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TODAY'S NEWS TODAY
EUGENE. OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1023 toda-s news today
NO. 64
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list. Direction of wind, north.
't Fail to
L F" "Baized"
tjitne nii, li,t""r w'r nt
f , iist night by aome pungent Te-
frki about aome local fans by the
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KG1V. "We wonder," the Owls
.J, '-whether it ia Mahlon Sweet's
jdO or hia Drana new receiving
ihit ia giving such wonderful re-
Ljon that he ia bragging about all
yaje? ABU since fiuicuc IB uuuu-
kyacrapers do-you auppoae Al
rodall will want lo Dut ni" an"
Lie on tie Miner building to brim
, fw more atationa .' .Mw tnnl
fcirlie Hardy la naving ms uuuse in
,,, especially wired for radio, his
Lds are wondering what kind of
Lbe will buy for it. Ernie Ander-
Mjs he took the batteries out of
ie, and it went right ahead work
Juit as well aa it did -when the
Ltteries were there. He lifted out the
1,1 and still it worked. The only
I, be waa able to keep that act from
Lriing waa to take it out in the gar
ni and bury it." Where the Hoot
L), ,o( their information ia, subject
much conjecture today, but it la
tildered likely that a local infor
it was in the Oregonian tower
ihile they were holding their meeting
remit Gets Lost
Paul E. Bartlett of Eugene, newly-
suited for service in ine Lniica
k,t infantry. caused some
Liom hours for Lawrence Paige, re-
railing officer, this week. "He looked
a good recruit, snia .r. i-aigc,
1 I waB positive that be would
ike
a good aoldier, so I put him on
I-
tmin for Vancouver barracks,
there be would go into the 7th p
inlry. Well, when they telegraphed
Df that my man had 'eloped' I wne
mamtointed. The barracks eaid he
1 never shown up for-examination.
titnlnv I cot word that the recruit
lad finally put in his appearance. He
,i off the train at Salem to get a
milwifti. staved too long, and the
rain went off without him. The only
in he rould do was wait for the
-it train. I sort of felt that the b-y
aid show up, because I ve been re-
truiling :for several yeurs, and -us-
;ally I can tell When a man is tellini!
i Ktraicht slorr or not. Sometimes
haey just hit you for a free ride, but
u can usually tell it before sending
Ihrm to camp."
Talk Plans Extended
Extension of the plnu for education
Mlks by the Ijiue County Hankers
motiotion to include the eight grades
l fhe local school has been iniidc by
the organization, accord ng to an-
Dounnment today of Miss M. Ethel
Taylor, hsirmnn of the committee in
barge. H is planned to start the scr-
i'sof Inlkb neit week at the Frances
Willard. Umrersity high, St. Mary's
isil Uenry schools. Arrangements for
the linir of the talks will be made
itli the principals of the respective
uWils, Miss Tavlor said. These
alki on investments and oilier finan-!
fill lopics were recently held nt the !
('"gene high school. Three talks will
be given at each school. i
I Sheep Meetings Planned
For the benefit of sbeep raisers of
I lane county a series of 10 meetings
JI be held here the week of .Monday.
April (i, according to announcement
"oday of o. S. Fictcher, Lane county
agricultural agent. H. A. Lindgren,
held representative of the aniinnl
bmbandry department of the Oregon
Agricultural college, and C. J. Hurd.
market specialist of the O. A. C. will
e here to speak at the meetinga and
router with the sheep men on various
problems of their business. The
"hedule of meetings will be announc-
ed Utter when arrangements are com
pleted in the various county comrau
"iliea, Mr. Fletcher statea.
Entertainment Planned
I'isns for the holding of a dance
and entertainment by the members of
t laliph Lirotto of the Mystic Or-
t Continued on page five)
Use3 StorRtuffiJ
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CITIES PLANNED
Parrish and DeSoto, in Ill
inois, May Not be Re
constructed Murpheysboro Will Build
Again; Griffin Also to'
Start Work
CARBONDALE. 111., March 21.
W Itebabilitation work in the de
vastated torundo-swept area of south
ern Illinois, was under way today,
while the dead were yet unburied
and the homeless and injured were
still being aided.
A survey of the entire district was
promised by a construction corpora
tion with a view to determining the
damage to buitdjngs and other prop
erty and ascertaining the amount of
construction necessary to repair or
to replace the wrecked structures.
