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CHICAGO, March 1
Press)! More than
ar,e! reported killed or injured by a tornado
which' swept through southern1 Illinois and In-
fJiaiia late today, causing great property dam
age and virtually wiping out two or three towns
in ts path from Missouri to j the northwest:
Wies were down in every direction under the
fiiry of the wind and it was impossible tonight
tb fheck the reported casualties.
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i A West Frankfort. 111.-
face of tonight's reports, suffered the greatest
lds of life! estimates of the dead running as
rush as 1.000.
i Murphvsboro, 30 miles southwest of West
Frankfort, with a population of 1 1 ,000, suf
fered severelv with a
high as 250 ' '
L(IIreat havoc was wrought to buildings in this
u Ji 'II' a
and tire woKe our
t of this situation" saicl'an effort J was made
ijy Governor Len Small to send troops to Mur
phvsboro while relief trains and Red Cross
"ii i i: i . c r 1
workers prepared to depart rrom riicago ana
St. I Louis for the storm area, j '
S'' 'i jVmong the other towns and cities to report
qamage and loss or lite were ue ooto, in., witn
1 50 casualties reported; Parrish, 111., with all
but three of a population of 500 reported either
killed or injured ; Princeton, Ind. with an esti
mate of 100 casualties; Griffin, Ind., with 20;
Grlrham. 111., with 87 : Carmi. 111., with 1 50, and
Cross ville, Bush and Hurst, 111.1, reporting seri
ous damaee and numerous casualties.
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Indianapolis, ind., March 1 8 Grif fen,
Inc., a town of 400 inhabitants,1 1 2 miles riorth
4qst of Posey ville, is burning up following a
torxiado which swept the community this eve
ning, according to a telephonic report .from
Evnsville. All communications with Grif fen
ha& been severed. i '
BENTON, 111.. March
. cuea zress j . more , uiau -y j FC1 au'
pdfrted dead and injured . in . Franklinj county,
IIIuiois, as the result or a severe tornadojwnicri
strlick about 3 o'clocklthisT afternoon according
to ireporps reaching here early tonight . :
lpENTRALIA,:Ill:, Marchil 8.--r-(Byho As
soiated;Press) .---Strjking with unprecedented
fuy a severe torrtaclojjt
alfy destroyed the town of Murphysboro, prac
tically obliterated Parrish . and severely , dam
aged De Soto,- Duqubiiv West Fr an kfor t,
rtrompsonville Logan and scores -of " other
"lowns in southern Illinois causing aTn unestimat-
em numper or casualties, according to reports
relching here todayr , -y
CHICAGO, March 1 8. (By the Associated
Press) . -Great destruction ' 6f property . and
mihy casualties resulted from a tornado that
ep t - through Murphysboro, j HI. , ; and Mother
soiitKerh JlH'tipis towns late today. Wires were
4Jwri to t)ie paces affected but reports . from
surpunding territory indicated that - the dead
ajfd'injured rhight niimberl 00. or more."
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?ISTEfC; SCORES
PAPIDE10B1IUI RiGNl
8. (By the Associated
fifteen hundred persons
a minine town, on the
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casualtv! list reported as
a . u
m ine aeons, v-aie re-
18. (By the Assbci-
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DYING
SARGENT WINS
Controversy Over Post Is
Ended 3y Appointment;
Confirmation By Senate Is
flot Delayed
RECESS APPOINTMENT!
