The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 19, 1925, Page 1

— — Ly y c )” county and city taxes yearly aemmaantiinatidhlacs ca cis eat RRR WEATHER FORECAST Partly overcast tonight and Fri- day; rising temperature tonight. ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BIS CK TRIBUNE [an BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS HUNDREDS DIE IN TORNADO | Sell Water ter W orks: rks Supplies ies to City "U.S. ECONOMY NULLIFIED BY STATE TAXES 4 Federal Taxation Lower But Cost of City and State Government Increases DEBTS STEADILY MOUNT Local Officia's Fail to Fall’ in Line With Work Started by Coolidge BY CHARLES P. STEWART NEA Service Writer Washington, Mar. 19.—What dis- courages President Coolidge—so his advisers say—is that federal gov- ernmental economies can’t do much! good so long as state, county and city governments ge on spending money at their present rate. Federal taxation is being reduced, as everybody knows. This wouldn't be so satisfactory ‘if it were being done at the cost of an increasing national indebtedness. Such, however, isn’t the case. The _ national debt is peleg, whittled down, ‘too. But. state, county and city taxa- tion is inereasing—fast. It is in- creasing faster than federal taxation can be reduced, It wouldnt be so bad if the money were being used to pay off old state, county and city debts. However, this isn’t the case. States, counties and cities aren’t even paying their way as they go along. The states’ debts are increas- ing faster than their taxes are, and counties’ and cities’ debts are in- creasing nearly as fast. In 1902 state, county and city taxes averaged $9.22 per capita throughout the United States. “In 1922 the average was $32.23. The increase continued steadily during the ‘entire 20 years, amounting, at the end of that time, to nearly 250 per cent. ".e increase was not uniform in all the states, but it w&s universal not ‘one single state but had high- er taxes in 1922 than in 1902. Between 1902 and 1922 state debts increased nearly 340 per cent. Coun- s ard cities did nat borrow quite The average of all three —state, county and in 1902 and $79.90 or a fraction under 238 per The; nation’s total of state, county ‘and city debts in 1922 was $8,914 209,000. Tnliciher-<warans one aniityersert each man, woman and child in the United States pays $32.23 in state, and is in debt $79.90 on the states’ coun- ties’ and cities’ account. The figures are the Treasury De- partment’s. Exact amounts are not yet available later than 1922,-but enough have been gathered to show that the increase—in both indebted- ness and taxation—is still going on. Obviously, if states, counties and cities are going to pile their taxes on faster than President Coolidge can take federal taxes off, the more the president reduces, the more the taxpayers will have to pay. That's the situation now. State Experiment Substations To __ Be Reorganized Fargo, March’ 19.—Plans for imme- diate reorganization of the substa- tions of the State Experiment Sta- tion, as a consequence of the cut made in appropriations for them by the legislature, were discussed at a includ- } the | the officials of the stations, jg Dr. Coulter, _ President of Agricultural College! here. Substations at Dickinson, Willis- ton, Hettinger, Langdon and Edgeley are affected by the reduction from about $60,000 for a biennium to . About $15,000 for the next two year: ‘According to officials, this. will bare- ly provide caretakers for the sta- tions, Recommendationg are to be made to the state board at Bismarck! Saturda; Boy’s Crops Pay College Expenses Marmarth, N. D., Mar. 19.—Nor- man Fanning, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H, Fanning, farmer in the Mound vicinity near here, has the will to succeed. Graduating, from high school in 1923, the family finances would not permit of his attending an institu- tion of learniny In the spring of 1924, he borrowed money for geed, secured a piece of land, and doing all the work hi f, sow- "pa 50 acres of flax. ‘The receipts are paying his tuition and expenses this winter at the N. D. Agricultural college. (Now he is sgwing an acreage of winter wheat to pay for further edu Moths can smell, scientists heve ascertained. ee FACTS FOR HOME OWNERS Do you think you own own your own home, even if you have the deed? Perhaps, the government, mostly the city and school part, and the mortgage holder really own your home. Just study the facts and figures below and learn who really owns your own home. Here are the figures which show the debt rest- ing on your home. A first mortgage put there by the state, the county and mostly the school and city government. Total Debt $20,059,000.00 140,000.00 in 1924 STATE..... COUNTY... SCHOOLS... CITY GOVT.. ... .