Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1927, Page 2

CAPITAL OFFICIALS TURN QU FORARMY Relief Society’s Show and Battle Opens With Parade Through City. Official Washington turned en fmasse today to witnes: the spectacular reproduction of the World War battle of Madeleine Farm as the feature event of the military circus and exjo- sition staged at Washington Barracks for the benefit of the Army Relief Corps. At the last moment it was hoped that President and Mrs. Coolidse might be able to attend the opening of the greatest military display the Capital s ever witnessed, but no positive as- surances were forthcoming from the White House. The President will at- nd either tonight or tomorrow, how- is official duties permit. Full Dress Is Worn. The zold braid of full dress nniforms gave color to the scene as thousande swarmed through the gates in motor cars and afoot before the openingevent, at 230 oclock. A notable array of Army and Navy oflicers, together with many pronunent Washington society folk, were included among the patrons for the affair, which will be repeated in spectacular fashion tonight and to- morrow. Vice President and Mr Dawes were amonz the Datrons, as well as Secretary of War Davis and | his Assistant Secretaries, Davison and MacNider, and their wiv Gen, Py shing is absent in France, but more than 30 major generals, headed by Mad Gen. Symmerall, chief of staff, most of whom served overseas during the World War, were among the inter- ested spectators. Thousands of Washingtonians who will be unable to witness the military circus lined Pennsylvania avenue and thronged about the Tidal Basin shortly after the noon hour for the military parade which preceded the | performance at the barracks. About | 2,500 troops, representing all branches of the service, were included in the line of march, which started up the Avenue from Sixth street and wound its way around the Treasury and the Tidal Basin and thence through South- west Washington to the grounds. Many Veterans Participate. A number of those who actually par- ticipated in the bloody battle of Made- Jeine Farm on October 9, 1918, in which =0 many Americans lost their lives, are taking part in the ma- neuvers today. Units in the parade included the famous Troop F of the 3d Cavalry, the silent drill company of the 12th Infantry from Fort Wash- ington; batteries of the 16th Field Artillery and detachments of the En- gineer, Signal.Corps, Chemical War- fare and Medical departments. Cul Alexander B. Cox of the general staff was marshal of the parade. As a unique episode of the exposi- tion a number of wives of generals and other high ranking Army officers, attired in aprons and other kitchen dpparel, were assigned to ‘“mess” kitchens to serve the guests with Army chow, while their pretty daugh- ters, donning dainty French maids’ costumes, helped. The Army and so- clety women also managed fortune telling and charity sales booths. ‘The sham battle depicting the two attacks of Americans on the German stronghold of Madeleine Farm during the Argonne drive was arranged to display modern warfare in all its real- ism with airplanes coursing overh tanks spitting fire and encountering high explosive mines, sputtering ma- chine gun fire and infantry advancing through screens of smoke. The sham encounter will be staged tonight, with night air bombing and searchlight dis- play. Pigeons Will Race. An interesting feature pf the after- noon performance today will be the pigeon race to Camp Meade. “Presi- dent Wilson,” the most famous of all Army pigeons, who carries a wound stripe received when he lost a leg in action in France, will be among the entries. “Roxy” is coming down from New York to help Marie Gambarelli, otherwise known as “Gamby,” and Douglas Stanbury release the pigeons. Many survivors of the 4th, 5th, 79th and 80th Divisions who participated in the battle of Madeleine Farm will be among today’s spectators and actors in the reproduced scene. Capt. Sereno Brett, who commanded thz Tanks in the engagement, will be the stunt performer today and is sched- uled to be “blown up” by a TNT mine explosion. Other features of the effair include Infantry, Artillery, Cav- alry and Tank drill exhibitions. The gates at the Washington Bar- racks opened at 1 o'clock. [Unlimited parking space is provided within and outside the Barracks. The Traffic Bu- reau today issued the following traflic directions: Street cars—Seventh street and Ninth street cars (south) to gates of Barracks. Motor traffic—O street southwest will be one way to the east from Bixth street southwest to Delaware &venue southwest; P street southwest, one way from Delaware avenue to en- trance to grounds: Four-and-a-half street, one way from P street south- west to G street southwest, going north. Visitors are advised to use Delaware avenue or Third street southwest from O street south to entrance of the grounds. GIRL BANDIT GIVES ¥ TWO VICTIMS LAUGH Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., September 30.