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RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH- 29, 1920.
TEN AGES TODAY
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CUIUS
INEER IN FIGHT
TO GET SUFFRAGE
United States Marshal Charles
ATwebb Championed Cause
At University
UNWILLING ADVOCATE
BUT BEAT OPPONENTS
All Eyes Turned Toward Dela
ware's Tote on Anthony
Amendment This Week; Sec
retary of Navy Daniels Con
fldent North Carolina Will
Ratify If Given Chance
The News and Oberver. Bureau,
, . 003 District National Bask Bldg.
Br R. E. POWELL
t (By Special Leased Wire)
Washington, D. C, March 28. While
the eye of the country are turned to
D'lawar thi week watching the fate
of 27 .million potential voters in the
United States, Tar Heels in Washington
re much amused with the stones com
ing up from the State "about old 'line
Politicians looking for a seat on the
band wnson.
The "home savers" as the wearera of
- the yellow flowers are -won't to call those
who have opposed the extension of suf
f rage to women, are divided into groups
much Jike the 66 United States Senators
' who Ba'foiT ihbhths been waging or
partteipati g in the fight over the treaty
of peace with Germany. There are
many administration supporters among
the old Jin politicians, many miia op
ponents of ''votes for women" and not
few bitter-enders.
Mack Watehfal Waiting.
The Administration supporters, mean
ing those who have been standing witn
the cause through the long years of
suspense, are as a whole ready to ie-
lft atirLwatch-ther fruit of their handl-
wora, uie mud opponents ana taw aesig
nntion gets many, old line -politicians,
are doing the hardest looking for choice
seats tra -the band wogano,- The bitter
enders insist that they will never die
but, if they must, they are- going to
p. is out fighting.
Probably the most eharacterurUef tory
from the band wagon program from
politicians is one going the rounds on
Capitol ball ftnd one which hat brought
many laughs from th advocate and
veppeaenta of equal right. It is Touch
ed for by a well known North Caro
linian who Invariably sees .11 th poll-
tieian. that com to Washington from
' North Carolina.
' United States Marshall Charles A,
Webb, of Asheville. is the central figure,
While here a few days ago, Mr, Webb
told thi well known North Carolinian
who is interested somewhat in political
matt rs in the 8taie that he (Webb) be
longed to the small group in the Stats
first to see the justice in women voting,
la fact, this friend said, Mr. Webb lay
claim to the distinction of being the
first to advocate,, from tho platform,
the cause of equal rights.
f Without getting away from the story
Jin point, it is probably not amiss to say
l that Mr. Wbb holds office under on
aooointment conferred by Senator! Elm
mons and Overman. Ha' has long been
a friend of Senator Simmons and in the
Biraraons-Kitehln fight he was on of th
leading figures of the campaign. lEieept
for his claim to early advocacy of uf
f rage, he might be easily classified as
member of the old guard.
Webb Pioneer Saffragirf,
The tory. however, as related by Mr
Webb t this politician, is about as fol-
laws? .
Whilaat-the University-f-North
Carolina about th year 1885, Dr. Kemp
P. Battle, then the head of. university,
chose woman suffrage as a subject for
th annual debate. Little then had been
"heard about it in North Carolina, save
f
f-.. - ... .LL
tnro' sn to euisiae press, wr, cuu
was selected to champion the cause from
th platform while another student was
given, what every one then thought was
the easy side of toe question.
Dr. Batlt and Mr. Webb spent many
long hours and dayi marshalling point
for th affirmative, Muen nuanigm on
was burned during the preparation of a
paper, l-.ally the day, for th debate
arrived and the judges sat. They ap
proved tho Webb argument and awarded
the young debater a covetea mean,
- WUl Vat Wadaeadar
So Mr. Charles A. Webb, of Asheville,
as started the ball rolling. Far bo it
from anyone to blame Mr. Webb for
asserting his right to a prominent teat
on th wagoni in fact, th women ar
reported as being concerned lst some
of th ones who have silently ided th
long struggle ahonld hid their chum
to seats. With fifteea thousand more
women voters in North Carolina' than
men voters, ther . ar. chances for all
friend It th eaus to be rewarded.
Ther ia a great deal of interest in
Tashington among North Carolinian
nwudiir tha action of th. Delaware
legislature, - expected to , vote - Wednes-
dav on th Anthony amendment. If that
State ratifies, or if it fails and another
Stat doea ratify ofor April fl, Ui
women of th Bute ar going to ask for
th ballot ia th June prima rie and A.