$1,862,852.61 Bismarck’s share $ 11,233.04 36,400.00 . 221,107.73 . -1,594,111.84 Total....... The full or 100° per cent value of all Bismarck property is............$7,534,200.00 Every $100 of property which you own is debt mortgaged just...... 24.73 On a $5,000 home this mortgage is.... 1,236.50 The government, mostly the city, owns about one-quarter of your property, which you must buy back through high taxes. Isn’t, it about time to put on the brakes and get a little more efficiency and economy in the city hall? FATE OF MEN . IN MINE SHAFT YET UNCERTAIN Rescue Workers | Continue Hunt for Miners Entombed By Gas Exp'osion Farimont, W. Va., Mar. 19.—Tire- less rescue workers continued, their struggle today to reach the 34 min- ers entombed by a terrific explosion that. Tuesday night wrecked Mine No. 41 of the Bethlehem Mines Cor- poration three miles from here. Hope that some of the entombed men may be rescued had -not been abandoned, but it is the belief of experienced mining men that those in on the property at the time of the explosion have perished. R.-M. Lambie, chief of the De- partment of Mines, announced last night after a trip into the mine with a rescue crew that fire was burning. Chief Mine Inspector R. M, Lambie and a companion, descended to the bottom of the wrecked shaft in a temporary bucket and were able to penetrate to the room where the mine horses were kept. All of the animals were dead. They could see no trace of the 33 entombed miners. Rescue workers managed to clear away part of the wreckage which had clogged the shaft and entered the mine proper. As the rescuers pushed a short way past the dead horses, however, they found no trace of the miners. It was believed, however, that those working nearest the shaft were half a mile away, while others were as far as a mile and a half. Fargo Lawyer Made Assistant Atty. General George I: Reimestad, of Fargo, to- day accepted a position as assistant Attorney-General, succeeding Charles Simon, resigned, it.was announced by Attorney-General George Shafer, Mr. Reimestad, who was in the At- torney-General’s office for several years, is at present affiliated with Divet, Holt, Frame and Thorpe, Fargo. SHEPHERD HELD IN JAIL CELL WITHOUT BAIL Prosecutors , Probe Theory Fever Germs Came From City Department —William D. Shepherd, foster father of William McClintock, orphan mil- lionaire, today occupied the same county jail cell in which Nathan Leopold, Jr. awaited trial, while prosecutors investigated a theory that the typhoid germs he is accused of giving McClintock may have come from the City Health Department, They established a connection be- tween two health department em- ployes and the National University of Sciences, whose head Charles C. Faiman is named with Shepherd ip the indictment. Shepherd, through his counsel, William Scott Stewart, noted trial * Lambie and his companions re- | lawyer, demanded immediate freedom turned to the surface with the report | 0m bail’ when a petition for a writ that they had explored for some dis-|0f habeas corpus. was dismissed yes- tance the headings leading from the|terday, upon the state's attorney ‘bottom of the mine but had found| citing the indictment, but it finally none of the men. Lambie said res-|Wwas agreed to go thoroughly into the cue teams would go down immedi-| matters of motions and bail next ately in the hope of finding them.| Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, =~ Shepherd was not called upon to ROOMS NEEDED énter a plea, but Stewart annoanced that “our plea is, has been, and will FOR DELEGATES |,’ gaits” y| “Our charge is that this is a giant TO CONVENTION | conspiracy in which the defendant is about to be deprived of his rights With between 600 and 700 dele-| under a will,” said Stewart, gates expected to attend the North Prosecutor Crowe ia said to have Dakota Farmers’ and Grain Dealers’ | agreed to present at the hearing Sat- Association convention to be held in| urday the five witnesses whose tes- Bismarck on March 24, 25 and 26,|timony before the grand jury re- ‘the Convention Bureau of the Asso- | sulted in the indictment, They would ciation of Commerce \is asking the | be required to produce their evidence, people of the city to throw open | Stewart said. their homes be -secormmmodate the del- 7 egates who will be unable to secure H room at the. hotels Bismarck Shoe “The members of the North Da- And Clothing kota Farmers’ and Grain Dealers’ s Association will be guests of the Men To Organize city,” A. F. Bradley, secretary of the Association of Commerce, said to-| Organization of the clothing and day, id the people of Bismarck} shoe group of the Merchants’ Divi- must make their stay here a pleas-| sion of the Association of Commerce ant one in order that the visitors | will be HAD at a meeting to be held may have pleasant recollections of |at 8 p.m. Friday in the Association Bismarck.” of Commerce rooms. The dry goods Any one having rooms they will! and women’s wear. merchants will have available for the convention | organize tonight. delegates are -asked to call the Con- The object 4 the Merchant's Di vention Bureau of the Chamber of |sion is’ to promote better mercha! Commerce, phone 1015. dising methods and practices with TPR G9) 3 OORT SCR view to giving better service to the A NUT-BERRY TREE buying public, to develop better un- Fairfax, Mo. Mar. 19.—On J. E.| derstanding among the merchants as Walkup's farm near here is a trée|_ whole and to aid or sponsor any. that bears both berries and nuts.|movement that will stimulate a About 30 inches from the ground the | greater development and expansion tree divides and the branches on one | of Bismarck’s trade territory. side produge walnuts while mulber- pe adele he ries are found on those on the |SWEDISH MUSICIANS other sid TO PLAY AT “U” Grand Forks N. D., Mar. 19.—Two: IN THE “TIN CANS’ of the foremost musicians of Swe- Vancouver, March 19.—The pfo-|den are scheduled to play at the vince of British Columbia estimates weekly convocation of the state uni- that it received $10,000,000 from | versity at 10 o'clock Thursday morn- tourists during last summer. Banking, it is ‘announced from the in- clearings increased greatly during | stitution. Goran 0. Follinger, vio- the Bae when the tourist travel'|ii Garl'J. Bergren, pianist, heaviest. Chicago, March 19—(By the A. P.), TWO TICKETS IN FIELD FOR CITY ELECTION _H. A. Thompson Candidate for President of Commis- ~ sion on Economy Platform SEEKS TO LOWER TAXES A. P. Lenhart, Incumbent, Out for Reelection on Busi- ness Administration Plat- form Two tickets were in the field for the city election, which is to be held on April 7, when time for filing petitions expired last night. One ticket is headed by Harry A. Thompson, now a member of the city commission, for president of the commission, Jack F, Runyan and Alex Rosen will make the race for commissioners on the ticket headed by Mr. Thompson. Their platform is: “For decreased taxation and ef- ficiency and economy is city man- agement.” , A. P. Lenhart, now president of the city commission, heads the other ticket. George T. Humphreys and Charles Wachert are the candidates for the two places on the city com- jmission, Their platform “For economical and ibusiness ‘xdministra- tion of city affairs.” The candidates are to meet late today to draw for places on the bal- lot. Headquarters for both tickets will be opened in the business district this week. R. H. Crane is a candidate for city justice of the peace, and candidate for police magistrates are W. C. Cashman, incumbent; Wiliam Cook, W. S. Casselman and H. R. LU, All terms are for four year $12,000 GIVEN TO LOCAL MAN FOR INJURIES Adolph Kutchera Is Given Verdict in District Court Here By Jury A jury in district court here late yesterday afternoon returned a ver- dict of $12,000 in favor of Adolph Kutchera of Bismarck, against the Soo Railway Company, for personal injuries sustained October 6, 1921, when