EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY
THE WEATHER
PORTLAND (AP) Ore
ton: Rain tonight, Friday
cloudy.
CITY
EDITION
LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 138
VOLUME XXIII.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOfflMDO'STOLL IS APPALM
Ml LOYO
III COME TO
LAKE SOON
Director Expects to Film
Scenes of "Winds of
Chance" in May
300 EXTRAS WILL
BE USED IN WORK
Removal of "Bridge" at
Wallowa Lake Also Re
quested by Movie Com
pany Leader.
Cattle Free
rrom T.B. In
Union County
. That the cattle, especially till)
dairy herds In the. enliro east
ern Oregon section are unusually
tree rrom tuberculosis bus been
announced by W. l'i.- Thlstle
wulte, government Inspector who
has Just completed a survey oC
Malheur county.
Mr. Thlstlewnilo has hud his
main otlico here In la. Granilo
the greater part of the winter
and in lhat time has tested
thousands of cattle for the dan
gerous taint of tuberculosis.
Ills announcement that the
cattle In eastern Oregon and par
ticularly In Union county have
a smaller than average percent
age of the disease comes an the
result of expert Inspection of
many herds.
particular care IB paid to the
Inspection of the dairy Block for
to tuberculin cows IB traceable
over !I0 per cent of the Intes
tinal tuberculosis In small chil
dren, according to the official
figures. The l.eef stock Is sub
ject to government Inspection
In the packing plants but the
milk can not be so closely check
ed up.
PIERCE TO
SPEAK HERE
MARCH 29
"Prohibition and Law En
forcement" Will Be the
Governor's Topic
ADDRESS TO BE
IN M. E. CHURCH
REPORT Oil
FRUIT RERE
COMPLETED
Agricultural Economic
Committee Reviews
Present Conditions
RECOMMENDATIONS
MADE BY LOCAL MEN
1,000 DEAD
1 DISTRICT
Carbondale Center of
Area Hit with Fury of
Terrific "Twister"
THOUSANDS ARE
BADLY INJURED
Large Crowd Expected Apple Growers Advised West Frankfort, 111.,, Re
FOR DRAMA GO
LIKE HOTCAKES
The filming of the Ilex Ileaclt
picture In pail at least at Wal
lowa lake seems assured by u wire
which was received hern tills
morning by Karl Iteynolds, sec
retary ol me cniiniurr ui c...i.-i - . mnvC
merce, from I'runk l.loyd, noted KJEjOUiK V A HUi O
picture director.
Mr. l.loyd und a portion or his
Bluff were here several weeks airr
and at that time made a trip
Into Wallowa county to view pros
pective locutions -for u picture
with' a northern locale.
A At this time Mr. l.loyd spoUC
very favorably- of I he Wallowa
scenery and gave virtual assur-,
unco that a portion of the picture,
would be laken lliere.
Since hi" trip here, Mr. l.loyd
lias alreudy taken a part of
at "Our Walter's" First
Appearance Here for
Some Time.
(lovemor Walter M. I'lrrco. who
to Reduce Expenses to
Minimum; More Cher
ry Trees Urged.
sembles Stricken See
tions of France in the
World War.
Summary of Storm's Destruction
Storm came without warning; total dead may be
more than 1,000; injured more than 3,000; homeless
from 8,000 to 10,000.
Princeton, Owensville, Griffin, Indiana, levelled by
tornado; 20O killed.
Carbondale, 111., reports 1,000 dead, 3,000 injured in
25-milc radius.
Murphysboro, III., still bunting; today. City literally
wrecked. School house wrecked, 100 children killed,
scores citizens killed.
Doctors, nurses arrive in storm's path.
Food scarce in many razed towns, cities, '
Property loss gigantic. ' .
