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mUTI A C1TTT711 ITT T mm IZEN THE WEATHER urn iiom vijujuej uii H PAGES TODAY WASHINGTON, June 11. The jather forecast Tor North Carolina jlr Monday and Tuesday, contlnusd warm, moderate westerly wlnda. "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 1 2, 1 922." PRICE FIVE CENTS. OVER 50 MERR YMAKERS ARE KILLED IN STORM of u : : : , ; Next Rail Will Reduce Expense Around $40,000,000 rO BRING Mil REDUCTIONS TO Bulk of Those Next Af- x t AAA AAA K ieciea Are uv,uuu Kaiiway uierKs. set j ABOUT FIVE CENTS Sommon Labor Including Coal Passers to Get Same Treatment. CHICAGO. June 11. (By the Associated Press.) Wage reduc tions estimated at not exceeding (40,0000,000 for 355,000 additton ll railway employes whose wages tarrlers seek to lower through the railroad labor board, are expected - Issue from the board within a w days, to be effective July 1. it new decision will make a total approximately $150,000,000 to t cut from the annual pay rolls V the roads. 1 1 The bulk of those the new cut ill hit are railway clerks who Vtmber approximately 200,000. Selr pay. it was said today, would .- k. .... .U.M A., . - however, and certain chief clerks ind other supervisory clerical 'orces may not feel. the order at ill. About 6,000 tram dispntch t, generally considered as subor dinate officials, while coming un der the pending decision will got roller any reduction according to authoritative Information. Super visory officials In the shop crafts hose pay wm recently cut $60, 40,000, likewise received no cuts. Coal passers, oilers and water senders, included In the general classification of stationary engin wrs and firemen,! and freight handlers and other common labor included In the station employes' roup, are expected to receive a reduction of ., approximately five cents an riour," the same cut ap plied to common labor in the maintenance of way department. There are .about 125,000 unskilled laborers In these two classes. The signal and marine employes numbering 15,000 and 800. respec tively, are expected to come un der the reduction but no figures were available to Indicate the amount of their cut. s . Anticipating a reduction, how ever, D. W, Helt, president of the lignalmen, declared the board would "probably hamstring us," iddlng that he expected his men to vote to strike as soon as the Amnion was issued. ' K. H. Fltx tlrald. president of the clerk. .Vwewise declared a further cut was unreasonable and this his organi latlon would begin a strike vote Immediately when the decision la jnnounced. Will Voice Protest Against Lack of Interest In Lynching Bill. tabsoroitob botbi. WASHINGTON, D, C. June 11.-- estdent Harding Is tnreaienira Kh a negro Insurrection, me lac t interest in the Dyer antl-lynchlng II has angered colored leaders and tv will, make a demonstration J Inst the administration Wednes ,'j V "monster mass meeting" will be at the Bethel Literary and His torical association rooms at the Metropolitan A. M. E. church, Tucs tay night, to make final arrange ments for a picturesque demonstra tion the following day. A silent pa He will be the first thing on the Miedule. This means a moving "ticket." The negroes will follow Hit example of the Alice Faul suf fragists, who camped around the hlte House during the Wilson ad ministration. "This parade." said enemy j. BivMson, master of ceremonies, ii !th local and national. We want to lake this affair a success, so that ie reaction may be effective In com 'tttely wiping out the crime of niching, a blot on our American ?lllzatlon." treraeni naming nas oem I review the "silent parade." He been Informed that the demon Nation Is "an appeal to the con ljnce of the civilized world against V crime of lynching and burning I human beings which reached the 'ten water mark In the month of May, without Interference by tiie itsts or federal government, by num bering In Its tolls 1J victims." "The colored people, as never be fore," added Davidson 'have been 'roused as American citizens to a er.se of the need of the protection i' the fe4eral government, where the stale shows Itself unable or un filing to protect Its own, and have JMted every organization In appeal ing for the passage of the Dyer ntl-lynchlng bill, which 14 now in the senate." 