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MEXICAN BULLETS
KILL
RebelsTakeAguaPrie-
ta in Hot Battle.
AMERICAN TROOPS STOP FIGHT
Red Lopez Makes Sudden De
scent on Border Town.
FEDERALS ARE DRIVEN OUT
Rebels With ttnshe Take Bolldlngs
Held by Enemy, Who Blow Fp
Cnartel In Retreat Heeds of
Paring Done on Both Sides.
AGl'A TRIETA. Mx.. April IS.
Xtouglaa t'urtna; a battle which lasted
all afternoon and which resulted In the
capture of this city by rebels led by
-Bed" Lopes. American troops crossed
the border and Induced tho federals to
surrender.
The action was taken after ona man
bad been killed and several wounded
In Douglas and while continued firing
was endangering- the Urea of Ameri
cans on United States territory.
Afu FTteta la the terminal of the
Naeoaart Hall road Into Sonora and is
th-j most "mportant point on the border
between El Paso and the Pacific Ocean.
Following are the Atrerlcao dead and
Injured: ,
Dead:
. Robert Harrington. .
J. C. Edwards.
The Injured:
Dlko.
E. E. Crow, will probably die.
A. R. Dickson, shot through thigh,
condition serious.
Forest Rutherford, shot In foot.
Carlos Lennon. shot Ir leg.
Uenevlere Cole, shot through arm.
' W. Singleton, flesh wound In arm.
How Americans Are Hit.
Robert Harrington was switchman
employed In the yards of Douglaa and
was on bis train at Fourth street. A
bullet struck htm In the bead and be
tumbled from the car. He was picked
up and taken In a wagon to the Copper
Queen Hospital, where be died within
au hour, never regaining consciousness.
E- E. Crow, another switchman, was
en the same train and the same volley
that killed Harrington swept him from
the car also. He la shot through the
body from side to side and will prob
ably die. crow's family reside in Colo
rado. A. R. Dickson, half owner of the
Washington Mine in the Arlzpe district.
Is shot through the thigh. The bone Is
broken and the wound may prove fa
tal. Dickson Is single and lives In
Douglas.
Forest Rutherford, assistant superin
tendent of the Copper Queen Smelter,
when the battle opened went to his
home, which Is located near the smel
ter. One of the many bullets which en
tered bis borne struck him on the foot.
The Injury la slight.
Carlos Lennon. a baker from Btsbee.
was among the sightseers when a bul
let, partially spent, struck him in the
leg. passing through the flesh. He
turned and started towards Douglas,
when another struck him In the back,
lila wounds will not prove fatal.
J. C Edwards, a young man of about
IS yeara. waa flichtlng with the Insur
rectos and was killed. His borne Is in
Virginia.
Genevieve Cole. It years old. daugh
ter of A. V. Cole. ex-Alderman In the
Douglas City Council and prominent aa
clerk of the Arlsona constitutional con
vention, was sitting In her father's
borne when a federal bullet passed
through her arm.
W. Singleton, chemist at the Copper
AMERICA N S
Queen smelter, was shot In the arm.
sustaining a flesh wound that la not
serious.
Rebels Begta light Instantly.
Lopes captured the Nacosaii train on
Ita southbound trip yesterday and held
It near Fronterae until today, when,
with his troops aboard, numbering 160.
It steamed back to Agua Plieta.
iVarcely bad the rebels detrained when
the firing began.
The rebels deployed their firing line
up and doan the Nacoaurl railroad tracks)
from the Agua Prleta station to the
American custom-house. With the open
ing of the battle began a mad rush of
Americana from Dauglas toward the in
ternational line, the greater number
massing t the custom-house. The rebels,
with Utile rushes, their backs bent to
protect them from the fire, kept moving
northward toward the cuMtom-house tllj
they were ml thin Its shadows. The
custom-house Is surrounded on three
aides facing Agua Prleta with a veranda,
which was crowded with Americans and
Mexicans from Dour-Kls.
One rebel attempted to break from the
embankment to gain an adobe bouse a
few feet to te rear, tie doubled up In
h!e tracks. Another followed, dropping
t the door and entered only to swing
back out of the door and Ml dead.
Lopra Wioots Deserter Dead.
Another, losing heart, threw down hla
gun and broke for the American line
only a few feet away, when Commander
Lopes leveled bis gun at the fugitive,
fired and broucht him to earth. A
faithful dng throughout the battle lay by
this man's side.