THOUSANDS
HOMELESS
IN MIDWEST
Grande Ronde Lumber
Co. To Reopen Monday
One Hundred Men to Don
Working Clothes; Two
Full-Crew Shifts Are
Expected Soon -
Announcement of tho re-openlng
of the Qrundc Hondo Lumber com
pany mill at Terry was made this
; rrvir.tlmi1 on tge
MINSTREL FUN
CAUSED MIRTH
"S. II. O.'
rly Inst
' siKiis wen: displayed
eillllK When the Mitry-
tha class of the Melhod'lsl church
presented a feminine inlnstcei
show. The basemenl of the. church
wus packed. Some 25 prominent'
women or the church participated,
all under sobriquets that smacked
of darkest Arrica, and some of the
performers got through the per
formance without dlvulKlnK their
Identity.
A splendid skil built on the Jiggs
MaKKie cartoons opened tile eve
ning und rrom then on snappy N'1
Bro melodies were silwr and the
end women shot their vllrolle har
poons or wit and humor ul whom
soever of the townspeople they
rhos-. These stlliKinB darts kept
the audience In uproar. The chorus
Hinirlnu was very good too. Theatre
goers declare there were more oriB
inal jokislers In the troupe than
usually appear at professional minstrels.
"Who's Who" however, would be
a thin book If Its contents were ex
clusively ilernled to biographies of
I he "colored" ladles wtio put on
the attraction. Homebody put much
cfrort Into the entertainment.
tine of the biggest rushes ever
made on a senior play rcBcrvel seat
board, occurred this morning when
reservations ror ".Seventeen," to
he slatted in the hlKh Bchool ulldl-
loriinn Kridiiv and Saturday even-
i Ings of Ihis week, went on sale at
1 8 o'clock. - - - - -
A In,,.- tlnn rnrmct before tllC
the ., , ,.,,,.,, :tr
o'clock, the Breater share of the
veals were, taken up. A (cw. boo"
seats remain . but ticket holders
ure urged lo make reservations us
ijuickly as possible. ,
MRS. MARY CLEGG
PASSED AWAY IN
PORTLAND MAR. 17
Sirs. Mary elegit, a resident, or
I. a Grande ror 2:1 years, died Tues
day In Portland, a victim or dropsy.
Itelatlvis took her to Portland
about rive weeks uku in an attempt
lo slave rr the disease bill lo 110
uvuil.
The remains are at the Snod
Brass and Zimmerman runeral ser
vice parlurs and funeral services
will be held at the I.. II. H. church
Friday at' two o'clock in the after
noon.
Mary t'h'BB was born in Nash
ville, Tenn., In IKf,:t and was U2
years or ge at ,lhe time or her
death. She was the mother ot II
children, seven or whom survive
her: l.ouis and Prank, of t'tah;
Hoy of l.os Angeles: Mrs. Clay
Knell and Mrs. Walter Hchaeht or
Portland. Mrs. (His Veal, and 101-
1110 CleBS. or l.a Clrande. She Is
also survived by nine brothers and
sisters.
CARBONDALE, 111. (By
Associated Press) . Upward
of 1,000 persons arc dead,
m-obably 3.000 injured and
its riro parts. himrlepHs nf nthrrn hrimplpss)mon,m by 11,0 comn,uiy officials.
'Horticultural, . V . ou,els nonlele!s A regular eiKht hour shift of nearly
wiuiin a so-muc 'latuus 01
'this city as the result nf
The reports ot iho five coin-
will leave Salem the latter part ot mlttees of the recent ABrleull Ural
this week for a rest period lo ho Kconomlc conference, held In Kl-
snent in I'nion county, will dellv- Bin. t'nlon und l.a Orunde. has
er im address in the Methodist been prepureu. i lie reports, 100
Kpiscopal church here Sunday lengthy to be printed as a whole.
evening. March 29. according to has been divided Into
.. I... II... nn.ln. I'lm. Tlw, c.ttni'l !,. Ill,'
...i,i, .,'i i,miit,... fniinws- within a 25-mile 'l'adlUS Of toil men will go to work Monday
Mr. Pierce, who is a resident of. Apples. this C IV as the l'CSUlt Ol '""""" - ,w
l,a Grande, will speak on "Probl- "1'Hon county produced for the!1"1" C ty, BS WL IU,Ua VL planned lo employ two full orew.