1 Negro women started the move ment for a silent parade. Local au thorities have given the necessary trmits and the procession of color- rr people will march by tne vtmte .11 t was announced today that ne- NEAR 1.0 MILLION NEGROES PREPARE USTRA.T! i CAPITAL SOON 'os from every state would take !t In the coming rally but no Vrth Carolina names appear on the 1L. . , Wage Cut SIS BE DEALT WITH B! LABOR MEET All in Readiness for Open ing, of Annual Conven tion at Cincinnati. 500 DELEGATES IN CINCINNATI NOW Soviet Recognition and Child Labor Among Items of Program. CINCINNATI, June 11. (By The Associated Press.) Confront ed by many issues social and political the American Federa tion of Labor was ready tonight for opening Its 42d annual con vention here tomorrow. For a week, the labor chiefs and conven tion delegates have been gathering here, coming for the department meetings that ended yesterday. Delegates here, waiting the open ing of the convention, which is ex pected to continue two weeks, were estimated to number 600. A statement declaring the con vention as "the parliament of la bor," Samuel Gompers, the pres ident of the federation, declared that the Issues that were to be met had been heaped on organized la bor by its enemies. "Our consideration of industry and of industrial problems," he de clared, "will be from the point of -view of service to the masses of our people. Our consideration of political problems will be from the point of view of freedom and progress for humanity." As a final forerunner to the con vention, the executive council of the federation met today and de cided to draft a supplement to Its report containing organized labor's interpretation of the supreme court's recent decision In the Colo rado coal case. Members of the council said that the decision was viewed as a destructive blow to unions. The opposition to organized la bor, unemployment, wage reduc tionsrecognition of soviet Russia, child labor, the one big union, and the coming fall elections, are among the issues pressing for con sideration on the eve of the con vention. Although the convention dele gates began arriving here last week, no avowed opposition to the re-election of Mr. Gompers as president, or other members of the executive council has yet devel oped. The prospective contest in the election was for the two dele gates to be sent by the federation to the BNtisn trades union con gress. Benjamin Schlesinger. of New Tork. Edward McGlvern, of Boston, and Thomas F. Galnor, Of Washington, were listed by the delegates as the probable con testants. BIO PROPERTY LOSS IN BALTIMORE STORM BALTIMORE. June 11. Two deaths and property damage as,yet unestlmated but known to run in to millions of dollars, resulted from a series of electrical storms that broke over northern and cen tral New Tork last night and to day, Flood conditions prevail along portions of the Mdhswk valle, and westward through Oneida and Syracuse. Panther Trees Lost Airman; Is Forty Hoars Without Food Bitten, Almost to Madness by Mosquitoes Major Branaird, U. S. M. C., Lieut. Aldsworth Fall Rickenbacker Plane Crashes. ARCADIA. Fla., June 11. Treed by ft panther and compelled to spend the greater part of the night In the branches- of ft large cypress tree in the wilds of the Big Cypress country, badly bitten by mosaultoes:. his clothes torn to threads by the cruel teeth of the 0f the big cypress and he prepared giant sawgrass of the south Florida to spend the night under a tree, swamps; without food for nearly During the night one of the 40 hours these were among the panthers that Infest the section experences of Cadet Raymond chased White Into the branches of White, Carlstrom field aviator, a tree, and there he remained un whose plane crashed in the wilds i til daylight. of southeastern Lee county late continuing his tramp, foodless Thursday about noon, and who re- and wltn on)y the ,wamp water to turned to the flying field this p. quencn his thirst, young White was m in one of the planes that had , plcked UB Friday evening about 5 searched for him since last Thurs- 0'clock by ft Beminole Indian and day. J was taken to the camp of a small Cadet White, vwhose home is at band of tne southern Seminoles. Prltchett, Texas, was making a There he spent the