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(tow am I -> OCT (ON BY TORNADO IS AST IN MANY YEARS; DEATH TOLL BiQ PARTS OF FÜÆ STATES SUFFER su. Beuthsm iltlneis Towns .1« Wake 4f Twister's Grastest Fares; , Boms Almost Obliterated » * Chicago. HL —Although nearly a week has elapsed since the terrific tornado of last Wednesday which swept a path through five mid-western states, many thousands In the stricken dis tricts bave not wholly recovered from the shock of the death dealing storm. The toll of deaths taken by the tor nado, close to one thousand And more than three thousand injured, with many thousands made homeless, to among the greatest on record In slml Iter catastrophes. Oeveral towns In the path of, the twister, which apparently came out of the Ozark hill», due to low barometric pressure In Arkansas, and first struck at Annapolis, Mo., virtually were de stroyed, while fire In many places add ed to the horror and havoc. Bodlaa Carried Mila So terrife was the storm that bodies were hurled a mile, while timbers from the wrecked town of De Soto, HI., were found in Dnqnoln, 15 miles away. - The greatest loss of life occurred In southern Illinois, where nearly 490 were killed as the tornado tore north eastward, through Murphysboro, West Frankfort, De 6oto and other of the larger towns of the area. The main path of the tornado wns 1m ss than 200 miles In length, bnt divi sions of the twister bopped off In sev eral directions. Bat It was sot until the storm Jumped across Into Illinois and moved on. into Indiana, that Its most devasta ting effects were felt. The th re« towns In Illlnoto hardest hit were Mur pyhaboro, Frankfort and De Soto. In southern Indiana Princeton, Griffin and Posey ville all repotted death lists of from five to 100. Thousands were made homeless sod property damage was Immense, * • Ends In Tsnnesss* - The storm entered northern Ken tucky from Indiana and apparently spent It» fonce there. No loss of life was reported In Ohio, although some damage was reported from high winds at Portsmouth. In the southern part of the state. It was not «Hear whether this was an Isolated disturbance, hut there was a possibility that It iras the tost breath from Kentucky and Tennes we. ' The storm, electrical In Its Intensity, was meteoric In Its coarse. Striking Annapolis at 1 o'clock In the after noon, it had completed He coarse In a little over three hours. The tornado was the nineteenth such disaster since a «peat storm which swept the southern states in 1884. Three great «terms with heavy loss of life and large property damage occur red last year with two In 1928. Last June 67 were killed by a tornado at Lorain, Ohio, while 109 perished tost April In Alabama, Booth Carolina and Georgia. Forty deaths were reported In a storm in Mississippi and Alabama tost May. Wednesday's Twlstsr Splits Starting from Annapolis, the storm mowed northeast and after striking two other towns on the Missouri aide of the river, Jumped over Into Illlnoto, traversed that state, divided near the Indiana state line and spent Its force« In Southern Indiana and northern Ken tucky. Traversed 700 Mils* Another line apparently moved iouthctttw&fd from Amipolli, throujfti Cape Girardeau, central Missouri, and struck Isolated portions of northern Tennessee, Kentucky and southern Ohio. , With Its various off-shoot*, the tor nado apparently traversed nearly 700 miles of territory, although only In the direct path from Annapolis to Prince ton, Ind., about 166 miles, waa the «lamage and lost of Ufa heavy. The path of the storm was not wide. In place« the maximum being .100 feet Relief workmen, doctors, nurses, medicine and supplies were dispatched Immediately from St. Louis, Chicago and other points to the stricken dis tricts. Troops were rushed Into the storm district of Illinois upon orders of Gov. Len Small. In several towns to the path of the storm, especially In Indiana, local rompantes of militia were mobilized for guard duty and re list. Town Wiped Out Evens!vile Ind.—Griffin, Ind., a of 750 population, was almost stsly obliterated to tost week's tornado, only tour badly damaged "F. LeckJew Bsrufn Call Indtsnapolte, Ind.