Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1924, Page 2

CAMILY MURDERED: MANIAG 15 HUNTED Taxi Driver, Wiic and Threc Small Sons Are Found, Beaten to Death. . WOMAN TO BE MOTHER| 1 Relative and Boarder Sought by Police for Crime Chicago Suburb. in By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO. June 30.— Beaten to death and their bodles carefully cov- od by shects or blankets, Otto iider, taxicab chauffer; his wife, Frances, and their three sons, Roy. cleven years old; Harvey. six, and Jack, three, were found in their home late last night. There was no disorder in the house and no attempt at robbery was ap- parent. The police said they thought the | mily had been killed by a half-| ed relative a boarder filled | with a lust to sl Lust to Kill Blamed. “it looks to me like the work of a n simply filled with a lust to kill,” 4 Henry A, Wolf, chief of police of whurst, the suburb to which the ers lived. The body of Eder and e two youngest boys were found in a bedroom, their heads smashed. Mrs. lider, who was about to become a ther, lay in the dining Toom, and the body of the oldest boy had been tossed into a half-filled bath tub. The tuh then had been covered with a blanket. Two neighbors who investigated at smnidnight after they became alarmed b, protracted silence in‘ the Eder liome, said they had heard the rela- tive of the Eders, who is sought by i I the cldest boy late v afternoon. FALL, BOTH DOHENYS AND SINCLAIR NAMED BY OIL GRAND JURORS (Continued from First Page.) in nce of the alleged con- spiracy with Sinclair, Fall made false representations and statements to other corporations and persons to the effect that the government was mot contemplating the making of such contracts and leases for the drilling of these wells, Curb on Competition. Indictment alleges further that to stifle competition by other corpora- tions, it was agreed that Sinclair “was secretly and surreptitiously to pur- chase and procure at great expense quit claim deeds for certain alleged mining claims then held by other cor- porations, so that none of said cor- porations would be in a favorable position to bid as competitors of Sin- clair. All this is allesed to have been to the great detriment and loss of the United States and to the great benefit and pecuniary profit of Sin- clair.” The indictment also sets out & number of alleged overt acts. The third indictment is only elght pages long, and charges Fall with re- ceiving a bribe of $100,000 from Ed- ward L. Doheny to influence his de- cision while acting as Secretary of the Interior in connection with the contract for large steel storage tanks to be erected in the territory of Hawail. Tt is alleged that November 30, 1921, the Pan-American fetroleum »nd Transport Company entered into negotiations with Fall looking to the making of contracts without adver- tising or competitive proposals for the erection of large containers of fuel oil for the use of the Navy, for preparing the approachcs to such tanks and filling them to their ca- pacity of 1,500,000 barrels. While these negotiations were pend- ing before Fall in his official capacity, it is alleged that Edward L. Doheny, president and director of the com- pany and actively engaged in the uct of its business, gave $100,000 ich Fall is alleged to have Te- ed and accepted to influence his decision and to approve ine desired centract. The fourth indictment charges the giving_of a bribe of $100,000 by Ed ward L. Doheny and Edward L. heny, ir, to former Secretary Fall to influence the latter's judgment and decision. EXPECTED BY DOHENY. Indictments Welcomed, Counsel Says, Scoring Probe. Tmmediately after the special grand jury in the oil cases reported the in- Qictments to Justice Hoehling, Frank J. Hogan, counsel for Edward L. Do- heny, issued this statement, These indictments were not un- expected. They have been discount- ed for months by the public, by our clients and by ourselves. Congress, by resolution last February, demand- ed indictments. Messrs. Pomerene and Roberts were appointed to file civil _suits and obtain indictments without their opinion on the merits of the legal questions even having been asked. “The oil cases are now transferred from the forum of partisan politics to courts of justice. “In the congressional investigation the rules of evidence were ignored, constitutional rights violated and the ~xigencies of the 1924 political cam- paigns were paramount. “In the courts where these cases will be heard, the demagogue will be silent; the effect of the decisions upon political parties will be ignored, rules of evidente will be enforced, consti- tutional rights will be protected. “We welcome the change of venue from the tribunal of politics to the tribunal of justice. “Mr. Doheny and his counsel have, for more than six months, recognized that in United States courts alone can fair opportunity be had to show the integrity of his personal conduct and the reaily patriotic character of the services rendered the government under his contracts. “The American people will remem- ber that an indictment is only & charge; that grand jury proceedings represent the last survival of the star-chamber: that neither before the Senate committee nor the grand jury Was Mr. Doheny represented by coun- 1 or given the opportunity to cross amine witnesses or produce tes! nony. The grand jury hearings were conducted behind closed doors. Not & single officer of the Doheny companies was called as a witness.” FALL IS SATISFIED. f£ays Courts Can Pass on “So- Called Evidence.” Ty the Associated Press. THREE RIVERS, N. M, June 30— Former Secretary of the Interior A. B. Fall. now living quietly in his ranch home, today in atement to the Associated Press stated that he welcomed his indictment as “afford- ing an opportunity for the United States courts to pass upon so-call d evidence and to construe the laws of; Congress,” 4 MUSSOLINI OUSTS 3 FROM MINISTRY Rames Four New Officials, Relin- quishing Portfolio He Held Temporarily. By tie Associated Press. ROME, June 30.