REJECTED PY WARREN
Coolidg? Says John G. Sargent
Is Excellent Man for
Position
WASHINGTON, March 17 The
controversy between . President
Coolldge and the senate "over the
attorney generalship ended very
abruptly today with the nomina
tion of John G. Sargent of Ver
mont for the post and his prompt
confirmation by the senate. ;
Mr. Sargent, a former, attorney
general of Vermont and a close
personal friend of the president,
was selected after Charles B. War
ren of Michigan, whose nomina
tion twice was rejected by the
senate,' had declined to accept an
offer; of a rece6s appointment. I
At the moment that Mr.! Sar
gent s name was transmitted ; to
the senate the White House made
public an exchange of correspond
ence I between the .executive and
Mr. Warren which disclosed that
the offer of such an appointment
had been tendered yesterday after
the senate had acted unfavorably
upon; his name. ! J l
Mr. Warren wrote the president
that he was unwilling to prolong
a political controversy which
mignt lessen sat. uoonage s t -op
portunity for full usefulness I to
the nation and possibly : Interfere
with your making wholly effective
your; policies." T ; j
Announcement of the selection
of Mr. Sargent, who lives in the
little village of Ludlow, , near the
president's birthplace, was made
after Coolidge had conferred with
the j republican and democratic
floor leaders In the senate. He
was unwilling to submit the name
until, he had been assured ; that
his old friend would not be sub
jected to the .hazard of such an
attack as was made on Mr. War
ren. ; r-i' - ' : s A a i 1 . ;
Immediately upon receipt of the
nomination the senate - moved
swiftly to dispose of It. Chair
man Cummins of the Judiciary
committee took the unusual course
of laying the appointment before
the body in open session, and then
called a meeting of his committee
to act upon It. : 5 ;
There was little discussion in
the Committee, Senator Dale, re
publican, Vermont,; appearing ; on
behalf of Mr. Sargent,, explained
tha he would bury "political dif
ferences' with the nominee be
cause the issue ' was "above po
litical controversy.". i ; ;
(Contianed en p 2)
SEW CLUB STARTED
At the First Christian church a
new Comrade club has been, form
ed by Loyal A. Warner, boyssec
retary of the YMQA ; Ten mem
bers have been secured: for the
new unit, with L. It, .Ttoblnson as
leader. The club meets on Tues-,
day nights in the Loyal ons room,
of the church. Four boys were
awarded their silver pins. . They,
are Warren Dorres,M anrice
Wood3,"CharIc3 Claggett anl John
Drew,
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 18,
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ALL FRATERNITIES
Between 70 and 75 of Stu
dents Living in Groups
Are On Sick List
The faculty of Willamette .uni
versity took o , official action In
regard : to the influenza .epidemic
that is seriously interfering, with
the class work at the university.
The faculty met at 4 o'clock yes
terday afternoon.
A canvass of the fraternities
and sororities of the campus 're
vealed that 70 or 75 students from
the houses were unable to attend
classes yesterday. This does not
include those staying at the worn
an'g dormitory or those living -out
side of the houses. Twelve of the
students jwere forced to return to
taelr homes - until they recover
from the effects of the epidemic.
In all probability the class work
will continue until Friday eveninar
at wnich time the university will
dismiss for a week of spring va-
cauon.
A. T T -.
STATE RESTS
TRIAL
Counsel for Government
Does Not Call Former
Secretary to -Stand
CHEJEXXE. Wyo.. March 17.
(By the AP.) With Its battle
for.annulment ol the Teapot Dome
pavaoil reserve lease cqmpleled
he government late today rested
its case with the contention that
tt had proved , the existence of a
conspiracy between Albert B. Fall,
former secretary of the interior,
and Harry F. Sinclair, lessee of
the big oil field.
The refusal of M. T. Ererhart,
Pueblo rancher, banker and son-in-law
of Fall,Jkto testify today,
caused government counsel to rest
Its case "without calling the for
mer cabinet official to the stand.
Uwen j.. Roberts said tonight.'1
H i had been ; able to have
gleaned any( information from Ev
erhart connecting air. Fall with
the passage of bonds between Sin
clair and himself,. I would have
called him immediately and Tint
the direct question to him as a
matter of . record," Mr., Roberts
said.. "Otherwise there was. no
reason for placing Mr. Fall, under
oath. ' I had no desire to call him
just merely, to see him . take the
stand." " . ;
Striking . back at the . moment
the government rested-, - J. W, La-
cey of counsel for defense, the
Mammoth Oil company, asked the
court to wipe out of the record all
evidence regarding ; the alleged
passage of liberty bonds from the
Continental Trading company, said
by the government to ;have been
organized for- the benefit of Sin
clair and others, to Fall on the
ground that nothing in the gov
ernment's evidence had connected
Sinclair or the Mammoth Oil com
pany with the liberty bond trans
actions. Mr. Lacey's- objection
was overruled when he made the
statement in reply ' to a question
by Federal Judge T. Blake Ken
nedy," that the defense would be
willing to stand -on the record
made -In the government's side of
the case and take ehances on the
ient's! evidence ' f aning-T to
the court of '-'any con
between the liborty bonds
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Testimony of "Prof." C. C.
i Pariman, Former Delivery
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s Indictments r
TRUE BILLS DECLARED
TO HAVE BEEN ENTERED
Grancl Jury Investigation
States Sfreplterd Kflle4
; Young McClintock
j CHICAGO, March X 7. (By the
Associated Press), True bila
charging murder were reported to
have been voted late today in the
grand Jury investigation . of rich
?oung William Nelson . McClin
tock'a death last December 4 from
typhoid! fever.
