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TODAY'S CIRCULATION OVER
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AND STILL, CROWING
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Lowest Last Night .
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Cloudy tonight and Sunday,
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VOL. XXVI' NO. 104 OP
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ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY. MARCH 2 1 . 1925.
VOL. XIII NO. 6 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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Injured List Mounts to Over
Three "Thousand With
Many Surgical Cases.
ORDER IS RESTORED
Few Aninhilated Cities May
Be Rebuilt; Others So
Destroyed They May
Be Abandoned.
The known and estimated dead
from Wednesday's tornado and
storm which dipped Into sections of
five states, stood at 822 shortly be
fore noon today. This total includ
ed five additional deathes reported
from Griffin, Ind., one more from
Princeton, Ind., and seven more
from Murphy tboro.
The number of injured still hover
ed around 3,000.
Burial of the dead was proceeding
rapidly in all sections with brief
ceremonies. .
Some communities plan memorial
services later. Ministers are re
maining constantly on duty. There,
are still some unidentified dead,
with more bodies probably yet to be
found.
Organized rescue and relief work
was methodically In operation
throughout the devastated regions.
An Immense need of sur
geons for the Southern Illinois field
prompted the state health director
to appeal to county medical socie
ties for help. He also requested
supplies of anti-toxin for gangrene,
which has appeared among the
wounded. The department's field
director reported 738 surgical eases
In this zone. Heavy contributions
of money and supplies continued
to pour in from sources all over
the United States.
Property loss in all devastated
districts was estimated variously
between five and eight million dol
lars. The few survivors of such annl.
hilfated towns as Griffin, Ind., and
DeSoto and Parrlsh, III., clung des
perately to the hope that the towns
might be rebuilt. As town lots
their property retained value, as a
patch of ground o na windswept ru
ral hill their holdings were value
less. As the eve witness accounts of
tfie twister's visitation were more
freely reported, its freakish, Ironic
and eccentric antics struck observ
ers as without parallel in the his
tory of tornadoes. Unbelievable
were many of the stories of escapes
while others exceeded the hope of
the most Imaginary.
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CAR HONDA LK. III., Mar. 21.
Reports from Murphy s boro and
West Frankfort, the two towns
which suffered the moat casual
ties as a result of Wednesday's
tornado, indicated that these cities
were being well cared for and the
district relief organization here to
day turned Its attention to the
smaller communities where home
less and Injured have asked for
aid.
Dead Are Buned
DE SOTO. 111., Mar. 21. In a
tiny country cemetery adjoining'
the desolate wreckage of what was
once the village of I)e Soto, the
township people todny buried their
dead, the victims of Wednesday's
tornado.
Thirty of the town's population
of fiOO were returned to De Soto
ho laid to rest among their si
lt nt neighbors. Sixty five grave
diggers were al work opening new
graves while Tie Soto buried Its
dead and the other, victims of the
little town's cataclysm will tako
their places in the small cemetery
which by Monday will have more
than half a hundred newly made
mounds.
A handful of people came to the
cemetery today, for more than sev
enty of the villagers lost their Uvea
while twice that number were In
jured when the town was despoil
ed. There were a few women with
tear stained faces, a few tiny tots
who sobbed constantly and a few
men. most of the latter returning
to dig graves between the Intermit
tent funerals. They were what was
left of De Soto and a few hundred
rods away lay the tangled, twisted
debris of what had been their
homes.
Under gray skies the little knots
of men and women gathered
tarly In the mormng In the little
cemetery marked here and there
by a few Imposing monuments
but for the most part dotted by
wooden markers, some of them
with a fruit jar filled with artific
ial flowers attarhed.
Twister Felt Underground
ST. UOt lS. Mo.. Mar. 21 Wed
nesday's tornado was felt 500 feet
underground In mine niimthr 18 of
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DEATH TOLL to
REASING
TORNADO AREA
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SAL.. re.. March 21.
An epideu.e of Influenza hag
struck the public schools here
thut is the most widespread
of any epidemic in the his-
tory of the city. Statistics
issued this morning by high
school authorities Indicated
that for the month ending
March 20, the percentage of
attendance of the high school
children was 91.1' per cent,
over five per cent lower than
normal and the lowest for
for which any records are,
avuilable.
