The Bee from Danville, Virginia • 1

'pv Si PRICE WO CENTS (HOME EDITION) I to i Rev Wicker of Peters burg to Succeed the at eight Rev Taylor A musical program will complete for the plac 50 1 17 for 50 proper 2833 SOI Totals off shoots the tor scarcn uiv i Pers CfTYSWEPTBY flying REMNANT STORM WHIGO DEVASTATED MIDDLE WEST ami wind ami by tho the brilliance of saddles and blankets according to 'He ft 1 It AS of he the express to give 10 2ei) GO 200 3 0 I toad 3 10 1 Injured 50 5 0 150 15 6 1 0 0 in the of dead been no iles Application or Posi tion Now Held By Linville to erect temporary stall in the lobbj of troops which took city late last night dead may be increas reports are received curried on without It was recognized ponies will be On display th all may see the elmraeler of the ptUui that are being offered GALLATIN Tenn March IT Thirty dead and thirty or forty injured was the estimated toll this morning of the tornado which sideswiped the northern section of this Sumner county late yesterday Communication has not been estab lished with that section meague re ports being the only available infor mation ELEVEN COMIC STRIPS DAILY ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE THE WEATHER air Tonight and Tuesday Meade senior warden of church that Rev IL Petersburg has accepted become rector of llpiphany this city succeeding Rev PRINCETON Ind March 13 Twenty dead in Princeton as a result of yesterday's tornado was the figure placed today by officers of two com panies of state charge of the The number of ed slightly as from the countryside MURPHYSBORO Ills March Cne hundred and fifty two bodits have already' been recovered here from 100 to 150 more are believed to be in the wreckage and 250 persons are in emergency hospitals suffering from serious injuries according to a provisional compilation made 'here this morning swiftly as it had come a heavy rain set in and lightning ami thunder con tinued for some time camo with the' vernl there was eharnct eristics of the storm which preludes the break of Winter Spring officially begins tomorrow that being the day on which ho sun will 52 51) 30i SO 4 0U 2 00 40 650 50 30 125 GO Announcement was made last night Julian 3 SO DEQUEOIN Ills March 19 Be tween 35 and 100 persons arc dead and many hundreds are injured as a result of the tornado which struck De sota yesterday afternoon ifteen of the dead and 100 Injured were brought here TWO PONIES TO BE GIVEN AWAY ARRIVE South Union street was subjected to an impromptu gas attack yesterday evening when a tlvo gallon glass con tainer filled with sulphuric acil be longing to ITuterson's Drug Store fell from a hand trmjk in the rear ftf the Masonic Temple and meandered its way to the gutter giving oft a pun gent odor which at once struck the olefactory nerves of all passers by As the thick stream reacted on the street and bubbled its way down the gutter there was a scramble to remove au tomobiles lest the tires should be per manently destroyed I 7 5 2 5 100 5 3 2 3 or Hale: New 1iok Coacli Can 06 bought'1 at considerable saving to you Apply BU euro Danville 1 1 3 im mediate departure had not been reck oned with otherwise arrangements for the open forum meeting and other meetings would not have been enter ed into until some method of ade quately relieving the secretary of his post would doubtless have been taken The decision was reached yesterday' afternoon at about 3 clock when Mr Conway says he was called at his home by Mr Diggs who said that he bad consulted his physician who had advised him to drop his work here immediately ami to go away so that the nervous tens'on might be relieved (Continued on page three) SPRINGIELD Ills March 19 Twelve are dead at Enfield Ills and an undetermined number injuried ac cording to telegraphic communication established by the Western Lnion this morning Wires are all reported out between Norris City and Enfield 0 (By The Associated Press) BUSH His March 19 Seven persons were killed at lush and sixty injured while eight persons are not accounted for as a result of yester day's tornado Moro than 150 per sons were made homeless A special train took the injured Herrin A special train took the injured Herrin Conway this morning issued statement absence of physician I no mo listed in the order tnrougn learned this du mage was done last night by the violent wind storm The hnU however beat down hinls off riiumbc nt trees this evi dence of the ferocity ruin ami 'wind being oilers to uR 'y risers this morning i EVANSVILLE 1ml March Griffin Posey county Ind a town of 750 people was almost completely ob literated in last eveiiing's storm only four badly damaged hunses standing orty bodies were imind streets The exact number is not known since there has srnreh nf the ruins