The rebels iwunl up along the Ititerna-
ICoacJud.d oa face g
KEITH'S BRUSH IS
STAYED BY DEATH
CALIFORNIA'S MOST DISTIN
GUISHED PAINTER GONE.
As Wife Reads Newspaper Account
of Illness ArtUt of International
Fame Tasses Away.
SAX FRANCISCO. April IS (Spe
cial.) William Keith. California's
most distinguished painter, and an
artist of International fame, died in hla
71d yeaf today at bis Berkeley home.
Death was caused by cardiac compli
cations following an attack of sciatica.
Keith was compelled to take to bis
bed two weeks. ago. but displayed re
markable vitality and there was hope
up until a short time before the end
that hla Illness would prove transient.
Death came to the eminent artist
while Keith was reading to hla from
a newspaper account of hla illness.
Feeling stronger this morning than he
had been since be became 111. Mr. Keith
was taken from his bed and placed, ac
cording to hla wish. In a large arm
chair. During the reading of the Item Mrs.
Keith noticed that the artist suddenly
experienced difficulty .with bis breath
ing. Death came in a few seconds.
As a painter he reproduced the won
ders of this state upon canvas as no
otlur painters bsa done. He possessed
the distinction of never having to place
his product upon the market, there al
ways being; a ateady demand for the
creations of his brush as fast as they
i . k.n fmn, the easeL The loss
of a magnificent collection of paintings
in the San Francisco Are proved a ter
rible shock to the great artist and it
Is believed by his friends to nave oeen
uie Indirect came of his death.
LOST ARMJVORTH $7500
Jury Allows Injured Mill Employe
Full Amount Sought.
v. firt time In the memory of
local court employes, a Jury yesterday
returned a verdict in me -ircun
.it the rfamaa-ea asked. The case
was tried before Judge Gatens. and
was filed airalnet the East Side Lumber
Company by II- L Jackson, for $7500
for the loss of an arm. taken off by
machinery of the company a mm.
tvh.f ! known as the "factory law"
pasted by the Legislature, provides
that-the limit that a man may sue
r.-mrv of anv kind In the way of
damages Is $7100. Thus Jackson sued
foe th. limit allowed, by law. and tne
Jury allowed him the entire amount.
The case went to the Jury a little
while before noon. but. the Jurors did
not enter Into deliberation until after
their lunch. It was about 10 minutes
after the Jury beican dellberatlona that
fhey returned their verdict in favor of
the plaintiff.
MOLECULES SPEED SHOWN
They Are Always Moving as Fast as
Cannon Ball, Says Scientist.
CHICAGO. April 1$. (Special.)
That molecules composing all material
substances are constantly in rapid mo
tion, ricocheting against each other In
Ihe manner of a collection of Millard
balls suddenly stirred up. the speed
of the air's components being about
half that of a c.-yinon ball. w.as the
proof announced today from the Uni
versity of Chicago as a further devel
opment of the experiments by 11. A.
Mlllaken. which for tflb last year have
been attracting the attention of scien
tists from aU parts of the world.
The discovery Is the second of In
ternational Importance to be made by
members of the physics department of
the University of Chicago, the other
being a method of measuring the speed
of light, made by Professor A. A. Ml
chaelson. for which be waa awarded
the Nobel prlxe.
TOT EATS DRUG FOR CANDY
Engene Girl Swallows Digitalis in
Tablet Form'; Nearly Dies.
EUGENE. Or- April 1 J. (Special.)
As the result of eating hair a Dome oi
digitalis tablets, the 4-year-old daugh
ter of Rev. and Mrs. H. W. Davis nearly
lost her life last night and la still in
a precarious condition.
Late in the afternoon the little tot
got hold of the bottle containing the
tablets, ate a number of them, and then
put the bottle away without being dis
covered. An hour later, when the fam
ily was at dinner, the little girl sud
denly fell from her chair, writhing In
convulsions
The cause of the trouble waa not
known until the little ladv recovered
sufficiently to tell about "eat In" some
tandy out of a bottle.
Rev. Mr. Davis Is the pastor of the
First Baptist Church, and has been
here less than a year.
MAN HAS UNLUCKY RIB
Centralia Resident Sustains Foar
Fracture In Succession.
