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ing onJtfkhown, , vouched-f or goods into your
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Clo.udy,' be-
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same; , moderate variable winds southerly dn
coast. Wednesday Max. 55; Mia.- 54; River.
3.4; Rainfall none; Atmosphere clear; Wind NE.
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CHICAGO, March 18. (By
j Ay..lt T- T-ll J
t. Aasuviaieu iiess.! jmi auun
closed on William Darling Shep
herd late today after his counsel
had failed in a hard fight to keep
the attorney and heir Xo $i,OO0,r
005,f?om meetjpc tmmedia.te ser.y
Ice on an; indictment charging he
murdered young William - Nelson
McCllntock, his foster son, by ad
ministering typhoid fever grms
anL subtle poisons. v ,
C. C. Faiman. head of a science
school named with Shepherd in
An Indictment of 22 counts after
he told Robert E. Crowe, state's
attorney,' that he had supplied the
fatal typhoid : baccili and taught
Shepherd how to feed them to the
youtn, was -not jan?d,i.He wag
held la custody of the state's at
torney ' and, indications are that
he would not , face' imprisonment
in a cell until after ' Shepherd's
trial. ; . , '
Shepherd through his counsel,
William Scott Stewart, demanded
'immediate freedom on bail but it
-finally was agreed to go into mat
ters of bail next Saturday. Shep
herd was not called upon to enter
a plea today, but Stewart an
nounced that, "our plea is. has
been, and will be not guilty."
"Our charge is that this is a
giant conspiracy in which the de
fendant is about to be deprived of
his rights under a will," said
Stewart.
The testimony of only one man,
Faiman, was all the material evi
dence, the 'state had, Stewart told
Judge . Jacob H Hopkins.; chief
justice of the criminal 'courts, In
his fruitless effort to save Shep
herd from a cell. -
A few moments - before Shep
herd was locked up Peter Hoff
man, sheriff, was called Into a hur
ried conference with Prosecutor
Crowe over what was termed new
and important evidence,', against
Shepherd.-.' ; - :' ; J'' Y. . ii'
As a result of it V man described
as a prominent .- insurance - com
pany official was brougflt in. "
Sheriff Hoffman said his testi
mony would be so startling that
other persona would be. drawn into
the investigation and that probably
other bodies would be exhumed.
X" of Dr scar Olson, brother of
T Jndrn ITarrv H ' ntan A -
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McCllntock, mother of - "Billy"
were meant.
Jen Thousand Are Homeless
When Conflagration Rolls
Over Whole Section
iJEl'ifDISASTER
V SUVEEPS TOKID
TOKIO, March 19. (By The
Associated Press.)- Ten thousand
persons were homeless, 300 injur
ed. 20 missing and 20Q0 houses
were destroyed in.' a conflagration
that swept over northeastern. To
klo last night, a police-check of
the situation revealed. A bar
racks Is being constructed to house
, the homeless and a subscription
list headed by the empero'r i3 pro
viding immediate relief funds.
TOKIO, March i. 19. (By the
Associated Press). There was no
loss of life in the fire which yes
terday swept northern Tokia be-
v tween Nippori station and' Uyeno,
, (Contlaue on 1?)
000.000 BLA2E
Whole Gity Threatened by Elnormous Confla
gration ; Humors of Heavy, Loss'of Lif q Not
Verified by Police; Famous Hostelries Are
Reduced to Ashes in Afternoon Blaze
PALM BEACH, Fla., March 18, Fire late today de
stroyed the famous-Breakers h,oteI, wiped out the -smaller
Palm Beaci hotel and for hours held a threat of destruction
qver. the entire' northern section of this celebrated" winter
playground of. the wealthy. , ' : v
Beginning .shortly after 4 o'clock in the Breakers, the
fire was fanned by a brisk sea breeze and was not brought
under control until shortly before 9 o'clock' tonight. In addi
tion to the hotels, from which numerous wealthy patrons
were compelled to flee with little thought of saving their
possessions, a number pf cottages were burned and the prop
erty loss' was estimated between $4,000,000 and ?5,000,000.
