Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1921, Page 1

fair. Temperature for twenty-two ended at 10 p.m. last| 59; lowest, 35. WEATHER. Cloudy and much colder today; prob- ably unsettied this morning; tomorrow hours night: Highest, Member of The Associated credited to 1t o) paper and also All rights dispatches herein are also reserved. the Assoclated Press Press 1s exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches r not otherwise credited In this the local news published her of publication of special No. 874.— No. 98,364 Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1921. . FIVE CENTS. 60,000-TON LIMIT ON SUBMARINES PROPOSED BY SECRETARY HUGHES: JAPAN REFUSES TO ACCEPT CUT England’s Plan for Abolition Failure. ITALIANS AGREE| TO COMPROMISE Fight Promised as French Prepare to Demand Increase. BY GOULD LINCOLN. The United States has again struck | 4 heavy blow for the reduction of raoval armament. cretary Hughes. abandoning the orizinal American proposal for sub- s tonnage. which would have the United States and Great i each 90,000 tons of the under- aft, and Jipan 54.000. Yester- to the committee on rmaments of the Wash- ce that: ziven 1 sen T proposed ation of on confere W submarine tonnage of the States and Great Britain be fo.ouo tons and that the tonnage of France and Italy remain prac- what it is teday. Secretary iest gave the present tonnage of an s 31.452; France, 31391, and somewhat less than 000 tons. 5000 Tons. cut, 1o S. Should Scrap This mean drastic a rapping of thousands of tons Anierican and British submarines. would United States would reduce its submarines by some 35,000 tons (when total of the built and building considered) and Great Britain suld give up approximately 22.464 her present submarine tonnage 64. 1bmarine proposal of the ates gives to the world a idea of the consistency and the R tons being United ar earnestness of the plea of this coun- try for real reduetion in naval armament & retary Hughes' proposal was node at a time when Great Britain's suggestion that the submarine be utterly wiped out had been rejected by least three of the powers at- tending the conference, ahd when at IPranc to propose a very great increase in her own submarine tonnage. Like the nal proposal of the United States with regard to capital ships, the pro- posal of Secretary Hughes with re- gard to submarines is clear-cut and generous. In Accord with Britain. Great Britain, it was stated on high authority last night, has ranged her- self on the side of the United States in this matter of the reduction of submarine tonnage. Italy also accepts the proposal. but with a reservation that her sub- marine tonnage be made equal to that of France, on the ground that she must equal in naval strength any other Mediterranean power. Senator Schanzer, head of the Italian delegation, replying to the Hughes proposal, said in part: “Although our naval technical au- thorities believe that the allotment of submarine tonnage should not nec- essarily be proportionate to that of capital ships, and that the quota of 31,500 tons for submarines, corre- sponding to the American proposal of a tonnage of 175,000 in capital ships, is not suficient, the Ttalian delegation is ready, in the inferest of reduction of armaments, to accept th ‘amount. under the condition of parity with France.” Japan Makes Demand. Japan, on the other hand, has come forward with a demand that she be civen the 54,000 tons of submarines which she was accorded in the orig- inal American proposal, announced hy Secretary Hughes for the three <reat maval powers on the opening of the conference. Japan insists that 54,000 tons is the minimum which she can accept; that she is willing to adhere to the original 5-5-3 ratio for both capital ships and auxiliary tonnage—in other words, that she will accept the pro- posal that the United States shall have 90,000 tons of submarines, the British 90,000, and the Japanese 54,- 000 toms. But Japan has not fndi- cated, up to last night, that she would accept the proposed reduction of the United States and Great Britain to 60,000 tons, with a proportionate re- duction for Japan. France, from which the only sug- gestion regarding submarines so far has come in a speech before the committee on-Friday by Admiral de Bon, who said that 90,000 tons was the minimum that a naval power could be expected to agree to, has de- clared that she must await instruc- tions from Paris. Munt Await Instructions. M. Sarraut, head of the French delegation, in the absence of Premier Briand and M. Viviani, stated: “That in view of the fact that the new American proposal