1 Brooks, of Greensboro, ia going to
test th suffrage strength in a fight with
Senator Overman for th latter s seat
tw th United States Seaat. -
It Delaware fall and th suffragista
don't get another But to ratify befor
th special session of the legislature of.
North Carolina meets in July, then it
wUl. b. n p, to I ortk Carolina and. the ;
pemocraiie party to giv th wmca th
ballot la tim for them ta participate
iln th election or a President and O
f gross next November. Ther is
niucfi f
: probability that North. Carolina will
kttMi: tfllallld aria th llAfllAa fit fuiiaaaV
: lets is optomistie over tha situation and
!e!icvr that If plawT refuse to rati-
iconunnrd ea Pago Tw.).
RETURNS FROM DELAWARE
Tan New and Obeervcr ia aeadlag
today It Washington nadM
to Dever, capital ef Delaware, to f Or
nish readers of "The OU RaUaal"
th latest er.Io.U 'a th. aaf
frag fight reading la th Legiala
tar Of that State. Ma nutter wJUca
way th te result th penal
Nerth Caraliaa ar vitally laureate
la th aatosss and th reader f
thfas paper will be airaa aha eaaar
aalty of getting first hand lafersne
tloa fram th aceae of th fight. Th
rate an th Aataaay aassMsaaat is
st for Wednesday. L , '
BICKETT DEFEfiDS
11
Governor In Monroe Address
Declares It Is Terrible To
Lie To Almighty
Monroe, March 28. "I believ it i a
terribla sin to lia to tha Lord God Al
mighty," said Governor liiekett .. her
this afternoon, peaking under th an-1
EAUEOFUS
pices of the local post of th American I eating that delegate to th next Demo- ntie Port Association that th South
Legioa. H referred to th fact thatlcratie convention ahould go uninstruet- L. amis! AnnAaa taviv mfff mt. aaansail
on it knee before God and dedicated
this republic to th task of ending th
"v . ..
war and bringing in peace.
The men and women believed we
meant it: the boy who went believed,"
he aid. ''The twenty-fiv from this
county that did not com back believed.
1AK7 aaiu, a nn a a aaaw aa ts aiwos mtm
out in railing to raury tne peace jreary
the
United BUte Seaate broke faith th Oregon presidential primary i -
th. . h Aima ..d hmk. f.ifhltio. to bo held Mar 21 and exoressint
with
with Gwl on Friday, th nineteenth ofita hop that 1 wui grant MraaaMon
this month, forever to be known a
buck J'nday in tne annals or tins aa-
tion. Th, United Stat Senate in aa
orgy of personal aad political hatred
strangled to death th idealism of the I enter ma at aa a candidate in thi pri- shall b protected in a eontmulng mon
naiion." I mary. I publicly stated in February last opoly as against South Atlantis and
Th speaker declared that bat for
his belief in the resurrection of th
dead and th final triumph of tho who
died, and 'ideals for which they gave
their lives, he would want to quit th
fight and go off alono to await the com
ing of night.
The oetnsion of hia address was the
presentation of French diplomas of
honor to th next kin of th twenty-five
men from Union county who made tho
supremo sacrifice. The exercises were
held in th courthouse, aad it was
packed by -people from every part of the
county. Uovernor Backett arrived ia
th city yeaterday, and haa ka at
th horn of hi siater, .Mrs. F. B. Aaa
eratv r'"''r"v . " -r'r-
GENERAL WOOD THINKS
FARMER SHOULD BE NAMED
Waahington, Marea 28.-Th. direct
representativ of farmer ia th Prcei-1
dent's cabinet, its Secretary of 'Agri'
culture should be a practical farmer.
"'"" uou.u iis jii.cucu iricr, i
not a theorist,' accordia, to . letter
from Maj.-Gea. Leonard Wood to N. J.
Baeheldor, of New Hampshire, former
Master or tha National Grange, made
public hera today by General Wood's
campaign manager.