—Four portfolios in the Mussolini cabinet have been turned v the premier to new minis- ters, it was officlally announced today. The changes were made in accord- anee with Signor Mussolini's promise to reorganize his cabinat with new and stronger elements giving satisfac- tion to the different shades of politi- al opinion represented in the ma- jority. Senator Casati succeeds Signor Gen- tile as minister of education; Dc"u no Sarrocehi succeeds Signor bricllo Carnazaa as minister of public works, S nator Cesare Nava replaces Signor Mario Orso Corrino as minis- ter of national economy, and Deputy Urince Lanza di Scalea takes the portfolio of the colonies, which Signor Mussolint has been holding tempo- rarily. ‘The three ministcrs who have been replaced Jeave the cabinet, while all the other ministers retain their portfolios. A reference to the Matteotti affair was made by King Victor Emmanuel in an address to the representatives of the Senate and Chamber who went to the Quirinal. HATTI ASKS LEAGUE HELP AGAINST U. S Wants Federation of Socie- ties to Oppose Occupa- tion by Marines. By the Associated Press. LYON, France, June 30.—Haiti, through her minister to Paris, M. Bellegarde, will endeavor to obtain the passage of a resolution by the International Federation of the League of Nations Societies against the presence of American naval forces in Haitl. The federation is now, in session here. When the question is taken up a letter will be introduced from Theo- dore Marburg, chairman of the for- eign relations committee of the American Non-Partisan League of Nations Society, outning the Ameri- can viewpoint. The letter explains in effect that the United States dispatched the ma- rines in the interests of the people of Haiti, and undoubtedly will recall them as soon as a dependable ov ernment is established. The Ameri- can people, the letter adds, are close- ly following the affairs of Halti, de- termined she shall have fair play. The Japanese League Association has submitted a draft resolution de- claring that, without Involving the immigration’ question, & nation be- longing to the league of nations should apply the same requirements of admission and departure from the country to classes of people of other member nations who fall within the commercial or mercantile groups, ir- respective of their origin. U. S. Is Represeated. League societies of thirty coun- tries, including the United States, were Tepresented at the inaugural session yesterday. Dr. C. A. Duniway, representing the American association, in an address, sald that the greatest obstacle to the adherence of the United States to the league was the popular convie- tion that several of the Kuropean states were not in the league. He asserted, however, that public in- terest was increasing rapldly. Count Von_ Bernstorff, former am- bassador to the United States, is here as president of the German assocla- tion. Rene Dassin of the French delegation said he would decline to attend meetings at which the count was present. THE' WEATHER Virginia—Fair and coorer tonight and tomorrow, gentle northwest winds, becoming variable. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., 92; 8 p.m., 12 midnight, 71; 4 a.m., 65; 8 a.m.,, 65; noon, 73. Barometer—4 pam., 20.c1; 8 pm, 29.79; 12 midnight, 29.88; 4 a.m., 29.97; 8 30.03; noon, 30.05. Highest temperature, at 4 pm. yvesterday. Lowest temperature, 63, occurred at 6 a.m. today. Temperature same date 1 Highest, 77; lowest, 57. Condition of the Water. Temperature and_condition of the water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls—Tem- perature, 71 ition, very muddy. Wenther in Varfous Citles. 92, occurred t year— a i i 3 H i Stations. Weather. *+ryadu 3se . aemoq AR PR N S PR Abilene, Tex. Albany Atlanta . Atlantie City Baitimore Birminghas Bismarck Boston Buffalo Charleston. Chicago Cincinnatl, Cleveland 3 Pt.cloudy Cloudy Clear IENREEER2IBE .. 5} fl232S-‘S!!5‘33s!flfiifl%;‘=!EEE‘E&;;Q‘SS’.‘ESSS&TE&‘!EE’%E Indianapolis. 30. Jacksonville, 30.04 Kansas City. 30.28 Los Angeles. 29.83 Loulsville .. 80.12 Miami, Fla New Orlea New York. Okla. City.. 30. 30. Phiadeipii a Phoenix .. 8! 2 SREERBREINIRIERIR 8! 5 2usEEEEBIRELEyes |SlE2282R2BEIsHNER 882232IBBRIS POREIGN, (8 a.m., Greenwich time, todey.) Stations. TLondon, England. ‘France.. ta (Fayal), Asol Hamilton, Rermuda. San Juan, Porto Bi Havana, Cube. 3 Canal F@BAIPERRE ‘Woman as Ship’s Mate. Mrs. Beatrice Norman, who 1ive Swansea docks, En, llndhl' the ‘:n?!t woman {n the tish Empire who. holds the Mercantile Marine medal for ‘war service. Her husband is owner of the Aurora, and she has been his mate since thelr marriage, GERMANY AGREES T0 ARMS -SURVEY Makes Condition That Allies” Inspection Be Final, and Be Ended Sept. 30. {AGAINST RENEWED CURB Declares Nation Is Disarmed to Point of Helplessness With- out Parallel. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, June 30.