Previously Robert E. Crowe,
state's - attorney, had announced
the grand jury wculd be kept in
session until William D. Shepherd,
McClintock's foster-father . a n d
chief heir of his estate of approxi
mately $i, 000.0 00, and C.'C. Fai
man, former delivery wagon driv
er, but? more, recently head of a
school of bacteriology, had, been
charged formally with responsible
Ity for the youth's death.
.Large Sam .Promised
r Faiman followed up .his confes
sion of the early morning that for
a promised 1100,000 from the Mc
Clintock. estate he had .provided
typhpid, fever germs and schooled
Shepherd in administering then
o McClintock by signing a waiver
pf immunity and going before the
grand jury.
t The " dapper little claimant of
three , degrees from . universities
Which denied his pretentions, was
pefore the Inquisitorial body , one
hour and forty five minutes. '
I He was followed ,by Harry, Ql
ton, municipal chief justice, who
started the McClintock investiga
tion shortly after the youth died.,
Terms Discussed :
j I?r, George Fosberg, who had re
ported 'Shepherd discussed germs
and subtle poisons with him, and
J. Wr Marchand, former agent, for
Faiman's national university of
sciences,, who told pf a letter Shep
herd, had written regarding a
course in bacteriology, were yes
terday's witnesses. It is expected
the indictments will be returned In
court tomorrow morning. '
' Mr. Marchand has not spoken
under long heurs of questioning
while Mr. Crowe has held him ad
mittedly without warrant of law.
; The - state ' authorities today
planned exhumation of the body
of Mrs.' Emma' Kelson McClintock
whose death placed the "million
aire orphan" in the hands of the
Shepherds and also of the body of
Dr. Oscar Olson, brother of Judge
Olson, who died - suddenly after
eating : fruit taken - by : Shepherd
who visited the physician while he
was. mildly indisposed. !
Edwin Hedriclc, who as attorney
for Shepherd, fought hard all dur
ing the ' long inquest and .accused
Judge Olson of forcing the issue
because, of . "regrettable mental
condition," today withdrew . from
Shepherd's defense. He .announced
ma wi;nq.rawal did- not, indicate a
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PALM BEACH, Ha., March 8. Fire Here
tonight was brought under control after , two
hotels, the Breakers and ralm oeach, had peen
destroyed. "
Two small cottages
firemen regarded the
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aaciiuonai aanger. rrroperty damage was esn
mated at more than $4,000,000. , . '
FIRST-ADDRESS BY
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Large 6rowd Attends Spe
cial Services at hirst
Presbyterian Church
"Why I Believe the . Bible Is
God's Inspired Word" was . the
challenging topic of the Rev
Charles S. Poling last night at the
First Presbyterian ; church. "I
freely admit, that the Bible has in
it many things I; do ,not under
stand," he said, "but this Is no
reason at all why I should not
believe In the Bible."
The speaker professed that it
would be his honest purpose to
stick to facts only in giving nis
faith In he Bible. .
" lean believe . anything . In
which God has His part, when we
count God in . nothing : is , impos
sible. ; Remember., that and you
won't have any more trouble with
your doubts, when it is a choice
between what Jesus Christ said
and the expressed doubts of mod
ern criticism, I never think twice,"
announced -Mr. Poling. He fur
ther said: j
? If God is an Intelligent creator,
proof of .which the universe is full,
of logical necessity he must , have
a program for , his creatures. . The
Bible .claims to be that - plan.
Twice has it justified its claim. I
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Mine Blast Kills 33;
Recovery . of Bodies
Declared Im
FAIRMONT, W. Va., March 17.
Thirty-three men were believed
to have been killed tonight in an
explosion which; wrecked Mine 41
of the Bethlehem, mine corpora
tion, three mUas -west'rof" here.
The explosion occurred between
9:30 and. 10 o'clock; and at first
It was believed all or part of the
men were alive. At midnight,
however. Mine . Superintendent
entop Mitchell said be believed,
all the men were dead and that
the entire mine was on fire..
It was believed the explosion,
one of tne , most, terrific -In the
Fairmont mining region was caus
ed by Ignited gas.. 5 First "reports
indicated that a. dynamite, bomb
had been dropped into the shaft.