Individually the cases are
not so severe as In previous
epidemics.
'
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II FUEL FIN
Renewal of Diphtheria Epi
demic Also Threatens
and Cases Reported.
COAL VERY SCARCE
City Council Purchases 50
Tons From Signal Corps
and Will Ration Those
in Need of Fuel.
(AMorlattd mm I.raw' Mra.l
NOME. Alaska, Mar. '21. Nome
was threatened with two crises
today, a coal famine and a threat
ened renewal of a diphtheria epi
demic which took a toll of six
lives from the time of the out
break In the middle of January, to
the lifting of the quarantine a
month ago. The city council pur
chased fifty tons of coal, the lait
of the spare fuel In town from the
United States Signal Corps radio
station yesterday and apportioned
It In one to six sacks. This hai to
last until June when the next coal
ship arrives. Sudden prosperity of
the natives, who purchased coal
from the proceeds of their rich fox
catches, and falure of the coal
ship Apollo, due to storms to ar
rive last fall caused the shortage.
The nearest forest Is 70 miles In
land with no trail connecting It.
Ail beach wood for 30 miles up and
down the coast has been exhaust
ed. A white child, the daughter of
Herman Brcausky. formerly cf Se
attle, was the diphtheria pailent
reported yesterday. Nearly all the
Nome diphtheria patients have re
covered. Pr. Curtis Welch, sole physician
of Nome, on receiving word of a
sore throat epidemic and possib'a
diphtheria cases among residents
of Buckland river, sent a ship
ment of anti-toxin by a dog-team.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 21. An
investigation has been ordered by
the control ofrtee of the United
States Veterans' Bureau into pub
j llshed reports that Dr. welcome
i N. Powell, a master of the admin
i istratlve staff of the veterans'
base hospital at Palo Alto, Cali
fornia, has been guilty of objee
'tlonal conduct toward aome of the
1 women and girl attaches of the
hospital.
I Dr. Powell came to San Francis
co yesterday and made a full re
port to the control officer, after
which the Investigation was or
dered. The bureau announced that full
cognizance was taken of the pub
lished reports by Dr. Powell him
self and that such reports were a
determining factor In bringing the
investigation.
DISCUS9 ORPHAN FUND.
( Aaawiatml Pr-) IvmmI Wfr.)
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. Mar.
21. The American legion orphan
endowment und in to be discussed
at a meeting hre tomorrow of
legionnaires of Utah. Idaho. Wyo-
' ming. Montana, California, Wash
f inglon, Oregon, Nevada. Arizona
and New Mexico. James A. Drain,
national commander. Is exnerted to
i reach here late today from Indian
spoils. I Mrs. Qeorji" Stearns arrived from
: Oakland th.W aiorninon and spent
. the day here visltlna; Tnda and
shopping.
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Firit wired photos of the fearful toll taken by the tornado that' wept five state and dashed
death. The picture above .how. a room of the Longfellow .chool in Murphy.boro in which
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Wired photo of the burning of the Mobile and Ohio shop, at
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W .red photo of first detachment of doctor, and nurse, leaving Chicago by special train for the scene of the disa.ter Copy
right International Newsreel. Photo, sent by International New. Service.
TltAX.HKKH HANKINO KI'T.
(AMuclatMt I'm, Wlr..)
Ore., March 21. The
state ban Unit department, which
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, 1' Diailjr V,TB I1HS uirupieu Ul-
fires on the tmra tiour of the
state rapitol will next Tuesday be
transferred to Portland where of
Iflce. have beetfarranged in the
PHOTOS OF STORM-SWEPT MIDDLE WEST
! Henry rtuUdlng. Frank C. Mram
well, state superintendent ot
banks Is head of the department
Employes of the department, with
examiners in the field ni0t-r
1 half a do7rt.