night, prooeed practlce flight from Carlstrom field, ing gatur(jay to another camp sev Okechobeecy and return Thursday. eraI mlles distant. On the way two The first part of the flight was t tne searching planes from completed without Incident and carlstrom field were sighted, but Cadet White, flying alone, started gignai8 (rom tne young aviator and to return but lost h)s bearings and nil, semlnole guide were not seen sense of direction completely al- ttnd tne planes passed on., most as soon as he started. , Saturday afternoon the aviator Instead of flying northwestward- and guide had reached Ken ly White headed his plane almost nedy Carson's ranch where the due south. I night was passed and White' had When at a point about 40 miles jfne firrt mea he had eaten since southeast of Immokalee,. Lee Thursday. Early this morning C ar county, hie fuel tank ran dry and gon started with White In a 1-uck his plane crashed. The plane was j,oari. for Immokalee. On the way completely wrecked, but White es- another 0f the searching planes nnnmA tntlirV. ... ... . stayed wltn ine wrecKea suntll thTsuri-hadunrfafkh. attentl&n infirTrterfranrThrr month to give him his direction. Th-wWtMdV the northwest, looking for signs of A Reynolds Quits Senate Race; Says Second Primary Farce Where This Contest Involved Retiring Candidate Flays Action of Pennell, Ruth erford and Elias. THINKS ACTION TO INTEREST OF PARTY Says Ebbs and Officials Aimed at His Defeat , by Uirfair Means; " Robert R. Reynolds last night Issued a statement announcing his withdrawal from the second pri mary called by his opponent, Plato Ebbs, in the Buncombe county sen atorial race. Declaring hia con viction that his action is for the best Interests of the democratic party, and alleging that his oppon ent and his friends, who control the election machinery in the county, had ' determined to defeat him by unlawful methods, Mr. Reynolds denounces the tactics used against him in the primary of June 8 and declines to allow his supporters to enter what he characterises as an unfair contest. This action by Mr, Reynolds ap parently ends the race to deter mine the? nominee for senator on the democratic ticket, giving this place to Mr. Ebbs, who ran 171 votes behind Mr. Reynolds in the primary. The Reynolds state ment is as follows: TO THE PEOPLE OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY "In the primary of June 3 my ma jority over Plato Ebbs for the senate was 171. I received 3571 votes, Ebbs 340O votes and Mrs. Piatt 015. Thus making It possible for Mr. Ebbs under the law to call a second primary to de termine between me and Mr. Ebbs. After considerable deliberation he has called this aecond primary. "I decline to re-enter this contest, and direct the chairman of the board of elections and duly constituted of- CnMiwed m Papt Tw9 human ... habitation, but finding none. With his clothing torn to tatters, and bitten almost beyond endur ance by the swarms of mosquitoes in the swampy saw grass, night overtook the aviator In the edge was sighted and Carhon and w nue. " . . . . . signalling witn a sneet attractea nln made a landing u:n.board an'd I -icmmH ft Ti PROMISING PLANT By BILLY BORNE Street Car Man Fatally Stabbed By Negro Crowd Seeks to Eject Unruly Drunk When Fellowmen Rally To His Aid RICHMOND, June ll.-H- L. Burleson, 2J year old and unmar ried, of Williamsburg, Va.. a' con ductor In the employ of the Vir ginia Railway and Power company was fatally stabbed by a crowd of negroes in South Richmond late this afternoon,' bleeding to death on the running board of an auto mobile in which he had sought safety. Burleson's slayers made good their escape before the arrival of police and as far as the authori ties know are still at large, al though four negro suspects had been arrested up to a late hour to night and are being detained in third police station. They were subjected to a gruelling examina tion and are believed by police to be implicated in the killing, If one or more Is not Burleson's actual slayer. The trouble arose over a drunk and obstreperous colored passen ger, who, upon being approached by the conductor and ordered to desist, became abusive and cursed the street car man. .The latter sought to eject the unruly black when other blacks rallied to his ad. TheiiN