It
Th. WEATHER
OUR CIRCULATION OV1"i
4,2IM
AND IS STILL GROW1NO
Highest Yesterday
Lowest Lstt Night
Rain this aftarnoon
night s
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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
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PITIFUL SCENES
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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
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