bltlon and l,aw lCnforccmcnt." Ills vear 1U24, 2S7 carloads or apples yesterday S toflUldo, aCCOl'd- working two shlflB. according to
address will undoubtedly be a raro valuation of which was $22f..00. t( ,.,,,., tod.1V Kttrl sto,l,lura' '"pl owner of tho
opportunity for eastern Oregon This crop was about fill per cent .lu "1"" wu. j. Grnndo Hondo company.
people to get rirst hand inrormation or normal crop ror t'nlon county. , The re-oponlng ot tho mill will
regarding Hie two elements lhat Conditions or orchards March 1, In VFC;T Vfi AN1CFORT Til croa,R employment for a great
are both important leading ones- i'nion county la rlrst class and "Lal IKnWnrum, ill. mmiy ,llor men In tho company's
tions before the state and nation prospects for heavy crop for 1U25 (By (,he Associated Press). logging camps In a few weeks. At
at present. Mr. Pierce has always is good. There has been no increase -p. ,.. inH.ir romvuinl prl : Present, duo to tho mill being out
been active In his support of the acreage during 1U24. Growers imwu in.it. tuudy 1 P'-81-11" ( 0t condition all summer, tho camps
Volstead law and law enrorcement all along the line realised small a picture of desolation l'ival-lhavo enough tlinbur cut to keep
In general and l on authority on profits for the year 1021, and rrom ,. i..ii, F tho mill supplied for a short time
boll, subjects. the present oullook prices for tho . "l bmk.rcii "lbut Iho logging , crewa w
it Is- untlcllialed that several year 1 025 t regarded by the Ueul- f rallCC. As far US the eye lo Work during tho
rrom union, i;igin. wauown, rvorin ers as very gooa. ',,, ij v, ,..l..im.
Powder, lluker and olher nearby "This committee advises all .uum ow um i.wiuovai-o o
towns and cities will be In attend- growers to reduce the expenses to an irregular mass of twisted
XTRA
IIOPi: AllAXDONKIt '
FAIHMON'T, W. V. (AD-Hopc
lias been virtually abandoned to
day that any oV the 4 miners en-
tninlMNl by an explosion In Ikitlile
lieni Mine No. 41 remained alive.
l-'lro continued to hamper resctiprs.
l,i;ASIN(J CO.NCKAIiKU
IHF.YIiNM-; (Al) Ixaslrut of
Teapot IHimii to Harry F, Nlnclalr
deliberately was coiK'calrtl from
congrcKH and tho public, according
to tesllniony read at tho oil lease
annulment M1L today from tho
deposition of Itear Admiral Itobln
son, chief of navy engineering.. "Wo
eoneealed what was bi'liur dono bc
eaikw wo wanteil to set It done,'
ItobhiKon said In cross examination.
vlll bo put
unco on the 2'Jth.
H. S. ATHLETES
DINNER GUESTS
U nilllllllUNl Itl OU l HO imvt-,,
rrlriK with Hizc, Rradn, and yild. :utui Jb.
We ulso recomiiH'iid a more curo
fnl hamlliiiK of apilfH In the ptek
InK, ban Hug. unU paekliiR a It Iiuh
devulopfd thut our grudes have
(Continued on 1'ago 4)
PUZZLE ANSWER
Tho banquet served last evening
by the 111 lads for the high school
boys' and girls' basketball team
1 proved a great success. 11 was
iMi.rii-rl under the direction of Miss
l.ols llavis, head of the high school
domestic science department In the
manual arts building with the two
Imsketbull BMUUds and u number of
HI Uads and faculty members pres
ent.
O. 1,. J.arlson proved a genlul
and entertaining toastluaster. Hie
program opened with a talk by
Charles Heynolds following Brace
by Mr. Stoddard. Other tulks wore
made by A. C. Hampton. George
Glass, Grand Dad of tho lit Duds,
Colon It. Kberhard of tin; school
board und Warren Gilbert.