—Germany, In her note to the interallied council of am- bassadors on the resumption of allied military control of German arma- ments, accepts the allied demand for a general inspection, on condition that it be final and is concluded by September 30 next. All shades of opinion are unani- mous in repudiating secret arming as impossible, useless and dangerous, it asserts. The German government, the note adds, has proceeded in a thorough manner for the disarmament of cer- tain political organizations, and there is no longer question that they re armed to any serious extent. Iswue Before Ambassadors. Germany's note is in reply to an allied note relative to resumption of interallied military control of Ger- many's armaments. It was presented to Premier Herriot today by Herr von Hoesch, the German ambassador. The note was handed to M. Herriot in his capacity as president of the council o ambassadors, which has the que tion in hand, and which took it up with Germany. The note declares the athletic and physical exercises of German youths are not connected with military prep- arations. It asserts further that no experienced military authosity in the world could hold the opinios that Gt may was in a position to initiate an armed conflict in Europe, for the re: son that her materfal strength in arms was less than that of the small states. Furthermore, it is declared, she is in a position of helplessness without a parallel in the history of nations. The German people, therefore, are unable to understand how Germany can threaten the peace of Europe, the note adds, and why such fears are not rather created by the fact that the idea of general disarmament has not made noteworthy progress among the other nations. e B KILLED, 16 HURT INTRAIN COLLISION President of Michigan Col- lege of Mines Victim—Wash- ington Woman Injured. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 30.—Six persons, including Dr. F. W. McNair, president of the Michigan College of Mines, lost their lives and sixteen others were In. jured today when a solid mail train crashed into the rear end of eastbound passenger train No. 2, from Denver, at Buda, 1ll. The dead: W." J." Brechtel, train No. 8. Mrs. H. C. Clapp. McCook, Neb. —— Clapp, niece of H. C. Clapp, McCook, Neb. mIJ' A. Triplett, porter, died in hospi- Dr. F. W. McNair, Houghton, Mich. president of Michigan College of Mine: Unidentified woman. Among the injured were: Mrs. Marion Chishalin, Washington, D. C., internally injured. J.'H. Dunlap, secre Scciety of Civil Engineers. 94 PERISH IN STORM, HUNDREDS INJURED ON OHIO LAKE FRONT (Continued from First Page.) fireman on mail 'y American designate the storm as either a cy- cl‘or[\e or a tornado. “I was unable to find any one,” he sald, “who had seen a {um{el-lhnped cloud. I found some who observed a peculiar yellowish tint in the storm cloud, but this is not an un- usual feature of ordinary violent electrical storms.” “The fact that large areas between Sandusky and Lorain were untouched leads me to believe ‘tornado’ the bet- ter term for the storm,” Cooper told The Associated Press. “This is a characteristic of tornadoes as dis- tinguished from cyclones.” Guard Against Epidemics. The Ohio health department, through Dr. J. F. Monger, director, took drastic measures to prevent the outbreak of epidemics. A branch of the department was opened at Loral: today to take charge of the city’ water and milk supplies. All milk entering the city will be inspected, it was said. Several hundred Boy Scouts in Cleveland were mobilized today ready to give any assistance possible to the devastated are Howard Van Epp, twelve, and Mildred Hardlnz. eleven, both of Cleveland, were drowned in a flooded creek near Weymouth when an automobile in which they were rid- ing_with relatives was swept off a bridge by the storm. Three others in the machine caught in a tree and were rescued. MRS. J. R. BURKE DEAD. Expires in Fredericksburg, Va., Hospital—Burial Today. Mrs. Jean Rawlings Burke, daugh- ter of William A. Rawlings of the Massachusetts Mutual Lite Insurance Company and wife of Lieut. Law- rence T. Burke, died at the Mary Washington Hospital, Fredericks- burg, Va.. Saturday. Death is sald to have been caused by complica- tions resulting from inflammatory rheumatism. Mrs, Burke was nineteen years old and was well known and popular mong the society people of this city, Funeral services were conducted at her father's residence in the Ontario apartment this afternoon at 2 o'cloek. Interment was in Glenwood ceme. tery. The pallbearers were Lieuts. Merlin 8. Schneider, Willlam Scheyer, Lawrence R. eWine, Thomas ‘Walker, William Conrad Lemley and Thomas B. White. Besides her husband and father she is survived by an infant som, Rich- ard Rawlings Burke, ant a sister, Mrs. Leo Tweedale of Washington TFifteen Killed in Week End. CHICAGO, June 30.—Chicago’s week end recreation cost the lives of fiftesn persons. NI led - Pronie. accltente ‘and " ste ‘Wers drowned. The mazimum:temi tare was only seventy-three yes e 'Rice, rf..... . o o o |eo—==0~=-c— BEaNecanw lekmbmsocmas ICO— wioccocwo=oo - < I3 « - < WASHINGTON Matthews, ct. S. Harria. 2b. Goslin, If. Judge, 1b.. Rael. ... Peckinpaugh, ss. Bluege, 3b. Johnson, p..... Totals....... 1 % Boston........ Washington. .. [ » mlabbaARTATRR = come ™ 1 [ 0 LK [-X-TX ccal 2 4 !u‘a“"—euv-o wlomeomomool - < 2z 13 13 14 15 R. -2 -1 €evZ ulaccoccecesn 1 1 [ SUMMARY Two-base hits—Clarke, Johnson, Col- ane. hits—Rice, Clarke, Double plays—Les 3. Harris; Matthews and Ruel INDICT VICE GONSUL INBRIBERY CHARGE Jurors Here Return Charge of Accepting $50 From Chinese Immigrant. The grand jury today indicted David C. Kerr, United States vice consul at Vancouver, B. C., on a charge of ac- cepting a bribe of §50 from Chin Jan Yuen, a Chinaman, for a permit to allow the celestial to enter the United States. The charge is said to grow:out of an at- tempt to smuggle Chinamen into this country in violation of the exclusion act. Conspiracy to obtain a permit to manufacture illegal beer in large quanti- ties i3 alleged in an indictment reported against Maj. James F. Johnson, an at- torney in the prohibition unit, and Daniel J. Shields, a lawyer of Johnstown, Pa. Shields is said to have approached Maj. Johnson with & scheme to secure a per- mit for the Conemaugh Products Com- pany of Johnstown to manufacture cereal beverages with the alleged inten- tion to make illegal beer. The intelli- gence unit learned’ of the scheme, it is said, and a special agent posed a8 a fixer, and securing the details caused the arrest of the two men. Larcency After Trust. Tgnatius J. Costigan, a lawyer, charged with larcency 'after trusi connection with a real estate opera- tion for a client. He is said to have obtained $9,000 from Eliza T. Hughes in November, 1921, and in May, 1922, and to have ‘converted the money t his own use. Phelan C. Hawn, real estate broker, is also charged with a larceny after trust. It is claimed that he col- lected rents from two tenants of the. Woodley apartment and failed 'to turn it over to the persons entitled. Two of the alleged payments wers from Francis Arnold uary 1 1 of 360 and from Virginia Moore of $100 in February. Joseph S. Graves, colored, who has twice been adjudged in contempt of court for violating padlock injunc- tions, was indicted today with Roy Crawford and Bertha Holly, said to be employes of his near-beer saloon at 16-18 G street northwest, on s charge of conspiracy. The trio are said to have combined to violate the national prohibition act. One Charge Ignored. The grand jurors ignored a charg of receiving stolen property against Roy Franklin. Others indicted and the charges against_them are: Edythe Morrison, rand larceny: Allen B. Stansberry, foy-rlding ‘Willlam P. Doing, jr., em- bezzlement: Lee Gong. violation Har- rison narcotic act; William T. Dul- mage, larceny after trust: Carroll E. Newman, non-support minor child; Louis S. Maritzer, forgery; Phelan C. Hawn and Ignatius J. Costigan, lar- ceny after trust: Charles S. Bryant, false pretenses; Willlam Spears, car- nal knowledge; Maurice Spencer, as sault to rape; Albert E. Meininger, non-support. POLITICIANS PLOT TO DESPOIL SCHOOL SYSTEMS CHARGED (Continued from First Page.) to allow the visiting teachers to go on sightseeing tours In Washington. An important meeting of the state delegations will be held at their re- spective headquarters this afternoon at 5 o'clock, however, at which all the delegates are expected. A concert by the Washington Teachers’ Choral Club, conducted by George H. Gartlan of New York city, preceded the opening of the first ses- sion of the general assembly. “A Midsummer Night” and “The Landing of the Pilgrims” were the featured numbers. ' Session in Stadium. The second session of the conven- tion will be held in the stadlum of Central High School this evening, at 7:30 o'clock. Miss Jones will deliver the keynote speech as president of the association, Other speeches will be made by Federal Commissioner of Bducation John. J. Tigert and Dr, ¥rank W, Ballou, superintendent of the District public schools. Music will be furnished by the United States Navy Band, under the direction of Charles Benter. Following the me: tln{ a_ general reception will be held in the ballroom of the Willard Hotel. [ affalr ha been lmn:od by the teachers of th District and Virginia in honor of the present officers and past presidents of the association. Much Carbonated Water Drunk. Figures at hand from the United States Departmq Commerce re- veal that there are more than 8,000, 000, bottles of carbonated bever- ages ugrlukn thb United 'ofitl-l. annui ese be . - nated in this country m. Willing to Wait, From the Boston Transcript. Father—You must know. sir, that my amfhur will get nothing from me until my death. = ghat's all 1 I Nave en uito! 'n‘,':ga‘.':‘mm«m Late on bases—Bonton, 7; Washing- tom, 5. Struck out—By Johnsom, 3. Hit by pitcher—By Johnson (Fiag- ntead). Umpires—Messrs. Ormasby and Bvans. 6 LINKED IN PLOT TODEFRAUDU.§. Lumbermen Planned to Take $1,000,000, Prosecutor Tells Court. The alleged lumber fraud conspir- acy 1s not a case of different frauds by non-confederated groups of con- spirators; but one central conspiracy to detraud the United States, accord- ing to John J. Parker, special assist- ant attorney general, who closed the argument fo: the government today before Justice Bailey in Criminal Di- vision 2. He claimed there i3 no defect in the indictment or in the proof offered by the government to sustain it. Mr. Parker asked that the several mo- tions for Instructed verdicts by coun- sel for the defense be overruled, and all six of the accused required to submit evidence to show they are not gullty of the alleged conspiracy to take from the United States more than $1,000,000, through the sale of nurpllu- lumber from Army canton- ments. Alleged Bribes Recounted. Parker described Jobn L. Philips, Republican state committeeman from Georgla, as the chief conspirator, with whom was conneoted, he said, John Stephens and George M. Cham- bers, deceased. Philips and Stephens, he asserted, s0ld a total of 138,000,000 feet of lumber. The proof shows, he held, that over 90,000,000 feet were 501d to persons who made secret pay- ments to either Philips or Chambers. The prosecutor also pointed out wherein the evidence seemed to es- tablish connection of Charles S. Shot- well, Charles Philios, jr., brother of John L Philips, and Frank T. Sulll- van with the alleged conspiracy. He claimed Shotwell was bribed with the gift of an automobile; that Charles Philips, Jr, collected $105,000 in “graft” payments for the alleged conspirators, and that Sullivan made $850,000 of which the evidence shows he paid John L. Philips $290,000. Mr, Parker was answered by Attor- ney George E. Sullivan of counsel for John L. Philips. Justice Bailey excused the jurors until Wednesday morning. SUZANNE EXTENDED TO WIN AT TENNIS By the Associated Press. WIMBLEDON, June 30.