— “There's something dragging under your car,” remarked a 17-year-old bobbed-haired girl as Custis Meade and F. M. Carper of White Post, Clarke County, were on their way to dinner today in a truck. As they stopped the truck and glanced back the girl, who had been walking along the roadside, advanced and with leveled revolver ordered the men to throw up their hands. She rifled their pockets of several dollars jumped upon the running board of | aiting automobile containing several arm. wat, & men and sped away with a laugh Village authorities sent out an a Maj. Hesse Arrests Motorist in Drive For Traffic Laws| Traffic policemen must look to their laurels now that their super- intendent is in the field personally Jooking out for traflic violators and has already made one arrest. Maj. Hesse's victim was Forest L. Cornwell, 22 years old, of 1206 C street southwest, who was charged with driving with only one light and was taken to the first recinct station last night about o'clock, where he deposited §2 collateral, which was forfeited in Traffic Court, this morning. The arrest took place, while Maj Hesse was making a tour of the downtown section, observing the conduct of his recently inaugu- rated campaign against traffic vio- | No. 2 e in most 9-mite Views like this greet the e: of the strects struck by th gale LONDON DISCOUNTS NEW ENTENTE A Mediterranean Alliance From| Rivera-Chamberlain Méet- ing Held Unlikely. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September The Brit- ish foreign office today scouted re ports in the continental press that a “Mediterranean entente” is likely to result from the meeting of Sir Austen Chamberlain, British foreign secre tary, with Premier Primo de of Spain, at Barcelona. The question of the zone of Tangicr, over which Spain would like executive control, may have been discnssed, but the view in London was that there was little or no international significance in the meeting, which primarily a courtesy call by the Spanish premier and largely of a social character. “Scething With Unres 1t was pointed out that Sir Austen’s recent speech before the lLeague of Nations at Geneva declaring that Great Britain would make no further commitments in middle Europe under any circumstances applies to the Medi- terranean as well. British officials declined to comment on the internal situation in Spain, al though sensational reports are again reaching this country. The Daily Ex- press declares that Spain is seething with unrest, while a stringent censor- ship is trying to prevent news of con- ditions from reaching the world. Called “Sham Assembly. The Express declares that the Span- ish National Assembly, which has been summoned for October 10, is a sham assembl. with nominees to | bolster up the authority of Premier | Primo de Rivera Spain’s dissatisfaction with the pres. ent international administration of Tangier under the convention of 1925 is well known, but the British poli it was stated, is unchanged. Great Britain wants Tangier to remain in- ternational with an open door policy in effect and wants the district to re- main unfortified. TA\(-II‘ R TALK DENIED. Madrid Snys \lrennz Was Solely | Courtesy Call. MADRID, September 30 (#).—The | Spanish government today issued a | note categorically denying reports that | the object of the meeting between Sir Austen Chamberlain, British foreign | secretary, and Premier Primo de vera at Barcelona was to discuss the | Tangier question, The only object of | the arrangement, the note 1o extend a greeting to Sir Austen in the Spanish port. er tivera international was TRIANGLE LAND PRICE MAY BE 0. K., TREASURY INDICATES | (Continued from First_Tage) tract for which probably will be the next to be advertised in the building program, call for the steam shovels to begin digging at B street hetween Fourteenth and Fifteenth, and wor south, around the house of detentjion and up to within 10 feet of the big annex No, 2 Razing to Start Soon, Investigation has disclosed, it was said, that the sewer and water epn nections of the house of detention run directly into Fifteenth street, which | it faces, and no difficulty is expected in this regard. The Hechinger Co. of thix city, which yesterday proved to be the| low bidder for tearing down old build ings on the Comme te, where the digging is to-start, in all_probability will be awarded the contract within a few days, will start work shortly thereafter, and will have 30 d complete the razing. ‘Another contract will have to be let later on for razing of the old Annex 2 und the house of.detention, as | the bids for the first demolition ex-| | cept these two buildings. PANGALOS’ SON HELD AS PLOTTER IN GREECE| By the Associated T ATHENS, Gr September (®).