"in no ha of human , endeavor.
uenerai woott aaio, -i. theory w.thout
practical exnerirae mora naaleaa a.J I
more harmful, lea productive of eon-1
iiucaco. or oi rrwuiio inan u ran worn I
of farming." 1 -
General Wood also expressed hi
new as to larmers' co-operative cater-1
f" aemsrva ana munimoMiis ISOfiOO worker into 50,000
j ' I
th same circumstance,'' and he added I
, I P01'50" k
l?J.l, i!jv,eV0n,fr?0"
strong, bulwark of national life.''
THIEF BKTUKNS DIAMONDS
THROUGH NEWSPAPEB It IN
Dublin. Ga- March 28. With a writ-
ten request attached that they be re-
turned to the owners, two of three dia-
Unond recently stolen here war found
on tn poren or a local newspaper man
tonight. The theft of th. thro die-
monds, Yalued at fiv thousand dollars.
... .n i
honie of Mr. W. H. Phillip, here. The
third stone ha not yet been recovered. I
oui ponce omeiaie state they are ex-
peeting to mak arrett within th neat
few hour. -
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SEVEN PERSONS KILLED IN .
AN AUTOMOBILE COLLISION
San Antonio. Tex March "A K... I
ft!to d4 - Mult -
lision today between a north tun,.,! I
i.ouri. Kanaa. aad Texas trai. 5
n antemobUa near Lunelle 23 mile
torta f nor. Tb de are a mother, I
er two anarried danwhtera. aaa th.lrl
ausoaaa. aa unmarried daughter aad
a a-ycar-oia granddaughter. All were 1
resident 01 Haa Antoaio.
SENTENCED TO BE HANGED.
niliio VIES IN PK180N
' Dublin. - O.. - Marrh - CA.MSk.rf I
i u muraer or Jiaymond Cannon. I
orsrseaa veteran.- died earlv ada 1. I
ths Lanr... 1
. mm Mi-1
aeaa of awn .v. n.
Cannon occurred last fall, aad waa Vu I
lowed by a series of racial disturbance I
which continued for two mn.tk. .c. I
ihecrua. . . ...
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UrflOT BMaTaat WlPBlalM l?aa . - I
Waahiaavo.- u.-u oTT .
ottatr.!? T!TL4i,p,Jr
teb tnm Ckult
d iTJh 3 rtorB - .
nrd.y night waa central t-J.
Aorthera Wueansin with- tare eaMLftttiatinaa
- ., ,j t... .f l I
Taaaasy MllUa Wi bJL ' ' .
1? Angel, Cai March Si-Tom-
MUton driving 80 mile on the an
aad one-fourth miles Loa AalM
ing Tr.y U W nsinhtea"and 6Ud T ae.
onds, won th third final heat aad a
prize 1 ex
air .A 1 . I I
eOrUO ia a ' aerlaa - I
v,;t ..... . . ... .
oona races todav. IT ia . tm I
lit M .H.. . . a , , n I
v. ... muei an nour . 1
M'ADOO REFUSES SP'.OIOIH
AGAINTO PERMIT mTLANTIC
NlElflPRlAP' ,1'IESIIIFIGH
Former Secretary of Treasury
Reiterates He's Hot Seek
ing Nomination
DEEPLY APPRECIATES
OFFERS TO SUPPORT HIM
Would Accept Nomination To
Presidency if Offered to Him,
He States, As He Would Con
sider It Duty of Any Man To
Do; Inappropriate Time For
Self-Seeking:
Ado has again expressed himself as op -
posed personally to being a candidate
us a presidential primary ana as aavo-
I ed. He mad oublie tonmht a tele -
"
gram to George A. lovejoy, or fort-
nad, Oregon, whu in part saiat
J km yonr telegram advising me
tnat natMCAao cms or uregon aaa
i -
I aeenreda taouaand aignatnre to piac
i my am om iiik.ikwi. '"
to file the petition.
l deeply aprpeciate taia generous or-
fer of support from my friends in Ore-
gon. but I earaestly beg them no to
I that I believ th next Democratic na -
tional coavention ahould b composed of
nainstrneted delegates who ahould be
fre to exercise their unfettered judg-
ment as to platform ahd candidate, .
