THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 19, 1925
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Salem People Are Asked to
Help "Send- Basketball -Team
to National Meet A
The Salem hfgh school basket
ball team, which won the Oregon
Btate interscbolastic championship,
desires to participate in the na
tional contests to be staged In
Chicago next month, according to
action taken at the. associated
student body. In a brief campaign
put on while the students were in
the auditorium resulted in secur
ing $195 to apply on the $1700
accessary to send Coach Hunting
ton; and his team east." Local bus-
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sum to $215. -i'v;
Members of the S club of the
high school'; were responsible for
the starting of , the fund. Their
actiTlties resulted in the different
organizations of the school pledg
ing the amount given,. ' f
The benefit dance which Is to
be staged next - Tuesday ;: eyening
will" be- the means -4 of clearing
away the remaining! barrier . be
tween the team and.1 the trip. Tick
ets are sold for 55 cents each by
the girl students ; of the high
school. - Every effort Is being used
to make this dance' one of the
outstanding ones of the season.
Already the Kiwanis club of the
city have endorsed the move and
have made motions signifying
their approval of the: plan. Moves
are under way to secure the co
operation of other service clubs of
the city. "Efforts are being made
to secure the aid of the Salem
Chamber of Commerce on the
grounds that the advertising to
Oregon will be worth while, and
would repay for the help given
the team. ! ! ; .
.Members of the championship
team are to be the guests of the
Lions, at their regular meeting
Friday noon at the Marion hotel.
TO M SKILL IRE
Tournament to Start Monday
Between Professional'
l and Business Men
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The volleyball tournament which
is scheduled at the Salem YMCA
between the ministers, doctors,
bankers and bffslnes3 men of the
city, will be started off Monday
night with a bang. jjThe schedule
calls for six games to De played on
six different days, as Indicated:
March 23 Ministers vs Bank
ers; Doctors vs Businessmen.
, March 25-Ministers vs Doc
tors; Bankers vs Businessmen.
March 27 Ministers vs Busi
nessmen; Bankers ts Doctors.
March 30 Ministers vs Bank
ers; Doctors vs Businessmen.
April 1 Ministers vs Doctors;
Bankers vs Businessmen.
April 3 Ministers vs Business
men; Bankers vs Doctors. '
The players are as follows: '
Ministers J. Evans, William
Hertzog. W. W. Long, Hickman,
Harry Johnson; Rickey. Subs:
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DISGWLEDFIS,
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Salemites Must Not Hold
-Officials Responsible De
clares Rathbun
Coach Rathbun was a Portland
visitor Wednesday and upon his
return last night made the follow
ing statement: v ; j ' '
"Salemites must not regard
school officials as responsible
when a disgruntled fan voices a
criticism. When Secretary Me
Laughlin of the state board phoned
that Franklin would be invited to
the tournament, I went to the of
fice of State Superintendent of
Public Instruction Churchill, who
made the drawings for the ten
districts to be represented. Dean
H. D. Sheldon of the school of
education of the University of
Oregon also witnessed the entire
procedure.
"Coach Meeks of Franklin ex
hibited the ideals of sportsmanship
during the tournament. He : has
manifested the same traits in his
remarks to me' since the final
game. ', - '-
"Salemites should not let any
one contribute to the further em
barrassment of any school author
ity by being drawn into contro
versy through the statements of
such a self appointed guardian as
the disgruntled fan."
Shanks, Miller. ; : .
Doctors Barrick, Wood, Vehrs.
Morehouse. F. Annusen. Bill Paul
us, H. McWhorter, Albin.
Bankers Si Eakin, A. Smith
ers, R. Sisson, P. Acton, G. Hug,
C. Lee. Subs': Elliott, Pope, Su
ing. . : ' : ;
Businessmen Carle Abrams.
Byron Wright, O. J. Hull, John
Bertleson. Walter Minier, Frank
Neer, Morris Race, John Bayne
Roy Klein. f
TORNADO TOLL NOW
3600; HUNDREDS LOST
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mostly children, were killed when
the elements ripped open the Join
er school at Murphysboro.
By a margin of only a few miles
the tornado swept to the north of
Herrin, 111., where troops have
been called so frequently to quiet
fighting among Its citizens. Hun
dredg of telegraph poles were
twisted off and many orchards
were- rent bare of limbs while the
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coal mine tipples were twisted into
masses of splintered timbers.
With the arrival at unharmed
towns tomorrow of further news
It is feared that It will be found
that other towns In Missouri suf
fered under the violence of the
wind before It rose to leap the
Mississippi river.
i: Before the twister descended on
Murphysboro it had gained much
more strength rnd it literally tore
f'orn solid bl-icks when It hit that
city.: ! Its ' energy continued ' to.
xv era 1 mtle while it raised havoc
at Gorham, De Soto and Bush and
fui rounding territory and then
seemed to be at its maximum vio
lence when it struck the mining
town of Went Frankfort with a
population of nearly 9.000. Re
ports tonight Indicated that 1.000
inhabitants were killed or injured
there along with frightful property
damage. . '.