—Mlle. Su- tanne Lenglen, world woman tennis champlon, defeated Miss Elizabeth Ryan, former Californian, in the women's singles of the Wimbledon tournament today only after one of the hardest battles in her career on the courts. S g 5 Miss Ryan took the second set, re- linquishing the third only after a stift resistance. The French girl won by the score of 6—2, —4. Miss Helen Wills of the United States defeated Mrs. Colgate, 6—1, —0. Mis. Marion Z. Jesup, American, was eliminated by Miss Kathleen McKane, the English star, who won, 6—1, 6—3. of France defeated Jean Washer of Belgium, 6—1, 5—7, 6—4, 6—2. In the men's doubles Watson M. Washburn and R. Norris Williams, America, defeated G. W. Hillyard and D. M. Greig, England, 6—3, 6—3, 6—2. Francis T. Hunter d Vincent Richards, America, defeated S. Oka- moto and K. Hoolhye, Japan, 6—4, 6—2, 7—5, Norman E. Brookes, Australia, and Carl Fischer, America, defeated H. Timmer, Holland, and C. Bryan, 6—1, 6—4, 6—3. 3 CAPITAL’S AIR MAIL REQUIREDBY 11 P.M. Persons mailing air mall letters for the first transcontinental flight to- morrow ought to put them into mall ‘boxes here by § o'clock this evening, although & better plan is to mail them st the city post office any tim: until 11 o'clock, local post office offi- clals advised today. Local mail for the air flights neces. sarily will ‘be sent by 1 trains to New York. Every effort will be made by the local authorities to separate air mail letters from the mass of or- dinary mall collected from boxes, Each letter should bs plainly mark- ed on the face “Air Mail,” and must bear the mecessary amount of air mall postage—$, 16 and 3¢ cents—ac- cording: to the destination along the transcontinental air mail route. ‘The . schedules for po: n'fiém‘- ”“"5. and lao‘t; consult postal ¢clerks st the main office or at any of the brameh pust offices. 6 MORE DEAD SOUGH IN CRUSHED LORAIN Efforts Concentrated on Dig- ging Away Wreckage of Theater Where Many Died. DAMAGE IS . MOUNTING City Under Strict Military Rule, ‘With Passes Required to Move in Streets. By the Assoclated Press. LORAIN, Ohio, June 30.—The num- ber of dead in.Lorain as the result of Saturday's tornado jumped to seventy - today when early reports came from those Who had been searching overnight. Three additional dead, two women and a man, as yet unidentified, were reported from Elyria morgues; three unidentified dead, two men and .one woman, were located at Lorain morguet while the following were among the unidentified dead located overnight: Irvin Mercer, Steve Vedla, Mrs. Mabel Stickrath, Beatrice Nay- lor and Harrison Brant, These eleven, with the fifty-nine dead last night, brought the list up to seventy, and the coroner believes the number will increase during the day. Militia in Centrol, After a night of utter darkne punctured occasionally by the flas ing gleam of a milftary automobile headlight or a flashlight in the hands of the guards, Lorain awoke today to find the state militiamen in complete control, various storm areas forbidden to every one and new mili- tary passes in effect. The real war of rehabilltation was begun at daybreak, and the first building to be attacked by the army of workmen was the State Theater, where many bodies were found after the tornado had thrown the roof of the building next to the theater on top of the amusement place and brought down both roofs and three floors onto the heads of those attend- ing the show. The estimate of the property and merchandise damage mounted as the inspection Of the work progressed into unexplored debris, While County Coroner Perry felt 'certain _other bodies would be found in the houses wrecked in the outlying districts, yet the chief anxiety of the hunters cen- tered on the State Theater. Will Rase Walls, The walls of this bullding will be gazcd today and the entire inside will be gutted in an effort to make sure that no bodles will be left buried there. Sunday was a day of contusion here owing to great crowds flocking into the city, in spite of the military cor- don that was thrown around the town. It was earned last night that passes of every kind. and description served to admit people Wwho came only as sightseers. Thus new rules and regulations have been promulgated by Brig. Gen. John R. McQuigg. New, military passes will be issued today| and given out only to those who have busines: that would ' carry them about the city. The remainder - of the population will be Tequired to stay on their own land or in their| own homes. Little attempt had been made up to this morning to actually remove any of the conglomeration of trees, houses, wires and telegraph poles, other than to chop pathways through them in order that some semblance of trafic might prevail. But the streets were not the only things in Lorain that were congested. Al telegraph companies were swamped with messages addressed to Lorain people inquiring as to their safety. The majority of these