CENTRAL! A. Wash, April 11 (Spe
cial.) For the fourth time since lsst
September. Frank Lv Travena of th!e
city has broken a rib. Ills first mishap
occurred In the woods last Fall. A few
days later be wss kicked by a colt and
suffered a fractured rib. Christmas eve
be met with an accident at Coal Creek
while removing rock, and yesterday
afternoon be was crushed by a log In the
camp four rollr north of Centralis.
Trsvena's record, however. Is broken
by snother Centralia man named Charles
Pennypacker. who baa not been with
out broken limbs for over a year. Penr.y
pa titer has broken both legs snd both
arms, as well as. his collarbone la a
succession of six accidents.
I t
TO DISCREDIT
DENIAL OF HINES
He Bragged of Lorimer
Deal, Say Witnesses.
TILDEN IS RECALCITRANT
Refusing to Show Bank Books,
He May Be in Contempt.
HINES' BOAST 1 RELATED
He Crowed Over I-orlmer's Election,
Said lie Raised Much Money. and
Object Was to Assure High
Tariff on Lumber.
. SPRINGFIELD. UI, April 11 Two Im
portant developments occurred in today's
hearing of the state Senate committee,
which is Investigating the election of
William Lorimer to the United States
Senate.
The first was the disclosure of a cam
paign by the attorneya and Investiga
tors of the committee for the apparent
purpose of discrediting Edward Hlnes,
Chicago lumber, man. charged with hav
ing collected a large fund to elect Lori
mer. Mr. Hlnea testified two weeks sgo
thst be hsd no knowledge of any such
fund.
The second development was the prac
tical refusal of Edward Tllden. Chicago
packer and banker, to produce before the
committee his bank accounts.
Tllden Most Show Rank Account.
Mr. Tllden's attitude on the witness
stand resulted In the Issuance of a sec
ond subpena by the committee. This
was served ss he stepped from the wit
ness chair. The subpena commands Mr.
Tllden to produce before the committee
next Thursday the records of his various
bank accounts in the year 190J..
Refasal to do so. Mr. Tllden was given
to understand, will result in an order of
contempt being issued by the co: unit-
tee sgalnst blm.
When Mr. Hlnea' testimony has been
contradicted by a dozen or more men.
It is said that the Chicago lumberman
will be recalled to the witness stand snd
cross-examined as to each story dis
closed before the committee.
Attorney Healy considers the testimony
given a week ago by Clarence 8. Funk,
general manager of the International
Harvester Company, was today corrob
orated to a degree by Herman H. Hef
tier, of Chicago, president of the Her
man H. Hettler Lumber Company.
More subpenas were placed n the
hands of deputy sergeants-at-arms of
the Senate. A dosen former members of
the Legislature, It is said, will be served ,
with committee subpenaa In various
quarters of the state tomorrow. . -
James Forester, of Duquoln. 111., man
ager of the Muddy Valley Mining Com
pany, was the first witness. He was
asked If he met and held a conversation
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INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDAT'fi Maximum temperature. 49
degrees; minimum. 30 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northwesterly
winds.
Foreign.
Mexlrsn rebels capture Aius Prleta in hot
battle, killing- two and wounding seven
American spectators. Pace 1.
French winegrower, ceasa rioting. Page 6.
National.
Senator Rayner discredits war scare. Fage 2.
House passes resolution for direct election of
. Senators. Page 1.
Reciprocity bill unanimously reported by
House committee. Page 2.
Domestic.
Lorimer Investigators discredit Hlnes" de
nials by several witnesses and may pun
ish Tllden for contempt. Page J.
Storm In Missouri Kills 12 persons and does
great damage In 8U Louis and oilier
towns. Pas 1-
One of kidnapers of Henry children confesses
and causes arrest of Mrs. Henry's lawyer.
Page S. i
Tornado moves eastward to St. Louis, leav
ing death and destruction In wake. Page 1
William Keith. California's famous painter,
is dead. Page 1..
Doctor attending Secretary of State Benson
says he Is In grave danger of death.
Page 6.
Polo r rounds. New York, ravaged by fl.e.
Page 4.
Governor Wilson takes Bryan's place at Jef
serson banquet ai Indianapolis. Page 4.
Sports.
Vean Gregg's first work in box for Cleveland
pleases fans. Page 8. ...
Pacific Coast League results: Portland 2.
Oakland : San Francisco 11. Vernon 3;
. Sacramento 6, Los Angeles 5. Page 8..
Nick Williams' team to play In Vancouver
Saturday. Page 8.