A preliminary tabulation at 9
p. m. of towns that had made re
ports of their casualties gave' a
total of 850 dead and 2,099 In
jured with virtually no record of
the damage that must have been
done in rural regions.
CEXTRAL1A, 111.. March 18.
(By the Associated Press). -Be
tween 300 and 400 persons were
killed at West Frankfort in to
day's ; tornado according to esti
mates received by telephone from
authentic sources.
The heaviest loss of life . oc
curred when the Joeiner public
school was destroyed, 200 persons.
the majority children, being killed
or injured.
CARBONDALE. III.. March 18.
A tornado that, whirled across
the western part of this county
this i afternoon claimed an esti
mated toll of between 100 to 150
dead, about 500 injured and ren
dered thousands homeless: No de
finite figures have been ascer
tained.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 1 8.
Reports received at Indianapolis.
Terre Haute and Evansville late
tonight placed the casualty list in
southern Indiana from a tornado
ate today at 300 kiled and more
than 300 injured.
WEST FRANKFORT. 111., March
18.(By the Associated Press ).-
Scores of persons were killed and
hundreds injured and almost a
third of the residential section of
this city was completely destroyed
at 3 o'clock this afternoon when
a terrific tornado swept over the
city.
CENTRALIA. 111., March 18.-
CBy the Associated Press). Ap
proximately 700 persons were kill
ed at Parrlsh and West Frankfort
alone by the terrific tornado
which laid waste to a large section
of southern Illinois today, accord
ing to word received here tonight.
DE SOTO. 111., March 18 (By
the -Associated Press). The num
ber of dead and injured here in
this afternoon's tornado was est!
mated late this evening to run be
tween 150 and 400, most of the
victims being children, caught un
der the crumbling debris of the
two story school building of the
town. The population of the town
is 703.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., March 18
-(By the Associated Press) The
entire southern section of Prince
ton, Ind., was razed by a tornado
which struck that city late today
and according to advices received
here at 9 o'clock tonight 27 bodies
had been recovered from the
wreckage, i Many other bodies
were said to have been buried un
der the debris, and while the exact
number of dead was not known, it
was reported' nearly 1 00 persons
bad perished. ' .
While lack - of communication
and the wide area of the storm
Precluded checking on the report
ed T deaths and injuries which ex
perience has shown are frequently
exaggerated during the hours of
distress, reports each hour en
hanced rather than decreased the
total casualties. : Persons who
have reported tornadoes which
are not uncommon in this region
predicted that a final check of
the dead and Injured might cul
the total 1 In two. although the
rural regions where many must
have been killed or Injured, had
notl been heard from tonight.
Relief was almost as quick In
Its action as were the elements
In ,t destroying so much property
and so many lives. , i
Relief Uralns bearing doctors.
nurses, wreckers and goodly sup
plies of medicine and food were
dispatched from Chicago and St.
Louis, as well as other points
within a few hours after the dis
aster became known. .
Governor Len Small . ordered
troops and the medical corps of
the Illinois national guard to pro
ceed to the devastated regions -at
the earliest possible moment.
Almost In a moment the inhabi
tants of the - towns struck were
crushed to death or burled, maim
ed under the debris of buildings
that; : crumbled like cardboard
houses. ;:'f ;i . -
. Citizens,-after a period of be
wilderment, quickly rallied in an
effprt to rescue those who had not
been . slain and attempts were
made to get. word to unaffected
towns asking for aid,- ..
, It took considerable time to
send out word from the distressed
towns, but In the meantime citi
zens who escaped the storm went
to the. heroic work before them
only to be handicapped in some
places by an outbreak of, fire, la
Resident from surrounding
cities hurried to the stricken areas
In automobiles and by train as
fast as -t possible, and although
darkness fell shortly after the
storm had passed, organized res
cue work was In progress within
a few hours.
Throughout most of the devas
tated area facilities were scarce
for taking care of the injured and
many were taken to Carbondale,
Cairo and other places, where all
hospitals were ued, in addition
to armories and ' other public
buildings. In some cases residents
of the damaged towns who had
escaped Injury became panicky
"and attempted to flee the scene
of disaster the best they could.
At Murphysboro a number of
frightened persons, grabbing a
few : articles, threw themselves
aboard a. passing train while In
other points many ran into the
fields far from the towns.