made nd devmdation in its writ" mild in comparison with the storm 1 a 1 rnm rl rS Ci I wnicn vTTil I IH 1 ll (By The AawlHied rew) CHICAGO March 19 Early today it MKiinltas tor vvannesuay vw nine's tornado were reported as 89 dead and 2832 Injured fAllAiuinff tnvVHS in which thte tornado swept them: Town Annapolis Mo Biehle Altenburg Cape Girardeau Gorrin Ills Murhpyslioro Gorham Desoto Push Hurst West rankfort Benton 1ogan Parish Thom pson villeMcLeansboro Carmi Crossville' Grittfh Ind Owensville Prlncetoji Posey viller Elizabisrtr Withan Ten) Lexington V'Ky DEPARTURE BIG SURPRISE HERE ILL HE SAYS It Scott engineer for the State Highway Commission today Hied his application' with the clerk of the City Council for the position of city engi neer The election will lake place on April 10th at the regular meeting of the City Council when a number of city officers will be elected for terms of two years This is the only application so far filed for any of the offices to be filled by Council action and whether there will be others is not indicated at the present time Tim officers to be elected are a city auditor city collec tor city attorney city engineer and city health officer It is still not clear whether it Linville present city engineer will re apply While his decision is said to have been made definitely he was not talking for publication this morning when asked what his intentions would be Mr Scott is from Amherst and a few years ago planned and supervised the $250000 improvement of roads In the vicinitv of Danville provided un der the Chamber of Commerce pro gramme In this work he came into contact with many Danville business who apeak highly of his ability and of big work i Glimpse of How Towns Suffered Casualty List Via ill hPUlCII at'ivnv He arrived in Danville yes evening and went before tlio without delay when ills ro wan given to the gratification members who were impressed record and ills bearing' left this morning early for his home which is at Dlsputanta where the rectory of one of tHe tour churches he sel ves Is situated A member of the Vestry said tills morning that only one call liad been extended although several likely lain Islers had been considered during the past few weeks Ozark mountains the wind storm arrived in Danville at hull' past three this morning and came with startling suddeness shaking houses during the few seconds that it swept over the city Several citizens reported this morning that they were awkcaimd by the scream of the wind and by tho torentlal downpour of rain which fol lowed it also by the brilliance of sheet lightning A newspaper truck driver caught on his way down town at halt past three this morning said Hint (tin rlnn enmo not in the form of a gradual downpour but as though a vast quantity of water had been sud denly dumped over Hie city There was hall with It The city drains could nbt carry off the water and in level pltces water stood fully tin inch high It was described by observers who happened to bo out as the most vlo lent downpour they had' witnessed After tho wind has vanished as Secretary of I pavinC Largest Paid Circulation In Danville and ifth District More Copies of the Bee sold daily in Danville than there are homes IOLO1UL drun to bathe this and higher latitude with tlio heat of' Summer Last night the dlstrubed atmosp Doric conditions were apparent to ra dio users Scores of persons relying rm tills for their 'nightly enlertaln ment tuned off their sets when lhev found static Interference of mil'll a clmraeftr as to drown out every stii Hun and to assail llm ear drums with tho stnrrsto resembling machine gun lire Radio set owners say that their sets are infallible barometers mud that a 'change in the weather is fore cast usually fully twenty four hours by a "noisy air So far ns could be morning no material (IV The AmhoHiiUmI "AIRMONT Va March' Hl Tireless rescue workers continued sti'iiggle today to reach the 34 miners entombed by terrific explo sion (bill Tuesday Hight wrecked mine number 41 of the Bethlehem Mines Goi'pbrnlion al Ila rruek ville three miles from here lAte last night tlio mhm hnd been penetrated more than1000 feet No bodies had been found nor worn there indications Hutt any of the men: caught far In the workingswere alive Hope that some of tho etitomhod men may bo rescued has' not been nhnndoned but Is the belief of ex perienced mining num that those In the property nt the time Of tho plosion have perished At the regular piloting of Danville Lodge of held In Blue Lodge Room 'of Masonic Temple last night final plans for the Spline Re union of the Danville Bodies of Scott ish Rlt Masonry wore outlined 1 IK dates sot for the reunion Ate Ai anil 22mi The Lodge of Porfeo Hon dvgreH which consist uC those front the fourth