—The son of Gen. Panga for | mer dictator, has been arrested and a warrant issued for the arrest of Mme, ! Pangalos, who has disappeared. Sev eral other prominent persons have | been seized by the authorities, includ ing Gen. Spiridonos, former minister | of the interior under PPang: ned Capt. Colialexis, who was recently ex- | fled to the Aegean Islinds for agitat- | ing in favor of Pangalos i The ar an sts followed the Jators. Cornwell was arrested on Thirteenth street between 15 and i streots, by 2 tion of an alleged plot of Pangalists | to institute a reign of terror by as. ' sussinating leading politiciuns, | was given investiza- | & EVENING I’rlh[)l'll)' vlum.u.v \ull run into the VIII"I"IL\. LILLIENDAHL STORY BACKED BY YOUTH | Reputed EyeW|tness of Slay- ing Held—Beach’s Lawyer Is Indicted. By the Associated Press HAMMONTON, N.J., September 30 A youth who says he witnessed the slaying of Dr. A. William Lilliendahl and to have corroborated the story of the killing as related by Mrs. Lillien- | dahl was in wly today. Arrested yesterday in Hoboken and taken to Atlantic City, wher committed to jail without hail, Albert Langhen, an 18-vear-old mill hand of Egg Harbor, was reported hy the po- lite to have =aid that he had seen two negroes hold up the Lilliendahl an- tomobile on, lonely Atsion road, shoot he Qoctyi’ghd rob his wife, Story Supports Wi His story Is the same as that told by Mrs. Pilliendahl when she was fornd by two truckmen, her clothing tora and her haic disheveled, as she srawled from the underbrush near the | scene 6t the shooting. "o this story | she adhered during four days of inter- mittent questioning at_the State po lice barrae here, She is out on 25,000 bail as a material witness and her home is under guard of State troopers. The authoritics said Langhen told them he was walking through the woods with a girl when he saw two negroes rush from the underbrush as the Lilliendahl car appeared, leap on the running board and force Mrs, Lil- liendahl. who was driving, to pull into the thicke A few minutes later heard three shots. A desire to shie his girl friend from undue publicity by Langben as his reason for withhoiding the information two weeks. Dr. endahl was shot Sep- tember 15, he was ow. Counsel Is Indicted. his development shortly after Hedges, ¢ I in the case came indictment unsel for Willis South \ineland ponltryman and fri of the Lilliendahls, who disappear after heing releasced on $5,000 bail as a maierial witness in the case Beach vanished Tuesday when State troopers went to his home to bring him for further questioning. A fugitive warrant, charging him with aiding in the slaying of the physician, was then issued for his arrest. indictments against Hedges him with spiriting away a ma- and spiriting away man wanted for a crime, Deteetives continued for Beach today Ass I thi | Kinkle announeed that the case wou fhe placed whether Iic WIFE DIVORCES RECTO. 30 @), wife of of the efore ach was the grand jur ested br not. RENO, N Mrx. Angcle i M. R floor leader Philippine House of Representatives and member of the Philippine Commis. <ion to the United States in 1024, was nted a divoree he Mrs. Recto testified that it was they were residing in Washington that biog hushand deserted hery [ 14 September s Recto had | he | hiere | STAR, WASHINGTO D U P&A.PHOTOSG. 