Rumors that guest? had perished in the Breakers and
the Palm Beach were current as the flames , hurled blazing
embers into , the air along Lake Worth, but none had been
confirmed late tonight., . : ; V;
An elderly man and woman were reported burned to
death in the Breakers, and two small children and . their
nurse were said to be missing from the same hotel. Parents
of -the children were searching frantically tonight in the
ruins, for them but neither wotild give their names.
For a time tonight, the Royal Poinciana, another famous
hostelry, and the almost equally celebrated Bradley's club,
appeared sure to provide fuel for the sweeping flames, and
the guests! were ordered to leave. These structures were
saved, however, although the Poinciana barjracka and a num
ber of shops were destroyed. " , 1
PALM BEACH, Fla., March ,18. Martial law fn Palm
Beach was ordered by Governor Martin tonight. Troops are
guarding bridges between Palm Beach and West Palm Beach,
following the seizure by police tonight of two motor trucks
and several automobiles filled with goods stolen during the
fire. . Eight negroes and one white man were arrested.
SARGENT NOW
IPJ NEW POST
Attorney General's Office Is
Filled; Officials Are
Greeted
WASHINGTON, March 18.
John Garibaldi Sargent became at
torney general of the United
States today. ;
; Two days ago he was a private
citizen in a little village In Ver
mont.;' At 2; p. m. today he ar
rived here. An hour later he took
the oath of office as field mar
shal of the law enforcement arm
of the federal government. Mean
while his day was getting busier
every -moment. The, inevitable
pews photographers 'were arriving.
They reached the department of
justice in' three' distinct battal
ions and frith a submisslveness
not wholly In . keeping with his
gigantic: frame Mr. ' Sargent is
more thao six feet tall the at
torney;. general, posed.--Then for
the first time since receiving his
appointment j he hastened to the
White House for a .conference
with the president, j He was there
an hour with the president, his
friend" since boyhood' Immediate
ly afterward; he" went back to the
department to meetofficials there,
most of whom he had never seen.
SEflJTORllI
n iciiiiii
Work Is Declared of Greatest
Importance for Stability
of! Country
Portraying a bright '' future for
settlers on government.; reclama
tion -i projects. Senator . McNary,
republican,. Oregon, declared In
the senate today, that "it is of the
greatest Importance to the stabil
ity of the country that the great
OIELSMST
Losses in valuable belongings of
the guests is expected to be great
since many of the nation's wealthy
families were represented among
them. , . .
The spectacle drew thousands of
spectators. A large number join
ed the firemen in their struggle,
but the crowd was so great, an
attempt . to check the onrush of
the flames with dynamite had to
be abandoned. : - I i - ; ?-
When the Palm Beach hotel, a
250-room structure, began . to
burn, the fire forces were divided.
It became apparent at once, bow
ever, that the building, was doom
ed and those assigned to this part
of the battle concentrated success
fully on saving adjacent btldings.
Meanwhile, four cottages which
were part of the Breakers proper
ty, had, been destroyed, . and the
roof of the Royal Poinciana start
ed smouldering.1 The -fire there,
however,' -was" stopped before it
gained any headway. -. "
"ThjTconfusion and wildly, flick
ering" flames continued far into
the night and no reasonably accu
rate survey of th$ loss was pos
sible. -A few of the more fortun
ate guests said their servants had
saved clothing and Jewelry by
sewing them hastily into pillow
s'lipsahd sheets, but many were
left only the articles they wore.
Some bundles worth thousands of
dollars were thrown to safety from
windows, while the owners of oth
er similar packages clung to them
despite the added danger to them
selves. ;; r..- ' ; M, . t t
More than a' score' of alleged
Jooters who had - attempted i to
profit from the fire which late
today and tonight, wiped out the
Breakers and Palm Beach hotels
and a number of cottages in the
famous winter resort Just across
Lake Worth from this city were
arrested. A company of Florida
national guardsmen, meanwhile,
watched . all highways ; leading
from the city and guarded the
bridges leading from Palm Beach.