(Inss .Made t'aplaiu.
Of special interest was Ihe In
troduction of the basketball cup-
tulns for next year. George Glass
NEW SEWAGE
AREA CREATED
Uer whole liouucs wtrn movod
from fouiidullontt, another hud ita
whole side ripped off und In olher
cuseH. what hud boeii homes, were
but tittle piles of twisted wn-ckuffe.
'i raftir Muuiis of liijuml.
Here and there could be liourd
pflllul v.rlvn of the injured Mill be
neath the wreekuRe. Home of the
injured were Jimt breuthlng their
lust und others died en route to tho
hoKpituls.
months.
carty npnnvi iUMnp( (AP) t'otmes V&
liian,.Ui .ula. tnnL lm ua.l in llm
Mill IlecoiulriH'tal. !, . iwsM1 ,rti once
The mill ns re-constructed after during tho testimony sho nearly
tho firo which destroyed neurly all fainted but recovered with Hie lielp
tho old plant with tho exception of j0f smelling salts.
Ilia box factory and tho planer jiaa-
a capacity or 26,000,0110 feet u year
which Is Blight ly greater than the
former production. 1
'I'hij mill Ib known as thu Binglo
band type with re-saw and n equip
ped . with , modern machinery
throughout. ': -L 'c.
Enforcement of Dry
Law to lie Discussed
"Prohibition Knforniiienl" will
hi' fin' subject of a talk by "url
Helm, district attorney to be given
nt Ihe nicctliiB of Ihe Men's club
of Ihe Presbyterian church at the
J. I.. Ingle hiiiue I his evening.
' .Mr Helm bus some' liileresllng
Phases of the work lo talk about
and Hie meeting seems destined to
be one or the most successful of
the season.
If rD aB a nEl F)EI?ln
i ? I m f f 2d b jiute
S i Bp k 9 jl IBa jS a 1 clu R
PtiT HlAiL v i Up vtQ R w ijjf a
B-173
La Grande Family Has
Narrow Escape In Crash
The creation of a new sewer
district to include the section of
La Giiinde east of Hpruce stree
to the city limits, north to th
clly limits and south to the rail
way rlKht-of-wuy was uuihoriji- a
by thi" city commission last eve
ning fit tin- regular uit'ctlnir.
The pi-lilion for the dlstricl was
signed ty 75 property owners nn l;
was allowed iy Ihe eommissi'in
e:s aflfr u short discussion. Jn
the motion pas-d by the coui
misslon Hit city ftiKim-cr was la
st rueb'd to draw tip pluns and
specillcutloiis for the Improve-
200 KIIJ.i:i IX 1NWAXA
KVANSVlliLK, Intl. (By the As
sociated I'ress) Three Indlunu
towns, I'rlnceton, Owensvillo and
(Continued on pugc C)
WOMAN SOUGH
SENATE ENDS
(Continued on Page n.)
STATE BOUNTIES
ADDED TO THOSE
PAID BY COUNTY
According to n-porls. beginning
April 1 udditiomil bounties will be
pa id by t hn it cijon st ai e ki-
eommiHslon on wolvi-s. roun'TH and
wild tats. The extra liountles are:
Wolf. 9 fi ; cougar, 2b; wild cut,
ll.r.o.
The 'above bounties un- in ndill
tion to thn.se psld by the viirlous
eonntl'-s. Hide,- must If presented
to tin- county ebrk or the county
In which- the antmul wuw kitb-d
and affidavit of smh killing b
mad' and forwurdfd to the stale
kuiiii commission.
Alt wolf hld'H miisi be forward-
-d to (lie eummlssioii for Ideutt
ficatlon.
(Continued on Tuge 6.)