to Hie fourteenth in clusive will be conferred on lues'dijApril 21st and those of the Lhaplet Rose Croix which are from he lit (oenth to the eighteenth inclusive will be conferred on the Wednesday April 22nd A class of about twcnty tlye tire expuetei to reive the degrees of the Lodc of 1 oimotion while us this Is the lirst laM Danville unquestionably experienc ed He flying remnant of tho tornado which swept the middle west yes terday evening with tYail of death AVilllH ARE MADE HOMELESSNSI QTY Storm Swept Through Three Middle West States With ierce ury and uia lureai Three Others ire Adds Horror to Havoc Bodies Carried a Timbers Scat tered for? Distance of 15 School House Razed Over Heads of 250 Occupants and 88 Are Known Dea Storm Struck Without Warning and Was Worst in Half Entire Blocks of Buildings Crushed Many Being Carried Bodily Hun dreds of Every Structure In One Two Towns Wrecked or Damaged ing in the largest subscription list wlll bd given free of cost a pony bridle harness saddle blanket and a buggy thus a full fledged juvenile equipjage is awaiting he or her who succeeds in putting spare time to the best possible ad vantage Others who' turn' In lib sii'iptlons will receive ponies bridles us was given to their efforts saddles ana iminaeis arrival during tho afternoon number oi sutmcnpiium imueu Hrensboro of two well matched lans were made today I 1 co nin i i i i io mlrHtlonr boys and girls Wm the budding whe 'M RECTOR CAlffl TO EPIPHANY CHURCH HERE by Epiphany Wicker of the call tohn rr1i I) Taylor now in Greenville Rev Mr Wicker will issume his ministerial duties in this city tho first Sunday after Easter He is spoken of as a brilliant young preacher and one of considerable promise Ho is a son of Wicker of Petersburg where lie received his early schooling and where he has been engaged in minist ering to a large parish since his or dination Ho is a graduate of Wil liam and Mary College Ixiter he en tered tho Theological Seminary Virginia near Alexandra rnmnletod his m'euarii ion ministry Tim committee of the chinch In seeking a successor to Rev Mr Taylor was directed to Rev Mr Wli several others He Ims the highest endorsement and Hie peo ple of ills own parish have spoken in highest terms of his work near Pet and of ills ability as a minis ter The acceptance of the call is very gratifying to the vestry and Hie church membership which was speci ally eager to secure a rector witnoui much delay in order that the church's work might be i activity however that ti would be Impossible to fill the vacancy during the Lenten season a period of marked import ance in the Episcopal church and during which few ministerial changes aro recorded I ivtctfl uccnnte! tho call kt it i extended to him personally yesterday such energy into his work not only The date of tlio Open orant meeting will be announced The itetinii of Hr Diggs camo M'a great surprise to members of the or ganizn mn and to most of the direc tors Mr Conway however and a few others had been aware of the mental stress under which Mr Diggs has lately been working Mr Diggs Mr Conway says has been 111 recently and has lost a good deal of sleep In ad dition to this the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce has been working sit high pressure and has put I I 1 1 I'l I lit 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I afternoon at a meeting of the vestry i by day but at night that it Is believed Held at tho church just prior nm ne mis luiiauiiuiiu rotiton service which ho at The necessity ot Mr Diggs tended tel'dny Vestry sponse of the witli is (Uy The Assortnted Prese WEST RANKORT Ills March 19 Early this morning 102 bodies had bten extricated from buildings wrecked here in tornado and more than two hundred serious ly injured taken to hospitals Two hundred and fifty buildings were levelled and Sheriff Dorris esti mated the property loss ta more than $2000000 The Assorlatcd Pr4s') LOGAN Ills March 19 Seven persons are known to be dead here as result of yesaterday's tornado The number of dead and injured in tha rural districts outside of Logan can not be attempted because of impas1 sable roads and paralyzed wires (By The Associated Press) Dead estimated at 500 to LOGO Iniured estimated at 2500 to Homeless estimated at 8000 to trike wken taua leu tbantu sb 1U1" Babies in homes and children in schools were greatest suf fCr still ing or smouldering a nd imllions of dolars worth Missouri with fatal echoes of the twistei coming state guardsmen army from Chta7oSMd's a host of contributions from smaller cities concentraud on the stricken areas Another line apparently nmyeu southeastward from A a oils through Cape Giarardeay Missouri and struck isolated portions of north ern central Tennessee and Kentucky A windstorm