contemplated a considerable reduction in the sub- marine tonnage which appeared nec- essary to the French government, the French delegation could do no other- wise than await instructions.” And so the conference committee ad- journed until Tuesday at 11 a.m. Japan's rejection of the proposal to cut her submarine tonnage below the 000 mark, unless it should be modi- ed on Page 4, Column 6.) —— aa P O A AR I AL QIR R i Ry By the Associated Press. Heads of the foreign delegations par- i ticipating In the armament conference |transmitted through the Associated | Press last night Christmas greetings to Ithe American people. The delegation chiefs, one and all, 0ok occasion to speak most optimistic- ally of the achievements of the con- ference to date, and to point the way ,(o new era in international relation- ships developed by the conference. Admiral Baron Kato issued the state- ment on behalf of Japan. Albert Sarraut spoke for France, Senator Schanzer for Italy, and Jonkheer van Karnebeck for the Netherlands. The three Chinese delegates, Wellington Koo, Alfred Sze and Chung Hui Wang, joined in one statement, and Vice Foreign Minister Hanihara of the Japanese delegation issued to newspaper men a message in which he extended greetings not only to them but to the people of {the United States. The expression of the British delegation was embodied in | a statement issued Friday night by its chief, Arthur J. Balfour. Baron Kato Lauds Work. Baron Kato's message of greetings said: It gives the whole Japanese dele- gation true pleasure to send a mes- sage of greeting to the American peo- ple at this unprecedented Christmas- tide. It goes without saying®that un- less a most genuine spirit of peace moved the nations that are represent- ed at Washington, no such happy or such quick achievements would have been possible. “As to the value of the agreements that have already been reached, they speak adequately for themselves. Nothing that any delegate could say would be of any use if the facts were not sufficient evidence of the ample agreem the greater power: REDS TOGNEGOLD TOU. S RELEFBODY | $10,000,000 for Purchase ! of Foodstuffs. i 1 By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 24.—As a re- sult of negotiations here between rep- resentatives of the American relief administration for the purchase of Russian soviet trade representative, the soviet govérnment has agreed to turn over to the relief organization $10,000,000 in gold to be used by the admnistration for the purchase of foodstuffs and seed in America for re- lief in the Volga famine area. According to the agreement the so- viet government will distribute the food purchased with the gold thus provided, but the relief administration is to retain sufficient control to insure that these supplies actually go to famine relief in the Volga districts. The $10,000,000 which is to be ob- tained from the soviet government is estimated here to be all that is left of the gold the soviet obtained from the imperlal treasury: The promise of Russian financial co- operation in the relief was obtained, according to Walter Lyman Brown, as a result of HerbertsHoover's message to Mr. Brown, the European director of the relief administration, received a few days ago, asking him again to take up with the soviet authorities Mr. Hoover's Tecent statement that American charity could be expected i t effort possible was made by the soviet government to procure food abroad to the utmost exze.nt of its resources. Urged By Mr. Hoover. Mr. Hoover urged the Russlians sto spend the remainder of the imperial gold in the famine districts, parallel- ing the American relief effort. He that public opinion in America would necessarily, in the nature of things, put restrictions upon the use of a con- gressional appropriatian unless the soviet was willing to co-operate. Mr. Brown put the proposition up to M. Krassin, who today replied that the Moscow authorities had agreed to the principle of co-operative relief as had been outlined by Mr. Hoover. According to Mr. Brown. the food- stuffs available under the congre: sional appropriations will be distrib- uted along the lines of the plan now in operation for the feeding of the Russian children, the Moscow govern- ment bearing the costs of transporta- tion, storage and distribution within Russia. —_— WILL DECORATE GRAVES. Holly Wreaths for Unknown Yanks in France and Belgium. By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 24.