15 picture shows sowe nl IIIP heautiful Imnwu (lc\lrn)ml |I) the tw l~h‘ 83 KNOWN DEAD, 671 INJURED. (Continued from First Pa parent exagzgerations became realties shortly atterward he first movement was toward | Central High School. Firemen found | 16 injured pupils, who were immedi- |V remaved as the roof threatened Then the search for dead was begun’ in all parts of the area Fire broke out in s places and | T was extinguished by firemen with the | help of a steady drizzle of rain which | followed th tornado, The bodies of three women were taken from burn- | ing debris, two of them ch | unsmcognizable. Air Seems Tinted Green The rain stopped and the sun came ont, but sk Iy afterward another m threatencd and the air_itself emed tinted green, later turning to {a pale pink and frightening still more | | those who had an hour previous seen the elements on a violent rampage. Gov. Baker did not decl {law, but gave local militia authorities | |a free reign in marshaling the Mis- National Guard and soon the | stred simed something of a | martial aspect as Guardsmen of St.| Louis reported for duty. ] Many of St. Louis’ publie buildings, | including seven schools and four hos- | pitals, suffered damage in the tornado. The Columbia School was seriously | damaged. Central High, recently re-| | paired, suffered severely, and St. Louix | University, high at the edge of Forest Park, was unroofed’ and otherwise damaged. he ( Haspital the Washington hool also felt the w ments. Entire Block Wrecked. The roof of the Perfection Manufac- | turing Co., 2701 Leffingwell avemue, | was blown away and an entire block of homes occupled by megroes was | wrecked. Riddick School, 4136 Evans avenue, was damaged and a number of students injured ¢ Whittier and Easton avenue the \4‘"(Hw front wall of the Pumphre | Drug Co. was blown out. The Mus | Arts Building at Boyle and Olive suf- | fered considerably. Chureh’s Novelty {Shoe Co., Leffingwell snd Retton, | Where 1000 persons .were emploved luntil a month ago, was completely veled. Churches seemed to have suffered | but little. A few tiles were missing from the dome of the New Cathedral | )n Lindell Boulevard. The Rick Edu- | tional Museum collapsed and it w feared that almost’priceless specimens | Af natural life and other exhibits had heen destroyed. A block of threestory apartment houses at Maryland and Whittier was destroyed, The Roselle Hotel, Garage, Polar Wave Nugent's Uptown Branch Dry Goods Store also were seriously damaged. | The Central Furniture Co.’s factory | | was seriously damaged as were a| number of other plants in the indus- trial district. Wind Velocity 100 Miles. The wind, with a velocity of 90 to 100 miles an hour, swent from south | west to the northeast, razing the Man- | chester avenue industrial district, the | Lindell boulevard and other central nd north side residence sections, and crossed the Mississippi River to the | tri-cities of Venice, Madison and Gran \'ite City, I, where six deaths ang | numerous tnjuries were caused, ‘he devastated region; irregular in shape and of varying width, has anp avew of about #ix square Louis alone, In the central west the Shriners the Mullanphy Hospital and | University Medical ath of the ele- Kanitarium, | arah-McPherson | Ice plant, and | lend |and northwe downtown toppled, @ | was hurt fatally A h north from cledo avenue, street the devastation extends | 6 MILES DEVASTATED IN ST. LOUIS tween nd Newstead avenue. Forest avenue across La West Pine and Lindell boulevards and widens north of Olive street, reaching Grand bonlevard near Vahdeventer Sarah street lof heavy damage as far north and the trend tows more dir ton avenue "ark cony and of McKinley wrecked h nth gomery and ot honses place continues to he a s 1 near r Ground d the river Between the pa a thick tr: extends ect. Bridge nd adjoining street ‘red and | with marked damage on Hehert, Mont- her streets. Old brick houses of cheap constru tion in some zone pletely While neariy tornado, tern St | which bo the f the e > the e martial | escaped yvesterday in, as did the Cabanne | tern residence areas, the | western | and a hard r: suburbs, were shattered rame houses and sheds, | path allel it was not the Louis and J section tornado as gom- of the almost parts the storm wi of the 1896 ne. South- <t St. Louis, Il brunt of that calamity with a heavy blow of to that and the TEN HURT IN ARKANSAS, Tornado I)v\'n! £ School RUDY, Ark Half of the village of Rudy. fruit-shipping pocket | Mountains, lay testing to the fury of a tornado t dipped down upon it yesterd surrounded es Hal' of Village— Children § d. September 30 (). prosperons nestling _in a by the Boston ted and torn today. ) smash- center, tw ing evervthing in its path and injur- ing 10 Of the 35 that shelt, only the red ' mained intact. molished was Church were scattered Mrs, Carvin wera injured W were expected Presence of Carney, with averting the 100 childr building. ha persons, home sco stores and half a de Fourteen eled, while a harn and bl primary teacher, ren If of which one probably