he was injured on a gasoline speeder near the, state penitentiary. Mr. Kutchera sued for $15,000. Kutchera, proprietor of the Mod- ern Machine Works, had been en- gaged to repair the speedster for the railroad company. He had made repairs and was testing it out when it jumped the track, and he suffer- ed bodily injuries. The case’ had long been in court. On a demurrer filed against the complaint, it being alleged that it did not state a cause of action, the case went to the supreme court, and trial before jury was ordered. The theory of the plaintiff's case, as out- lined by his attorneys, O’Hare and Cox, was that the three-wheel speeder was dangerous in that it often jumped the track, and that before he went to test the speed- ster he was not warned by the rail- road company. The jury was out about an hour considering the case. HECTIC. SESSION OF U.S. SENATE -COMES TO EN Washington, Mar. 19.—Memorable for its break with the White House over the Warren nomination, the special session of the Senate which convened March 4 had passed into history today after pursuing its turbulent way to the very closing hours. With the Senate's jadjournment sine die yesterday Congress has closed its doors until the. conven- ing of the regular session on the first Monday of December unless called in special session. Of this President Goolidge has in- dicated no intention. 10,000 HOMELESS IN TOKIO FIRE March 19.—(By the A. eae thous: ‘were home- » 300 injured, 20 missing Py 2,000 houses destroyed in a eon- flagration that swept northeastern Toko last night, a police check of the situation revealed . A barracks ‘hag been constructed Tokio, to house the homeless, a subscription} States, by the emperor providing L hah te laying of water mains. Contrator | JARDINE OPENS. PROBE OF GRAIN PRICE FLURRIES Orders Books ang Trading Records in All. Grain Exchanges Examined BOOKS REVEAL DEALS MADE BY OFFICIALS Thousands of Dollars Worth of Business Secured By Larson and French Washington, March 19.—Instrue- tions to examine the book and trad- ing records of all grain exchanges in the country and those of a num ber of large brokers, were sent to- day by Secretary Jardine to field agents of the Grain Futures Admin- DISCLOSED] “tes The option constituted the Agri- FACTS cultural Department’s first in its in- vestigation of the causes of recent violent fluctations in the price of Law Firm of City Attorney Figures in Civil Suit Against Bismarck wheat. The orders went to Chicago, St. Louis, Kansa and other points. FLAMES LEVEL 2 BIG HOTELS IN PALM BEACH Blaze For Time Threatens Entire Business Section of Famous Resort Nearly $23,000 worth of lumber, cement and other supplies were sold by the Carpenter Lumber Company to one contractor for use in the con- struction of the city water works plant. This same ‘contractor also] bought nearly $1,500 worth of hard- ware and other supplies from the French & Welch Company for city water works construction. These indisputable facts are revealed by the books of that contractor.’ Here are sales amounting to nearly $25,- 000 made by the Carpenter Lumber Company and the French & Welch Company to one contractor alone, and there were six contracts made by the city for the construction of the new water works plant and the These six contracts, the diesel engine and oth- er equipment involve an expendi ture of over $300,000 for water works purposes, most of which has A FEW STORES BURNED Estimated in Excess of Property Damage in Fire Is}_ FIERCE TWISTER HITS ILLINOIS AND INDIANA CITIES, SPREADING DEATH, HORROR, DESTRUCTION More Than 1,000 Persons Killed and Many Injured While Property Damage Is Expected to Reach Several Million Dol'ars—Morgues in Murphysboro, West Frankfort, Parish and Desota Filled to Overflowing with Bodies of Unfortunates — Pitiful Sights Greet Rescue Workers Searching in Debris For Injured Chicage, March 19.