olso was reported from Portsmouth Ohio but without serious damage Traversed 00 Miles of Ixind Wi I a vurinllsi nado apparently traversed nearly 00 m'le sof territory although only tn the direct path from Annapolis to PrlnoetoD Indiana about 65 miles was the damage and loss of life I heavy The path of Hie storm ap parently was not wide In places it being reported 300 feet While details of the desolation left by the storm came in on crippled lines of communication relict was be ing rushed into th estrlcken area from many nearby towns Relief workers doctors nurses (Continued on page three) Chief of Police Bell on arriving at the courthouse this morning was smit ten with sin a powerful odor of liq uor that permeatoed the corridor that itc lost no time in making ids way to the liquor closet in the rear of the police court room where it was lound that several cans containing confiscat ed liquor had sprung a leak A good I sized liquor puddle was in evidence whence the bar room atmosphere pre vailing in the courthouse The chief explained that the present type oi liquor contains chemicals which bj degrees corrode the tin containers causing them to leak The probltm is rather a serious one as the liquor has to be presented in evidence at the trial of cases and if it is not there the slate's case is partially weakened Everything is in readiness for the meeting of the Ministerial Association and recognized church workers in Hie dining hall of the Masonic 3 emp le to night beginning at 7 clock arc indications of an unusually huge 1 lcnresentatives are cx 1 1 rrnlndlni eoin necteU irom an munities including Chatham ey ville and other towns Bt tpant 200 men be niLft 'Vr 4 I ing present with ot mt ny others ollowing the banquet the various speakers will open their topics after which there will be a general discussion with every one having an opportunity to talk brlelly on the subject I 1 The Student League of Many Na tions of New York City will render a patriotic program at the Baptist Church riday evening at 8 clock These representatives are of foreign birth and will be dressed in their na tive dress A musical program wille given in addition to the patriotic appeal 200 miles in length but di hoppea on irom north other (f the I i II state divided line and spent Indiana ami i inn an ing of Danville's war trophies in North Danville and at Mount Vernon avenue ind Virginia avenue on May 30th Memorial Day The mine thrower is to be placed in North Danville and the two machine guns at the junction of Mount Vernon avenue and West Main street and Virginia avenue and West Main street The American Legion will have charge of the cere mony The last will and testament of Kidd was admitted to probate in the Corporation court yesterday I he will a holograph is dated December Sth 1924 but was not signed in the presence of witnesses Mom I' Lyon and Mrs Car ter however testified that they were familiar With Mr Kidd's handwriting and that there was no question about it Thn vv a ui iw ty moneys and bonds to ills widow Mrs Salite May wnn inn wish that she be not required( rtn ter tlio law howe court is required to assess a bond which in this ease wan set at $2500 and for which no security was requir 'ed 'The will provides further Tliat German tlio event of ids widows rernirriagi condi that his holdings shall bo sold and who Is distributed anmmpihe members of his to receive tho degrees of the Chapter of Rose Croix in Danville a class of about seventy arp expected to be nd vaneeil from the fifteenth to the eigh teenth degree On Wednesday Hie 22nd of April at i a supper to which all Scottish Rite Masons of whatever degree arc Invited will ho served in tho bgnquet hall of tlio Ma sonic Tempi At a meeting 'Of tno rhnpter nf Rose Croix held immediately after tho conclusion of tho meeting of the Lodge pf PcrfOctlon plans were per fected for the regular Easter Services of tho Chapter On Eastei Sunday aflernqon tt an address by Cleveland Hall 32 degree Wise Master of the Danville Cra iter of Rose Croix and a munioal program Will bo given in the auditorium of the Masonic Temple to which the 'public Is cordially invit A complete program of' Which will bo announced later P1M HA 5Teh 1 'Tathologl cal drunkenness" is the 1 fessor vmi MueileuXH less criminologist described 4i on nrmv nrivato charged with the mui'demuf a cor I i i i It i ui tf Crand then this Maio' while Lynehbura has outstripped the expert Hd Hanvino in aW nun of Iters wuiio ti lembershlp campaign yv general secretary suu dug thut Danville still leads in of percentage which is necessary the two cities eliua1 latton The betweenille and Iynchburg as the Nor folk campaign Ims been postponed and Roanoke cuinpaiKii earlier than thul in Danville Rescue Workers Strive to Reach