—Early tomor- row morning a holly wfeath will be placed on the grave of every unknown American soldier buried.in France and Belgium. Men connected with the graves registration service, acting in behalf of the New York Herald, will set the wreaths on about 1,800 graves in all twelve American cemeteries. A ARMS ENVOYS GIVE U. S. CHRISTMAS GREETINGS Those facts will say to the world in unchallengeable terms that It was in no vain pretense of amity that the several countries sent thelr repre- sentatives to Washington in reply to the invitation of President Harding. We came, we listened, we heeded in & spirit of mutual sympathy and mu- tual accommodation; all made con- cessions to the viewpoints of the others. And the result has been a promise such as the world has never known before—of peace among these greater nations for decades to come, and, let us hope, forever. Message From Italy. Senator Schanzer sent the following message: “I am glad to send today to the American people my affectionate and cordial greetings. There is no day in the year in’ which men feel so much brothers as on the day of holy Christ- mas. “Indeed this festival, which dear to us, strongly recalls to our minds the principles and duties of the Christian religion. These princi- ples and duties are now inspiring the work of those who are endeavoring to lay down a more solid basis for the maintenance of peace in the world and for the establishment of friendly re- lations between the peoples on recip- procal tolerance and on a more serene discussion of their mutual interests. “God granted to the American people riches, strength and political great- ness. The American people show that they can nobly use these gifts for the welfare of the entire humanity. Italy follows this beneficial work with the greatest sympathy and with the most resolute decision of efficaciously col- laborating in this purpose. To the strong, gentle and hospitable people of the United States 1 address my " (Continued on Page 4, Column is so COLOMBIA RATIFES AERIAN TREATY was understood to he about|Goyjet Agrees to Turn Over|$25,000,000 to Be Paid by This Country—Panama Canal Involved. By the Associated Pres: NEW YORK, December 24.—The treaty between Colombia and the United States has been ratified by the Colombian congress, aceording to a cablegram received today by the American International Corporation. The treaty, which provides for the payment of $25,000,000 to Colombia by the United States, was ratified by the United States Senate on April 20 of this year, and by the Colombian senate on October 13. Under Colom. bian governmental procedure, it was necessary to obtain ratification by the chamber of deputies as well ag the senate. Ratification by that body has been pending for some time, and during the debate considerable op. position developed against .the doc- ument. Acquisition of Can The Colombian treaty is an out- growth of difficulties between the United States and Colombia in con- nection with the acquisition by the United States of the Panama canal route and of recognition of the Pan- ama republe by the United States gov- ernment during the administration of former President Theodore Roosevelt. to continue only if every simultaneous | also lald emphasis upon the assertion! Considerable debate attended the ratification of the treaty in the United States Senate. Those who opposed it charged that Colombia had long been engaged in trying to “hold up" the United States for a large sum of money for the canal route; that Panama. once an independent state, revolted from Colombian rule for just cause, and that the presence of American naval forces at the time of the revolt had nothing to do with the failure of Colombia to force Panama back under Colombian con- trol. Originally Expressed Regret. The treaty as at first negotlated expressed “the regret” of the United States. Later the document was re- drafted so as to include provision for the payment of $25,000,000 to Colombia. The purpose of the treaty, as ex- pressed in its preamble, is “to re- store the cordial friendship that for- merly characterized the relations be- tweon the two countries and also to define and regulate their rights and interests in respect of the Inter- oceanio canal which the government of the United States has constructed across the Isthmus of Panama.” NEXT STEP AT BOGOTA. Exchange of Ratifications to Take Place in That City. Ratification by the Colombian con- gress of the treaty between that country and the United States brings a step nearer a series of diplomatic events which began in November, 1903, when the present republic of Panama revolted from Colombia. The next step, the exchange of ratifica- tions ander the treaty, will occur at Bogota, the Colombian capital. ‘ean figures show a present