— Dead estimated at 500 to 1,000. Injured estimated at 2,500 to 3,000. Homeless estimated at 8,000 to 10,000.. A mid-afternoon tornado, the worst hour to strike when children were packed in schools and workers in stores and sheps, yesterday’s storm in the five midwestern states still he’d many victims buried and unreported this afternoon. Where it did the worst damage, the tornado lasted less than five minutes. It flattened heavily constructed school and business buildings with worse results than the casualties in lighter dwellings. Babies in homes were special sufferers. Fire still was raging or smouldering and millions of dol- lars worth of wreckage delayed the count of the larger death list. The hardest hit places were three small cities in Southern Illinois—West Frankfort, Murphysboro and Carbondale. Nearly all the destruction was the south coal fields. Next to Il'inois the worst sufferers were in Indiana and Missouri with fatal echoes of the twister coming from Ten- nessee and Kentucky. f CASUALTY LIST | By the A. P.) Red Cross, state guardsmen, army ses aviation forces, railroad resources piled into many special trains, and private relief from two of the na- tion's largest cities, Chicago and St. Louis, with a host of contributions from smaller cities, concentrated on Southern Mlinois. Chicago, March 19. Reports of casualties from the to nado and storm which Wednesday already been paid out by the city. How many dgllars worth of goods the other five cantractors bought from these same firms can only be revealed by the books of the con- tractors or the Carpenter Lumber Company and French & Welch Com- Four Million Dollars Palm Beach, Fla. Mar. 19.—More! than $4,000,000 worth of nme n ruins here today after the fire SHE swept through the Breakers | and Palm Beach Hotels, destroyed several shops and cottages and for a of these’ contractors to” purchase ,time threatened destruction of that! lumber, cement and hardware. jentire section of the city. Smould- Commissioner John A. Larson js eT"& ashes were all that remained the manager of the local branch f Of two of the most noted hotels f the Carpenter Lumber Company also the playground of mi treasiiver of the Bismarck, Zehool Groups. paused im the dull glow of board, and Commissioner W. French is the president and manager of the French & Welch Hardware Tecover valuables that Company, each of whom sold goods |flung from windows. to a contractor who had a contract’, On the golf links groups of mil- with the city for construction work, lonaires slept upon expensive rugs , Last Saturday, the Tribune pyb-[2"¢ draperies torn from the floors lished a story showing how the Car. (2nd walls of the burning buildings. | penter Lumber Company sued the Woodrich Construction Company for $3,909.50 and brought garnishment proceedings against the city of Bis- marck for this sum. The attorneys for the lumber company in the suit and. garnishment proceedings are Newton, Dullam and Young. City Attorney C. L. Young, who is pre- iti sumed to protect the interests of | In addition’ to the two hotels, the the city of Bismarck in these gar-:Poinciana barracks and a number of nishment suits is a member of the Shops were burned. Bradley's club, law firm bringing one of these pro-|!ong noted as a playground for rich ceedings. In his return or affidavit Persons visiting Palm Beach, was of liability in the garnishment mat- Saved although for a time it was ter City Auditor M. H. Atkinson, thought certain that this widely the very nature of the other , it was necessary for some | had been Less happily quartered were persons, most of them negroes, ar- rested on charges of looting after the fire, while thousands of dollars worth of jewels, money and clothing they were alleged to have stolen was guarded by police. The cause of the fire had been positively ascertained. not admits that the city of Bismarck is known resort would fall a victim of liable in a sum not to exceed $19,000 the flames, subject to the defense of the city| ,The fire started late yesterday of Bismarck that the Woodrich ,#fternoon in an upper floor of the Construction Company has not prop-|S0uth wing of the Breakers Hotel, erly completed its contract. It was which had nearly 900 rooms and also shown that French & Welch Provided accommodations for nearly Company sued the construction com- 2,000 persons. The cause of the fire pany for a balance on account WS variously reported as a careless- amounting to $628.11, and, also ly handled cigaret, a plumbers torch brought garnishment proceedings 27d ® woman guest using an elec- against the city of Bismarck there- trict! appliance. on. French & Welch are represent- SS ed by the law firm of O'Hare & Cox.