Society women named as patronesses of Ken
Hell Club show. Page 0.
Commercial and Marine.
Steam schooner Hazel Dollar, biggest to
enter Marshfleld harbor, arrives to begin
trade with Orient. Page 20.
Old Port of Portlsrnd Commission votes to
retain Engineer Lock wood. Page 20.
Sharp advance In buying price of potatoes
and onions. .Page 21.
Cashmere fruitgrowers sign up with Portland
Exchange. Page 21.
Wheat closes halt a cent higher at Chicago.
Page 21.
Pacific Northwest.
Alleged automobile thief wanted In Portland
held with woman companion at Grants
Pass. Pass T.
Robnett. on stand, accuses Kettenbschg of
aiding him In embezzling Lewlstcn bank
funds. Page T.
Beven-year-old son of Morehead. held for
killing Mrs. Buehanan, says woman car
ried stick in quarrel. Page 6.
Orrhardlsts near Salem believe damage to
fruit from frost is not great. Page 19.
Brave fireman offers own life for boy's in
collision, but both are saved. Page 1.
Wallowa court hastens home rule law test
case to Supreme Court. Page 7.
John Day country rich in resources. Page B.
Portland and Vicinity.
Five men accused of "padding" petitions for
EUIS initiative petition. Page lea
Last of Spring colonists will a rive today.
Page 15.
Suit to restrain letting of contracts to Uas
aam Paving Company thrown out of
court. Page 15.
Sheriff arrests man on "white slavery
charge. Page 12.
Fire ccmmlttee signs decision to reduce Cap
tain Stokes to ranks despite mediation of
friends of accused fireman. Page 14.
Dr. Lane's declination due to belief that
Mayor is "mere nonentity." page 12.
Ex-Governor Folk, of Missouri, say's peril of
Republic Ilea In Indifference of people.
Page 12.
ELOPERS. WALK 25 MILES
With Baby, Bulldog and Two Men
Long Flight Is Made;
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CENTRALIA. Wash.. April 13. (Spe
cial.) Accompanied by her baby, a val
uable bulldog, and two brothers named
Smith, with whom she eloped, Mrs. E.
J. Colear, of Tacoma, it was learned to
day, walked from Chehalia to Toledo, a
distance of 25 miles, in her flight to es
cape arrest.
Lack of money is given by Mrs. Co
lear. who is held in the county jail un
til her husband sends her funds to re
turn home, as the reason the party
walked so far. Mrs. Colear has eloped
three times in one year.
DIRECT "ELECTION
GOES WITH RUSH
House Passes Resolu
tion, 16 Opposing.
CANNON STILL STANDS PAT
Votes No Because Congress
Will Not Run Elections.
LAFFERTY PUTS IN WORD
Abolition of Congressional Power
Over Senatorial Elections Is
Solo Cause of Difference In
Debate on Measure.
WASHINGTON. April 13. The House
of Representatives, by a- vote of 296
to IS, late today passed the Rucker
resolution proposing a constitutional
amendment for the direct election of
United States Senators.
This is the first of the Democratic
programme measures passed by the
House. It went through without mod
ification and with a speed that brought
protests from the Republicans.
The resolution, as the House ap
proved it. is In the form In which the
Borah resolution was reported out of
the Senate judiciary co'mmlttee in the
closing days of the last Congress. Re
publican opposition to the Rucker reso
lution in the House was based on the
fact that it did not contain the changes
afterwards made in the fight in the
Senate, which assured to Congress con
tinued control over elections in the
several states.
After six hours of debate. In which
many demands were made for this
change In the resolution, all but 13
Republicans voted for the resolution.
The majority of them had stated dur
ing the debate that they would support
the resolution because convinced the
public 'wanted such a constitutional
amendment submitted to the country
as quickly as possible.
Cannon Leads Standpatters.
Those who opposed the resolution on
the final vote were:
Republicans Cannon, Mann. Illinois;
Danforth. Malby, New Tork; Dodds,
Fordney, McMorran, Michigan; Harris,
Lawrence, McCall, Wilder, Massachu
setts; Hinds. Maine; Sulloway, New
Hampshire; Utter, Rhode Island.
Democrats McDermott, Illinois.
