQ neiore tile t-ari OI lar- narvon died, turned to the court .protesting "my Lord this is black- I mall. The court however, ruled that , til" queniiuu was pvrniioHiuie. -You think what you like and . l hi . the Jury may think what It likes," Colonel Dennlstoun finally answer- ,i CN Questioned regarding an unnam- five others charged with conspir ed woman with whom he had ail- acy to violate the law against In mltted misconduct In Paris, Col- terstate transportation of fight onel Dennlstoun said that she was motion pictures to the Jury this af- (Continued on page 3 i ternoon, Shepherd Awaits Trial in Cell Once Occupied by Leopbld; Germ Seller Are Being Rounded Up Mandated Pms Lea fr4 Win.) CHICAGO, March 19. Wllllsr.i D. Shepherd, foster father of Wil liam McCllntock. orphan million- ralre, today occupied tho same county Jail cell in which Nathan Leopold. Jr., awaited trial nine months ago for killing Robert Franks, while prosecutors Investi gated a theory that the typhoid germs he Is accused of giving Mc Clintock to kill him msy hare come from the city haelth de partment. They established a connection between two health department employe and the Natlnnsl 1 Di versity of Sciences, whose hesd, Charles C. Kalman, named witn PALM BEACH, FLA , HOTELS RAZED BY DESTRUCTIVE FIRE x (Aanctatrd Pm bind Win.) 4) PALM BEACH, March 19. More than four million dol- 4 lars worth of property lay 4 4 In ruins here today after the fire last night, which awept through the Breakers and Palm Beach hotels, destroy ing several shops and cotta ges and for a time threaten ed the destruction of that entire section of the city. Smouldering ashes waa alt that remained of two noted hotels of the playground of millionaires, aa steps were made to check the damage to "property and verify the rumors that there bad been a loss of life. No conflrmatinn had come early today of the rumor that an elderly man and woman had lost their lives In the Breakers. PALM BEACH, Fla.. Mar. 19. Estimates of the loss here last night, when th Breakers Hotel and the Palm Beach Hotel were destroyed by fire with damage to other 4 property, waa placed at $7.- 000,000 today by Fire Chief Schults of the Palm Beach department. 4) Previously the loss had 4 been setimated at 14,000.- 000. , 4 4 PALM BEACH. Fla., Mar. 19. A check-up of hotel re- 4) glsters. almost completed 4 today, failed to reveal that any lives were lost In the 4 fire which last night destroy- 4 4 ed two hotels and other 4 buildings here. -- . - 4 Authorities continued ' to 4 Investigate rumors that the Breakers Hotel, the first building to be attacked by the flames waa set afire as a part of a plot to loot the hotel rooms of Jewelry and money. Police have arrested a score of persons caught 4 looting. 4 4 BPRIXO WHEAT WILT, COXKl'MB 111(1 ACREAGE 4 I A H.t1 Pr i ImwI Win.) WASHINGTON, March 19. 4 American farmers Intend to 4 plant 13.9 per cent more spring wheat and 2.3 per- cent more corn thla spring 4 than the acreage harvested last year, the department of airrlrultu're-announced today 4 after a canvas Just complet- ed. vrianiKnTnv Mirrh 19 4 I , a tendency toward expan- aon of farm crop acreages 4) n 1925 was shown today In I4 on Intention to plant report 4 1 4 issued by the department of agriculture. v Intentions to plant other spring sown crops as com- 4 pared with last year's har- vested acreages were an- nounced as follows: 4 Oats fi.6 per cent more; 4) barley 23.0 per cent more: white potatoes four per cent 4) less: sweet potatoes 29.5 per cent more:; flax sea 3.3 per cent les.. Tame hay the same arrcnge as last year. RICKARO CASE TRIED IXm irkited r i Laura Win.) TRENTON. N. J.. Mnr. 19. Fed- . JmtIfi rtodlne gave the case e' JU,,K" B?Ine. "?T ! :of George, L. (Tex) Rlckard