Most of the prisoners were ne
grdes and the police here and at
Palm Beach had J jewels, -money
and clothing valued, at many
thousands of dollars for the guests
who were driren precipitately
from : the hotels when the fire
started. In addition, trunks, fur
niture and .other articles valued
at $50,000 were assembled under
guard in a vacant space adjacent
to the Palm Beach hojej site, .
SENATE CLOSE
SIQN; END
EIEI
Stormy Special - Session
' Brought to Close; Intens-
uy ana reeling onaracier
ize Whole Period '
BREACH WITH WHITE :
: HOUSE HrLD SEVERE
Failure of Assembly to Con
firm Warren Nomination
Is Dominant
WASHINGTON, March 18.-
The senate adjourned sine die. to
day, bringing to an end. the stormy
special session which began on
Inarch 4.; ' ': 7 . , ; ;
The cose saw no abatement of
the intensity and feelipg'that char
acterized the entire session, re
sulting in a breach with the "White
House.
President Coolidge continued to
the very last to challenge senator
ial opinions on" his nominations,
submitting the name, of Thomas
P. Woodstock 'of New York to be
a member of the interstate com
merce commission, which the sen
ate failed ' to confirm at th,e last
sessionr" v;;v Y r-rV-.
As in the ease 'of Charles Bt
Warren to be attorney general,
the senate accepted the Issue with
the president by refusing again to
give its approval to the Wbod3tock
nomination: ' It was hot even con
sidered1 by the Interstate commerce
committee to which it was refer
red. Friends of the president now
believe he will give Mr. Woodstock
a recess appointment.
Opening, on March 4 with a
fiery speech by Vice President
Dawes Vho aroused the senators
by his denunciation of senate
rules, the speciaf "session was al
most as turbulent in its last
hours. r
Most of the day was spent In
reviewing the old scores that have
divided the senate1 Into a group of
small factions and wound up by
Senator Trammell, democrat, Flor
ida, denouncing his colleagues for
adjourning without acting' on his
resolution to investigate the price
of gasoline. .
Debate covered a wide field, in
cluding discussion of Teapot Dome
Muscle Shoals, the Warreh nom
ination and federal waterpower.
Then, 7 just before the senators
agreed to'quit and go home, they
heard . a . discourse , 'by, Senator
Stanfield, republican, Oregon, on
the need for better homes.
The senate did confirm in rapid
order and in open session, how
ever, a large number- of nomina
tions that were forwarded during
the closing hours from the White
House. There was no discussion
or any roll call on any of them
and they were accepted without a
single murmur of protest.
With the adjournment congress
closed down until the first Monday
in December unless the president
calls a special session. which he
has shown no disposition to do.
MEN'S GLEE CLUB
Twenty-First Annual Trip
Will Take Songsters
Thru Washington
Willamette university Men's
Glee club will start on its annual
two weeks trip through northern
Oregon and western Washington
Friday. This is the 21st season
that the Willamette club has made
a trip similar to this. This year's
program will include stunts, col
lege songs, classical music, solos
and quartet numbers.
Those, who will make the trip
this year are as follows: First
tenors Milton Gralapp, Joe Lane,
Harold Mumford, Dan Schriber,
HY- DEBATE
ST ARTS UPO TO
Coatlpaed a pz 3)
GRAPHIC STORY IS
Vtold qftornadq
DISASTER Ui EAST
Hundreds' of Bodies of LitUe
Children Are Kem9Ted, From'
School Building
CENTRALIA, 111. March 18.
(By The Associated Press. )-r-A
graphic eye witness account qf the
destruction Qf the, pe Sota public
school, and the widespread dam
age there was toll) by Max Burton,
telegraph operator for the Illinois
Central railroad at Taulmaroa,
about. 2 miles from the scene
to the little town immediately af
terreceiving word of the disaster.
' 1 "Rescue' .workers' were "piling
bodies of little children on matt
resses and blankets' on the play
ground outside the school house,"
Burton said. "It seemed there
was "no one. there to claim-' them.