I also stated that I am not seeking
SLX1 .TlJrA iT.TZ''t
though I ahould regard it a th duty of
any man to accept a nomination if ten
dered to him unsolicited by th free ac
tion of a convention composed of free
Z,l7ZnnZZ.9ii th0M JU Middl West ln
!T..!!?"!.L!.,t terested in foreign trad and eagerly
wher the object ia to instruct tho dele
gate for a particular candidate. -. . V
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loantry mak this a peculiarly inappro
priate tim for self-seeking aad selN
expioiution, a peculiarly impressive
tim for th subordination of individusl
ambitions to high prineipl and the
VSZ:','.'".:,1. "T?" J
common good, a peculiarly exacting Urn
v" " . T r"T I
ballot in primary and general election.
aad a time for strong reprehension of
tSSSJT.., !S2SJ! iVSSE!
oate to office.
WILL MOBILIZE WORKERS
FOR POLITICAL FIGHT
Orr'anitd Labor Force Kan
W1IU" oor OiCcl lTlKU I
To Armrjint BorflOA Rnm.
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mitUes For Campaign
Washington. March 28. Steps
to
commuices to prosecute tabor'
todav bv tha uHw rt,itin I
"lttr ""IKl of Samuel Gompers,
rrank Morrison and Jam CConneU.
Bequeste were aent to 40XX) local unions,
asking immediate appointment of a
. '"V" "' "T c acs in
"U"d lt e"t,r1 004 ie ud
h " . ' , "
:.V?L0,T - UBder ',fe,u-"' rk.ed-out
Za3.. a
Zi t Z i Z.
,t ,0kttd,!IrtJfc - ,
Federation of
iAbor non-pa rtisaa political earn Da urn
ZlTi Avi mt " nuccea
7mI'?J?!? i!!",' ! j
"Ti aUCJan- v
Totq rm p. wTi.I7 .. ,,Vu
aBx?"i,T ""dari'r we
T anad thia wonderful progress.
Witt M iaereaaed membership aad th
? M wUdarity, what can
State conventions have been called bvl
vjL1;. V,inrln" ?d
Nw Jersey te auk plans for earrrins?
? --PsTf-V Org.nix.tio;
rk la the wiou.-atate.ia being
mPP'
of thouaaads of tueer of literatura aad
nPPT or political news regularly
10 xr journal nad sagacino."'
WOOD SAYS BORAH NOT
JUSTIFIED IN ATTACKS
TtamnMlan 1 flatailMai. iVt-m.m
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Chicago,- Til, Marrh 28. Gen. Leonard !
Wood im tatesant tonight declared
that charges mad by Senator Borah
eoaeeri.g th campaign methods
t "ml"M ;
WmrrATltaVl AanJ that Ka JiMwItia.J I
UL. 7Z7i "J TTr""?
PriBiMy Tof
Monday. ,
'?n?w:0 - t.
aa mviiMrf lint 8n Tu-V.
liufuraeiaa - MveraeiT IBB Drimarr WOt
wiu avzs atoaoay, prn o. A I
ainular attack waa reported in th press
few days before the South Dakota prl-
mary aad waa vied throughout that
Stat I .helieve. f or a aimiUr purpoe
. -lnos o ar la eharg Of my cam-1
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a,.s'x a wuiriic, anwax-iworo.
ranted.' - i
Pre, nt Harrison Wires Tha
Every Ounce of Energy
Will Be Used :
NORTHERN LINES SEEK;
TO CANCEL EXPORT RATES
Proposal of Trunk Lines of
North Declared To Be "Con
tinning; Monopoly Against
South Atlantio and Oulf
Ports:" Co-operates Also
With Middle Western Cities
Washington. March
28. President
1 Fairfax Harrison, of the Southern Ball-
I ws haa telegraphed R. L. Philip of
Savannah, Ga., head of the South At
1 1..; , t..w. e, .v.
i inviuu is a. vavi w araaaw bsvbi avua vs w
Mlddle We,t to South Atlantio ports,
i am ii reaffirm." Mr. Harri
m in hii message, as made pub.
,ie her, toni-ht b th AsocUUon,
-
rtatemnt recently made to MobU
Chamber of Commere that when the
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I lrt nt by the
jiirwi yommmvm 7
will find ns there with every ounce of
eBor.y w( ),, to resist th selfish
, . . . , ., . .
P?01 of th. tronk lines that they
lni w."
- with pw.
