Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1926, Page 1

W (U1 8. Weather Burean F Fair and colder with Pperature about 30 degrees morrow fair, continued temperature Friday. Hig) 115 pm. yesterday; low noon today. "ATHER. Full report on page 9. | orecast.) lowest tem- tonight: to- cold; rising hest, 73, at vest, 44, at *Closing N.Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 2 tered as secol post office, W No. 30,14 nd class matter hington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. STATE SEES HASTE IN'BURYING RECTOR AND CHOIR SINGER Only Examination After Slay- ing Was to Determine Health of Mrs. Mills. PHYSICIANS WHO MADE AUTOPSIES TAKE STAND Court Will Adjourn Over Tomor- row—Legion Protested Armis- tice Day Session. By the Associated Press SOMERVILLE, N. J. November | 10— Evidence was offered by the! Stats In the HallMills case today manifestly intended to show that the bodles of Rev. Bdward W. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills were buried | Swith almost precipitate haste. A physician why performed the first of three autopsies testified that his examination was made two weeks after the burial of Mrs. Mills, and wnother physician sald that the only post-mortem wound found on the s become a m Dr. Rudolph Hegeman, formed the first autoy examination, his explanation of the | bullet wounds being followed with | close interest by the defendants, calm | as always, and James Mills, husband, | and Charlotte Mills, daughter, of the slain choir singer. Thought Organs Were Present. Dr. Hegeman was not able to say whether the tongue, larynx and upper | portion of the windpi ing when | Dr. Otto Schultze pe autop- | sy last month, were present at his ex- | amination in 1 Permitted by the | who per- | told of his court to give an opinion, he sald he |las thought these org: Dr. E. I Cronk sald that the bodies were burfed without an autosy, the post-mortem examination having heen ! confined to the determination of Mrs. Mills’ health before she was killed. As the physicians told of her | mother’s fatal wounds, Charlotte Mill sat turning over a number of letter in her lap and apparently not weeping, | as she had done in previous references | to her mother's death. The girl is| sald to receive many letters each day | frem far and near. | Justice Charles W. Parker, presid- ing at the Hall-Mills murder trial, an- nounced this afternoon that no ses- | sion of the trial would be held tomor- s were present. se of defense coun-| i Alexander Simpson, spe- | cial prosecutor, of having a “tabloid | complex.” | The exchange was dev by an-| other of the defe equent con- | tentions that the State in its “helte #kelter presentation” had not proved that a murder was committed. “Senator Case has made anoth his tablold summaries of the methods,” retorted “You have a tabloid « perted Case. ¥ The shaft was perhaps double barb- | ®d, for Mr. Simpson is a ve man, and the name of a New York tablold newspaper has been brought into the case frequently during the testimony, been in posses- #ion of certain exhibits offered in evl dence by the ! One little calling card again today | claimed ion of court, counsel and jury in the case. The prosecution regards “S-17"” as the small exhibit is tagged, an ace in connecting Willic Stevens with the crime being investigated. | Resuming its contention that the | card is only a deuce in so far as evi- | dence goes, defense counsel continued | an attack on ate’s contention that it bears the fingerprint of Willie | Stevens, Defense Calis Detective, The card has been to the daily nony. It made its ®nce e D. Totten, | time of the cross-exami- | by the de- | of r State’ omplex,"” in mear- | detective at Tense travele to s with to show card that to him of the it was delivered exhibits the discovery the bod rector and choir sin, The the te: print ex prinis of The mos defense thus to show that man; v bombs ex- | Column 5, | SEAPLANE RACES OFF TILL SATURDAY Migh Winds Prevent Trials at Nar-i folk by U. S. and Italian Br tho Ase NORF Due to high wir ventoed will give | ¥s in which to anes through the prelim- | sident tion, at the « | between heads o Tralian teams, numittee and of base. Among confe: fott, head of t who arrived fro 1y before n - piloted by Lieut » American and s of the contest ficials at the naval those in_the Mot- Service, particip; Chicago-Texas Flight On. ~ago to nt from Chi 1 . was started bout 9:55 am. today, when the N ional Alr Transport’s great triple. otored plane deparied from t el field. paasse Dallas, ASTRID AND PRINCE | Prince Leopold and Princess Astrid of | cathedral I store | to oc | By the Associatd Press Pangalos Believed Simulating Insanity To Ease Sentence ovember 10.