| Boys on Rampage Comment has been made on the ie fact-that the present city attorney, Caught and Licked cL. Nouns. and former city prear: ney, H. F. O'Hare, are very actively engaged in the political campaign to| Beach, N. D., Mar. 19.—Three lo- elect A. P. Lenhart and his ticket ;°#! boys averaging 15 years of age to office at the/ensuing city elec- |Tuefully recalling three separate se- tion, ances in the family woodshed, prob- ‘Where do the taxpayers get their @bly will not again soon start on a Protection ? (ie and woolly path to the pen- It is up to you Mr. Voter to en-,itentiary. dorse or rebuke at the polls, AI reine Pia ie aac the res (Gio mia RBeE AOE AGOLRB IR USINGDES “Ve areal outifon;Wikaua! Monio Wier 'Sicaikes Econ they had heard there were wild gambling dens with the intention of Weather Report | [ittiing ‘up the ‘gamblers and. win, ° ‘>| ning wealth. For 24 hours ending at noon. One of their confidantes spilled Temperature at 7 a. m. . 24|tke beans and the boys were hauled Highest yesterday .... from Northern Pacific Train No. 7 Lowest yesterday by wrathy parents, disarmed and Lowest last night . the red applied. Precipitation «J. : — Highest wind velocity ..... WISE FRESHMAN WEATHER FORECAST State College, Pa., March 19.—To For Bismarck and vicinity: Part-| determine the general knowledge of ly, overcast tonight and Friday; ris-| students, a psychological test is giv- ing temperature tonight. en every year to the freshman class For North Dakota: Partly over-|at Pennsylvania State College. They cast tonight and Friday. Rising | are required to answer 230 questions temperature in west portion tonight | in 40 minutes. Men students made an and in east portion Friday. average score of 83.9 and women st WEATHER CONDITIONS dents 77.7. A low pressure area over the Can- —_ i adian Northwest is causing unsettled AUTOMATIC 8. O. 8. weather with scattered precipitation} Paris, March 19.—Distress signals from the extreme northern Rocky|/are sent out’ automatically from Mountain region to the north Pacific] ships by a new device which hes coast. Precipitation also , occurred|been invented by M. Pa rele a over the Mississippi Valley andj young French engineer. Great Lakes region due to the|casts the position of the ship and northeastward movement of the|its namie, “Low” centered over the Ohio and —_——_——— middle: Mississippi valleys yesterday CHEWING CHINESE morning, Moderate temperatures} Washington, March 19.—The Chin- prevail in all sections of the United|ese are taking up chewing gum. De- partment of Commerce reports show) orgs W. ROBERTS, a large increase in imports from the Official in charge. | United States during the last year. ’ ‘ A, the graying embers to discuss the 5 fire or make an effort to identify or °°, 75 23/6 struck five midwestern states, com- piled at 1 P.M. today were as fol- lows: Murphysboro, 111. Two towns in the wake of the tor- nado were reported to ‘have been dead, 250 to 300, Virtually erased from the map while , 260 Hy injured, 300 to 500. a large section of another was laid West Frankfort, Ill, dead, 116 to,t®, Tuins. But one home and a 150, injured 300 to 400. schoolhouse were the remaining structures in the village of Parish Rena dead 36 to 60, injured)i, Franklin ‘County, Hlinole. The pbontors avis a four dwellings left standing at Grif- Parish, Ill, dead 25 to 50, injured) i. "county: indian, a toon of 760 100 to 150. . f Lstond ‘ ; people, were badly damaged. One ey Il, dead 50 to 100, injur- hundred city blocks at Murphysboro ee ite were practically flattened. Seventy aa eeansboro, Ul, dend 17, injured /siocks in the residential section were ee vn, aca on 30 to| S¥ePt by flames. ogan, ead 14, injured 30 to) Setting a record for swift legisla- ee tion the members of the {llinois Benton, ML, dead 13, injured 60 tojtugistature and those in the Mis Cr qc! 8ouri Assembly respectively pushed ‘Bnfield, Wh, dead 12, injured 35 forward measure appropriating He: ee | $500,000 and $25,000 for relief in Hurst, Ill, dead 6, injured 40. {their devastated sections. The Illi- Thomsonville, Ill, dead 8, injured nois sum will be available next Wed- nesday, the