Their' parents were being taken to
hospitals on special trains "and In
ambulances. ; " ;
-"The hallways of the school
house had been' blown in and the
passageway Was CQVered' with
bricks. The few people engaged
In rescuing them "could not get
Into, them. " I saw' about 20 bodies
and while , I was there they car
ried some away, meanwhile others
w,ere being brought out of thp
wrecked building
' -'A few yards behind the school
house in a field near the city lim
its I saw the bodies of two little
babies about six or eight months
eld. Both were dead and their
clothes torn off." "
v "The principal of the school was
on hand and he was trying to iden
tify the bodies of the pupils, also
worrying- over the -whereabouts
anc safety of tyro giri teachers.
who -were unaccounted for. The
principal wag bloody from his in
juries and staggered in his walk.
He had barely escaped with his
life.',- v - -.'- : - ' - '
"By this time the school build
ing was a mass"' of 'smouldering
ruins, fire having- destroyed what
the cyclone had not. The hallway
6 the school house had caved in
ajid what few 'rescuers were on
hand were trying to uncover the
bodies of pupils and locate the two
missing teachers. ""
"1 walked bu beyond the school
grounds. Every " tree i was " left
standing and eyerjr fence had gar
ments, pea ciotnes ana nousenoia
foods M own ntratnat tha woof ml A a
of theml I It lopked io me like the
Biurm oegan in me west ana trav
eled, eastward. I! saw furniture,
automobile tops and clothing
scattered everywhere and saw
people fleeing from the town with
hardly any garments on.
Thomas Alien Is Named Gen
eral Manager of, VSalerri
to Chicago" Campaign
Thomas Allen, member of the
senibf class of . the, Salem high
school was fleeted general man
ager of the "Salem to Chicago
campaign which has been put nn
dprwa by the Associated student
lody of the local 1 high echooL
Deenls Heenan, who is a member
o
jt the champion basketball team
or the Oreeon state basketbaU
o
tournament. In' addition to being
an all-state football star, and
Francis Lutz, are to assist in the
drive. ; .--i . ? '--
Already the Associated' student
body has : shown its appreciation
of the team's work by contributing
a total of $95. in a 15-minute' as
sembly held yesterday at the high
school: auditorium. A big "pep
rally Is to serpentine the "business
streets of the "city to' kdvertise'the
coming trip, for the Salem Hl-boys
are to go "east, if the 'enthusiasm
of the students indicates anything.
; PTan's are "underway for a dance
at the'-Crystair Gardens where'the
Ejudent-body Is to hpitf r6r)h"wfth
a benefit dance for the basketball
men. The Salem high -S" cfub is
sponsoring the dapce, 'under 'the
dire'etfon1 of "John Drager, "popular
member of the student body
A The silver fronhj pf 'the'bregon
state baskethail'' tournament ' was
presented yeterdayat!ihe student
bp4yr ineetin'g, adding another
trophy to1 the many held Vy 'ihe
Ealecj schopl. ;
ililfiS
CITY OF
1 1
BY.JWMI
STRE
TABULATED LIST. OF
' DEAD Ap' iXJtHKD
FltOId STORM GSlVEX
The latest list of casualties
with'the towns listed in the
order' in "which the storm
struck, follows:
MISSOURI Vtd lnjnrw
Annapolis . ..... 2 SO
Riehle ........ . IO 20
Altonbnrg 1 10
Cape Girardeau . . 13 50
ILLINOIS--
Gerin . . 5Q
Murphysboro .... lOO 30O
Gorham, ......... T 80
De Soto ...... ..lOO 300
Bush .......... 5 60
Hurst . , ..... . 1 ' 6 4o
West Frankfort. .850 650
Ienton . 1 . . . . . . .' . : SO
; Logan : 6 80
Parrish . ; . . . . 73 432
Thompsonville . . 8 40
" M'cLeansboro . . . . IT' 80
Carml ......... 2 25
Crossvffle . . . . . . 1 10
INDIANA
Griffin ' . ..... 73 73
. OwensvlUe ..... . 73" lOO
. Princeton" .... . .lOO 20Of
Pbseyvllle ...... 5 20
Elizabeth '. . " 12
' . Totals .... .-.Q57 2,674
1DFLJ1
. FOR CONCLAVE
Delegates From All Parts of
State Will Gather Here
April 7 and 8 "
Plans are complete for the Ore
gon State conclave or urotner
hood of American Yeomen to be
held here April 7 and 8, when,
delegates from all parts of the
state will be preset. Headquarters
will pe established in. Fraternal
temple, formerly the' Elks tem
ple. Registration of delegates will
be made the first5 day with the
opening program of the conclave
being held. at 10 o'clock Wednes
day morning, April 8. '
'ReyV Ward Willis Long, pastor
of ther First Presbyteriapl church,
will give the invocation with May
or John B. Giesy delivering the
address of welcome. The response
will be given by E. Earl4 Feike,
o( Portland. 1
State officers of the Yeomen are
R. R. " Mathews, Portland, presi
dent; T. B. Reeve, North Bend,
vice president; soren sorensen,
Amity, correspondent; Walter Fry
Silverton, master of Accounts and
Florence Wilkerson. of Salem.