actions became so menacing the conductor jumped from his car and sought escape In an automobile which was proceed ing alongside the trolley and whose driver, sensing the danger to the street car man, signalled him to leap aboard. The blacks followed and, drag ging Burleson from the automo bile inflicted wounds with knives that shortly after resulted In the death on the 'running board of the automobile. When the ambulance arrived. In response to an emer gency call, Burleson was dead. The murder took place in what Is known as the Black Belt In 8outh Richmond. The crime has caused much excitement and crowds of blacks assembled and temporarily at least, frustrated ef forts to apprehend the slayers of Burleson. . -- , EVIDKVT NAVY MEV INVOLVED SAYS RODMAV NORFOLK, Jund 11 Navy of ficials believe that, the Investiga tion precipitated Saturday at th- navy yard by the discovery of elihty seven cases of Imported vhisey in the cargo holds of the Naval transport Slrlus will uncover a conspiracy between American bootleggers and west Indian liquor gjods into the United States In vlo lutlon of the national prohibition luws. "It Is evident that at least a few navy men are involved In this traffic,' Admtral, Hugh Rodman, eommapdnnt of the fifth naval dis trict, ssld tonight. "Otherwise the liquor discovered at the navy yard BMurday could not have been smuggled aboard the Slrlus." , PRINTER IS Kfl-r vn v MOTORCYCLE CRASH BRISTOL, Va.-Tenn., June 11. Oliver Allison. 18, printer, was instantly killed here this morning when a motorcycle on which he wss riding struck a horse Just out side the city limits. Another youth In the machine was painfully hurt. SLEEP WALKER SHOOTS AND KILLS FATHER. BESSIE. Ark.. June ll.-iWil- n.M n.l.. il T J ... u i 1 .u. shot and instantly killed ms rather. Edward Delaney. a 0 year old rarner living near nere. BORAH ASSAILS ANT LYNCH INOPENIETTER Says People Should Say if State Lines Are to Be Wiped Out. , WASHINGTON, June 11. The American people should be given the opportunity, by submission of a constitutional amendment. Sen atof Borah, republican, Idaho, do clared In a letter made public to night, to decide whether they de sire to "wipe out state lines" and give congress power to pass child labor, antl-lynchlng and similar laws dealing with state affairs. "Tear- after year congress is lashed into passing laws which are manifestly unconstitutional," said Senator Borah In a letter on the antl-lynchlng bill, "and it has come to be a settled principle ap parently that congress should dis regard the constitution and leave the Supreme court alone to protect it. To my mind such a rule is so utterly shameless, so utterly Intol erable that it is startling that It should be even spasmodically urged." Deploring mob violence, Senator Borah In his letter to the Editor of the Boston Transcript, said that the antl-lynchlng bill, providing for federat punishment for officers of the law who were accused of laxness : in preventing lynchings was unconstitutional, while the Bu preme court had held two child labor laws void. "In other words many other propositions with which congress is urged to deal," said Senator Borah, "are not within the compe tency of congress as the constitu tion now stands. If the people of this country have made up their minds to deal with all these matters through congress then why not give congress the power to do so rather than urge a course which involves the lowest form of con stitutional Immorality. "I urge therefore that there is underlying these questions the gravest constitutional problems which we as a people could have presented. But if the change Is to be had it Is better to change It openly and candidly and intelli gently, than to longer pursue the ineffective, fruitless, demoralizing method which we are now pursu ing." That he would oppose such a constitutional change was indi cated by Senator Borah who argued that congress should not he placed In a position "where it Is constant ly and chronically usurping power o the states. DRIVE TO PUT OVEIl FORD OFFER IS BEGI N WASHINGTON, June 11. A cam paign for acceptance of Henry Ford's Muscle 8hoals offer at this aeaslon of congress was begun tonight by the American Agricultural buresu feder ation, when Washington representa tive, Gray