—Dis- from the Island of Crete Athens indicate that the cek dictator, Gen. Pan- some time has been ns of mental derange- 4 itech to the elegram from Athens. . the dispatch adds, Pan- a5 imagined that he is the emperor of Byzantium and has demanded thit he taken to tantinople, In some guarters it is suspected that he s simula; ing in the hope of obtaining lichter punishment. The government of Gen. Pan- os was overthrown in August by the p ent premier, Gen. Kon- dylis, and Pangalos was sent to the Island of Crete. showing si me: WED N CATHEDRAL Scores Injured in Crush as Crowds Flock to See Royal Couple. By the Aesociated Press. SELS, November 10.—Crown Sweden were married at 1 this morning in the St. 15 o'clock Gudule Ca- 'he crush of the crowds around the s so great that many women and children were injured. No fatalities were reported, but scores ken to the hospital or treated for their injuries in nearby drug It was the greatest ur in Brusse stice day, eight years demonstration nce the Armi- ago tomorrow. Follows Civil Ceremony. religious ceremony followed :dding performed in the royal ce at Stockholm Thursday. rear-old bride- sroom, who walked rather awkwardly up the main aisle of the cathedral, will, in (he natural course of events, one day rule over Belgium, while the little bride will be his Queen, but today, to thousands of pe ng the ‘magnificent street nues of Brussels they we B »pold und Astrid. The cortege of ki royal princes and nobles, from au to’ barons, passed almoSt un- noticed, so eager were the throngs to 1ze their fili of the youthful couple. The event was favored with brilliant weather with a bright sun, and As- trid was a picture of happiness as she nodded smiling acknowledgment of the plaudits of the multitudes along the route of the procession to the cathedral. 5,000 Soldiers Line Way. Fifteen thousand soldiers were lined up under the command of a thousand officers in natty uniforms, and count- less flags decorated the way. Leopold and Astrid started off from the right wing of the royal palace, which henceforth will be their home, shortly before 11 o'clock. “There she comes,” cried some of and a shout arose rowned the roar of the nnon firing a 21-gun salute. Arriving at the cathedral, Astrid howed the strain of the moment in her pale, 1ge. The couple were received h_church dignitaries, heuded Archbishop Van Roey of Mulines. When ou take Leopold ¢ husband? Toda the ci Swedish lin the archbishop asked, “Do )t Brabant for your “yes” rang clear and sharp esponded in_a throatier and hu fashion. The ceremony ted barely 40 minutes. Outside the crowds made a tre- mendous noise and thousand ding before the great gothic structure swayed to and fro, strugeling for points of vantage from which to view the newlyweds a5 they emerged. rom the cathedral the wedding party returned directly to the palace. SOCIALISTS OPPOSE EX-KAISER'S VISIT Deputy Demands Permanent Ban- ishment for Former Ruler in Reichstag Speech. RLIN, November 10 y of former Emperor Willi srmany would be a challeng: people.” declared the Socialis Alwin Saenger in an address jchstag last night on the oceas the eighth anniversary | of the revolution, It was time that the German people told William to stay out of Germany forever, the deputy added It is better for the diznity of the said Herr Saenger, “to m than to have the allied e deputy re I Prince Herr own “howls with -day bic 00 marks as pr Never has a dynusty because the former repeated He that mona azain i said bill pr or Wil- nent exile, and the exile membe: of former ruling families their pres jeopardized the re- public. The deputy asserted that in addition lohenzollerns the bill was al 1 at forme; Crown Rupprecht of Bavaria, who | pretender to the | Prin FALL AND DOHENY | lease {no_waiting. | to | fri { down | bail, furn PLEAD NOT GULTY AT BRIEF SESSION Ready to Stand Trial Nov. 22| on Conspiracy Charge, Their Counsel Say. EX-SECRETARY SHOWS EFFECT OF LONG SIEGE Voice Is Emphatic in Denying| Guilt, However—Wilton J. Lam- bert Appears in His Defense. Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of | the Interior, and Edward L. Doheny, wealthy California oil operator, plead- ed not gullty in the District Supreme Court todzy to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the Government in con- nection with the Elk Hills, Calif., naval ofl reserve lease, which Fall ex- ecuted to Doheny in 1921, The proceedings, which lasted less than five minutes, were held in Crim- inal Court No. 2, before Justice Adolph A. Hoehling, the arraignment being on the first of four indictments growing out of the celebrated Teapot Dome investigation of the Senate. Pro- ceedings were cut short by the an- ouncement of counsel for the two efendants that they were ready to stand trial on the conspiracy charge, which is set for November 22 in the | District Supreme Court. i The atmosphere in the crowded | courtroom was tense when the clerk called on the defendants to plead fter the reading of the indictments ad been waived. Fall and Doheny sat alone at one end of the table in front of the bar. Doheny was the | st called upon to answer to the charge. In a voice that sounded thin and shrill he answered, “Not gullt§.” and sat down. Fail's Answer Is Firm. Then Fall arose. His voice was tull and emphatic as.he gave the same | ans The proceedings were over. Today’s appearance of Fall in the | court, his first during the five years of | legal entarglements growing out of | the celebrated ofl investigation, lacked | setting of color whatsoeve A few minutes before the hour con- vened Fall and Doheny, a by an array of counsel, entered the | courtroom, already crowded, some | drawn by the significance of the pro- ceedings and others awaiting the usual g£rind of the day’s criminal trials. No | notables were present. It was just | an ordinary day in court. 5 ; Fall walked falteringly into the| Iis once vigorous frame t appearance had changed ! greatly during the five yvears of court | His general health, neverthe- | @emed vastly improved since his | st appearance in Washington somé | three years ago. He was dressed in | a plain blue serge suit. As the two, defendants came into the room Fall | seemed to_tower over the diminutive | Doheny, who walked beside him. Doheny Appears Unchanged. i They took their seats at the bench set aside for counsel and smiled and chatted freely during the exchange of grectings. Then they sat silent and apart during the remainder of the short proceedings. Doheny appeared in excellent health, unchanged from | the days when he was a famillar fig- ure in the Senate investigation. | Announcement of counsel for the two defendants was coupled with one surp Wilton J. Lambert, prom- inent Washington trial attorney, ap- peared as one of the counsel for Fall. | This was his first connection with the now famous case. i At the head of the counsel for Doheny were Frank J. Hogan of Washington and Frederick R. Kellogg of New York, with Joseph J. Cotter and Harold Walker of Washington. For Fall there appeared, in addition to Mr. Lambert, Henry A. Wise of New York, Mark P. Thompson of New ! Mexico, and Levi Cooke of Washing- ton. Atlee Pomerene, former Senator | from Ohio; Owen J. Roberts, special | »unsel for the Government in the oil cases, and Peyton Gordon, United States attorney, xjppeared as the opposing array of cdunsel. The presence of so many attorneys seemed | -wildering to some of the prisoners | awaiting the call of their cases, some | of whomn were not aware of the im- portance of the case. i Indictments First Called. E When the court convened promptly | t 10 o'clock the Fall and Doheny in dictments were the first on the docket to be called. Consequently there was | Mr. Hogan introduced Mr. Kelloge, | counsel for Doheny, who that his defendant was ready to answer to the indictment. The same brief statement by Mr. Lambert suf- ficed for Fa Immediately after the brief proceed- ings, Fall and Doheny, who appeared gain their composure during the three-minute period, slipped hurried ly into the auteroom and made for the rear exit, whe an automobile awaited them. stood for sev- eral minutes shaking hands with nds and chasiag freely while a battery of news cameramen bore upon them. Then they were whisked away, Both I"all and Doheny are on $5,000 | hed in the Summer of 1925 wing their initial indictment wing out of the criminal proceed- nnounced | ndictment there is an- | nd Doheny and son, Edward L. Do- | arged with bribery the delivery of | $100,000 by Doheny, who car- ried the curr in a little black | (Continued on Page 7, Column 1) 35 connection Seminol Br the Associated P MIAMI, Fla., November 10.—In the Everglades justice of the Seminoles has meted out the penalty of death to | a murderer to atene for the life of a v b Two weeks o the boom of the toc- | and tomtom resounded through | the 'Glades, heralding a celebration | of the Seminole Nation. Decked in | their glittering finery, the remnants of the vanishing race assembled. | enélayer Is S_entenced to Die i By Cudgel With Which He Killed Friend their squaws sang aud danced. Early | the next morning Pashey Billy, in a drunken flash of temper, clubbed a friend to death. Pashey Billy escaped | capture for a week. At old John Willle's camp, after he | was found, the death sentence was pronounced by the council of elders. The court rejected the defense plea | that Pashey Billy had imbibed too | freely. Charlie Tigertail was delegated to take the