resident ¥ depot. fiv en dwellings re Among structures de. the Missionary Baptis homes were le cksmith shop over a wide ‘a Graham and her baby when their home was Rudy’ id it was feared the infant The other injured to recover mind of Miss Marviory was credited serious injury among in a frame school was wrecked. She ordered the tots to a reom on the far end of had vacated Mitchell, older pupils, nd all fell the school 2ot them there when the principal, was on the second floo with and had just section they Norm nearly collapss with 20 the building, escaped injury. STORM MOVES Tornado Becomes Mlm\' der Storms at \i)R'I‘l"fl,\flT‘ rs and Thun- akes, The Weather Rureau reported today that tha Lonis ing. tornado vesterday | disturbance that was central over | braska and Kansas struck St origin in which had its vesterday morn- Attended by general showers and thunderstorms great central the severe twi | disturbance today 0 eastward to western Ontario. BOY KIIL in the lake region and valleys, in addition to ister at St. Louis, the had moved norti- LED BY STORM. Father Severely Injured as Tornado Strikes Farmhouse. MAMMOTI miles in St. | tember 30 (.- Killed and hig SRINGS, Ark., Sep- Nonl Langstoy, 7, was ther, A. B, Langstan, * | ning and at least a s along | but | FRIDAY., SEPTEMBER 30. 1927T. (Pictures transmitied by telephons.) tornado farm- severely W n.' h injured in a the Langste town of French, Ark. Three other members were less serionsly hurt to the Langston home buildings were wrecked {and sever residences damaged. { French is 15 miles southwest of Mam- | moth Springs. struck the late vesterda of the family In addition | two busines | TORNADO HI POPLAR BLUFF, Mo., September | 30 (P).- Two meii were killed by light- e were injured, an _electrical RURAL AREA. seriously, by followed by a tornade in the sections about 8 miles e outh of Poplar”Bluff late yester. | several | storm rural lana day. The rme r Corning ad are: Jess Frizzell, 30, nd Thomas Dunning, 44, of The tornado struck the little town of Broselex. wrecking everal buildings and injuring seven persons. The storm struck-Doniphan canging some damasge 1o no easualties were reportes | Ark., 33 miles south, also was struck The local weather bureau report Tapproximately 5 inches of rain Iuring the 12-hour period from 8 a.m. hursday until § p.m. last night, d She Poisoned Minister's Daughter. | 1D, OKla., September 30 (A).—- | Mary Atkinson, rold trained | nurse, today was released from charges lof poisoning Mary Jane Raile¥, 18- ear-old daughter of an Episcopal min- ister, with whom she was infatuated David Fogelsong, justice of the who presided over the nurs | prefiminary heaving Wednesday and vesterday, ruled that evidence was in- cufficient to hold the nurse for trial in District Cour E peace, GEN. LASSITER SENT TO DIRECT RELIEF FOR STRICKEN CITY First Page.) (Continued rn»m Imayor of St. Louis for the use of the | Federals troops and instructions to | Gen, iter were transmitted on the strength of the governor's message. Red Cross Officials James L. vice the American Red Cross domestic operations, conferved | 1ong-distance telephone today William M. Baxter, the Midwestern area of the Red Cross, with headquarters in St. Louis. Baxter said he would make another report headquarters here after a morning conference in 8t. Louis. It d that experienced relief work- ers probably would be sent to St. Louis, LASSITER ON WAY TO | Orders Troops Rushed to Area From Jdefferson Barracks. s Active, Fieser, chairman of over to was & | CHICAGO, September 30 (). ien. William Lassiter left morning for the stricken city, T'pon the .request of the Misspuri governor, Gen. Lassiter ordered the commandant ‘at Jefferson . Barracks just outside St. Louis, to send many soldiers into the tor Jrew a8 way desmogd advisable, Maj. |abled veterans has heen “humanized,” fell | | Mary Atkinson Cleared of Charge | in charge of | here this | Rescue workers searching debris for bodies in a devastated residential sec- of the city. NEWYORKG.0.P. HITS SMITH STAND State PIatform Urges Elec- | tion of Governors for Four- , Year Terms. By the Associated Press ROCHESTER, N. Y.. September 30 iov. Smith's opposition 1o the pro- posed constitutional amendment pro- | viding for a four-vear term for gover- | nor, with gubernatorial elections held | simultaneously with presidential elec- tions. was “condemned as an act of partisan politics” in the declaration lof party principles adopted by the New York Republican State conven- | tion here toda | “We favor the pending constitu- 1n..u,.