An aulo aeeidf-nl, litvntving Mr.
und Mrs. I.ynn Hohn'-nssmp and
fumily of Iji ;nind-, but luHiity
nt. injuring thiMii, which erewbd
iiite furon- in Bobe- elvte Lin-b s.
oeriirntt mur Tiilil'" llok. alroilt
two titlbs rrom Hofse, n-c-ntly,
Aceordinc to an account by Mr.
llohn. nkHinit toduv. a I'stg'" racing
car. Ii-hv
iittl It hour,
car with ionnld--ruble daniag" to
both inachin- und n-suiting l th"
Injury of Ihe drtvT of llM' bug. II.
II. Burrows. Burrows inecbani'
wnn lhnwn ov.-r the Bohnenkamp
car when the l'aigc swiped the au
tomobile, j
Mr. Bohnenkamp was driving
slowly down the grade on the sky-j
line drivn. wlibli whs bulll mid
pn'"nt"d to tin city by Hois- civic
orKanhf.sitons. w lien Iho racT itp
pcar-d front !) I nd a "bltu'l
turn." Th" curs wi-r so Iiih- to-
gt-tlit-r thiit il Ki'.n-d n-urty im
mKMibt to ftv'it an iiccid'lit. Bur
rows whs umibl'-. Iiiihiiw of fran
tb alt'-mpts. lo cb-ar tii oth'-r rnr
FIVE WINNERS
OK PATCHWORI)
IN
E
PLANS
ARE COMPLETED
STORMY MEET
An eluborate sprliitr opening
wilt lak' ple tomorrow when
the doors oT Can 's Kurnlt ure store
will tie thrown open to the public.
Work of remodeling und redecor
ating the interior of the store lias
WAKHINCiTuN (By- Hie Associ
ated Tress) Tin senate tidjourned
nliir die late Wednesday, bringing
to an cud lite stormy special ses
sion which begun March 4.
The clone saw im abatement u
the Intensity and feeling that char
iiclerixed the entire session, result
ing In a bn-ucli with the Whit
I louse.
"resident ('oolldge continued to
the lust to challenge senatorial
opinion on his nominations lo of
fires by re-subinittlng the. name
of Thomas 1 Woodlock or New
York to be a member of the inter-
(Continued on Page fi.)
T
By OFFICERS
AMckIiik "that u Mm. Monte Dan
Iris rirst knocked her down with i
healthy right to her noan and later
Jumped on her when in u prostrate
condition, Mrs. Jiora Coton,
school teacher or Telocascl swore
out u warrant on assault and bat
lery charges berore tho district ul-
torney yesterday utlernoon.
The uriair huiiiencd on Halnt
1'alrlck's duy und judging from the
results Mrs. Ihinlrls wus celebral
inir the occasion. Homo time he
(Continued on Prko B.
Add Historical Books , !
To La Grande Library'
follow tngj Hotle hImo
lltng si approximately i ntinouicn ir. itonn- nhdini-
.iii.ii'.i uiiti htri t liv4-M Im if Itiirrous tlrlvi-n s'ruigiii
on by. there wns enough room In eorr- i Hniw.-n: flm;i w. -y
PHss, The bugs driver, pinned be. .lorn. Mrs. l:. Klder. Mr. a-
tw.f'n Ihe steering wIh-H and w-at. Kbler. Krantes rmb-ii, U It. MuU
was unible 10 eMrbaie hims'lf andieorgia Olson, (b-nevh ve t'urre
ut . (hmm.iiiI.-.I iho car In Its ntimife. und Mrs. fb-rald Plervin.
finally lieing throw n out about I i
feet before the machine was huled.
The public library Ita. recently
made Iwo important additions lo
! Its collection of hooks.
I ' 1 1 lui ni'i nf ihe I irt-iriiTi rmiiil rv"
CO.N TiibT IAMbU hy HHh-y W. fr-otl will prove rl(H-
clnallng to anyone Intereitted In
1 Oregon history. Mr. Keotl wus
The five winners In Hie "'Jobb n ffJf. f((r() y4.itrH 4.,tlor i.r the Morn
H.tl" patehwor. puzzle follow: An Ulg i)r,.KoniHn t.nd this work of six
Williams. Donald Huntley. Mrs. II. ). ..,. lx lslte Heotfs eomplln-
mery Kord and Margaret Jtn 0f ftilber's htstorb al art-
( Continued c.i Pae 6.).