The suite of offices now occu
pied by the hsnklng departnv nt
will be muffed by some o. r
Jjte department. The trauslir
Murphy.boro, Illinois, after the
of the department to rurllnnd Is I
neresslated mainly by tie con
gestion in the state houe which !
will be made t)ire by legislation :
enacted at the 1925 session. A
hill was contemplated to provide
for a n'iw offiie bulldiiia on the
state Arr)iinj4 but heraiiNe of the
atate ir 9 1 a irTial ronditlon, the Irx- i
1 illation waa not pushed by those '
. thousand human beingt to
60 children were burned to
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tornado bad .wept by.
favoring It.
II. J. Hobinson, Houthern Taclfic
brak'tiian. who has had a run out
of this cltfor the pn fiveearn,
has rrM-td a transfer to the
Portland -Tillamook division, and
iU make his home at K"rtor. near
th" Irtter terminal. Ilia family
I'-aves here tomorrow to Join him.
They have resided on Floed street
t ALRIGHT BOY8I PLAN
i YOUR VACATION NOW
VICTOIUA. B. C, Mar. 21.
IU'er-by-the-glaag is to be sold
In Vancouver, II. C, again
starting tomorrow with the
opening of 18 hotel beer bars
under a new British Columbia
liquor law. Heretofore beer
was sold in bottles only, to
persons holding provincial
liquor permits.
VANCOUVER. B. C. Mar.
21. Eighteen Vancouver ho-
tels today began the sale of
beer by the glass. Not all
the hotels were ready to be-
gin aale of the beverage at 10
o'clock, the achedule opening
time, due to delay in obtain-
inn licenses and in the deltv-
ery of the beer but the major-
lty were open by noon. A num-
e ber of other hotels were ex-
e pected to receive licenses to-
day. '
COTTAGE GROVE
HELD FDR
IKING BOOZE
Tom Foley Charged With
Making Liquor in Doug
las County.
STILL IS CONFISCATED
Officers Crawl Up On
Moonshine Factory While
. it Is in Operation and
Arrest Alleged Owner.
'Tom Foley, a resident of Cot
tnge Grove, was arrested at an
early hour this .morning, charged
with the manufacture of liquor. A
still, improvised from a copper
wash boiler, a quantity of mash,
and about 10 gallona of moonshine
were confiscated by the officers
making the arrest.
Sheriff Starmer stated this morn
ing that the still has been under
observation for about three weeks.
The officers received a tip regard
ing Its location, and paid a visit to
the plant, but found that there was
no one there. DeBlrlna; to capture
the owner as well as the outfit, the
officers waited, visiting the still
frequently. Once the owner appar
ently became auspicious and dump
ed out several barrels of mash,
and moved the outrit a quarter of a
mileind set It up again In the
midst of a vine maple thicket
Last night the officers, who had
been keeping track of the progress
made In fermenting the mash, fig
ured that It would be about time
to attempt a runoff, and so paid
another visit to the place. Deputy
Sheriffs X.eaa and Daugherty and a
federal agent were In the party.
Officer Leaa remained on the high
way to prevent the operator from
escaping by that route, while
Iauehertv and the federal officer
worked their wav to the still, '
As they neared the place, accord
ing to their story, they saw a light
and slipped through the brush as
quietly as possible. As they near
ed the atill they could hear some
one at work, but In trying to pro
ceed cautiously made a great deal
of noise and were forced to stop
for fear of frightening the man
away. Just about that time a
freight train came along on the
tracks nearby, and under cover of
Its noise the officers made a rush
whlrh took thm un to within
shout 20 feet of where they said
Foley was engaged In operating a
still.
Thev walled behind a tree and
In a few minutes he started out
through the thicket, directly to
ward them. Thev stepped out on
him and. badly frightened, he sur
rendered without protest. When
they ake him later If he had not
heard them crawling un on him, he
replied that he had but that he
thought It was a bear prowling
around attracted by the smell, and
that he paid no more attention to
It.