earliest possible. Martial law is in effect in Mur. physboro and travel to and from the city has been restricted to doctors and nurses and relief workers. The storm hit without warning. An hour before the tornado hit a bright sun was shining. About five minutes before the twister appeared rain began falling and then the ter- rifie wind came. The first Chicago train organized jby the Chicago Herald and Examiner left Chicago at ten o'clock last night with 20 doctors, nurses and assist- Bush, IIL, dead 5, injured 60. , Ill, dead 2, injured 25. ‘lle, Il. dead 1, injured 10. gow, Ky., dead 8. Scottsville, Ky., dead 4. Springfigld, Ky., dead 2, injured Lexington, Ky., dead 1, Cape Girardeau, Mo., jured 52. Beihle, Mo., dead 10, injured 50. Annapolis, Mo., dead 3, injured 100. Allenburg, Mo., dead 7, in- dead 1, injured 10. Wiltham Tenn., dead 30, injured,ants aboard. The special crried two 50. cars of medical supplies and a car Griffin, Ind., dead 40 to 100, injur-|of tents. Most of the personnel was ed 260. sJassembled through radio appeals. At Princeton, Ind., dead 25, injured, the request of Mayor Dever, the 60 to 100, Chicago Tribune started a financial Owensville, Ind., dead 15, injured|relief fund with a subscription of 50 to 100. $1,000. Elizabeth, Ind., dead 3, injured 10 to 20. Murphysboro, Ill,, Mar. 19- peat ern Illinois today presented a tableau of death and datrueuan and its horror-stricken inhabitants awaited anxiously more definite re- ports on the toll of lives taken by yesterday's tornadé which swept clear across the central southern part of the state. With the stricken towns almost completely isolated, definite reports as to loss of life were lacking, but estimates place the number well above the 1,000 mark with many more injured, some of whom were dying. The amount of the property damage also lacked definite figures but was believed to have mounted over several million dollars. _ Murphysboro, West Frankfort, Par- nd Desoto, all situated in Mli- rich coal fields, appeared to ase suffered the heaviest loss of lives and the biggest property dam- age. Poseyville, Ind., dead 5, injured 30. FALSEN HAS. CHANGED NAME TO VERENDRYE Falsen, @ town in McHenry county, of North Dakota, near the spot where the Great Northern railway crosses the Mouse river, has changed its name to Verendrye, to commemo- rate the French explorer by that title who visited the town site in the year 1738. The name Falsén had no special significance as far as the local or state history was concerned, so the officers of the Great Northern rail? way, as part of their campaign to recognize the history of North Da- kota, suggested that the town change its name, according to Dr. 0. G. Libby of the state university. Murphysboro, Ill., March 19.—One hundred and fifty-two bodies have already been recovered, from 100 to 150 more are believed to have been killed, while 250 persons are in emer- gency hospitals suffering from ser- ious injuries, according to a compila- tion made here this ‘morning. The main business section was virtually wrecked and Civil Service . Tests Announced The United States Civil Service Commission announces an open com- petitive examination for the posi- tions of engineer (civil), associa' engineer (civil, electrical, mechan- ical, signal) d | assistant engineer (civil, electrical, mechanical, signal). For further information application may be made to the local secretary United States Civil Service Com- | mission at the Bismarck postoffice. Receipt’ of applications to close April 4,' 1925. BATHE WHILE YOU WALK i London, March 19.—Sun baths while you walk down the street are possible as the result of the develop-| tions there are as bad as they are ment of a new British fabric. It}here.” Scoby said. Three looks and fe like silk, bat allows. the ultra-violet rays of the sun, 80} The tornad te ficial to health, to pase Oren it. and nurses who all points were taken to the ment of the Presbyterian Church which was not destroyed, Bert Scoby, an undertak- er from Marion, If. who came through We: Frankfort enroute here; estimated an undertaker there had sixty or seventy bodies and an- ther undertaker probably had the amount, “The whole northwest corner of West Frankfort is razed and condi-