| amendment for the election of | State officors for terms of four years, { of the Senate for four vears, and the | Assembly for two years,” | declared. ’ Smith's Plan Condemned. “The amendment provides that these officials shall be chosen in the year when the largest number of persons We condemn as an act of par politics the Democratic party's | attack on the proposal of a four-vear | term for governor. By such opposi {tion, an effort is made to perpetuate he hold of Tammany Hall upon the | St overnment. first through de- | | feat of this amepdment, and later hy substitution therefore of an alternate | proposal in order to shift the election of governors for a four-vear term to |a vear midway between national con- tests when fewer people vote. LUnder | the present form of hallot there is | no longer any danger that the voter | will Lie misled in confusing State and | National issues, Opposition to this amendment is ih‘.«ul entirely upon the desire to pro- * the platform | | vote. tisan eure political advantage, and we con- it a reflection upon the -intel- gence of the voters.” 1 The platform also urged ratification | | of the amendment to provide for the | | creation of an executive budget. sider | 1ii Similar to Last Year' | Tn general, the platform adopted today bears a striking resemblance {to that approved by the State con- vention of the party a year ago. It opens with an indorsement of the ad- ministeation of President Coolidge, citing among its accomplishments [duced expenditures, lower taxes, pidly diminishing public debt and a rising public credit.” The care of dis- the platform vs, labor has been henefited, agriculture and business have been aided. effective steps taken for the advancement of aviation and | radio: through the limitation of arms conference billlons of dollars will have been saved to the National Treasur |in consequence of the three and four power treaties. ~ No reference to prohibition, either in Nation or State, was contained in the platform, which was concerned mainly with matters of State interest. | HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW. FIRST RACE—Purse. $1.300; for 2-year-olds; Tovigs. Troiis . Irish Lord .. *Sam S1 *Eloise . Proxima *Milaria Also eligi 5 claiming: SECOND delity Purse, olds RA( $1.500: Purse, 101 Festie 101 Adamas 101 Alifey THIRD RACE—Puise. $1.400 K Handiesp, all ages r »,\.‘. + Trail 96 b Prince of s 130 A Ethel Deal 1o lister 107 Tip Top alsiand Farm entry bE. B. McLean entiy. FOURTH RACI ree. $1.400 pect Purse i mile. George McCrann Sold Handle Ofurk the Pros- | olds 105 00 Nexonoli 03 iy Gird 0L 100 sEme iy o 3 a Fox Catcher Farms entry, FIFTH RACE.The Horre Hand 0,000 added: for up: 1 mile and a Tariong J. Fred A 100 Saxon 124 Jock 1i3 a Reiuven Mike Hall Crunader ... 00 aIncludes penaity of 3 pounds < ACE—Purse, $1.500: claiming: olds and np: 1 mile and 70 yards The Fresaman. .. 114 Ke. Solomon’s 8. *Mariner *Pilvo. Mavne . 3 Ella M b un' Rajah Alletache Iden Volt . ) Havou e Benefient ... 7 Shadowdale SEVENTH RACE—Purse, $1.300: clai fyear-olds and up: 14 miles. h Girl 106 Little 1 1 1 i Aleo eligibile’~ Zeod <Reilgong o ! Speedy Prince.. . alfowance claimed, Auneen S Woather | bills | were frightened the severity | the children were very | during the storm.” | car a fand the | ®et back on them again wi |blown away WROUGHT BY STORM Narrow Escapes Described by Syrvivors in Path of Twister. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, September 30— Parsanal experiences wera recounted today hy many who saw the freakish perform. ances of the twister of vesterday Edward Steinhauer was collecting on Sarah street when the nado broke. “Things suddenly grew dark,” saiq Steinhauer, “and I could hardly sea where I was going, but I had to go somewhere and mighty quick, from being crushed by falling walls or hit by flying bricks or timbers “I saw a big automobile parked at the curb and I made a dive for it. [ threw myselt down on my stomach and crawled under the car where [ though I'd be fairly safe. B T few seconds a two.by-four seantlins whizzing in under the car and struck me square across tha face, “I was dazed for a little wi ot very badly damaged. Whe storm passed over I got up and he to carry three bodies from riins houses,™ Wall of Room Blown Down, William 1 clerk, was in boulevard when “First ecan tar- to keep came bt Buren, a railway his room on l.n¢ e Tornado came dash of rain that fooked white like snow. Then came the furious blast of wind." he