Ex-Speaker Cannon, Mann, the Re
publican leader, and others of the Re
publicans who voted against the meas
use, declared that its form was such
as to threaten the Federal Government
with the loss of control over Sena
torial elections In the states, given to
safeguard the Integrity of these elec
tions. They Insisted, as did other Re
publicans who ultimately voted for the
resolution, that the direct election
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HERO TAKES BOY'S
CHANCE. FOR DEATH
SEATTLE FIRE3IAX SXATCHES
LAlD FROJI AWFUL D003I.
Little Jimmy's Lucky Star Shines
When Signalman Keallzcs Re
sult of Collision.
SEATTLE. Wash., April 13. (Special.)
Bewildered when he leaped from a de
livery wagon In front of three city fire
horses drawing a big aerial truck, with a
collision between the truck and an East
Queen Anne streetcar Impending, Jimmy
Beggsi 12 yeans old, closed his eyes on his
apparently certain doom at Second ave
nue and Wall street tonight. But Jimmy's
lucky star waa shining. He felt a pair
of powerful arms thrown about him and
a moment later he was hurled violently
aside.
A minute later his rescuer, Signalman
W. 2. Mountain, of truck company No.
4. wevs dragged out from under the truck,
his left arm broken at the elbow. He
had been crushed under the 'very wheele
from which he had saved Jimmy Beggs.
The company was making a run to a
small fire. Jimmy Beggs was sent home
after an examination revealed only a
bruised knee.
BOY SAVED, BABE BURNS
Father Compelled to Choose Between
Two Children in Fire.
REPUBLIC, Wash., April 13. (Spe
cial.) Thomas Wheeler, who lived with
wife and two children on Kate Bell
Creek in Okanogan County and who
went to Spokane to have burns treated,
was forced to choose between his small
son and baby girl as the child to be
rescued from burning to death In the
family's home. He saved the boy and
left the babe.
Monday evening while Wheeler and
his wife were gathering firewood, they
saw their dwelling was afire. They
ran back and found inside their two
children, a boy of five and a girl of
two years.
Wheeler rushed in, caught the boy
hurriedly and got him out, but the
baby girl was burned to death. How
the fire originated Wheeler did not
know. His wife had laid straw all over
the floor of one room, preparing to lay
a carpet. While Wheeler was getting
the boy out he was severely burned
about the head, face, neck and arms.
The house was totally destroyed.
Wheeler was left destitute and a sub
scription was taken up and money
raised for present needs. The remains
of the girl will be brought to Republic
for burial.
MANEUVERS DEPLETE FUND
Troops Must Remain at Posts, lor
Want of Appropriations.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash.,
April 13. (Special.) An order suspend
ing the movement of all troops for the
next six months, at least, was received
from the War Department today at De
partment of Columbia headquarters.
The order is presumed by officers to
mean that the appropriation for trans
portation has been depleted by the man
euvers on the Mexican border and that
the Army will be compelled to wait un
til another appropriation by Congress can
be -made before troops can be transported
from post to post.
This order will affect the First Infan
try in that it will be here until Oc
tober or longer, instead of sailing to the
Philippine Islands in September, aa had
been planned.
BAN ON, BROTHER'S WIDOW
Canadian Court Decrees Marriage Is
Jot Legally Made.
VANCOUVER, B. C, April 13-It is
unlawful in British Columbia to marry
your brother's widow, according to a de
cision rendered in the County Court here
today by Judge Lampman, in the case of
Herbert Baker.
After being refused a marriage license
In Vancouver, Baker went to New West
minster and secured one by making a
declaration that there was no legal im
pediment to the marriage. The court
declared the marriage illegal, but al
lowed Baker to go on suspended sen
tence upon his paying the costs of pros
ecution.
KNIFE CURES KLEPTOMANIA
Doctors Say Woman Will
Stealing Since Operation.
Stop
OAKLAND, April 13. At a local hos
pital today surgeons operated upon
Mrs. Jean Thurnherr, of Berkeley, who
has been afflicted with kleptomania
and has recently been released from
San Quentin, where she served a term
for burglary. A piece of bone one 'and
a half Inches square was removed from
the skull, thereby relieving a pressure
on the brain due to an injury she re
ceived in her youth.
The surgeons are confident that the
operation will relieve her of her aber
ration. SCIENTIST NEAR FAMISHES
Smlthsoninn Explorer Found Dying
In Nevada Desert He Revives.
GOLDFIELiD, Nov., April 13. A mem
ber of the party sent to Nevada by
the Smithsonian Institution was found
by Frank Hoine and Ellas Dart, near
Searchlight today, lm the last stages
of exhaustion from hunger and thirst.