submarine Decline to Take 31,000 Tons as Share. HOPE OF EARLY SUCCESS WANES British, Failing in Plea for Abolition, Quickly Agree. By the Associated Pross. An American effort to compromise the submarine controversy failed of im- mediate success today before the arms conference naval committee when Japan refused to )t a reduction of her submersibles to 31,000 tons and French action was deferred pending advices from Paris, ace When the committee adjourned after four hours' debate to meet again next Tuesday some members of the Ameri- can group appeared discouraged over the prospect for an early agreement on submarines, although negotiations are to continue. The American compromise plan. presented after the British cffort for complete suppression of submarines had been shelved, proposed 60,000-ton limitation for Great Britain and the United States instead of the original American figure of 90,000 tons each, and virtually a status quo for the other three powers. Rritish Quickly Accept. The British delegation. failing to obtain favorable action in suppres- 'n of submarines, accepted the new American reduction scheme. The French zroup indicated that it would be unacceptable, but deferred full answer pending Paris advices. Japan flatly held out for the full 54,000 tons submarines in under the original ratio plan. Italy accepted the compromise plan, con- dittoned on a submarine tonnage parity with France, the Italian dele- Bates contending that 31,500 tons would be the correct limitation for both France and Italy. The French ‘“delegation indicated that it would not oppose parity with Italy in submarines as well as cap- ital ships, but withheld approval of any tonnage limitation of less than the 90,000-ton figure suggested by French experts. Under a status quo France would have about 42,000 tons in submersibles. Americans Hold te Advice, ‘The American 8roup made it plain that, while it had Breat sympathy for the British viewpoint in opposing all sul arine warfare, it was inclined to agree With the American advisory cemmittee that submarines were a legitimate weapon. Tt was said the matter had been discussed w h Pres- ident Harding and that the willing- ness of the American government to proceed at some future date toward international discussion of sub- marine warfare on a wider basis than at the present conference had been indicated. It was also indicated that the Americal delegation would bring into the conference later a resolution con- demning in formal fashion for the five powers such use of submarines as was made by Germany during the world war. Balfour Makes Fin Before the British shelved, whicn without Plan. proposal was done tacitly and comment or formal action, Arthur J. Balfour made a final plea for the British case against underwater craft. At the same time he placed for- mally on the records of the conference a concise statement of British views on this point and urged that a world con- ference be called later again to take up the question. To insure agreement was the American delegation again offered, as in the capital ship proposal, to make the greatest sacrifice in tonnage. Ameri- strength of 95,000 tons for the United States and 82,000 tons for Great Britain. Under this compromise plan the United States thus would scrap 35,000 tons and the British 22,000. The effect of the American-British agree- ment today, had it been ratified by the other three powers, would have been a net reduction of nearly 60,000 tons in the world’s submarine tonnage. Aimed as Half-Way Meeting. The American compromise plan ap- peared to have been aimed as meet- ing half way the desires of each power in submarine tonnage limi- tation. It was an attempt to solve the controversary that had arisen in the naval committee with Great Britain and France in direct op- position and poles apart in their views as to the importance of sub- marines in warfare. The British de- sire to reduce submarine tonnage would have been met in a large de- gree on the one hand under the American plan, while on the other hand the French desire to increase submarine tonnage and the French submarine ratio as compared to Great Britain and America also would have been met in approxi- mately the same degree. Action of Japan in refusing to swerve from the line of the *“5-5-3" ratlo injected a wholly new element into the controversy and this and GRIME RUNS WILD ON CHRISTMAS EVE Four Killed, Six Wounded in Robberies and Assaults in New York. JEWELER AND WIFE SLAIN Bandit Dead, Companion Hurt, and Two Detectives Shot in Bat- tle After Hold-Up. By the Axsociated Press. NEW YORK December 24.