said. “I saw things fiving through the air out. postal o1l | side and backed myself up against the east wall of the room. The west wall of the house next door down and a brick hurtied through window, but missed me. The west wall of our house was blown down. “A girl rooming above me had a piano which was turned upside dov n, but xhe was unburt. Last Apeil [ missed the Poplar RIuff tornado Ly just four minutes, but I sure didn't miss this one. Miss Aviel Cargo, superintendent of the Shriners’ Crippled Children's Hos pital, on Kings Highway, said: ‘I'saw a funnelshaped cloud com- ing over Forest Park and knew that it was ving to hit us. The roof was torn off the boys’ ward, on the north wing of the building, but none of the children was injured. The larzer ones when they realized of the storm. but the were very quiet. Al well behave was blown vounger ones Two Die Fleeing Storm. In an attempt to flee from the storm Mrs. Agnes Straumann and Mrs. Elsie Voelker ran directly into the path of death and lost their lives, They were riding in their motor car on West Bell avenue. They saw the storm approaching and, abandoning their motor car, sought refuge in a house. Hardly had they crossed the threshold when the house collapsed, Killing them hoth. From a point of vantage in a street newspaper man witnessed the anties of the tornado and described | it as follows: *“As I boarded the car T noticed that the huge black cloud over Forest Park had been vomiting rain. The lightning was being succeeded by ‘a yvellowish &reen color and there was a sharp line of demarcation hetween the blackness apparent coming of brighter skies, “Four women sitting in a group in the car were chatting carelessly. Two men boarded the car and nothing seemed amiss but the rain. “Suddenly the car staggered under the impact of the wind from behind. The front lifted from the rails but was h scareely a jar. It rocked from side to side on its springs. “A tree fell just in front of it as the motorman stopped. Two antomobiles standing at the curb began backing away alarmingly: one of them turned across the morth curb of t street, to come to rest in a front yard. The other traveled half a block and stopped. A big truck crashed into the rear end of the street car. Ovewin Less Than ute. “The swaying of the car now began to have its effect upon the passengers. I was busy looking around when a wail from the eldest and fattest of ihe women indicated that she feared thel end was coming. Her three friends seemed in iittle better shape. W rushed to reassure the women an soon the wind quieted down. “The whole thing was ov than a minute. One hlast powerful bellows the wind working was enough to e destruction he had in mind. Tumbling forth into the dow pouring rain. I headed down Lacode avenue, struggling through debris of trees, wires from telephone poles, slates and tiles, amid a general deso, lation. I could not believe that such a destruction could be accomplished in o short a time. | found the Newstead police station with muech of the roof and refugees starting tof stream in, excited, harried and caling for help, fearing a repetition of ti blow Houses in m walls completely b top stories. and walls r in from god flect all ti ny plac own In rhan; s had their] away from il instances roofy were gone and one could see beds and furniture standing calmly in their appointed places. At one house lacking w - in back room was still another a4 man sat wround which all w d been swept his hands holding his head, haffled looking about him as though he di not realize what had hamn)m‘d pr ¢ e PHANTOM STABBER SLASHES§24TH GIR a_ bed, from| Bridgeport Man ! Knifes Hig School Pupil, 14—Has Terrorized City 30 Months. By the Associated Press, BRIDGEPORT, Conn., 30.—“The phamtom stabber and a half years the terror of girl and young women walking throug the streets of Bridgeport in late 74 ernoon or at night, has brought =1 total number of his vietims to 24, an continued today to elude the poix His latest attack came early las| night when Ruth Stillings, 14-year old high school tennis star, on he| way home with a friend from th Beardsley Park Courts, was stahbe in the chest. Fifteen minutes aftel the stabbing police hegan a seirc of the district but the assailant ha escaped, as he had after the 23 othe) stabbings, eptembel for 1w Co-Ed's Jury Dmgrecs. - GEORGETOWN, Tex., Nept 30 (®).—Failing to reach a verd jury which tried Mrs. Rebecea ley Rogers of Austine, 22 years former university student th arson, was dischagged in Court here tuday, t,