Tlekeis for the winners are at
the hox of fire of the Arcade the
ater. The solution of the pux.lc is
on page 6.
tele.. The etHl volume s a Very
bad ,,omj,r hensie Index lo Hie other
fe. Miiny t-a Urande people
should be interested in Mils.
"Lie" of John Marshall." by
tie verb! ge in four vloiime is not
a recent publication but the II.
brary has . had so many re.tuesls
for H thut it has just recently been
purchased and is now ready for
circulation.
The
Magic Mud
Mess
U 'Hl like icimmI, clentl iimilr
-uli mid nil Tin. (iIimtut
resMhirl.v, ji"i arc probably nl
leady n relllllr follower if
"Mum and run" on llm Wnnl
A,l inure and Ihe nrrolm of
"Mnmo Mud."
Il'4 an tlbervrr fcalurr that
1 xnmltitt III tntcrc.t and li
one cif Ihe hoi M:A Scrvlil
tirreHllRS c'liril fsi-lll'.hely
fitr tHiriT readen. II Hp
ulsrMy Is flih'iii'w .if a rrf
aluablc n-ader Intcrrnl.
"Observer AilvMiWn
A Merchandising Service'
(Conlluued on Tugo &)
Yesterday's Storm Was
Worst in U. S. History
(ity m;a KiHi'ini)
I'JUll Hurricane, sweeping
Texas coast Hept. . plied up the
waters or the Cluir or Mexico
miles Inland. (lalveslon was
slorm center: uhout 0,'JUO live
lost.
I!i(i3 Cloudburst in Juno
caused deluge in John Hay Val.
ley, Oregon. Inundating two vil
lages; auu drowned.
11119. Hept. 1 4 Corpus Chrlstl
Tex., storin and lldul wave killed
Hiii; properly loss 26,nni,i),
IJtlli. June rVrgus l-'ulls,
Minn., tornado killed On, Injured
I Ml.
1921, Juno 3 Funblo. Colo.,
swept be deluge caused by
loii'lliilrsl. Morn Hull! Iml
deuths; projierly loss estlmati
ut iii.ii'iii.i'iifi.
1113, .March IK Tornado In
north Mississippi kills If: I""
Injured.
I2ti. Mari h 1 9 Worst lor
inula In history or fnlted Hint
strikes Illinois. Indiana, h
lucky: I'lrst estimates 77r. killed
22111 Injured; property loss gl
gsiitlc; m'Veral tovvns, cities wli
ed out.
Ex-Scnalor Cullvcrson
Answers Final Ca
WAMHINCTON (Ity the AJO
elated I'ress). ' l-'ormer Henaio
Culberson, of Texas, died hem
tuduy
OA! IS
WIFE IN GAS
E
CHICAGO (NKA Kpeclul) When
he typical "trlungln" does u som-l
nicrsuult you get such clrcuin
stunces as Involvo the casu of Mrs.
L'ecllo Ware.
Tim slory is sordid hut It Is fo
resting hocuuon It reverses tho
usual plot Involving the outraged
husband, his inudly gay and sur-
elted w'ifn und Ihe other limn.
Tho "other man" Is ulways noc
essary to a triangle tableau Just as
he wus lo Mrs. Ware a woman
wllh all thu comforts that social'
position and the wcullh of her hus
band's cotton brokerage business
ould afrord her viuong Nuw Or-
un's elite.
Mrs. Wore conresses, now thut It
i ull over, that It was a very silly
and untorglveuble thing tor her to.
o, when she hrt her husiianuai
pulatlal home lo seek happiness :
and lova Willi Clark CJ. Kuney two
years ago.
Handsome anil :ii. - I
Kuney Is 36. He Is hundsutne.l
Mrs. Wure Is u slight and (quaint
person or 30. Hhn hus had Kuney
ndleted In Chlcugo charging him
with larceny.