life of Pashey Billy in the same manner and with the same cnd. Far Inte the wight the braves and s} as vsed by the ponvicied brave, { \GOLD HIEROGLYPHICS IDENTIFY TOMB OF MOTHER OF CHEOPS Harvard Man’s Discoveries in Egypt In- clude Lovely Household Articles—King Tut’s Widow Proposed Marriage. { A. Reisner, companied | ¥ | snow flurries and a cold wave were | encountered. {ington and arose early today. ! before the arr | commander of the Disabled American | | Veterans of the World War; | Baker | of Kansas: MaJj. | copper wreath at the city’s shrine to ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, ¢ Foening Star. 1926— FORTY-FOUR PAGES. P CRo® &%\NN UAL -le from the bottom. Everything in the former tomb was brought out, even the things the thieves had smashed. . uded a bed and still intact; 50 imple- ment , 6 of which are solid gold. 15 of copper and the remainder of flint; a dozen wooden panels with By the Associated Press. CAIRO, November 10.—Dr. George stant professor of Harvard University, report describing the on the tomb of Egyptology of has_issued a work he has done Queen Netepheres, mother of King Cheops and wife of Senefru, first 2 overeign of the fourth dynasty. The|inlaid floral designs in faience, N eport says that identification of the|in gold: houschold vess including tomb is based on two inscriptions in 1d_cups, basin, s gold hieroglyphics on the back of a g S sels and 5 carrying chair. of linen, almost entirely disenteg: Dr. Reisner asserted that he found| Many of the vessels found repres evidence that Netepheres died some, the traditional types of the third time after Cheops came to the throne Perhaps the most impres- and was buried at Dashur, on the|sive discovery was a gold-cased West bank of the Nile and directly | Jewel box bearing the Queen's name south of the great pyramids. Theland containing 20 silver anklets, tomb was rifled by thieves, and when | raduated to fit the leg upward. Each the violation was discovered Cheops’|anklet is crnamented with four con- secretary transferred the body to a| ventionalized dragon flies inlaid with new tomb at the entrance of the|calachite, lapis lazuli and carnelian. Pyramid Ghiza. This tomb is a ver-| Dr. Reisner has now begun tical shaft cut 100 feet through the|move the canopy on the al limestone with the chamber opening | ~(Continued on Page 7, Column 2. PRESIDENT'S TRAIN | SENATE RECEIVES ENCOUNTERS SNOW! ENGLISH REPORT | e Executive and Mrs. Coolidge| Resignation of Federal Judge Greeted as Entourage Halts Causes House Managers 1o in Pittsburgh. three Ask Discontinuance. By the Associated Press. ON BOARD PRESIDENT COOL- IDGE'S SPECIAL TRAIN, November 10.—Refreshed by a good night's rest, President and Mrs. Coolidge today sped across Pennsylvanla and Ohio toward Kansas City, where the Chief Executive will deliver an Armistice dny address at the dedication of the Liberty Memorial, erected in honor of World War veterans. : ) The special Pennsvlvania Railroad train arrived in Plttsburgh at 8:45 am., and 10 minutes later continued its journey to Kansas City. fr. Coolidge, minus overcoat, and Mrs. Coolidge, appeared on the rear platform of their observation car in the Pittsburgh station to acknowledge the greetings of a crowd. despite a raw wind and snow flurries. Train Encounters Snow. As the special train, which left The meeting of the Senate today as a court of impeachment to try Judge George W. English of the eastern district of Illinois was Hamlet with Hamlet left out. Judge English re- signed a week ago, In consequence the Senate was in session as a court of impeachment only long enough to receive a report from the managers on the part of the House, recommending that the trial be discontinued so that they might re- port the situation to the House it- self when it meets in December. Having had notice that the trial of Judge English would not be continued with at this time, many of the ators were not present today. V the Vice President called the Senate 10 order for the tenth time in history as a court of impeachment, scarcely more than half the total membership was present. The lack of interest was reflected in the galleries of the Senate, which also were only half full. Four Managers Present. After the quaint “Hear ye, hear ye, hear ve” of the sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, opening the Senate as a court of impeachment, the managers on the part of the House in the im- peachment trial were admitted to the Senate chamber. They were seat Washington shortly before last mid- night, swept into the Pennsylvani mountains in the early morning hours, The President and Mrs. Coolidge re- tired soon after the train left Wash- After breakfast Mr. Coolidge went back to his