By midaisht the. electric light
plant of the mine, which was
wrecked by .the. blast, was in op
eration again, one of the two main
fans waa in operation and a bucket
was being rigged to send rescue
rjj to he boHQ?i,
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SUMEDllN
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still were burning but
situation as holding no
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"The Bible has been the rtty
foundation of, civillza tion' , , TJea
troy "this book and you destroy
civilization. I believe the1' Bible
because of what It has' dohe"for
the good ot the world- ?
"We kind of people who believe
and who have believed the Bible
are satisfying , reasons for believi
ing the Bible Is God's word to
man. The most brilliant, the
most, humble and every other kind
(Contianed on pag. 2)
URGES JOENT MEET
Anniversary of Founding of
Fort Vancouver Will Be
Celebrated:
Governor fierce, In a procla
mation issued here tonight, urged
the citizens of Oregon to join with
those of the state of Washington
in the observance of the 100th
anniversary of the founding of
Fort Vancouver,.
The anniversary of the founding
of the historic fort falls on Thurs
day and will be observed by a
banquet and other appropriate
Ceremony. Governor Pierce will
be among the Oregon officials who
will attend the banquet.
And there is such a thing as be
Ing too sensible to be too sepsible
The blast wrecked the structure
above the mine,' debris falling into
the shaft. Rescue wprkers .said It
would be necessary to clear away
this fallen timber and steel before
they .could pejnetrte to the., bot
tom and learn definitely whether
any men were, dead."' " '
, Belief that the fire had .spread
to every part of the mine caused
the workers to virtually abandon
hope: of finding the miners alive
it was' pointed out, however that
some, of them probably werework
ing a mile or more from the shaft
and if the fire had not spread, to
all quarters these men might haye
been-Bpared. ; j . - . ,
R. M. Lambie, chief mine in
spector of .West Virginia, BcQ.uted
the belief that a dynamite bomb
caused the exploslonr The. mfne
waa Operated on a non-union basis,
but no serious labor troubles have
developed In this region recently.
The mine Is located, on. the Eal-
GOVERNOR PIERCE
possible
Cp-a tinned on ftp 2
PRICE FIVE CENTS
PUBLIC SCHOOL
CASE DEBATED
Contentions of State De
clares! to Meet With Littla?
Success; Moore Presents:
. Arguments
MAY FRAME AMENDMENT
ilF BILL MEETS DEFEAT
Interest Runs High; Consti
tutional Amendment
. 'j.. i3 Discussed "
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WASHIN'GTON, March. 17, The ,
concluding oral 'arguments in the ,
supreme court on the constitution
ality of the Oregon law requiring
children between 8 and 16 year
of age to attend state schools.
brought further questions from
the Justices today which Indicate
to an intensely interested audi
ence that contentions in behalf ol
the act were meeting with
success.
The arguments for the Htate.
which Is appealing from decisions ;
enjoining enforcement of the. law
obtained in the federal district
court for Oregon by the , society
of the Sisters ot the Holy Name
of Jesus and Mary, and the Kill
Military academy, were presented
by W. S. Moore, assistant attorney
general of Oregon.. former senator
George E. Chamberlain and A.
H. Putney, while the parochial
and private schools were' repre
sented by Willfani D. Guthrie, J.
P. Kavanaugh aud John C.
Veatch. ' .
' 3 lay Draw. Amendment
If the court should take juris
diction in the case and uphold the
decision of the lower court, coun
sel for the state asserted that a
constitutional amendment woul i
be proposed to give states com
plete . control over. the education
of. children. ; -
They argued, however, that hav
ing decided that the. states have,
control over, the labor of children,
thesupreme court in such a de
cision, must go a step further izl
declare they already possess a sim
ilar right ;ta"cootrol education.
Rights .Are Detailed
: Constitutional questions relats;
to the rights ot propertr and pt r
sonal liberty, the guarantees ,cl
religious freedom, and the control
of, parents over, the education ; ci
their' .children, which were touch,
ed upon in the. opening argumer 's
yesterday, were enlarged upon .to
day, the two" sides disagreeiss
completely as to the effects ot jta
law, In, these respects. ;
Allusions ' to "conditions' pt'
vailing in'Oregou without any r
planation of' those conditions wet
5requent particularly In the ar
guments of, counsel for the state,
who insisted that.tb.sy were eye';
ASTORIA, Ore., March 18. T
Louvre hotel, a wooden struct
located -in the center of Ast-
was ablaze early this mornir . t
eral large buildings surro:-:
Ihe hgtel' wera '. r-" ! '
flames. All avai;i:e i.
forces 9f Astoria tvere v t r t
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