C-aprate With Port,
By thia statement tho Southern Bail
way System place itself in eo-oper-
I ,,: with tha Ave Smith Atlantic norta
of Wilmington, Charleston, Savannah,
U,wk 'T.,k.iiir wl.h
to compete for export traffic in th
Middle wast on a parity with New York,
eagerly
foreign
looking for more outlets to
market. " r:
nmiai inn rnana iraMAn en rn r rarvrxi r m
Bine th toad .r,mC4 to corporate
freight Association territory ha v so far
A Triff 9ni eorerlna; their partieipa-
tioa in th export traffic, established
by tha Ballroad Administration Decern
bar 1 and 31. This does not in any way
affect the nresent tariff but crevents
any chances, nntil ther either file Con
currence wiin ine xmersisie uommi
CommUsion or Similarly fi.. protert,
currence with tha Interstate Commere
Daniel Willard, president of the Bal
timore and Ohio Kail way, filed a protest
with tho Railroad administration against
th establishment of tha export rates to
the South Atlantic ports, prior to the
I ratnrn nf thai 9mAm tint ha fti
been 7 T
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Northern Trunk lines. It is assumed
that they are studying tha present
situation and. will take som formal ac
tion befor th Interstate Commerce
Commission in the' near future. Fair
fax Harrison is th first president of
Southern lines to take an. emphatic
noa-lstend against the cancellation of these
u a... n i :
The wire sent by B. L. Philips s
president, South Atlantio Porta, asked
for a statement regarding the policy
hia line expect to follow concerning
export rates irom tbe Middle west to
probable attack by Northern line and
expressing confidence in hi doing
everything poasibl to give South At-
kaU" porU th PPrtnnity tor the
pans ion inciaeni to in ucveiopmeni ox
IPort trad-
Th South Atlantie States Asaoeiation,
..s,i h h. ..ui
bodies of th four South - Atlantic
SUtes, at it. first meeting in Greens-
poro mok an active swna sgainst any
h " PrM Prt rate and
wla actively work for th eteblUh-
... . .i.;i.,wri h,w t.
tha oninion of MatthemVHal. nienldent
ot South Atlantio Bute. Asaoci-
. -t .v... s ......
1 compete on an equal
i :. -i.i. w. v..u -j k n.i..--.
.".nd toport t. Tnd
jLTi7"."
ROANOKE MACHINISTS TO
JOIN CLERKS IN STRIKE
Bepre.entatives of Six Organl-
zations,ndorse Action of ....
. . Th Clerks ,.:;.L.:..
Boaaok. Vau March 28, Indications
tonirht were that several hundred ma
Chlnists,car Trpatrer and meraberr of
other crafts employed by the Norfolk
aad Western Bailroad would strik to
morrow in sympathy with member, of
the brotherhood of railway clerk who
lhd aat Thnrsda to e.fnre. a a.
maad that two an-anion clerks bw die-
. - .. ?
eharged oeeanse 01 an wirged insuit to
BcpreMntatlve of 4x orgaaiaation.
fflliated with th clerk.' union at .1
ma, meeting f worker, her today en-
. . ..a .
..til (hair lliimaiiilaar- aerad- - k
tha railroad officials. ' uaeiala of th
eompany several day. ago iavesUgated
the charges against the two non-union
employe and announced that their dia-
aiasal was set warranted, by th tacts
of th ease. ,
aen,w JWuaci -.ab . HJUIIl
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leraerea mi mirittiu uiMujra niri 10
I 1. a..i.- .k.:. 1. 1
wuaj, cvii&a (nmiiiuai
would be filled anlese they did a. .
SCORES OF PERSONS KILLED BY
TORNADOES IN WEST AND SOLTH
WHILE PROPERTY LOSS IS HEAVY
EIGHT KILLED BY
TORNADO AT ELGIN
Property Loss In Illinois Town
Estimated At Four Mil
lion Dollars
LARGE PORTION OF THE
CITY REPORTED IN RUINS
Stont Brick Business Blocks
Demolished By Storm Dnr
ing Brief Visit and Over Hun
dred Persons Injured; Storm
Plays Strange Pranks; Town
Under Martial Law ,
Elgin, Til., Match S8. At least eight
persons wore killed and property damage
estimated a high a H.000,000 caused
by a tornado that struck this city
shortly a$ea aeon today. A large part
of th iMisine. quarter and a portion
of the residential" section was in ruins
tonight and It was feared mere bodies
were under the wreckage Military law
was declared at 5 p. m. and the streets
Cleared by troops to prevent looting,
Elgin wa in darkness tonight. More
than 100 persons were -injured in this
eity. Light wire and trolley wires
were down. Street car service waa sua
ponded. Trains were blocked by up
rooted tree and for a tim only one
telegraph and telephone wire connected
the city with the outside.