Hhn snya she gave everything to
him love, honor, money. Jewels
und even her homo which wus sold
ror half lis $80, uoo valuo when
Kuney requested It. sho suys.
Jumes W. Wure, the tady ' hus
band, aged SO, and a pillar of New
Orlean's smart set, once was on
the point of killing Kuney, bo Mrs.
Ware Insists, but stuyed his hand
at her request.
Now, though the couple
(Continued on pago D)
WHEAT
PRICES
PROBE STARTS
Belief Exists That Many
Dead Have Not Been t
Counted Yet
TORNADO STRUCK
LIKE "LIGHTNING"
Sun Shone Brightly An
Hour, .Before storm;
Victims Had No Warn
ing of the Impending
Tragedy. .
(Ity tlio Assoclatrd Press)
The dead aro . estimated at
front &00 to 1000, tlie Injured at
2500 to 3000 and tho homeless .
at 8000 to 10,000 In yesterday's
tornado, which struck in tho
mldaftomoon when acliools were ,
fucked, workers woro tn aliopa
and stores still held many vic
tims . burled and unreported ut
five nudweetern states todoj'.
Tim storm, lasting less than
five minutes nliere It did tho
most damage, flattened heavily
t-ouatructed Ht'hool and business
buildings with wine results than
In tho lighter dwellings. Babies
In the homo wore special suf
ferers. v . '
1 Fires are stilt raging or smoul
dering In millions of dollars worth
of wrockago delaying r counts o(
larger death lists. . ;"
The hardest lilt wero West
Frankfort, Murphysboro, In south
ern Illinois.
Red Crass on Job.
V The lied Cross, state guardsmen,
army avlutlon corps and railroads
have combined In relief work..;; '
But ono homo and ' a Bchool
house remain standing In Parrlsh,
Illinois. Four dwellings remained
at Oraffln, Indiana, i
Tells of Storm,
A railroad brakeman, who wit
nessed tho tornoda at Do Soto,
described It thus; "A crash of thun
der, preceded hy -two blinding;
flushes of lightning, after which
nothing wus left ot tho town."
The storm was not moro than
fivo minutes In passing Murphys
boro. The tornado smashed busi
ness buildings and dwellings in a
twinkling und In the wako of tho
wind eumo a fire which completed
the den ruction. It Is .estimated
thut ono-fourth of tho residential
section Is In ruins and the business
district presents u. similar scene.
Approximately 36 persona wero
killed when tho Mobile and Ohio
railroad shops collapsed. Eighty
five pupils or the Logan school
wero reported 'killed when tho
(Continued, on Pago 4.1
WASHINGTON (Hy the Asso-
elated Press). 'Instructions to ex
amine the books and trading rec
ords of all gruln exchanges In
thu country und those of a laro
number of brokers were sent to
day by Secretary Jnrulno to fleM
ngents of tho grain futures ad
ministration. The action constituted the agri
culture department's first step In
have I Its Investigation of tho recent vio
lent fluctuations In tho wheat
market. L :
Women Less Politically
Minded Than Are Men
(II. Harry II. Hunt) I
WAKIIINOTON (NKA Hpecllill
After more than a year ot rigid
retirement, following the death of
President Wilson. Mrs. K.lllll Moil
ing Wilson, his widow, yielded her
seclusion for the first time lo par
ticipate publicly In Ihe annual
meeting of the Women's Nutlonal
IH'inocrallc club here, on March 7.
Mrs. Wilson received members
of the club ul her home, following
a pilgrimage by them to the tomb
of Ihe late president In tlciwciirm
ihnpel, and later presided over a
table at a dinner given by the
Uciiiocriitlc women.
Tlmt Mrs. Wilson ohosa the occa
sion of the club's annual meeting
to resume active public contacts
tiguln Is said lo he due to the fact
thut, shortly before his death, the
former president urged her to do
whatever she eould to assist this
organization, which he regarded as
offering Imuiensu possibilities for
service lo the parly.
That women are less politically
minded than nun was evidenced
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