—William Fortune, director ot Red Oros* relief at Imhan «poH». recel rod « telegram from Bed ^ «addhe rtevy In toe stricke» por- ! te «WEphytoore and Oar (jr rnmmmitnm vrttfe Brig. I *» ttoar** ot «1 ML * m MO FROM Ml SOURCES RUStfEO TO STRICKEN «RER The torMHto «C, test WsdnsariUiy which mrgtyt over five mid-western Mates took Its toll over' • ter ritory of 800 mile» ta» fit* fcoora and of tiro« outside ski was covering that distance to carry help and comfort to survivors. The Bed Cross rushed supplies from 8t. Louis. Chicago offered »800,000. The Illinois legislature appropriated a like amount, the Missouri legislature $28,000,and the southern minois American Legion $6,000. Other contribution* are ex pected to reach $100,000. , ' The ' Christian Science board of di rectors at Boston, Maas., Announced that it bad placed $40,000 at the dis posal of the committees of the church for the relief of tornado sufferers In the middle west and that contribution for relief might be sent by the public through the mother church relief fund. The Los Angeles, Cal., chamber of commerce the day following the storm opened subcHptlon lists for the relief fund for the tornado stricken areas. Thousands of former residents of these three states are visitors or resi dents of southern California. The Pullman headquarters at Chi cago announced It would send sleep ing cars from St. Louis and other within the sene near-by points Into the storm area to house the homeless. The cars will be supplied with blankets and other neces sities. At Washington President Ooolldge, who is president of the American Red Cross, suggested to Chairman John Barton Payne that all of the facilities of the organisation be put into opera tion to relieve the coffering In the middle west No Warning Given The storm struck virtually without warning and Inhabitants of the terri tory traversed had no time to flee from Its fury. Reports of the storm's erratic be havior came from many points. Build ings were carried hundreds of feet, while at De Soto a grain elevator waa moved Intact to the middle of the road 40 feet swaï. In only one Instance was damage to a train reported, and It was not clear whether thla resulted from the storm. A St. Louis à San Francisco passenger train went Into a ditch near South Greenfield, Mo., and two coaches over turned bat no one was Injured. At Annapolis, Mo., where the first blow fell, every building was wrecked or damaged with the loss In that town alone placed at e half million dollars. Small loss of life, bijt considerable pro perty damage occurred In three other Missouri towns. Btehle, Altenbnrg and Cape Girardeau, all on or near the Mississippi river. Called Typical Spring Storm Additional light on the «Hiaracterist les and behavior of the greet tornado was provided by Prof. Henry J. Cox, government forecaster at Chicago, who called It a typical middle west spring time storm. It originated over the gulf of Lower California, he »aid, passed harmlessly over Colorado, dipped to Arkansas and then took a path of least resistance along the Ohjo valley. There Its major force waa spent and It rushed off on a high wind In the direction of Iceland. He said that the storm was not one. but several tornadoes, each varying from a mile to five miles In length. These caused the damage and not the great cyclone In the air. Reporta of the storm's course after Its five-hour dtp to earth from eastern Missouri to western Indiana, came from Great Lakes ports. Some damage to shipping and property was reported near Buffalo, N. T. The tornado then moved eastward through the SL Law rence valley to the Atlantic coast, dis sipating as It went A violent snowstorm fringed the tor nado on the north when It struck. Bagtn Spring With Funeral* Funerals were held In groups of vari ous affected towns, while many squads of men volunteered to dig graves for those who had been killed In a flash by the twisting wind. * Some families went to their graves with almost no cl^se relatives to mourn them, while In other cases all varia tions of household separations were portrayed at the funerals. The sad duty of disposing of the dead will .con tinue for wounded are fatally stricken. The Red Cross has announced that James Louis Falser of St. Louts has been placed to supreme command of the destroyed area, with Henry M. Baker, national director of relief. In Chicago. ny days, as many of Hie Fire Truck Burned Herrin, Ill,—The brand new »12.000 fire track ot the Herrin department, which with companies of the Benton and other departments from nearby towns, went to Murphysboro,_ burned on 1U first run. when It became mired to the mud and the flames swept over it Carhoodale, Ill.