These panic stricken persons
were comparatively few, however,
and many of them returned later
to aid In the rescue work. The
wind made a jumble of all sorts
of property in its path. While
buildings were moved only a short
distance wherever they withstood
destruction, light objects were
carried over a great space. Resi
dents of a town on the edge of
the storm path reported collecting
paper that had been borne many
miles by the wind from one of the
stricken cities. ; ; -
In some places where the twist
ing wind struck hardest whole
buildings were moved from their
foundations, a grain elevator at
De Soto having been carried in
tact some 40 feet to the middle
of a road. Churches and schools
seemed to have suffered most out
side of dwellings and less sub
stantial farm buildings.
The storm was not so severe in
Missouri, where it seemed 8 to
emerge ft om the Ozark mountains,
owing to a low barometer pressure
from Arkansas, but it laid waste
a number of towns and : many
farms before it jumped the Mis
sissippi river into Illinois.
There the tornado was at the
height of its fury for several miles
while it careened from Murphys
boro to Parrish. ; The twister rose
above the tree tops for a consider
able distance but lapped the earth
again, just west, of the Indiana
line, creating more damage at
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The tornado lifted slightly once
more, split Into two sections and
swept - northwest and southeast,
through Princeton and Griffin.
Ind., before it stopped Its havoc.- -
ST. LOUIS. March 18. The
"west end of the Murphysboro is
completely destroyed and is still
burning," says a dispatch received
late tonight by the Missouri Pa
cific railroad here from its dis
patcher at Gorham. 111.
"The citizens have organized
fire fighting squads and are using
dynamite in an attempt to stop
the progress of the flames."
In a miners' settlement, east of
Rush, ill., IS men are known to
have been killed. A bridge over
the Beauchamp river, between
Gorham and Murphysboro, was
wrecked but a crew Is now re
pairing it.
"More than 200 of the injured
have been taken to Herril, 111.,
where they are being taken care
of in the Masonic and Elk clubs."
EVANSVILLE, Ind., March 18.
At least 200 persons are be
lieved to be dead as the result ot
a tornado that struck southern In
diana, razing the towns of Prince
ton, Griffin, Owensville and Posey
ville between 4 and 4:30 o'clock
this afternoon, according to con
servative, estimates available up to
late tonight.
While the storm started shortly
after one this afternoon from its
Missouri lair and had terrific de
molishing force, it did not reach
Illinois until around 3 o'clock and
it was nearly dusk before it took
its last savage blow in Indiana.
Whirling and swirling with
such irristible energy that it
crushed large buildings like egg
shells and razed reinforced mine
tipples like weeds, the punishment
inflicted on the towns in its path
was meteoric-like in its fury.
.'. Relief Started
SPRINGFIELD, 111., March 18.
- (By the Associated Press). A
bill appropriating $500,000 for
the relief of those In the tornado
zone will be introduced in the
state senate tomorrow morning.
The . bill, which will carry an
emergency clause, will be rushed
through the house and senate and
the money will be available early
next week.
At midnight the Chicago Tri
W ih flKViiy, smokers eysy &gr
bune, at the request of Mayor
William E. Dever, started a finan
cial relief fund. The newspaper
gave ?1,000 and added subscrip
tions were reported In later hours
despite the fact that a general cir
culation of. the' disaster had not
been thoroughly spread in the city.
WASHINGTON, March 18.
The American Red Cross tonight
began mobilizing its disaster relief
personnel for service In the tor
nado stricken territory of the
middlewest and south and it was
dispatched from Washington and
other points as rapidly as possible
Chapters in the affected terri
tory were authorized to expend all
necessary funds and , efforts were
being made to get in touch with
Henry M. Baker, director of disas
ter relief, who was in Sullivan
Ind.
JONAH SINNER,
POLING HOLDS
(Coatinoad from psgt X)
right mean old hypocritical sin
ners In history. Our churches are
full of folks that don't care any
more about a lost world for whom
Jesus died than did Jonah for
those people to whom Jehovah
had sent him. But just as surely
as God settled Jonah's score, you
can depend upon if that thd judg
ment day is coming for all the
Jonahs in our churches today."
sad the speaker. "The wonder
to me Is that God'ever could for
give such a lazy and cowardly sin
ner as poor old Jonah. But in
God's meicy to Jonah there is a
promise of mercy and forgiveness
for the worst of Jonahs in our
churches.
"Jonah was small enough to get
angry because he thought his rep
utation was worth more than
120,000 Ninevltes. Jonah died in
obscurity. God. can't use a little,
mean man. so to gel rid of him,
he just forgets him and when God
forgets a man, history does too."
The largest audiences of the
week greeted Mr. Poling last
night. Those who hear him once
are glad to hear him again. His
subject tonight is: "The Way of a
Ship."
At 3 o'clock this afternoon he
will address a prayer group at the
church. Much emphasis is laid on
the request that everybody who
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