could not be delivered today or last night principally because a large number of them were addressed to homes that had been wrecked and whose oc- cupants had moved elsewhere. Relief Station Set Up. If the devastation of the city and the tight military laws were not enough to remind one of days in France, another favorite scene “over there” was enacted when the Salva- tion Army and Red Cross established numerous canteens and served coffee and doughnuts, not only to the sol- diers, but to all of those who were hungry, and there were many of them. Food became somewhat scarce to- day, and prices in some of the cafes advanced sharply, although, as a gen- eral rule, the restaurants kept to their old prices and sold out early. Gov. Donahey, who arrived yester- day, will return to Columbus today and issue an appeal to the peoeple of Ohio to come to the assistafce of Lorain. “The devastation is almost complete, and conditions are deplora- ble,” said the governor. Seldom have people been cut off as suddenly from the conveniences of modern science and invention. The city is still without light, power or facilities for cooking other than oil stoves and coal. Milltary chiefs an- nounced today that gas may possibly be turned on in some sections tomor- row. As soon as the severity of the storm was realized Mayor George Hoffman _deputized 2,000 _ citizen many of them former ervice men, t do rellef work. They worked throughout Saturday night and when day broke thousands more joined in the rescue efforts. The National Tube Company sent 500 of its employes into the devastated business district with trucks and tractors to aid in clearing_ the streets. The Great Lakes Towing Company placed its entire fleet and employes at the eervice of the city. ‘The c{ty of Cleveland sent about 120 policemen, forty of whom came by motor trucks as soon as word of the storm reached the outside, Clevland alsq sent its street clean- ing superintendent with sixty men to help clean the debris. Tears came to the eyes of the mayor when he spoke of the ald Cleveland was giving his stricken city, for, in addition, firemen, doctors, nurses food and clothing were sent. “Cleveland's work has been won- derful,” he sald, “and we will never forget. Freaks of Storm. The storm left the usual number of freaks. i e iss Maye# Hurst, piano player ho State Theater, Where many were killed, escaped from the building un scratchd, although the roof crashed over it. “‘Tho steel booth, in which Jamel Brandon, projectionist, was working, fell with its balcony perch to the basement, but Brandon was unhurt. Mrs. George Forrester stand- ing on top of the three-story Flat Iron bullding when it caved in. She rode the building to the ground and escaped with only a slight bruise. Although the front of an apart ment bullding on Broadway was shaved off clean, furniture in a front Toom on the second floor was undis: ed. Several persons sat in it ‘watch! ‘wrecking op! AMII!').N\I feet south of the mu- nioipal bathing beach a canoe was round a telephone pole. e o Trom net automobile & alight from her in oA her home just as the storm The machine was picked up, over the house tob and set| g backyard. ‘The woman a block down the strget. without injury. The house Another hause ‘.'nbilon' “n Was but escaped was mot damaged. was almost totally demolished. Un- mindful of the furniture scattered about what was once & lawn, & wom- an 1::..”. placing sapling Buk A ‘Emmanuel E Church, s R loo] ::mn ltl ttened - out com- pletely. 5 e TWO DIE WHEN PLANE CATCHES FIRE IN AIR A. Truello and Boyd Copeland, ‘Participants in Dixie Air Meet, Are Victims. y the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn, June 30.—Capt. A. Truello, aviator, and his mechanic, Private Boyd Copeland, of Norton Fleld, Columbus, Ohlo, perished to- jday when their airplane burned. The fiyers, who had attended the Dixie air meet Sunday, were attempting to take off for Norton Fleld, reports stated. The ship had risen only twenty-five or fifty feet when it SHADUSKT BURED - UNDER WRECKAGE Nine Blocks Along Water Front Bear Brunt of Whirl- ing Wind From Lake. By the Associated Press. SBANDUSKY, Ohlo, June 30.—A twisting tornado that whirled out of the west Saturday afternoon took six lives in Sandusky, leveled ap- proximately 200 dwellings, destroyed twenty-five business places, injured more than 100 persons and caused a property damage variously estimated at between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000. The tornado struck along the water front, dipped and ricocheted to different residential sections and tore along the pler where hundreds were waliting to take the hoat to the summer resort at Cedar Point, across Sandusky Bay. City in Darkness. ‘With wires down, imbedded in branches of uprooted trees that blocked many streets, the city was in darkn all night. The fire hazard was emphasized by the cutting off of water pressure when the huge stand- pipe of the city water works crumbled before the first blast of the tornado. The building and ma- chinery were partly wrecked. One” lake craft—the gasoline Jaunch Columbus towing an auto- mobile ferry—sank when the elghty- five-mile blast jammed her against a drill dredge that had torn loose from the dock. The thirty-five pas- sengers and crew aboard her escaped death by leaping, climbing or jump- ing to the dredge or to the automo- bile ferry which safely rode out the wind and heavy sea. Scores Tossed in Water. So great was the force of the storm that scores of persons were tossed into the water from the pier. De- spite the panic that