observation car and scanned the morning newspaper: ! The party includes Secretary of War Dwlight Davis, Col. 5. A. Chevvy, mili- ta pt. Wilson Brown, naval alde, and ames F. Coupal, per- sonal ph Il reach Kansas City tomorrow. omorrow afternoon, before going to the train for the return trip, the Coolidges will go by automobile to the adjoining city of Kansas City, Kans. for a brief v Tt will be his first visit to the State of Kansas. Queen to Arrive Later. The President will depart for Wash- ington in the afternoon, several hours 1 from the West of Queen Marie and her party Other Armistice day guests of the | clty will include Howard P. | | d in the well of the Senate, on the ice President’s left. On the right, across the aise, was Judge E. C. Kramer of East St. Louis of counsel for Judge English. Four of the eight managers on the part of the House were present, Rep- ntatives Michener of Michigan, v of Malne, Summers of Texas and Tillman of Arkansas. Mr. Mich- ener was immediately recognized by the Vice President and submitted his |report and recommendation. He said |that in consideration of the resigna- {tion of Judge English and its uccept- lance by the President, the managers lon the part of the House recommend. ed that the trial be now discontinued |The managers, he xplained, wished |time in which' to’ present the m (Continued on Page 2, Column 7 Heip Those natlonal commander of the American John V. Clinnin, Legion; ; Govs. Missouri and Paulen jen. Harry A. Smith, ssistant Chief of Staff, U. S. A.. and three brigadier generals; H. Lind- lev. chancellor of the University of Kansas, and Stratton D. Brooks, S ident of the University of Mis Queen Marie will occupy the sam platform from which President Cool idge will speak eariler in the, da: going to the memorial shaft imme- diately upon her arrival to place a £ leit at Washington’s own door. same call is sounded almost within the war dead. formation is tabulated. It is only It was announced last night that the President’s address will be broad- cast by radio station WDAF of the Kansas City Star. Queen Marie also has accepted an iavitation to broad- cast a message from the station. Radio Prt_)\grqnsmPa_gq 30. ington. contributions to a relief fund. Relief Fund, care of The Evening BUILDING PROGRAM CONFERENCE HELD Meeting to Be Called in Few|its foundation by the roaring twister shortly before 3 o'cloc Days, Says Smoot After Talk With Mellon. The Federal building program for Washington will be considered from all angles at a meeting of the Public Buildings Commission within few days, it was announced today by Sen- ator Smoot, chairman Secretary Mellon at the Treasury De- partment. enator Smoot and discussed the several the situation in Washington, former the entire the Secretary ituation. Further than to admit the subject Senator Smoot would say nothing, nor would she express any opinion as to the com- matter of the discussion, plicated situation which has arisen. New Program Considered. Looking toward the development of | lieved des a plan for the great triangle between | Pennsylvania avenue, the Mall and | s of the nd the Treasury of which are con- cerned with the building program, are | €I’ understood to be considering a new | W ve program to submit to Con- | Among the is whether the Government should at this time purchase all the land in does not own Fifteenth street, the offici: several commissions Department, all legislat gress at the next session. projects under consideration the triangle which it now. The sites for two buildings, Internal Revenue Rureau and Archives, were | the Public on between _the Post Office Department and the Mall. | A wrecking company is now tearing | down buildings on one square owned by the Government, and condemnation proceedings are under way for three selected last Spring by Buildings Commiss other squares, Complete Operation Urged. It is understood that the Treasury the Fine Arts Commission, the Public Buildings Commission and the National Capital | Park and Planning Commission, who were here during the Summer, have ! been presented with the problem of officials and members of handling the triangle as a whole in stead of going ahead plecemeal with a buildings here and there from few time to time. Senator Smoot has been kept ad- vised by mail as to the situation dur- under- stood that he got a clear picture of the whole matter this morning in his Secretary ing the Summer, and it lengthy conference with Mellon. ESCAPE IN CRASH Buffeted by & gust of wind just after landing from Philadelphia on Hoover Fleld at noon today a plane of the Philadilphia Rapid Transit Co., was turned completely over, churning its | nine passengers together in the cabin with nothing worse than minor