Proclaim Military Law
On proclaiming military law Mayor
Prise called out Company D., 10th
Illinois National Guard, to patrol the
wrecked area. He also asked for volun
teers and more than 100 former service
men in uniform and scene of Boy
Scouts responded. ' 4" :""
The knpwn dead: Mrs.W. D. Kimball.
93; Elisabeth Mowatt. 80; Mbnr ZUla
Foote, 21; Miss Isabel McConnachie, 12
engineer at the State hospital; Sam Bev
erley, actor; Mrs. Ada Beverley, actress.
The first four were killed in the col,
lapse of the Congregational eaurch
Services In the church had been com
pleted and most of the congregation had
gone home. A few remained waiting
for the rain to abate,- when suddenly
the storm struck. The brick edifice col
lapsed, burying the victim in its
wreckage.
Mr. and Mrs. Beverley were in the
Grand Theater preparing for their af
ternoon show when th theater fell.
The G. W. Peck department store, a
three-story brick structure, and several
other or tn' principal Business struc
ture, were destroyed.
Fir broke Out in three place follow
ing the tornado.
Storm Strike City.
Tha storm struck Elgin from the
southwest, during a torrential downpour
of rain, and .wept northeast across tho
heart of the city, leaving a trail of de
traction wo yard. wide.
Communication with surrounding
towns was interrupted, but reports
brought In indicated heavy damage and
proLablelosj of life in nearby rural dis
tricts,
Sherman and St. Joseph hospitals here
were filled . ith injured tonight, while
wsores. who were bruised and cut re
ceived treatment at doctors' offices, then
went to the homes of friends.
Eight blocks of the business district
aad five block, of the residence section
wer. in the path of the tornado, which
left behind a trail of wrecked and dam
aged buildings.
Budne Blocks Demolished.
Stout brick business blocks were do
molished, roof, were blown off, and la
the residence section house, were lifted
from their foundation, and flung
against their neighbors. Hundred, of
trees, torn out by their roots, blocked
the streets and railroad tracks. The
window display of a jowelry store wa.
niowa into the street nnd carried away
by looter, before tho military guard had
Deen estaoiisned,
Girl, were reported to have looted
th window of a millinery store, car
rying away th disnlav of SDrintr hats.
Under th maror'a Drocl&mation eall.
Ing for military law, all persona were
barred from the damaged district unless
provided with passe.
. . . Stem'. Strang Praaka. "V
Stories of the strange Drunks of the
term were many. The families of
Louis and Charles Henning. were seated
at dlnnerwhen the tornado lifted flic
nous irom over their head a without
injuring - any member 'of tho nartv.
Ton houses in a .pace of thre block.
in that neighborhood were destroyed. ,
Hardly a fnsines block down town
escaped damage. Th Kelly and the
Fosgate hotels lost meat of their' win
dows. Part of the roof of th eitv
ball wa carried away and many of the
window, broken. - 1 . .
Six box ears standing at th Chicago
and Northwestern station word hurled
down the embankment to the. edee of
the Pox river. '
William McCIure. eify assessor, esti
mated, tonight after a survey of the
wrecked district that it will cost 14.000-
000 to restore the buildings destroyed
and damsged. Fw Of the suffereVsTeari
ned tornado insurance- :" -
algin wa vielted by a destructive
wind stpmt year., ago next July,
but th damac at that tim was not
heavy, . :. . . 1
IT'S MOVING DAY AG A IN -
FOR COUNT HOHENZOLLERN
Ameraagea, March 28. (By th
Ansoclatcd Press.) Part of former
Emperor William' peraoaal laggags
already ha been moved from Ben
tinck Castle where h ia living at
present, te Doom, where he la aeaa
to take ap hi rcaideaca.. .A large
Number of '.raaka, meat of which
had aot beea apeaed . alac the
former Emperor's arrival here, have
beea teaea to Doom la motor
truck. Having day far Ceaat
IloheaxofUra la expected ta be May
lot.
GEORGIA TOWN HIT
BY TERRIFIC WIND
West Point Suffers Partial De
struction From Tornado
Late In The Day
Montgomery, Ala., March 8. , Mc.n
aagea received here it 8 p. m, from West
Point, Ga., over railroad wires reported
the death of four or fivie persons and
the destruction of the northwestern part
of the town late today by a tornado.