Relief Organized
Meanwhile relief work now thor
oughly organised in all towna of the
stricken area was progressing
smoothly with plenty of doctors and
nurses to care for tie hundreds of
injured and steady supply of provi
sions, clothing and other necessities
flowing into lbe storm area.'
The homeless today were quartered
in homes of the more fortunate or in
army tents sent by the military au
thorities to the devastated towns,
while clothing and food was being is
sued to all who are in need.
Funerals Held
The business of burying the more
than 500 (lend in the Illinois storm
section, wliich was started yesterday
got under way in earnest today with
a procession of hearses, cemetery
bound, in nearly every stricken town.
ln many of the towns, several vic
tims were buried in one large grave;
in others separate services were be
ing held. Some towns tomorrow plan
mass memorial services for the dead.
The area was under strict military
supervision although not under mili
tary law.
MAY NOT REBUILD
(llll'AHO. March -1. W Two
towns in Illinois, l'arrish and le
Snto. and Ua if fin in Indiana were vir
tually annihilated. The present out
look is that no effort will be made
to rebuild the Illinois towns, but
State Senator Smeed refused to give
up as to I.eSoto.
"My father la buried there," he
said.
Griffin, where M persons are
known to bare perished and several
have been reported as missing, will
be rebuilt, it waa announced today
After the storm it was Indicated the
town would not be rebuilt. One old
It'ontmued on pige three)
DELEuisSE
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Fift
- vounf neonle and Salva-
Army delegates of Eugene.
I Adjutant and Mrs. Jc
tion
headed by
l.fi this morning by automobile
Roe
caravan for Portland to attend the
Young People s rnnferenoe of the
army, "f the delegation, S3 were
Oirl Guards, outfitted In their new
grey uniforms, purchased as s result
of the recent Ug sal.
Grey oversess caps are worn wth
the uniforms. The gins cip-
present a clo.e order drill at the con
ference, and sevcrsl of the delegstes
will present papers at the a--mbly.
Automobiles were provided for the
(rip throiicb th- courtesy of Frank
K. falkins of V. K. t'alkina .Motor
company. Karl Simmons of the K. '.
Simmons Motor eomspny. and B. t.
OmKlpasture of Goodpasture garag-.
The Kugene delegation will be the
l.rgest group at th Portland meet
ing it Is e. peeled. The member,
will return Monday morning, accord
ing to Adjutant Koe.
REBUILDING fl
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SWEPT
First Telephonic Pictures of Devastation .Wrought by Storm
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The upper picture Is of a room of the Longfellow school at -'Murpheyaboro, llllnola, where 60
pupils were killed when the force of the tornado struck the building the pupils were studying (heir
lessons. This wrecked room, with but one desk standing unscathed, la typical of the devastation and
death visited upon scores of other schools ln the tornado area.
The lower picture la a view of the realdential aectlon of Murpheyaboro, after the tornado had
swept through. Scenes similar to this greet rescue workers every few miles throughout the auctions
of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee, where the tornado tore Its way.
The photographs were rushed to Chicago by airplane, and were telephoned from there to San
Francisco by the American Telephone and Telegraph company. They were rushed from there to
The Guard by N EA service.
SHEPHERD SEEKS
TO
flllCAlil), March 21. Testimony
i that William 11. Shepherd, tinder in
Idiilment charged with the murder by
i typhoid innoculntion of his foster
son. WllJinm X. MiClintock. orphan
I millionaire, had said lie would have
McClintock's will drawn to suit bim
iself waa given by C. C. Faiman, in-
dieted with Shepherd, at a bail hear
ing todsy.
Faiman said Shepherd had agreed
to give 1100,000 when he completed
"a big deal" which the witness said
Shepherd told him he was working
on. He ssid th s "big deal" was ad
mitted by Shepherd to relate to the
MK'lintork estate.
j BAIL 18 SOUGHT
CHICA'iO, March 21. Counsel
for William V. Shepherd, accused of
i killing bis fosier-son. William Nel
son MMinfok with typhoid germs, p:at, rfi rushed to waiting air
j was prepared today for an effort to ! paoM an(j tftp,e battled o'ber storms
obtain bi freedom on na.l, wlnro j
atste s attorneys wer ready to op- ;
pone. Shepherd ha been in the roim-
ty jtii mn e enne nay rprp t
1 grsnd jury returned
murder indict-
mrnt against nun.