—Instead of ‘&’ city of geod will, New York be- came a center of crime on Christmas eve. Police records showed that in the last twenty-four hours four persons had been kiiled and six injured in a series of robberfes and assaults in the city proper and nelghboring com- munities. The crime chart shows: An armed man entered the Bronx home of Carl Mollar, jeweler, mor- tally injuring him, and seriously wounding his wife, Ursuline. Alric Wesling wae captured after a block’s chase by a motor truck drivgr. lar identified Wesling before he dled. according to the police, who declared the prisoner had confessed. Bandit Shot Dead. The police closed the case of two hold-up men who last night raided a United cigar store in the Bronx and wounded two detectives. One bandit, shot dead, today was identified as Nel- son Levy. Joseph Oats drove up this n.orning to a hospital in Englewood, N. J.. and reported he had been shot by highwaymen. He was detaiped on suspicion that he was the other ban- dit. Detectives declared this afternoon that he had been .so identified and that he had confessed to taking part in seventeen other robberies. Search Hold-Up Man. The police were still searching for the hold-up men who shot Leon Sot- tili dead in his Bronx saloon last night, while in New Jersey a posse was looking for a man held respon- sible for the murder of a five-vear- old girl in a New Brunswick hotel. ‘The assailants of Philip B. Honywood, an Englishman, also were still at large. Five robbers entered the Brooklyn office of Capt. Gilbert C. Wright, treasurer of the Lighter Captains’ Union, and robbed his safc of $20 and took $104 from a union member who entered the office to pay his dues. Three armed men robbed Nathan Packman, a Brooklyn mierchant, of $275, while Francis Woolen reported that the ticket booth of the Brooklyn motion picture house, which he man- ages, had been robbed of $100. Three footpads took $60 from Thomas Stankofeky in the Bronx after beating him unconscious. Two of them were captured. CHICAGO LAWLESS BUSY. Kidnapings and Hold-Ups Keep Po- lice Busy as Christmas Approaches. CHICAGO, December 24.—Two kid- naping cases, in which yisitors to Chicago were spirited away by ban- dits and robbed, and numerous hold- ups since last night provided plenty of activity for the police department on the day before Christmas. A. C. Buth, inventor and manufac- turer of Des Moines, was found un- conscious early today in his automo- bile on a prairie on the outskirts of the city. Buth was forced by two men to drive to an unfrequented spot, where he was bound, beaten and rob- bed of several hundred dollars in cash and jewelry. He was in a serious con- dition at a hospital. J. A. McRae of Detroit and his wife were kidnaped by robbers while rid- fng in an automobile and robbed of money and jewelry. Five armed men forced them to enter their car, the car being driven away by one of the quintet. Gowns and wraps valued at $10,0b8 ~(Continued on Page 4, Column 3. (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) Mol- | i Playing Santa Claus 1 for Thirsty Friends | Man Seized by Police By the Asscciated Press. NEW YORK, December 24. Jobn J. Hanley wax hauled out of his expensive limousine to- | day and arrexted for giving | away Christmas presents. I Police xald he had been driv- | ing around for meveral hours i distributing part of his private ntock of champagne, wines and | whinky among his friends. | The charge against him was | possessing and transporting lquor. Hix limousine, as well an its contents, was seized. TWONAMED TOAID 1S, ATTORNEY HERE Charles S. Baker and Frank J. Kelly to Have Newly Created Positions.. CAPT. EMERSON ADVANCES | CHRISTMAS MALS " EARLY AND SWIFT Great Volume, Denoting Re- newal of Prosperity, Moved With Dispatch. I‘PEAK' TROUBLE AVOIDED | 1 Post Office Heads Much Pleased | vicin With Aid of Public and Em- ployes for Bettet Service. Br the Associated Press. Officials of the Post Office Depart- ment left their desks last night con- vinced that the American people had begun to practice “mail early for Christmas.” While the nearly one-third million persons in the postal service stag- gered under a load which appears. JKILLED IN STORM: TOWNIS WIPED Our: BIE; PROPERTY L0SS Séores Injured as Four Mis- sissippi Valley States Are Swept. SPENCER IS DEMOLISHED; | PLANTATIONS LEVELED ]omn River Nears Flood Stage From i Heavy Storms and Threatens Damage. By the Associnte : MEMPHIS, Tenn, December 28— [ Thirty-six persons were killed and lmore than 100 injured in a tornado | which struck late yesterday in Crit- {tenden county. Ark. and dipped into Quitman, Carroll, Leflore {and Yaz s in northern Mississippi, early today before pass- ug to the southwest, leaving in its a trail of wrecked farm build- Coahama coun Mostly all are negroes. Number Reported Dead. Ark., reports nine dead injured in that town ttlements; dead and and Le- nd approxi- the killed and injured Clarksville, {and thirty-fi and Couhama a flo nearby farming county, twelve injured; Carroll counties, five dead number mately fifty injured: Quitman county {five dead and several injured, and 00 county, five dead and seven injured. ne Harrison, crushed to death 1 4 brick store at Ciarksville col- d, and William V. Turner. a { planter who rode into a falien elect { wire wkile viewing the damage to pluntation near Marks, are among the white p ns known to ve lost their liv the storm. storr The struck first in the of Clarkeville, Ark.. late ves- terday. demolishing small farm buildings and damaging a number of | {the more substntial structures | shrough a stretch of territory two miles in width and f4fteen miles length. Storm Crokses Missiseippl. Crossing the Mississips: river. the storm apparently desceiced next in the vicinity of Marks. liss. about fitty miles south of Clarkeville, razing buiidings on th, Turner and Marks piantations and. bumping int - when viewed as statistics, to be thethe nearby counties of Leflore and largest volume of Christmas mail in history. reports from several thou- sand diveional and minor offices showed plainly, it was declared, that the maiis had been moved smoothly and with dispatch and above all with- Native of District Succeeds Capt.|out the usual “peak.” L. H. Vandoren as Prosecutor in Criminal Division 1. | | The Department of Justice has ac- Attorney Peyton Gordon for the al- lowance of two new assistants and is in receipt of a letter for Maj. Gordon announcing the appointment of Charles S. Baker, now a special assist- hibition laws, and Frank J. Kelly, ates Shipping Board, to fill the po- sitions. Maj. Gordon also transmitted to the department the resignation of Capt. Lucian H. Vandoren and Charles W. Arth. Mr. Arth's retirement fron December 1, but it does not hecome effective until January 1. The pur- pose of Capt. Vandoren to relinquish the position of prosecutor in Criminal Division 1, to return to his law prac- tice, has been known among his friends for several months. He has remained at the request of Maj. Gor- don to disposc of cases in which he had been engaged and from which appeals had been taken. ' Maj. Gordon has selected Capt. Ber- trand Emerson, jr.. to succeed Capt. Vandoren. Capt. Emerson was born jin Washington in 1893. He attended the public schools and Technical High School and took his law degrees at Georgetown University. He was ad- mitted to the bar in 1915 and prac- ticed until the United States entered the war. Commissioned as lieutenant, 'he saw service overseas for twenty | two months and was promoted there to a captaincy. On leaving the Army he resumed the practice of law with Attorneys George L. Whitford and Gus A 'Schuldt, and has specialized in criminai practice. He fs married. Capt. Emerson is a republican, be- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) ceded to the request of United States| ¢op former assistant counsel to the United; flected, it was said, better market busier factorles, fewer unemployed. They | m | postmasters ‘and raiiw. the office was moted in The Star of!N€ads of the higher percentage of regis- Dr. Hubert Work, first assistant postmaster general, declared his was due to the “fine co-operation of the people and the splendid, efficient serv- ice of -the employe The response to Postmaster General Hays' appeal an early mailing of Christmas packages was “more hearty than we could have hoped.” Dr. Work said. The indication of a great incrcase in the Christmas mail was viewed as sig- ificant by many government officiale, ang in charge of violations of the pro-{wno declared ft showed a betterment in the nation’s economic condition. It re- believed also it revealed a-closer knit American nation, for transcontinental as well as local mail alike was heavier. Mention was made In the reports_of mail service tered and insured packages and the tre- mendous volume of parcel post matter as indicative of the rising tide of business. As shown by the Post Office Depart- ment charts, malls that could curately be charged to the Christmas period began to increase in volume about December 10. In the next ten the flow of greetings and pack- ages continued steadily armd, although increasing gradually, it got beyond the capacity of few important post offices 1o dispatch or deliver with