Silver, forwarded to state secretaries of the organisation a cir cular suggesting that members of h infnrmod "In unmistak able terme" of the sentiment of the: farmera toward the Kord plan. "There Is no assurance," said the letter, "that the proposal will be still proffered If It Is not accepted before adjournment. The offer was made one year ago end the time haa come to say 'yes' or 'nd.' This cause Is worthy of your most active support. Members of congress cannot reflect yaur desires unlees you tell them In ur.mlitakable terms that you want a vote on the Ford proposal and that you want It accepted at thla seaalon." . . MAJOR HAMMOND DIES AT HOME IN GEORGIA AUGUSTA. Ga.. June 11. Ma- 'Jor Edward 8tann Hammond, age , uonreaerate veieran ana ior mer editor of the Richmond Dis patch, died at his home in Black Hammono. was a graduate ot tne University of Pennsylvania and a i ooctor Dy proiession. Forty Die In Long Island Sound While Lightning, Falling Trees Cause Many Additional Deaths NEW JAP CABINET RIG VICTORY FOR LATE CONFERENCE Will Result in Keeping of Militarists in Nippon Out of Power. NEW GOVERNMENT SET UP IN CHINA Lu Heads Canton Organi zationSouth China to Soon Crumble. TOKIO, June 15. sociated Pie-w.) -(By The As. The cabinet chosen by Admiral Paron Tonmi- hura Ksto, the new premier, was confirmed officially at 10:40 o'clock this morning. It contains several members of the cabinet of former premier Takashasshl and Inol ides seven peers. Admiral Baron Kato today ac cepted the premiership. His non party cabinet comes Inlo power with the avowed Intention of car rying out the agreements of the Washington conference to the let ter. . The one condition on which Kato accepted the premiership was agreement of army leaders to re duce the estimated army hudget by 40.000,000 yen and to adopt a general policy of retrenchment. Kato will have the support of the Seyyukl, majority party, In the diet and the Kenkyukai, the largest group of peers in the house of lords. BEGINNING OF NKW DAY FOR JAPANESE WASHINGON. June 11, (By The Associated Press.) The ac cession of Admiral Baron Kato to the premiership of Japan Is looked upon in many quarters here a not only a notable -triumph for the principles of the Washington-arms conference, but In a broader sense as the beginning of a new day of conciliatory policies in the Toklo government's relations with the rest of the world. J away and soon corps of physicians, Advices received by Japanese "urgeonJ and nurses were at the elements here have convinced them Pfl Four mbulanees respond that Baron Kalo would accept the anl they worked In relays re oremler's nost onlv If he had as- mnvln the Injured. su ranees of sufficient support to keep the militaristic group In Ja pan In check. NEW PRESIDF.NT AND PIIKMIKR AT CANTON PEKING, China, June 11. (By The Associated Press.) President Lu Yuan-Hung Issued his first mandate shortly after assuming of fice today, appointing as premier, Wu TlngFang, former minister to the United Stales and since 1917 one of .the strongest supporters of the Canton government's struggle against what It termed the mili tarism of the north. It Is understood Dr. Wu Ting ship. In the meantime President Lu has designated Dr. W. W. Yen, foreign minister under the last premier, Liang Shih-Yi, to act as premier as Dr. Wu arrival from Canton, The unification of China is de clared in official circles to have been brought considerably nearer by Wu Ting Fang's acceptance of the premiership. It la asserted Dr. Sun Yat Sen, president of the Re public of South China, in whose structure Wu has been a consistent pillar of strength, will be unable This Is Membership Week In Citizen Circulation Drive Receipt Books Received Workers May Get Supplies at Once Spare Time Is All Necessary .. . 