Since- that hour no other information
haa been received from the stricken
town. The tornado cam from the south
shortly after 3 o'clock and the fury of
the blast waa expended largely in the
business. section, according to iaforma
tioa received here tonight. The' thr?e
story building occupied jointly by the
West Point Manufacturing Company
and the First National Bank was de
stroyed. ' -
A Presbyterian church, Chattahoochee
Valley railway roundhouse, office of tlie
West Point Iron Works and Harmon
Annex were all partially wrecked. The
pontoon bridge thrown across the Chat
tahoochee river after th December
floods, also waa, destroyed. It wa re
ported that the West Point Wholesale
Grocery Company had sustained 112,000
to $15,000 damages- Those kaown te fee
dead tonight included Lrm Askkew, Ko
land Horne, Isom Stanley, an aged man
who was killed when the Presbyterian
church wa. wrecked, and Blake Henry,
That other were killed is believed pron
able while" scores of persons were in
jured. The residential, section of the
town was not greatly damaged.
HALF MILLION DOLLARS
i DAMAGE DONE AT MACON
Macon, Oa., March 28. Although th
weather bureau reported the highest
wind velocity ever known here, 58 mile
aa hour, Macon escaped the storm with
a property loss estimated at a hall mil,
lion dollars. - There , waa no loss of
lifer, and few persons were injured.
Buildings were unroofed and trees
were torn down in all part of the city.
Not a home or place of business es
caped damage. The East Macon Bap
tiat church waa unroofed, and two negro
churches destroyed.
The Buckeye Cotton Oil Company s
McCaw mill was unroofed, tha roof be
ing carried ento-the main line-track
of the Southwestern Division of the
Central of Georgia railroad.
Considerable damage wa done at
Central City Park; where a elrcu. had
pitched a tent. The tent polls wore
snapped in two. The park is-' flooded
Beporta from tho Fort Valley an
Marishallville peach belt indicate peach
tree, now in full bloom .were not hit
byithe storm. Light wind, and light
rani were reported at each place.
An Inch and a half of rail and hail
f oU in twenty, minutes. At Griffin four
inches of rainfall was reported in two
hours. '
With the heavy rains above here ano
ther flood or the river i reported.
SEVERAL PERSONS . HAVE
NARROW ESCAPES FROM STORM,
Washington, Ga, March 28. Several
persons narrowly escaped death early
today in a tornado that struck this
city at an early hour this morning.
Damage estimated at 9125fiO0 ia
ported. . Buildings unroofed included
the First Baptist . church' the Telephone
exchange, courthouse nad high school.
big oak tree crashed through" the
residence of William Hall and - earn
within thre feet of a bed occupied by
Hall and hi wife.
MACON HEARS- THAT TOWN
- ' IS COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
Macon, Ga., March 28. The town of
West Point, Ga., was destroyed by a
tomadr iatatbl sftemoon, according
reports -received in iloeal , railroad
offices tonight. The town wa seriously
damaged by ood less than six month
ago. Report here say that there has
been a heavy loss of life at West Fojnt.
The report, said the tornado cut a
swath between Ope lilt and, Wavcxly,
Ala- through vyest Point, Ua, -
TORNADO STRIKES HOME ' ' -
COMPLETELY WRECKING IT.
Montgomery, . Ala. March -' 28 Th
14-year-old danghte of rW. F Carpenter,
prosperous farmer or DeatsvilJe. 18
He north of Montgomery, was prob-
bly fatally injured, thi. afternoon.
when a tornado .truck the Caroenter
tiM?mMtt1VWltoit injuries
to the seven other member of th fain.
ily. . The tornndo moved from southwest
to northesst and, played . havoc with
small outbuilding, tree, and telegraph
line. " ,1
SCORE OF PERSONS ;
KILLED BY STORM
1 . . . ,
Property Damage Runs Into
Millions of Dollars From
Ravages of Tornado
UTTERLY DEMOLISHES
NUMEROUS BUILDINGS
State Militia Places Elgin Un
der Martial Law following;
Destruction By Terrific Wind
Many Fires In Wake of,
Storm: Many Towns And
Cities Suffer Immensely
; ' - n -
Chicago, III., March 28. A coto of -persona
were killed' and a hundred' or '
more injured today by a tornndo that
swept the country and a number, of
towns north and west of Chicago, nnd
ravagcd.omef the'eity". northwestern
suburb. The property damage ran into"
millions of dollars, including the demo
lition of many bnMding and tha rating
of telegraph and telephone lines. Com.