Tronecutors alto planned to
raign Charles . Faimao. bad of a
sien' school who said he gave. Shep
herd the germ for a promised $IW.
f and who was jointly ind.cted with
bun.
.shepherds attorneys Mid they
wooid attack the teniimuny t Faimao
before tbe grand jury.
RELIEF DEMANDED
CAUiAUY, Alta March 21. One
hundred and twenty-thr men lef
here t'lay oo a tnac-fi to Flmontn
to demand relief from unemployment j
and ita results. I
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Pictures Rushed
From Storm Belt
To Coast Points
Score nnothcr trcmrnrioui time
laving feat for the telephone.
While relief worker are itill plod
ding tbrougb wreckage, ambulaocei
nn motor atipply trains ara still bat
tling with mud and destroyed high
ways, and tboie on the ground are
still working day and night to try to
check up the terrible loss of life and
property, NEA Service gives you pho
tographs tnken In the IllinoiR-MisBou-ri
ryclone belt this afternoon.
The telephonic photograph trans
mission system of the American Tele
phono and Telegraph company and
the heroism of newspaper photograph
ers and avis tors made this pontble.
Surmounting terrific ohns'lea, the
cameramen went to the acene of the
d.ssiter by plane, by auto, and finally
on foot. After picturixing the car
nage and devastation Id the wake of
America's most deadly tornsdo, their
,( rrtrB Chicago. There, the pictures
WPrp transmitted to Han Kraoeisco
bj (rphone. NKA'fl Tacific Coast
plant was primed for the occasion,
amI LPr, art the oleturt.
Mans Life Saved
By Wooden leg
i IIICAtiU, Marrb 21. -A wooden
leg may he a bandicap, but it ved
the life of Joseph Ingre, 32. yesterday
lien an Ifutomobile in which he and
tu toinpsnrons were riding swerved
and rata pulled into a ditch, killing
Frank Hauer and Robert Kamrick.
Ingres wooden leg served as a prop
for tbe Averturaed car which cnaihed
the other two ova. He hi la a serious
condition.
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Arrsngemcnta for the, meeting of !
tbe Leo county agricultural council I
which will be held In the near future j
i t . t ' I
to talk over a proposed farm program !
for Ijine during the coming year are
taking shape. Itcpr sentativea from
each grange anil farmers' union in the
cunty will be named ti attend the j
meeting as well ns delegates from,
other agricultural organizations and '
the agricultural cmmlues v lhe
Iaiie County Hankers association nttd
the chamber of commtrce. j
Tue fotl"w;ng oamed delegates havj
been appointed by tbe formers' union '
locals; Cloverdnle, I. J. ffetchell;
Coast Fork. K. W. Powell;
t reswell.
William IMIistoii; liaueo,, l. M. ,
De.toe; lladlet ville. (;eore A. Powell; '
Mt. Vernn, James M. Ranch; Trent.!
H. B. Tinker; Willamette. II. 8, .lef- j
fries; I.uranr, William Moore; t.'en-
uster Millie,,,.
The county agrieultiiraXc uneil is
organised last spring as a direct re. i
Sirt of the holding of the agricultural; HIMIISIiKIEI.H. Msreh 21. (8pe
conference here sponsored by the daD The l-edies' t'ivic rlub of
ftregon Agricultural college, ' I Hpr.ngfield bas been asked to join the
I state federation of women's clubs,
Vancouver to Sell
Iieer by the Glass
VICTllltlA. II. C. .Msreh 21.
Beer-by-the glsss is lo be M m ' nt the clue club Tuesday night at
Vancouver, It. 1'.. afiin Stirling lo-'T;.".il dVIi k in tbe rhaniher of row
morrow wltb the opening of IX bo'el meree rooms. All the members of the
beer bars onder a new British Coluin- 'elnh are requested to be present, and
bla Ibjuor law. Heretofore beer was 'any other women of Hpringflrld who
sold In bottles only, to persons holding are interested are Invited to attend,
provin.-lsl liquor permits. Mrs. Ilrsits n said thie sfiernoon.