gripped those on shore, the thrill cries of women, the cries of children and the shouts of men, ropes and life preservers were quickly thrown to those strug- gling in the tossing waters and they were pulled to safety. Authorities today described as miraculous the rescue of these scores from death. So far as known no lives were lost, and there have been no reports of persons misaing. The deaths came from various causes, directly linked with the storm. Minetta Ruth Margard, twenty-one, the only woman listed among the dead, was crushed in the collapse of the Groch Coal Company building. Jacob Schaefer, sixty-two, Balti- more and Ohio_ railroad watchman, was geated in his shanty when the gale lifted it from the ground. He died two hours later. No trace of the shanty has been found. Crushed By Cars. R. E. McKee, fifty-five, freight agent of the Baltimore and Ohio rallroad, was caught between two freight cars. His head was crushed. Howard Van Blarcum, eighteen, was caught in the collapse of the Groch structure and died later at a hospital. William Hempton, a truck driver, was another victim of the Groceh building disaster. Howard Wobser, about twelve years old, was killed at Castalia near here. Of the injured, seventy were taken to hospitals, where it is said the con- dition of twenty of them is serious Among_the more seriously hurt is C. Webb Sadler, city manager, who was removed from the wreckage of the Sandusky Yacht Club, The club building was pitched into the slip by the angry storm. About twenty automobiles parked near the water front were blown into the water. Terrifie Downpour. A terrific downpour, lightning and roaring thunder preceded, accompa- nied and followed in the wake of the twister. The most severe blow lasted twenty minutes. The duration of the entire storm, however, was usoout ninety minutes. The East End of Sandusky bore the brunt of the storm. Nine blocks of bulldings—factories and residences— were wrecked. There were isolated parts of the city that felt the storm, but it was the East End and along the water front that suffered most. Only the fact that the tornado struck on Saturday afternoon pre- verted a greater loss of life, city of- ficials said today. Factories in which more than 1,000 men are regularly employed were wrecked. These fac- tories oprate on a half-holiday sched- ule Saturday and the storm found them empty in most cases. 700 Out of Work. Approximately 700 men will be af- fected, it was sald, by' the virtual wiping_out of the fishing industry. Other hundreds will face unemploy ment through the wrecking of fac- tories where they worked. Fear that there had been loss of life aboard excursion steamers was dispelled early when it was learned that the steamer Chippewa rode out the blow in the bay while .the Bock- ling kept to her dock. The velocity of the wind, accord- ing to the United States weather bu- reau, reached seventy-five miles an hour in the city and men said it reach. ed eight-five miles an hour along the water front. The Cedar Point resort escaped the full strength of the storm, but six cottages were destroyed. Cedar Point is a popular watering place for resorteys from northern Ohio and southeastern Michigan resident: The militia was early on the scene, responding to appeals for help from Moyor Perry, who feared fire and loot- ing. Company G, Ohlo National Guard, from Norwalk, first to arrive, reached here at midnight. Other units fol. lowed from Toledo, Findlay and Clevelan Yesterday guardsmen patrolled the tornado and storm swept areas, which had been roped off. Col William Marvin _of Toledo was in charge. Relief measures were taken even before the full force of the storm had been spent. City authorities, the Red Cross, the American Legion and civic organizations were co-operating in plans for relief. Norwalk, Ohio, which was reported to have suffered from the storm, es- caped any serious damage, it was learned. For a path seven to elght miles long and three to four miles wide southwest of Sandusky, not a farm building and but few trees escaped the driving wind. Entire roofs were blown off and irewn for hundreds of yards over adjoining flelds. At places the wind reached such a velocity to tear fence posts out of the ground and hurl wii fences nearly 100 yards. At one place, about seven miles from nd! ;, normous barn, about 100 by 200 fest, was carried about 100 feet and dropped across the high- way. = All motor trafit on two secondary rosds from the south to Sandusky and on the main Columbus road was blocked by fallen trees that lay for ! miles across- DR.R. . WOODWARD DIES AT HOME HERE Was Former Carnegie Insti- tution Head and One of World’s Leading Scientists. Dr. Robert Simpson Woodward, fo sixteen years president of the Car negie Institution of Washington, and one of the leading scientists of th world, dled at his home in the Dros- den. Connecticut avenue and Kalo rama road, yesterday at the age of seventy-five years. His death wa due to a complication of disorders following influenza beginning in the early winter of 1923, and continuin: with transient periods of a parent improvement for nineteen months. With his death those who kne him say that science loses vne of 11 soundest constructive minds this generation has known of great fertllity well balanced executive of confident, uniformly temperament, he was always a le in the world of cotemporary research Dr. Woodward was born in Roche ter, Mich., 1849, His fa farmer, took deep interest affairs, and at one time for Govermor of Michigan. When boy Dr. Woodward old_prodnce the then small citv