The man was barely alive, but re
sponded to medical treatment and will
be sent to Mojave. His name could not
be learned.
MISSOURI FEELS
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St. Louis Gets Force
of Terrific Storm.
THREE PERSONS ARE KILLED
Other Missouri Towns Wasted
Suffer Nine Deaths.
LOSS EXCEEDS $1,000,000
Elevator With $750,000 Worth of
Grain Blown Into Riveir Hail-
stones Stun People, Smash
All Glass in City.
CYCLONE'S WRATH GREAT.
Following; Is a summary of the
deaths snd Injuries reported in tne
tornadoes which have swept tho
Southwest during the last 48 hours:
Cadet, Mo. Five dead; score hurt.
Valles Mines, Mo. Four dead;
three missing, several hurt.
Lawrence, Kan. Two dead, two
seriously hurt.
Big Heart. Okla. Two dead; 60
injured, some fatally.
St. Louis, Mo. Three dead, two
from fright.
Cbecotah. Okla. Babe killed,
mother seriously hurt.
Flummersvllle, Ark. Three dead,
23 Injured.
Delaware, Okla Three dead.
Reserve, Kan. One dead; many
hurt.
Hiawatha, Kan. One dead; three
hurt.
Ehtstook, Okla. One dead; three
hurt.
ST. LOUIS, Mb., April 13. Tornadoes,
which yesterday caused about 20 deaths
and spread devastation In Oklahoma
and Kansas, today attacked Missouri,
causing three deaths and immense
damage in this city, nine deaths in
other Missouri towns.
The storm here was a terrific wind,
accompanied by hall two inches in
diameter, a heavy downpour with
thunder and lightning.
The dead include a driver of a team
of mules, a woman who succumbed to
fright and another woman who was
killed in a runaway.
Elevator Blown Into River.
Houses were blown down in the out
skirts of the city and In the extreme
north end and, an eight-story elevator,
containing 1,00,000 bushels of wheat
valued at 3750,000 was blown into the
Mississippi River. Windows in the
Bryan Hill and John Marshall public
schools and two churches were broken
by the wind and hail.
-The damage was particularly heavy
to the west and north sides and in St.
Louis County, where many greenhouses
were demolished by the hailstones,
which measured more than two Inches
in diameter. The city parks were de
nuded of plants, and flowers in the
city's greenhouses were destroyed.
The storm came as thousands were
on their way home from downtown. As
windows in the streetcars were broken
the excitement approached a panic.
Persons in various parts of the city
were reported stunned by falling hail
stones, -though no serious injury to any
one from this source was reported.
The storm put an abrupt end to the
American League game between the
locals and the Cleveland teams, when
the steel flagpole was snapped by the
wind and the players were driven from
the diamond.
Frightened Horses Kill Woman.
Telephone service was' interrupted
and reports from the stricken districts
were received slowly. The dead In
clude:
Harry Foster, electrocuted.
Mrs. Reglna Mayer, 70 years old, who
was run over Dy ner curnaga. dud
was alighting when the horses took
fright from the hail, and was injured
internally.
Almost every manufacturing plant in
the North Side was left without win- ,
dows after the storm.
Five persons are reported dead and
a score injured in the demolition by
today's tornado of the town of Cadet,
12 miles south of DeSoto, Mo. Cadet
has 600 inhabitants. Wires are down
and it is impossiBle to learn details.
Four negroes were killed and a num
ber injured when the wind wrecked
the town of Valles Mines, Mo., 40 miles
southwest of here at 2 o'clock this
afternoon. In addition to the known
dead, three persons are missing.
First news of this disaster was re
ceived at Festus, Mo., when a train
crew raced over the rails of the Mis
sissippi River & Bonne Terre Railroad
from Valles Mines, carrying terrified
passengers out of the danger lone.
They knew only that a disastrous
storm had occurred.
' Relief parties from Festus tried to
reach the stricken town, but found the
roads blocked by high water. No word
has come out of Valles Mines since 5
o'clock. It is believed that a second
storm visited the place, as the "One
which demolished Cadet, Mo., 10 miles
south of Valles Mines, was reported
from De Soto as sweeping in that direc
tion at 4 o'clock. '
The four negroes were killed when
the Valles Mines postoffice and general
store crashed in upon them. Postmast-
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