and Shepherd In the Indictment, charg ing MrCllntock's murder, said l)J gave the gerins to Shepherd foi administering to MrCllntork. Included In the list of the fac ulty of the Fnlinan school, were tn names of Wlnfleld S. lloergor health inspector, and Dr. Hariy Hand, formerly In the bureau of diphtheria control. I'ntil a month ago. nrosecutor's said, lloerger's i duties hsd been to receive typhoid and other germ cultures at ;he c'ty lshoralory. Mlas Ruth Brown, also for the' We concealed what wss being H denied being a faculty mem- Penney Co. was attired In a sport done In the Wyoming reserve be ber of the school and said be was : ensemble of green and black atripe cause wo wanted to get It done," only a student there. Dr. Rand . flannel, with a smsll matching hat. Admiral Rohlson said In cross-ex-w-is listed as th medical director ) Mm. George Wharton for the amlnatlon conducted by Owen 1. et Palman s school. (Continued on page 8.) jltoberts of government counsel. 44)4)4)4)4)44)vv4)v4)4)v4i X EDWARDS WRESTLES t VOKKL TO A DKAW. ( X (Aaoebted Praa Uwj Win.) X 1 PORTLAND, Ore., March 19. Mike Yokel, Salt Lake, 4 and Bill Edwards, of Kansas City, both light heavyweights, wrestled to a two hour draw 4 4 here last night. Each gray 4 pier won one fall. PACKED HOUSE GREETS ANNUAL Antlers Theatre Crowded for Style Review Held Last Night FASHION SHOW COSTUMES GORGEOUS,b'r..,t.orTo.Tl.e, Local Establishments Pre sent Beautiful Showing of New Spring Styles. The flrss annual snring fashion review with the merchants of "d cor lnjurd during a hsvy Roseburg co-operating took place at 1nd whseh swept th outhm the Antlers theatre last night be- shore of Lak Erl. ' tor an audience that packed - theV During tha apring A aummer theatre and extended to the aide- of 1924 the eouth waa visited by walk where eager people vied for a w devastating storms, on April place of advantage from 'Which to 30, 199 person met death In A la catch a glimpse of J,he graceful bama. South Carolina and Georgia, models as they appeared. I On May 28 and 27 forty person Tne style show was arranged and w1 k'110 ,n mi''PP' presented by L. A. (loux. manager bama. , of the theatre, and was participated I n In by a majority of the leading es-l MANY TO ATTEND tablishments in Roseburg. It Is Mr.! pnTADV miMVFNTION Gonx's plan to make the show an ' KU1AKI Als V Cls I IVll event of each spring and . rail sea-! . ... . ' son. and he has already announced A ,arKe nmbfir of the members a more elaborate affair for early of the local Rotary club are mak fall. The details were curried out ln Plan to "end the DlstrlctRo wltha metropolitan manner and tary convention to be held In Port perfection that pleased the au- land th ,lrst ,nree dayg nfx dience and left with them a keen desire for more such events. As each mannequin appeared In the spotlight on a dais before a heavy velvet curtain, a description of the costume and coiffure was read by Mr. Ooux. A daintily at tired maid stood ready to assist them-with wraps, hats and scarfs, and the attractive stage setting of flowers and softly glowing lights added to the charming picture. Appearing for Abraham's Silk Store were Miss Jean Singleton. Miss Mildred Slnnlger and Mis I Dorothy Cordon. Miss Singleton wore a tailored ensemble suit of log cabin brown In Loreline fabric, with correct hose, hat, gloves and slippers; Miss Slnnlger also wore a Loreline ensemble In highway tan with correct accessories: Miss Cor don's street dress of sal In faced canton crepe in fallow tan had In sets of contrasting material, with can sleeves of the same. Miss Evelyn Nolan for Bellows Store wore a complete evening toilette. Her frock of psle pink em broidered net wss over a deep pink satin sup witn pink hose