chaplain. Appointive officers are
Wealtia Bones, - Turner, Lady
Rowena; Hilda Hooper, Salem,
Lady Rebecca; II, M. King. North
Bend, ' Overseer; William Boone,
Tpledo, Watchman ; Leonard Fer
guson, Tillamook, Sentinel and
Robert Hpdge, Dayton, Guard.
Members ' of the . various com
mittees are:"
ureaentiais e. carl Feike,
Portland; Dr.: Iryln Fox, Eugene
apd J. J. Seeley, Portland.
Rules and Order C. E. Albin.
Salem. J. 1. Weich;Medford and
Joe Allen, Portland.
Finance Charles Lind ley, Leb
anon. Julia E. Moore, Eugene and
Arthur Galiaher. North Bend.
Resolutions Fred E. Schmidt,
Pendleton. L. B. Kent," Portland
and Will Hebenton, Fossil.
f Entertainment Lucille Biwer,
Dick Hooper, Clara M. Albin, Car-.
r)e Chase and L. M. Wilkerson, all
of Salem.
Reception- Florence ADPlegate
Portland; ' Marie Tangen, : New-
berg; W. J. Croner, Oregon City;
Marie Burgeson and Clara Scott,
Salem.
; By-laws Mary E. Mayville, La
Grande; Charles H Mintefn.' Euf
gene ana a. u. uarte, Mcilinn-
viUe.
Publicity A. L. Bones, Salem;
is wn
SCORES
Eastern Illinoi Laid in
nadpt Wipes Out Cities 200 School Chadrcn
Are Lost When BuHdingr Gollaptes ; Nurses
an4 Doctors Are Rushed to Scene
CHICAGO, March 18. (By Associated Press.)--A tor
nado tore through eastern Illinois today after lashing western
Missouri and then caused considerable 'damage lin Indiana
before it died out to the northeast; after collecting a reported
toll of 3,631 persons dead or injured on the basis of estimates
available tonight from the storm swept regions where cpri
munication was largely destroyed. v
While darkness and prostrated wires made the collection
of data difficult, estimates, whiph came in through various
sources with everincreasing totals placed the total dead at
957, and the injured at 2,674 before, midnight, j
JONAH SIB.
POLING HOLDS
Biblical Fish Story Believed
By Speaker at First Pres
byterian Church
"People who doubt can't be
happy. There are some sincere
doubters, nevertheless, the doubt
er has a hard time," said the Rev.
Mr. Poling at the First Presby
terian church 'as he introduced his
subject last night: "The Book of
Jonah," or "That Fish Story'
was his subject.
"The story of Jonah has suffer
ed more abuse and misuse "than
any other story in the Bible," said
Mr. Poling. The speaker emphat
ically declared that he had no
trouble .'at alf believing th much
discussed story just as it is writ
ten. He gave three reasons , why
ile-believed the story of Jonah Is
true" First: Jonah is an historical
character in the Bible and the
book of Jonah is a true' part of the
Bible. ' Second, Jesus believed the
story was true. " Third, the story" is
reasonable and in fact far less In
credible than many things which
modern science has brought about.