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Tills given all ample time to hav thur names listed properly In the so; Hon In which they belong and sufficient time in when to receive teceipt books, supplies and all in formation and Instructions as to how to proceed in promoting a winning campaign. Jiembt. shlp Week is of vital Im portance, as those who determine now to line up with the folks In hTbmmunT(y-r)d ing big things will get a ground flcor start and enjoy the great ad- FU RY OF STORM CRASHES INTO PARK IN BRONX Ferris Wheel Is Crushed to Earth by Wind, Six Dead, 40 Hurt. WORKERS RELAY IN RESCUING INJURED Franticr Efforts to Escape Ghastly Sights of Wreck In Storm. NEW TORK, June 11. The furv cf the electric storm that ' swept New York today destroying property and life, broke suddenly over a little amusement park at Clnson's Point, the Bronx, lashed into a Ferris wheel crowded with young people, crushed It to the ground and passed on leaving six dead and more than 40 injured. Shrieks of mirth broke from the steel cars of the wheel as it carried Its cargo of youth high up Into the breeaes. Then the storm snj maddened cries of fear and agony as the upper half broke away and wss catapulted by the winds Into the shallow waters of Long Island sound. The lower half buckled and fell a twisted mass of steel, wooden girders and human bodies. The hundreds of men. women and children in the resort were thrown into a panic Amid the lightning flashes, the thunder's roar and the rain tor rests., women fainted, and men fought and children were brushed 1 aside In frantlo efforts to reach shelter na to ioae sigm oi me ghastly pile that so shortly before had been a wheel of merriment, But many rushed to the wreck and worked madly to extricate the - oodles of the living and the dying and the dead.. Efforts were made , to telephone for ambulances and physicians but - the storm had . taken the wires. Men In com , mandeered automobiles were sent to nearest hospitals two miles Many of the frali buildings of the concessionaries In the park were blown away or badly damaged. As the bodies were taken from the wreckage of the wheel they were placed on the bathing pier. After an hour or more forty persons had been extricated. Six were deed and a number of others were said to be dying. Members of the crew operating the wheel declared the storm broke so suddenly that It waa not poaalble to remove the passengers. They said about sixty persons were In the ears when the storm struck. Night fell as a half hundred men were set to work clearing apart I he wreckage and the removal of the victims progresied slowly. Under one 1 "UK Plfc steel, In a depression In the ground, lay a boy of 14, ni his ten year old sister. As the steel was removed they stood up unhurt and ran to the arms of their so'iblng parenta. The boy aald they were tn the car that had just left the ground when something happened, he did not know what, that he waa stunned for a moment and then the next thing he knew was when his sister clutch ed him by the arm and naked: "Are wo In a tunnel BbbleT" Paul Simon, owner and operator of the wheel was arested upon the order of Assistant Attorney Qulgley and held on a charge of homicide. vintage of having their name ap pear in the first list. Thousands of eyes will be trained upon tlio pages of The Ashevilie Citizen to eagerly scan the list to ! see If some of their friends havj ! been nominated Kvery one in the i lolnity served by this newspaper will take ome part in deciding Just Wiio tht- winners of the big prizes will be. Thousands of vote cou pons will l,e clipped from The Cit izen and will be cast for a friend ! whose name appears, 'stmit Time In Which 1 o Work . Inasmuch a s the Circulation Iiive is of such short duration, It is imperative that those who aspire to winning the best prlr.es should lone no time. It Is expected that during Mem- latrkhln .v.,u Invn viMairt. iftnd hamjf.t will be represented by j )me ambitious, live Wire member. Tne Ashevilie Citizen covers a wide territory, and the plan of dis t'lbutlnft the prizes la so fair, so Inviting r.nd attrsctlve that even those living on the rural routes and sparsely populated sections com pete on an eo.ua! footing with thos residlnr In the larger towns. I'lnn Is a Very lair One Each and every section has cer tain priies that must be won by mmberi in that section. So don't ht iltatn to send in your name, and bv all means do not make the mls- ks of waiting too long anJ then nul 1 having ms.de-aw ..irly dclston. This is MEMBERSHIP WEEK!ruihed for shelter. THOUSANDS SEEK RELIEF FROM HEAT AS STORM BREAKS Pelham Bay Is Jammed with Boats Few Have Chance to Get Ashore. BODIES OF SEVEN ARE WASHED ASHOR Lightning Plays Havoc With Trolley Car Big Property Damage. : NEW