of Detroit eventually enter Michigan, and stitution the d. in 1872, whereupon he immediate entered upon an appointment sistant engineer on the United lake survey commission, a po which he held for ten years. Duri: this period he married, in 1876 tha Gretton Bond of Detroit Work as Astronomer. Upon completion of this s Dr. Woodward received an aj ment as assistant astronomer ¢ United States Transit of Venus Cc mission, which was not only a tri to his 'quality as a mathemat and engineer, but to his tronomical and astrophy lems, as subsequentls whi A of resource, « Ju optimisti ac ma in her. pub was candid fcal journals. ~ Aftcr duties with this body astronomer of the United Sta ological survey in 1884 and r. with the survey for years, ing successively the positions s tronomer, geographer and chief g ographer. SLIl pursuing a clear preferen for mathematical and physical w of high precision, he went from geological survey to the coast geodetic survey in 1850 and w there received in 1893 appoint as professor of mechanics and mat matical physics in Columbia_ Univ sity, New York City. In 1855 he b came dean of the School of Pu Science of the university, holdir this position until 1905, when he w chosen to succeed Dr. Daniel Gilman, the first president of Carnegie Institution of Washing Work in Three Epochs. Dr. Woodward's work thus fall very maturally into three distind epochs, to each of which in turn he was devoted heart and soul, and to each of the last two of which hi career in engineering and exact i ence contributed much. His scienti papers include a number of contri- butions to higher mathematics, to physics _and particularly geophys one of his best known papers treat 4ng of the figure, distribution density and the cooling rate of tl earth.” These publications appear the most part in the journals of the learned societies. With his habits of precise thini:- ing, Dr. Woodward grasped the edu cational problems of the day with firm and vigorous hand. The idea which he presented to his student were both high and practical. Took Firm Stand. Neither did he hesitate to take strong stand upon questions of th ory such as have been recently mu under discussion in public 1 notwithstarding his firm e method and vitality of evolution science, he realized the human limi- tations'in that direction. ‘The third epoch of Dr. Woodward's career placed him at the head of the largest endowment in aid of scien- tific_research which had ever heen given. The early plan of administr tion of the institution had necess rily been tentative and at the time ¢ Dr. Woodward's accession to the presidency the question was whether it would prove more effective to hand sums of money to experienced inves tigators who should expend it as they pleased without further contr by the central institution, or whether departmnets of research should established within the institution in which the expenditure of funds should rcmain directly under the control of the trustees. After some unprofitable trials the latter policy was in gen- eral adopted early in Dr. Woodward's administration and has remained t dominant policy of the institutic since that time. During the period of his preside of the Carnegie Institution of W ton its available resources were creased from ten to twenty-two miilior of dollars, mainly by additional gift from the founder, and more than $1 000,000 was expended in the supy of research. He was held in great affec- tion by his colleagues, and was given loyal support in working out his plans for accomplishment of results and at- tainment of maximum scientific achievc- ment. The fabric which he has woven will remain as a perpetual monument to his_unselfish, vigorous and far-sighted administration. Retired in 1920, He retired at the close of 1920, at the age of seventy-two, still in the full tide of his success and that of the institution to which he had given his greatest ef- fort. He had been honored during his lifetime by many institutions and learned bodies, both American and foreign. He was & member of the National Academy of Sciences, president of the American Association” for the Advancement of Sclence (1900-01) and its treasurer from 1894 until his death. He was also president of the New York Academy of Sciences 1900-02, president of the Amer- ican Mathematical Society 1895-1900, and can Mathematical Society 1898-1900, and served throughout the war as a member of the naval consulting board. The dc- gree of doctor of laws was also be stowed upon him by the University of Wisconsin, the University 8f Michigan and Johns Hopkins University ; the doc- torate in science by the University of Pennsyl ania and by Columbia Univer- sity. His wife and constant companion through & long life and three sons, Rob- ert 8. Woodward, jr., of Haverford, Pa. : Karl W. Woodward of Durham, N. H.. and Willlam S. Woodward of Three Rivers, Mich., survive him. — SYDNOR TELLS COURT HE MURDERED WIFE Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va. June 30.—Walter Sydnor pleaded guilty to the murder of his wife, when arraigned in police court hére this morning following his arrest in Alexandria after a two weeks' search. Mrs. Violet Worley Sydnor, the victim, was found in James River June 16 with her skull crushed. The husband said he struck her with a monkey - wrench during a . violent uarrel June 14. They had met to iscuss their separation. Mrs. Sydnor had just learned that Sydnor had another wife 1iving in this city. The defendant also pleaded gulity to a bigamy charge today. His case was gent to the grand Jury for action in uly.