I was once as big a fool as poor
old Jonah," continued Mr. Poling.
I, top, trid to "run away from
isod
I o.nce declared I never
would be so foolish as to be a
preacher and starve to death, but
here 1 am and I wouldn't trade
places with any other man in all
the 'world, no matter how much
money he might have." Here the
speaker injected into his sermon
a bit of his life story, how he
fried to hate bis own way over
against the plain will of God for
him. . '.-.-' v-.--'. -
"Jonah was either the biggest
slacker, or one of the worst down-
Contlnue4 on ptf e 2)
oralis
IE TABULATED
NEW YORK. March 18. To
day's tornado in southern Illinois
and parts of Missouri and Indiana
was the 19th such disaster sipce
the great storm which swept .'the
southern statesnn"i884. -
Following is a list of the worst
tornadoes in. the middle west and
sout Blnce that of 1884: -
February 18, 1884 -Sir hun
dred killed in southern states.
April, 1892 Forty killed in
Kansas. Y si. !. ,
June 14, 1892 Fifty killed in
Minnesota. ,t , ' -;s ; '
June 20. 1893 Sixteen killed
in Kansas river valley.
Sept. 20, 1894 Seventy-five
killed in Iowa and Minnesota."
"May 27, ;896 Five hundred
killed in St. Louis and East St.
Louis. " " .
March 30, 1897 -Three-fourths
of the town of Chandler, Okla.',
destroyed. . . '
fm OUT
BuinsPath of Tcr-
The destruction pt property was
enormous. Several towns were al
most entirely wiped out and such
populous places as West Frankfort
and Murphysboro having lost
whole blocKS or buildings. In the
town of Parrish only three persons
were said 'to' have escaped iniury
or death out of a population ot
5.00." '- '
' The wind was so powerful" at
Parrish that bodies were carried
mbre"thah"a"mHe7it was" reportesT.
At Murphysboro where the dead,
totalled iP0,,a school house was
blown down over the heads of 245
pupils, while at De Soto,' late esti
mates placed the dead at 100 and
the injured at 300 out of a total
population ot 703.
A school house at De Soto also,
was razed and only three of thej
250 occupants escaped unhurt,
while 88 bodies already have been
taken from the ruins.' The' latest
reports say that 700 persons were
killed at Parrish and WeBt Frank
fort alone, but other intorciaUon
placed the loss in these town
somewhat lower.
In. spite of the wide sweep of
the storm after crossing the Mis
sissippi river, several of the best
trains running between the south
ern resorts and Chicago escaped
its fury so far as reports showed
tonight, but the scores of passen
gers ' were ' delayed somewhat la
reaching their destination as the
trains - had to feel their way
through the storm region for tear
that the timbers might have been
thrownacroBs the tracks 'or bridg
es torn down. - -t
Churches and schools were rased
at various places and 200 persons,
(Continued en pif a t)
WEDNESDAY
IN WASHINGTON
The special session of the sen
ate adjourned.
- .'
- John G. Sargent was sworn In
as attorney general. , i - '
, ; .
Peter A. Jay minister to Ru
mania, was nominated as ambas
sador to Argentina.
7 George L. Kreek of Kansas was
named minister to Paraguay.
Ulysses Grant-Smith of Penn
sylvania 'was named minister to
Uruguay. ! "
''
' A joint congressional' commit
tee began consideration of the
Northern Pacific railway land
grants. f ' " " '
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Executive realignment of key
positions in the department of ju3- 1
tice were forecast.
Advices, from, Peru Indicated
disturbances due to dissatisfaction
over the Tacna-Arica award were
subsiding, -
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Vice President Dawes decided
to carry to the country the issue
of revisions of senate rules.
SecreUry Jard in e directed the
grain futures administration to In
vestigate recent violent fluctua
tions In wheat prices.
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' Secretary Kellog-g directed thit
inquiry te nada
can e?5i?tanc v" ? rce
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