celerity. Even stormy weather in some sections did not cause what has hitherto been an annual jam in the mails, the reports showed. Great cities like New York and Chl- cago, important gateways, as at mid- continent rail dividing points, and the | hundreds™ of lesser relay stations for the mails met the flood tide and turned it into i% proper channmels promptly, delayed only to the extent that railway service was impaired by its burden of homeward-bound travel- ers, according to Dr. Work. He said in this connection thaj-so far as records show never in recent years has less mail reached division points “un- worked” or unsorted for its prompt transfer. Navy to Abandon Big War Game At Panama to Save U. S. Funds Joint maneuvers of the Atlantic and Pacifio fleets, scheduled for February in Panama bay, probably will be abandoned in the interest of economy, it was indicated yes- terday at the Navy Department. Separate drills will be held by the fleets, orders having been issued for the Atlantic unit to proceed to Guantanamo bay on January 3. Orders to the Pacific fleet have not yet gone forward. The new superdreadnaught Mary- land, desiknated as the factical flagship of the United States fleet, which includes the Atlantic and Pacific_units, is scheduled to go south with the Atlantic division next month, as is the administra- tive flagship Columbia, formerly the liner Great Northern, which is refitting at the New York navy yard. Rear Admiral Richard R. Jackson of the Navy general board has been assigned to command Battle- ship Division € of the Pacific fleet. ‘The unexpired leave of Rear Ad- miral Spencer S. Wood, until re- cently president of the naval ex- amination and retiring board, was canceled yesterday and the ad- miral was directed to report to his home. He will be relieved of active duty and, it is understood, will be retired shortly on account of physical disability. 8 Carroll, destroyed a number of build- ings north of Malmaison and Valley Hill and on the Roebuck, Rhoades and Dawson plantations near Green- wood. Several buillings on the Young plantation near Rising Sun also were demolished { In Coahoma county the storm swent the Lacy and Oberst planta- ons. Night were killed on the Lacy place and four on the adjoining plan- tation, operated by W. J. Obers Virtually all the negroes’ cabins on { several plantations seven miles south of Vaughan station, in Yazoo county, were leveled. Killed an Store Collapnes. All of these killed in Crittenden county, Ark.. were crushed to death in the collapse of the brick store building of Banks & Danner. at “larkeville, in which a number of | farm laborers had taken refuge from | a rainstorm which preceded the blow. Several were injured at Booker. small village near Clarkeville. a In ad- dition to the Banks & Danner store, two cotton warehouses and a gin were wrecked at Clarkeville, and farm buildings within a radius of several miles about town razed or damaged. Ambulances sent from Memphis and motor trucks hurried to the scene from nearby towns brought the more seriously injured from that section to hospitals in Memphis, while the less seriously hurt were cared for in Marion and other towns in the immediate vicinity. Rescue parties worked throughout last night in ex- tricating the dead and injured from the wreckage of the collapsed store building. Property Loas Million. In Mississippi hastily formed relief organizations and Red Cross chap- ters at Greenwood, Yazoo City and other centers are caring for the in- jured and homeless. While no definite estimate of the property damage was available to- night, unofficial figures indicate that the monetary loss will exceed $1,000,- 000. MANY REPORTED DEAD. Woman Blown 100 Feet and Crushed Against Tree. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, December 24.— Many reported dead, scores injured and huge property damage is the toll of & storm which struck eastern Kansas last night and tore through upper Mississippi and Lousiana during the early hours of today, according to intomplete’ informa= tion dribbling_in from the devastated areas. Wires are down and virtually all communication with the sform area shut off. The village of Spencer, Union parish, La., about 15 miles from Monroe, was almost entirely leveled. with a loss, it 1s reported, of one life. Home pletely Demolished. The home of E. L. Spain, on Bayou Bartholomew, four miles northeast of Bastrop, Moorehouse parish, was com= pletely demolished. Mrs. Mary Spain, wite of E. L. Spain, mapager of the Tisdale plantation, on which the house s5t00d, and six negroes were killedy’ ~(Continued on Page 3, Columir ¢ l |