munication with rllrat region wa for
a time cut off. ,
Eight persons were killed aaa a rcor
Iniured when the tornado awept through
the center of Elgin, Illinois, about 30
mile west of Chicago, causing $4,000,-
000" d&maa-e to Droperty. Melrose Park, ,
a suburb of Chicago, reported six dead ,
and Dunning, another suburb, aad Wil-
mette, a North .bore town cacti reporter
two dead.
- Mach Damage la Elgin
From Elgin the storm passed on to th
northeast. Half a doxca business build
ings, two churches and 90 residence
were demolished, in Elgin, Meagre re
ports brought in by' farmers indicated
local damage Tn a, widespread rural rev
gion. Falling telegraph'and telephone
polca cut off communication and many
trees, uprooted by the twisting, wind .0
tangled th wire, that restoration of
communication presented a difficult
problem.
The Kigin company f the state militia
waa placed oa duty to guard property,
laid open to the public by the unroof
ing and upsetting of stores. .
At Melrose Park on the western edge
of Chicago 60 houses were destroyed, ;;
the devastated .area covering four,
blocks. Tho tornado followed ia the
wake of a aevere hail storm.
Tonight six dead had been identified
at Melrose Park and it was predicted
the fatality list would reach twelve.
Score. Were injured.
" Many Fire Break Out
Fire followed th collapae of build
ing and th fir department of aeveral
suburbs were summoned.
A score of house in Evaaston, a j
northern suburb, were demolished and a
number of persons injured, but no fa- ,
talities were reported. Boofs were car
ried from houses and trees wer uproot
ed and carried a half block in some in
stances. --J
The damsg in Wilmette, another
North Shore suburb, was estimated at
500,000. Many building, in the busines.
quarter were damaged along with th
town ball and the Episcopal church, Th
storm Wore n path two hundred yard
wide through the main part of Wil- ,
mette, . . 1 ..
TWO
Thoaaaad People Homaleaa.
Mrs. H. Hansen and Edward Jameson
were killed, several hundred injured and
1100 mad homeless at Dunning. ; a
northwest suburb. More than 150 houses,
lostiy I rams structures, wer destroyed
there.
Mrs. Hansen and her foue children -
were in khe parlor of their home when
the building was blown over br th
wind. " The children were uninjured,
Jameson was buried in tha debri of hi
cottage. '.',1
The Chicago Stat hospital at Dunning
t aot damaged, but several entailer
buildings on th hospital . farm war
destroyed.' The injured were taken to '
the hospital, which also was eonvertel
into a barrack for tho homeless.
At Plainfield, a small town weat of .
Chicago, two person wer injured prob
ably fatally when their home waa blown -
down.; Twelve other penftns were lew
seriously hurt and damage estimated at '
M.POO. done inline town r One of tho
Injured was Mm. John Denver, of Jolier,
whose automobile wa' turned ' upsido
down by the wind. More than a aeot of
bamf in th north of Plainfield wer
dmolirted-r''rT''
Among nerbv towns -damaa-eil h-r the
atormr according to reports, were Wau-
conda, MeHeary, Woodstock, Algonquin,
nnd Marengo. Dundee wa reported to
hive been passed over by the storm, but
damage in the surrounding .farming
country waa heavy. . . .
STRONG WIND BLOWS IN 1
. ),.,. f VICINITY OF ST. LOUIS
6U Louis. Mo- March 28. Loui. Hel-
lrngs, 2, Oklahoma City, waa killed
fear persons-are known to have snffered r-
minor injuries, and many building in
St, Loui and the suburb wer damaged ,
ia a wind storm this afternoon. Th
wind attained a velocity of 68 mile, an
WEST' DEFEATS TBE EAST
. IN TENNIS IN CALIFORNIA.
Berkeley. Cat. March 28. Th "West
efeated the' East ia'th Intersoctional
Tennis serio lor wonrea when Mis
Helen Baker, of Saa Francisco, won tha.
fifth nnd ' deciding mateh'-toflay f m-;
s. Ueorge Wight mn, or Boston, x
nal woman champion, 2 6, 6-!. f