Ju
E FACES
Fifty
Of
Tons of Coal, Last
Spare Fuel, Taken
Over by City
One to Six Sacks Appor
tioned; Will Have to Last
Until Summer
NOME, Alaskn. Xtarch 21. OP)
Nome was threatened with wo criaea
today a coal famine and a threat
ened renewal of a diphtheria epV
demic, which took a toll of six Uvea
from the time of the outbreak ln the
middle of January to the lifting of
the quarantine a month ago. Tbo city
council purchased fifty tons of coal.
the last of the spare fuel In town,
from the United Statea Signal corp
radio station yesterday and appor
tioned it in one to six sacks. This has
to last until Juno when the next coat
ship arrives. Sudden prosperity of the
natives, who purchased coal from
the proceeds of their rich fox catrhea
and failure of the coal ship Apollo,
due to atorma, to arrive last
fail,
canned tbe shortage. Taw nenresbor
est ia 70 miles Inland, with no trails
connecting It. All beach wood' for 30
miles up nnd down the coast has been
exhausted.
A white child, the daughter of Her.
man Uecausky, formerly of Seattle,
xn the diphtheriA patient reported
iterdnj. Ncnrly nil the diphtheria
patient's have recovered.
J p. Curtis Welch, sale physician
of Nome, on receiving word of a soro
throat epidemic nnd possible diph
theria cases among residents of Ituck
land river, sent a shipment of anti
toxin by dog team.
EY NEEDED TO
E
Thirty-three blocks of paving are
under contract for the city of lu
gene. and M blocks more have been
netitioned for by property owners,
!nnnomiccd Harry !evcrenu, city en-
gineer, today. Interaeelion money Is
nvilij,i.e to provide crossings for the
&1 blocks, hn stated, hut the money
would nave to be provided through
the coming bond election for the
Oilier proven.
j The work under contract is getting
rapid start. Paving has already he-
gun on Chsrnelton street between
Twelfth and Thirteenth avenues.
(trading Is virtually complete on
Nineteenth avenue from Willamette
street to Lincoln. Crnding is also be
ing carried on from WillametM to
Lincoln ti Thirteenth avenue, where
the street was newly-opened
from
Willsinelle lit Charnelton.
Keveral other pr.ijeels will he start
ed as soon ss the weather gets bet
ler. Already npproi'inately 100 men
are at work on street Improvement
projects alone.
. ,
Club may Join
State Federation
in an Invitation esienoeu ,iy leuer
from Mrs. Kadie tlrr Dunlisr, of
I'orllsnd, president of the slate fed
eration, lo Mrs. Paul Braltnin, presi
dent of the loal organisation. The
nnlt.e ill he Mil for llisrltSS.On and
tronsideraiion si lbe resulsr meeting
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Students and
Police Clash
Over Arrests
IIAVAVA, Cuba., March 21. OH
Eight students and three policemen
were Injured today when several him
dred students gathered ln front of the
presidential palace aa a protest
against fines given three students aa a
result of arrests la connection with
proclamation against the Hey-Qut
sada treaty celebration last Wcdnsw-
daj.
Ths students attempted to rush ths
palace, police said knd reserves were
called to disperse them. Several shots
were fired by both sides but no om
waa killed.
The assistant chief of police, Pedro
Pe Cardenas, who led the reserves
was struck over the head. The three
students were fined $200 each. Many
arresta were made by the police and
the force around the palace was
doubled.
ATTEND DISTRICT
IT
rratlc11y all thT mombors pt
the Eucane Hotry club were
signed up today for tha trip ,to
Portland to attend the i-nmial
district meeting of Orogon, Wnah
Ington and British Columbia
which will open tomorrow even
ing for a three-day session.
It Is expected that a tow others
will also be Included before the
meetings start at Portland. Ow
Ing to the convention being ln
seaalon there will he no lunch
eon meeting of the Eugene Rotary
club next Tuesday noon, accord
ing to Carl 0. Washhurno, pres
ident. "It looks like nearly all of the
Eugene notarlans will go," said
Mr. Washburno. "We expect to
make a creditable showing and
it Is desired that all members
who go will wenr their Ilotnry
caps."
A special Southern Pacific car
will ba ' provided for the local
delegation on train No. 11, leav
ing at 11:30 o'clock Kunday morn
ing. Following are thoaj who
have signed up to attoud:
Mr. and Mra. W. P. Kcll, Mr.
and Mra. I., n. Hlgwart, Mr. and
Mra. It, A. Dooth and Barbara
Ilooth. Mr. and Mrs. K. U. Irfe
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Tay
lor C. White, J. A. McLean, Mr.
rnd Mrs. Carl C). Waahhurne, C.