The case will probably be turned
over to the government for prose
cution on the charge of manufac
ture of liquor. The officers burned
all of the equipment, with the ex
ception of the still Itself, which
brought out as evidence. In
burning ui e coal oil stove which
whs tiHed to generate heat In the
still, the oil lank exploded, but
fortunately no one was Injured
t i
Winners Art Announcad
The prlne winning numbers
drawn at the Ti o'k auto show at
the armorv were 1H and H4. the
former held by O. F. Henry of K7
Pltrer at eel and the latter by
Warren Matheu. of Kdenbower.
Both of these gentlemen will be
allowed a f:.ri credit on the pur
chase of a new Iluick car.
IN
BROCCOLI
MB
E
BY DISCOVERY
Experimenters Stumble
Upon Agency Which Af
fords Resistance.
TO CONTINUE TESTS
Chemical Fertilizer to Be
Given Hard Tests Dur- :
ing Winter Good
Results Expected.
That an accidental discovery
has been made of a chemical fer
tilizer which will make broccoli
frost resisting and prevent losses
from cold except in the most ex
treme weather. Is the belief ot
County Agent B. W. Cooney. who
la very enthusiastic over the re
sults obtained from a test plot
on the W. W. Chambers place at
Wineton. If the chemical In fu
ture tests proves the belief to ba
true, broccoli growers In coming
years will be able to produce
crops each year with no losses -from
cold weather.
In tests made during the season
just ending the frost conditions
were at a maximum, the cold be
ing the most severe to be experi
enced In recent years. In spite
of this condition the teBt plots
stood up well and with the rest
of the field a 99 per cent failure
right up to the line of the test
plot, the broccoli on the trial tract
gave a 75 per cent commercial
yield, In spite ot the fact that tha
planta were very inferior.
The chemical which seems to
Impart frost' resistance to the
plant, ta super or acid phosphate. '
a commonly used fertiliser, and
It was- purely through accident
that the quality of frost resist
ance was discovered.
Last September it was determ
ined to make a test of fertilizers
upon broccoli. For several years
broccoli growers have been en
deavoring to find a fertilizer
which will cause a greater and
better growth. In this senrch the 1
growers have been aided by col
leges and men engaged In other
agricultural lines, well as large
fertilizer companies.
Last fall, under the direction ot
County Agent B. W. Cooney, a
fertilizer demonstration was con
ducted at Winston, on the Cham
bers place. An acre of land was
divided Into ten parts and a dif
ferent form of fertilizer tried on
each part.
One of the large fertilizer com
panies assisted by furnishing dif
ferent kinds of especially prepar
ed compounds.
A special commercial fertilizer
was used, also bone meal, bone
meal and potash In combination,
nitrate of aoda, sulphate of am
monia, potassium sulphate, a 6-7-8
berry fertilizer, and arid phos
phate. The acre where the fertilizer
was placed was very poor land,
and In September, when the ex
periment was started the plants
were very scrawny in appearance,
so that the plants could not be
expected to produce as well as
plants on good land. The fer
tilizer was put on arter the plants
were several months along, and
the results were not as good as
If the fertilizer had been put in
at the time the field was prepar
ed for putting out the plants.
All around the test plot Mr.
Chambers had fertilized with
manure, and the p'ants were
strong and sturdy. Field notes
and the test were carefully made
and filed away for future refer
ence. Then came the cold weather,
and. with It the destruction of
nine-tenths of the broccoli crop
In the county.
Mr. Chambers, like the majori
ty of growers, took a look at his
field, withered and yellow, and
checked his accounts in red ink
and gsve no further attention to
the field. Those In charge of the
fertilizer test gave up hopo of a
check on results this year and
never went hack to the tract.
Put yesterday a representative
of the company which has been
ailing In the tests went out to .
the tract and there In the midst
of the great field of broccoli
found one plot, clearly defined,
standing up hrnVelv with a fine
yield of broccoli which had been
allowed to head up and sprangle
out. heenuse It had been over
looked. Nearby wns another small
plot which also showed tip fairly
well, but elsewhere the crop was
a total failure. On the land where
the plitnta had stood so well last
fall, tint one long plant survtved
the cold westher.
The fertiliser agent Immediate
ly raced In to County Agent Coo
ney. and together a check wa.
made of the test field. It was
found that the plot which showed
definite results was the one upon
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