bruises and but allowing them to escape a bad scare. The plane arrived on schedule time and after making a landing was taxi ing across the field at a speed of five miles an hour, officials of the com pany stated, when it was caught by a 34mile gust, turning it turtle. Pilot D. D. Johnston was unin jured. covering from the shock of the acc! dent, the passengers went to Wash- ngton, as usual on the air company’s bus. Who Suffer! The tragedy that lies in the wake of the elements’ fury has been The_little town of La Plata and part of the countryside surrounding it are stunned. To the call from the Japanese earthquake zone and the hurricane areas alike Washington responded generously. lorida 0 Now the the circle of our own community. No one knows where the need is greatest, but the need is there. How much money, food. clothing and medical supplies will be needed is not known now. Another day may lapse before that in- certain that assistance and com- fort are needed, and that should be sufficient to the people of Wash- The Star will be glad to receive and acknowledge in its columns ibuti & 1. It has started the fund with an initial contribution of $200. Contributions should be sent to the La Plata Star. These funds will be turned over to the Red Cross for distribution and administration. of the body, | following a lengthy conference with | developments in the d afterward, and went over The plane escaped damage except for a broken wing. After re- The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday's Circulation, 103,864 TWO CENT () Mears Associated Press. 15 DEAD, 30 INJURED ' AS LA PLATA COUNTS TOLL OF HURRICANE Several of Children Hurt When Storm Swooped Down Upon Schoolhouse May Die. TOWN STUNNED BY TRAGEDY: STATE OFFICIALS TAKE CHARGE Public Funeral for Victims May Be Held as Facilities Are Lacking--13 of Those Killed Were Pupil By a Staff Correapondent of The Star. LA PLATA, Md., November 10.—This little southern Mary- land town was groping dazedly today in an effort to take stock of the casualties from its greatest catastrophe—the wiping out by a freak tornado yesterday afternoon of its student-filled school house and several nearby residences at a probable cost of 15 13 of them children. The school bell, which yesterday called to their classes the | threescore laughing children from the village and surrounding farms, lay silent today beneath a mass of tangled wreckage. |1 had summoned more than one-fifth of them to their death. . The remaining playmates and the two teachers of the little victims passed through the tragedy with injuries ranging torn-off limbs and crushed bones to cuts and bruises. Some 30 oi the total of 62 children in the schoolhouse when it was torn from k v 1y di 10 from terday afternoon are in a serious condition, and several 1 Town Stil Stunned. La Plata itself was still stunned today and unable to go about the work of relief and consider the burying of its dead without outside aid. The town undertaker was instructed by State health authorities to send to Washington for additional Coftins to take | care of the‘ little bodies, which lic in darkened parlors in this vicinity or in Washington hosptals. Jhp numhqr of the dead, though they put it at 1 certan in the minds of State health officials who toda of the situation for the town authorities 5 Conflicting reports had come from Washington as to the num ber and identity of the dead and injured there, and frantic mothers and fathers besieged the State police headquarters for definite word of sons, daughters or relatives whose condition vet was undetermined. 1 According to Dr. John Collinson, | tion of Dr. George. 1. Heatl jr., of the Baltimore headaquarters of |group of Siate norees, o and & | the State department of health, who [ T fals discussed infor- is directing the relief work, there the advisability of hold lare 14 identified d and in funeral for afl of the Washington. One ing is be- s many as the bere: 1. e (0. It was point staging sep few. and the one of the " @ was un took charge today a publ ims, or e ceremonies were fact was stressed that b {town's two ministers is present to offi e these rites The family of little Jack Clark, Jr., eight-year-old viet of the storm, an- |_u-|m4w! in the me me that his funeral would he held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. How any one escaped al ‘Jfl\a.