sml silver; to field agents of the groin futures slippers. A head band or pink satin 1 administration, and rhinestones completed the ef- The action constituted the ag fect. Miss Clarice Harpester. also rlculture department's first step In for Bellows, wore a coat of Flaneoo Its Investigation of the causes of cloth with a band of foxetle fur, recent violent fluctuations in the and Miss I.orrlene Conli-e an en. semble suit of henna satin, with i large henna satin hat. Two ensemble suits were shown by Fisher's store. Miss Adelle Bemls wore a sport ense'mble with a printed silk crepe frock, snd deep coral flannel coat. The suit shown by Miss Thelma Olmstead was de veloped In two shades of brown rharmeen, a lighter shade forming the lire's. Miss Bullish Jewett mod eled a beaded black dinner gown, with a Gloria Swanson hat and scarf of French blue. I The Hat Shop showed three; Irene Castle snort dress of green Wales coat. Miss Vivian Williams wore an Irene Castle ensemble In I snuff color, and also a street dress I in black and flesh. Mrs. Ward's! Irene Casltn sport dress of green I wss embroidered over with gold thresd, and she later donned a gray tsilored coat. Afternoon gowns In shsdes of rose and coral flat crepe with large matching hats and filmy scarfs were shown by Slatfa. and Miss Reynnlds for the J. C. Penney Co. LIST OF WORST TORNADOES IN U.S. SINCE 1884 (AaorUted PraM Um4 Win.) NEW YORK, Mar. 19 Yester day's tornado In Southern Illinois and parts of Miasourl and Indiana waa tha nineteenth auch disaster Including ths great storm which swspt th southern stats In 1884. Following I a list of th worst tornados in th middle west and south line that of 1884! February 18, 1884 Six hundred killed in southern (tats. April 1892 Forty killed In Kan aa City. June 14, 182 Fifty killed In Minnssota. Jun 20, 189 Slxtstn killed In Kansas rlvsr valley. September, 1894 Ssvsnty fiv killsd In Iowa and Minnssota. Msrch 30 1897 Three fourth of th twon of Chadlsr, Okla., de stroyed. May 9, 1905 Thirty killsd at HI OTij-f,.. kaa. ) Mav 11. HOS On hundred and thirty killsd at Snyder, Okla. March 2, 190 Twenty flv killed at Meridian. Mi. April 24, 1908 Fiv hundred In Mississippi, Louisiana, and Ala- ed In southern Nebraska and northern, Kansas. Msrch 13, 1923 Heavy damage and ton of llf In Illinois, In diana, Tnn, Louisiana and Tsxss. 1 April 25, '1923 Nearly 100 kill ed In Oklahoma. July 1923 Sixty tbre killed, Pomeroy, Iowa. Th moat recent storm dleasUr waa at Lorain, Ohio, on Jun 28, ! 1924, whn 87 persons war killed wees, -racucmiy ma runic ,imu ! will be represented, only a few of the members being unable to go because of . business reasons. Among those who will make the trip are W. J. Weaver and wire, C. 8. McElhinny. and wife. F. H. Churchill, O. V. Baker, W. F. Chap man. C. Brennan, A. T. Lawrence, W. E. Ott and wife. A. J. Hoch- radel, John Runyan, O. C. FinUy land wife, M. S. Hamm, J. H Hin ' nlger, W. II. Fisher and wife. B. W. llatois Dexter Rice, wife and daughter, J. B. Booth and wife, A. B. Crawford, Oscar Berrie, Joe Denn, Joe Murphy, C. A. Lockwood, M. F. Rice, James T. Goodman, A. , C. Seely and wife, A. J. Lilburn i and wife, James Hutching and wife, Foster Hutner and wife. PROBE WHEAT MARKET (AMnHateil Preal I i Wire.) WASHINGTON, Mar. 19. In structlons to examine the books and trading records of all grain exchanges In the country and those of a number of .large brokers were sent todav hv Secretary JnrJine price of wheat. 