Entombed Miners None of 34 Men Believed Dead In Explosion Reached (Bv The Associated Press) gmtf AGO March The most devastating storm near mU "rtnite reported death list stood at nearly 1000 Jn 'tta Zh which apparently STi Af thTLark hiUs due to low barometric pressure andtk at Lnapolis Missouri virtually wore ftSS while (ire in many places added horror to havoc So terrific was tho force of the storm that bodies were norled earied a mile while timbers from the wrecked town of Desoto IDs were found Duquoin id mnes away greatest loss of life iccoramg' Gi unllth iMinss sntMvniv va TTHIRRDAY Al'ERNOON MARCH 19 1925 TORNADO CLAIMS 1000 LIVES SEVERALTOWNS ARE COMPLETEL WIPEDOVJL 3 000 INJURED AND DIGGS QUITS DANVILLE SUDDENLY A substantial group of boys and (iris slai'teil yesterday soliciting sub Hcrlptlons to The Danville Register determined to wl' ot th0 thoroughbred Shetland ponies an un lllml'ted number of which are offered to those who secure the Inrgset num ber Mf subscribers Impetus was given io 1 i I I I I emitod nonles which elicited in The Register building seeming their blanks and other Instructions As previously stated tho boy or girl turn ENGINEER HERE STORM SECTION i lit uivdivri to available reports uccured in souui rn Ill'nois where more lllin '109 were reported killed as the tortiado tore northeastward through Murphys boro West rankfort Desoto and other larger towns of Hie area School Is Razed 88 Bodies ound At Desoto a school house was raz ed onlv three of tlio 250 occupants reported escaping without injuries while 88 bodies had been taken from the ruins last night Tim main path of the tornado was lAHirth lilf fl' I LO 1 (1 I I t'iaiiiit'w thl 1 1 1 Ifr'iCl' several direct luns Starting Annapolis Hie storm moved east and after striking two tmu the' Missouri Side Mississippi rlxer jumped into nois traversed that near the Indiana slate its force in southern northern Kentucky SCOTTISH RITE BODIES TO HOLD REUNION HERE COUNTLESS NUMBERS SCO 1 1 SEEKS mn TOPICS Chamber of Commerce Before PrmtlrW Conwav Action Was Necessitated by Condition of His Nerves Open orum Meeting Abandon ed or Time Being But Committee Reor ganization Will Be Held Tomorrow Night Erl ward Dwy' for 11 past several months seeTClary wof IM Danville Chamber of Commerce left Danville last night for Washing ton after announcin'' Itis tlecismii to Conway president oi that organization at half past three o'clock yesterday afternoon Diggs left he said on account of the condition ot his health and the development of a nervous ailment which caused his physician to or der that step without iurther delay 'News of Mr suden decision to leave caused many mam i Testations to surprise in the business district this morning few ap parently knowing that the condition of health was such as to necessitate such immediate action Regret that he should have been overcome on the eve of a varied programme of Chamber of Commrce activities was expressed everywhere i tT tlle immediate outcome of this fl 1 I the schedule of the organ 11 1 1 I 111 11 I I In I izatlon will become temporarily im Kpl Illi lj Hialred The open orum meeting 1 set for tomorrow night has been abandoned for the time being The reorganization of committees preced ed by a buffet supper will however ie held according to Mr Conway who devoted his tife to Chamber of Cutnniem matters this morning One immediate result of the aban donment ot the meeting was the an nouncement by Thomas ox com mander of Danville No 10 American Legion that Instead ut meeting with the Chamber of Com merce tomorrow night as planned the regular meeting would be held at the Memorial Mansion tomorrow night Mr the following prepared bearing on the temporaryMr Diggs: "Yesterday Mr ordered him to give up all work for a short time to avoid a breakdown He is suffering from low blood pressure and nervous tension Mr Diggs lias been working very hard' since assuming the duties of his present position It is not expected ii' will bo away long Mr Diggs will visit ids mother in the country near Washington whore lie can havftcom plete rest under most favorable con ditions for a speedy recovery will require possibly ten days or two weeks to put him on his feet again Mr Diggs hasmade good ia an exceptional fashion and the otli rs of tlio Chamber are anxious to have him hack as soon as possible owing to the numerous details con 1 nected with having both Hie same day it was decided by the otHcers of the Chntber of Commerce to call off the general meeting of the entire membership and devote the evening to the organization of tha ft committees which will be held in the banquet room of the Masonic Tem ple at (1:30 riday evening The Ladies Committee ot the Cham ber of Commerce will servo a buffet I I Si li' ti wft: 'I A.