& it vortex of howled its wa from the Potomace ACTOSS a m leng streteh o) fringe of this town, was a mati wonder today by those wh shambles s wake. s ittle schoollio vesterda wred ftselt by the v had been as though by a gi and then broken, t around, strewn piece several hundred yards de elde. Schoolhouse Dashed (o Earth The entire building, with its human freight, had been lifted irc foundations and dashed g to collapse into u gments. The large fron stove i was carried somehow feet into the valley timbers had been blown about | though they were matchsticks With the fury of this screeching tor nado helpless children had been swept | through the air or over the ground to an of severul hundred feet. including the two teachers, awakened from the ter of semi consciousn clves be | Miss i the latter teach- who narrow scaped, went to ashington early this afternoon to check over the dead and injured Meanwhile a corps of State motor | cyclo policemen scoured the country I’side in a census of those missing, so that authorities could check back with hospital lists. Dr. Collinson hrought with him from Baltimore 50 doses of tetanus serum, and he issued instructions that all of |those injured be inoculated imme- | diate inst lockjaw. This work was done under the direc- el Grav ve from the wind, which at ¥ tened ont steamroller. nd_whirled fou the hill t THE DEAD. Mary Fllen Bowie, 7, of La Plata, Md., died yesterday afternoon en route {to Providence Hospital, Lucille Edwards, 11, La Plata, Md., died at Providence Hospital last night. Lillian Della, 11, died at Providence | Hospital early vesterday evening. Tilden Cooksey, 8 died at Provi- dence Hospital last night. Lucilla Miles, 10. Henry Clagett, 10. Mary Alice Cooksey Lester Sinclair, 8. James Wright Maddox, 10 Jack Clark, jr., 8. Edward B. Bean, 9. La Vega Martin, 10. Rufus Watts, colored, 28 Lula Patterson, colored, 45 MISSING. Marie Langley, 10, believed dead. THE INJURED. At Providence Hospital. Theresa Estelle Bean, 9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William 1. Bean, La Plata, fractured skull | Gwynn Della, fractured skull. Rudolph Garner, 7 Benjamin Miles, '8, of La Plata, pos- | sible fracture of the skuil Marie Murphy, fractured skull, but expected to recover. Rita Mudd, 9, daughter of John Mudd, White Plains, Md. Albert Hyde, 11, son of Louis M. i Hyde of Port Tobacco, Md., fractured | skull, Richard Clark, S, son of Andrew J. Clark of La Plata, treated dence and returncd home today Thomas Rogers Clark, 6, son o Clark, La Plata, fractured arn Mrs. Margaret mother of Walter F. Plata, broken collarbone. Harriett Lorenz, daughter Ralph N. Lorenz, both arms broken. Thomas Miles, 10, of Port Tobacco, son of Thomas Miles. Bruce McCarthy, 10, son of James R. McCarthy, La Plata. James L. Padgett, 49, La Plata. Mrs. Bdith Padgetf, 46, wife James, contusions. Edward Clarence Turner, 11, son of Henry Turner, La Plata. Charlotte May Turner, 8, daughter |of Henry E. Turner, La Plata, frac- & ; tured leg. | wake of the twister. They were the Vernon Padgett, jr, 7, La Plata, |residence of James L. Padgett, to the bruises. i of the village: the home of E Henrv Wolfe, 7. son of Mrs. Lilltan | ward M. Della, 1ot far away, and the Wolfe, La Plata, slight injuries. house occupied by Rufus Watts, col Louls Swann, 11, of La Plata, ored, who was Killed and in whose jurles to head. home a colored visitor, Lulu Patrer- - ; son, also lost her life At Emergency Hospital. e b Raymond Maddox, 6. of La Plata s oxats were fifived and those in the Della hon cape possibie fractured skuil and lacera’| Eleven-year-old Lilian Detbe. focah tions. h 15 crushed. at the school & in Washingion later in to the g thousand it the school veral hundred and greas. wooden . Murie] Hardests 3 i s, escaped from the rulns in a m r unknowr to herself and was the first to tell he town of the tragedy Boy Jumps From Window. Following her a moment or so later John Marshall Burr, who ha T window a9 he saw chaped cloud bea down upon him istantly the Inhabitants roused into action, little rea truth of the story told by 1 terical children who had ru the scene. pret e were the A arrivals to at the sceno d what feverishly at timbers and smasl} the blood-staine. ns which they could comprehe 1 They tore X the br desks white. ken to release ed fol ath. . their clothes partially or »m _their pain-wracked ing about or rune ng around as though demented, and down the slope ran the trail of y wreckage, some of it human Four Houses Wrecked. They glanced u; nd distance away another had been a i neath_the wrecka Mrs. Ma Jameson, of saw nch do, the Jameson. Re- s of this house lay zaret Jameson, badly crush s other houses within a ru. < of u mile had gone down in the of in- Katherine Watts, colored, La Plata, Md., fractured ribs and lacerations. Those who saw the spiraling cloud At Children’s Hospital. |as it howled fts way in a northeast. Samuel Berry, 10, son of Mrs. Katie | €Tly_ direction say that it seemed to Berry, La Plat, fractured skull and " A!Pping here and there as it sped smputated arm, |~ (Conunued on ‘olumn