YORK, June 11. A vio lent storm accompanied by shift lng winds that reached a velocity of 88 miles an hour took the Uvea of more than ,60 arson, injured mors than a 100 and caused enor mous property damage In the Metropolitan section late today. . Forty persons were reported to have lost their lives while boating In Long Island sound, and many persons were killed by falling trees, lightning and accidents, (.aused by the wind. Ten bodies have been recovered from the wa ters of the sound and the water about New York are being search The storm earns at the close of one of the most torrid day of the season. The wind, coming gently from the south and southwest, shifted suddenly Into the northwest and increased in velocity to II miles, and sweeping through New Jersey, West Chester county, across the City island, the Bronx and Manhattan, left death and de struction in lLs wake. Torrential rains, then lightning, followed the wind, ' 'HilnrtMila nr thAiiunsa M New Yorkers were on the beaches and a various outlying resort seeking relief from the heat, When the storm broke, and U was from these that the storm took its death toll. Twentv thousand holiday mak ers went to City island today and half went out on the waters of Pelham bay. It was Jammed with boats of every description when , the storm hit It. Few had oppor tunity to get ashore. The known casualties occurred off Execution Light, which is about six mlles cast of City Island; Rat Island, about three mlles east, and anoth er Island nearby. Six Killed In Ferris Wheel Crash SIX persons were killed and more than 40 hurt when the wind taught a huge ferrls wheel at the Clason Point amusement park and it crashed to the ground. A, woman and her seven-year-old daughter were crushed tn death and several other persona Injured when an oak tree blown by the wind crashed through the oof to the crowded dining room of the Red Lion inn. on Boston post road, carrying with it an old loshloned stone chimney. The bodies of seven canoeists caught In Long Island sound oft City Island at the helghth of the atom were washed ashore after nightfall. Hiss Edna Smith, 17, walking with a companion along the reservoir road at Oesining was blown into the wat er and drowned. . Charles Emerson, New Bochelle clothing manufacturer, was rowing In Echo Bay with his wife and three children when the storm broke. He managed to row to shore, then died from a heart attack, A tree fell across a party ot motor. Ists seeking shelter en the Brookvllle road, near Locust Valley, Long Island, killing Harry Halloran. ef Oyster -Bar. and seriously Injuring his three male companion!. Unable to reach shore In the stiff winds. Jack Lowenthal, 20, waa. drowned while swimming in Bat river. Conoettl Baalatao and his ten year eld son.-Anthony,-of Mount Vmhoii. were killed when a tree under which they had found shelter In the Bronx was struck by lightning. Two men were killed In Newark. N. J., when they became In contact with electric wires torn down by ths wind. A masKlve tree on the New YDrk West Chester county tine at Mount Vernon fell, crushed to death Mrs. Canals Cavallo and her Infant son. Ten Excursionlats Are Injured on Boat. . Ten excursionists on the Ferry boat Mlldegrad,, returning from Jn- ' ter-State park, N. J., to weet lollh street, were Injured when the wind tore a life boat from Ita davits. In falling the bost struck the falling of the lower deck at a spot where about a doaen passengers had gath ered for shelter, then it slid Into, the river and disappeared. Sidney Jacob, 14, was badly hurt and waa taken to A hospital. " Kx tensive property damage from winds and lightning was reported from all boroughs in the city, and outlying districts. Central park suffered heavily, dos ens of trees being uprooted end hurl ed across driveways blocking auto mobile traffic. Lightning struck a Brooklyn trolley car, and half a dozen passengers were stunned and thrown to the floor. Lightning also struck a barn' is Flushing and ten. horses were burn ed to death. Coney Island, where throngs of 150. (tfl 0 had gathered including ' 100.WIO bathers, fortunately received only the tail end of the storm. Ne tireless iwa asluska,t the, jwrt , was lntenae when the startled crowds- r J
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