1 The orders went to Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and other points. The names of the brokers whose books will be Inspected were not disclosed. The examination will cover trad Ing accounts since the price de cline began a few days ago. The ultimate extent of the scru tiny will depend on the natura of Its preliminary findings. Records of the exchanges and brokers are expected to show plain ly whether buying or selling was the result of abuse of trading privileges. LEASINQ CONCEALED f AMnetatetl preji I,e.Mil Win.) CHEYENNE, Wyo", Mar. 19. The leaning of Teapot Dome to Harry F. Sinclair was deliberately concealed from congress and the public, according to testimony resd at the naval oil leas annullment Miss Katharine suit here todsy from the deposl Clementine Mr- tlon of Ilesr-Ailmlral J. K. Rnbln- son, chief of nsvy engineering. FIRE FOLLOWS III WAKE MI STER TWISTER Southern Illinois Presents Tableau of Death and Destruction. DEATH TOLL HEAVY Towns in Rich Illinois Coal Fields Suffer Heaviest Loss of Life and . Property. ' YESTERDAY'S STORM 4? TAKKS UlUCiKST TOLL. 4 v 5 CHICAOO. March 19. If the present reports of th 4 casualties stand up, y ester- 4 day' dlsaater will show th largest death toll of any tor- nado In thla country. 4) Th previous high records were: 1884 800 dead la 4 Southern States; 1898500 4) dead in St. Louis; 1908 500 4 dead in southern states. (Sandaled ra I taaael Win.) MURPHYSBORO, 111., March 19. Southern Illinois early tods presented a vast tableau of death and destruction and its horror stricken Inhabitants waited anx iously more definite reports on the toll of lives taken by yester day's tornado, which swept clear across the central-southern part of the state. With the stricken towns almost completely isolated, definete re-. ports as to loss of lire were lack ing, but estimate placed the number well above the 1,000 mark, with many more Injured, aome of whom were dying. The amount of. the property damage also lacked definite figures, but' was believed to have amounted to over aeveral million dollars. Sweeping across the Mississippi from the lower section of Mis souri, the hurricane Invaded Illi nois, at Gorham on the Mississippi and wended its way in an almost straight easterly direction into Indiana, laying waste towns and farma in an area over several hundred square miles.' Murphysboro, West Frankfort, Parrlsh and De Soto, all situated In Illinois' rich coal fields, ap peared to have suffered the heav iest loss of life and the biggest property damage. Smoke atlll poured from the debris of Mur physhoro's smouldering ruin, while its cltisens still searched the ruins for other dead. Rescue work was greatly hampered by the fire and It was said that many of the injured wera cremated la the bluing debris. This city early today waa burn ing In many places. The main business section was virtually wrecked and streets were filled with poles and debris and wrecked automobiles. - - Many doctors and nurses, who arrived from all points, were ta ken to the basement of tha Pres byterian Church, which was nut destroyed. Bert Scoby, an undertlaker from Marlon, Illinois, who cam through West Franklort enroute here, estimated that one under taker there had sixty or seventy bodies aill another undertaker pronalily had the same amount. "The whole Northwest corner of West Frankfort is razed and conditions there are as bad a they are here," Scoby said. "Thre school buildings were virtually de stroyed. The tornado scooped out the center of the high school, turned houses over and devastat ed block after block." "The wind carried automobiles great distances," . he said. "It turned one house almost at right angle to its foundation." The number of persons burned in their homes after being crush ed is undetermined, according to ' Major Robert Mavis. An Anno tated Press correspondent madfl tour of the city at 3 a. m., and counted 85 wrecked houses. Fires everywhere still glowed tt'ontlnued on PRg 8.) CASUALTY LIST ON PAGE SIX e