A. Hardy, Mr. and Mrs. K., Itoy
Ilooth, E. N. Drain, Mr. and Mra.
Paul R. Kelly, Clyde Robblns Rev. J
F. Haas, Dr. C. B. Wlllnughby. Bruce
Brundage, E. Largo, Father E. V.
O'llara, Eugene Chadwk-k, Clif
ford II. Manerud. Mr. and Mrs.
A. A. Rogers, Mr. and Mra. liny
mond Torroy, Mr. nnd Mra. W. B.
Neol. E It. Bryaon, Mr. and Mrs.
E. H. (illslrap, J. I-. Bland, W.
C. Voran, Mr. and Mrs. I'. I),
I.ee, Mr. and Mra. John Stark
Evans. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. 8nel-
son, Ur.
nd Mrs. W. A. Kuy-
kendall, Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
Morris, Dr. and Mra. ('has.
Hunt. L. I.. Graham. Hnyal (lick.
Prof, and Mrs. W. D. Smith.
Truck Overturned
On Pacific Highway
8PBIN(iFlEI.n, Msreh 21. -(Special)
-The truck driven by (). 1.
Smith of Springfield wss 'overturned
and damaged at 10 o'clock this morn
ing when it was s'ru k b an automo
bile driveo by a woman motorist while
rounding o blind curve on the Pa
cific highway In West Springfield.
Tills Is the th rd aceideiit ou !5,
curve la the leal few weeks. Mr.
Smith was on Ins way lo Eugene
with a tru-'Sload of potatoea when
tbe accident happened. The left front
wheel waa broken off and the (euders
badly jammed. Mr. tilmlb escaped
witbuul injury.
STRICKEN AREA
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Deaths Mount to 822; In
jured List Still Hovers
At 3,000 Mark
Heavy Contributions of Sup.
, plies and Money Pour
In to Cities :
(By The Associated Press)
Ths keownand estimated dead from
Wednesday's tornado and atorm which
dipped Into sections of fire atates,
stood at 822 today. This total Included
flrt additional deaths reported from
Griffin, Ind., one more from Prioce
ton, Ind., snd seven mors from Mur
pliysboro. The number ef Injured still hovered
s round 3000.
Ilurlal of the dead was proceeding
rapidly In all sectors, with brief c:re.
monies. Some communities plan me
morial services later. Ministers ars
remslnlng constantly on duty. There
are still some unidentified dead with
more bodies probable y.t to be found.
. Orgsnlred rescue and relief work
waa ' methodically ln operation
throughout the devastated, regions.
Surgeons Needed..
' An Immediate need of surgeons for '
the southern lillnula field prompted
the state health director to appeal to
county nietllcal aocietles for. help. Tbo
departments field .director , reported
7:i,S surgical cases in thla sons, ,
Heavy contributiona of money and
supplies continued to pour in from
sources all over the United Stales..
Property loss in all devastated dis
tricts waa estimated variously be
tween five abd eight million dollars.
Heps to Rebuild.
The few survivors of such annihi
lated towns aa Griffin, Intl., and t)e
Hoto and l'arrisb, 111., clung des
perately to the hope that the towns
miiht be rebuilt. As town lots their
proverty retained value, aa a patch if
grouud on a windswept rural hill their
holdings were valueless. -
As the eye witness counts of the
twisters visitation were more freely
reported, ita freakish Iroulc and ec
centric antics struck observer, aa
without parallel lit the history of tor
nadoes, t'nbelieveable were many sf
the stories of escapes while otbera
escenled the hope of the roust imag
inary. WORKERS ACTIVE
CHICAGO, March 21. () Tue
atorm-awept territory of the Ohio val
ley tctay continued the tragic task of
burying its dead, while relief workers
completed me fluty of bringing ord'r
out of chaos and plans for re-babilitu-tlon
were advnueed.
Funerals of some cf the virtlrue of
Wednesday's storm were held to-.ita ,'.
but must of the burinls were arra:iga
for today and Sunday, with memorial
services lo lie Ir'ld later. Iu towns
where the loss of life was heaviet,
community fiinera's errs plsuned,
wltb burial in one long grave. .
Work It Organlrsd.
Reports from he destroyed dis
tricts said thai relief work was well
organized and today a flood of ma
terial aid continued to pour in for
sufferers in the greatest tornado JU
America's history, whica snuffed out
more than 800 lives. Injured .WOO per-
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