—Southern minois. « riot and the Ohm« To««, ra-e over the SctiaTof toÏÏLÎEl —lee« * ****** es*» «Hwtructtv» tor * ** scene of numerous tragedies in the tout three year«. Inclwling the Herrin poet a row of bodies at school victim» of to* Dm Soto dtewatsr she - , vritfa tears aftrauatog «m her mmoâ to « companion maä flpütf: 1» wo« »et a T' wa# a GOVERNOR VETOES PROPERTY TAX U ' - ^ MPOSES ADDITIONAL BURDEN; HAS HUB DISAPPROVAL AT THIS TIME - .. ... Honse bill number 40, whl<* pro vtded an entirely new method Of gov ernlng the collection of property taxes. tax sales and redemptions on the ground that the redemption of prop erty sold for taxes under the pro visions of the till I would work too great a hardship upon the citizen* of Mon tana, was vetoed by Governor J. K. Erickson, and gives his reasons as foi THE DELINQUENT TÖ ML Ooea Net Believe This la Proper Time to Make Radical Change Iowa : "It seems extremely unwise to im pose the additional burden provided by this act upon those who are now mak ing a heroic struggle to save their homes and their property, from tax sales," the governor says In trt* Ybto statement which Is filed with the sec retary of state. DEVELOP LAKES AS RECREATION CENTERS E. M. Boyes. secretary of the Ubby Commercial club, is having consider ible correspondence with the joint com mittee on recreation survey of federal lands at Washington, D. C., relative to developing recreation site* Ip the Vlbby district. Mr. Boyes has suggested to the joint committee at Washington that Granite and Cedar lakes both have great re creational possibilities and mb Wash ington office seems much Interested regarding It* wonderful endowment of mountains, streams and lake* and Its great possibilities of enjoyment for the lover of the outdoor life. New Forests Crested Seven state forests were created when Governor Erickson signed house hill 96, which had for Its purpose the consolidation of the state's holdings and the establishment of the forest policy. The forests will be administered as at present hy a state land bodrd with the state forester as executive. It Is the purpose of the measure to permit more effective disposition of the state's forest products and to aid the organization of a reforestation policy. The forests created under the bfll are designated as follows; SUlIwater-Wblteflsh river forest. 90. 000 acres In Lincoln and Flathead counties; Swan River forest, 42,000 acres; Coal Creek forest, 20,000 acres on the north fork of the Flathead river; Thompson River forest, 28.000 acres ; Clearwater forest, 18,000 acres ; Lincoln forest, 8,000 acres vi the Blackfoot river; Sula forest, iO.OOO acres on the headwaters of the Btter Root river. Nsw Road to bo Biillt County commissioners of Rosebud county will shortly begin preliminary work on the road from Forayth to Ool strtp where the new coal mine to lo cated, according to announcement Just made. A new roadbed will be surveyed In part, as much of the road now fa, use to ah old trail and- not a county road. located to avoid railways crossings so far as possible and In other ways laid out to the best advantage. This road will he put Into good condition and kept in repair by the county. Lumber for the construction of bridges and culverts has already been purchased and la now at Colstrip for dispensation when needed. Head of Comml James L. Martin becomes the head of the rommlssary department at the penitentiary, nnder an Appointment by Warden Arthur Middleton. Mr. Martin served eight years at Lewlstown a• clerk of the court and two years as clerk and recorder, retiring from that position January L f y New Church Opened The doors of the new Sacred Heart church at Miles City have been opened, and services are being conducted In the new edifice which was erected and completed In the fall of last year and In the beginning of this year. Dividend of »1 a Ton An additional payment of $1 a ton, totaling $40,217, will be made to sugar best growers of the Midland Empire by the Great Western Sugar company It was announced by W. P. Hogarty. general manager. By almost a unanimous vote the people of Ismay indorsed the »9,000 bond Issue to build a new city lighting plant. , Extensive Road Work Flfty thousand dollars will he spent ftn "" ta h, » hw *>' »»tween Matos ^ okmm *»» 7« r » «»* »todge« agreed upon by the state and federal atttÄw ttls8 1« finally adopt««!. This amount will be »pent op highway cop strocthm, beginning at Noiott j B Bandera county and working this way To »to amount $10.090 will be »ld*d * by to« Bandera county «»mmteuton*««, * rih»ra t« Ihr eftodt 1 " th*t are *lx-wrn stretch to**«**, Dtoon *»* mnxrnm wttl also be tea* ■ h:'i ^ssocwnoil Of FAIR SECRETARIES fflUfO TEia QaamIb fJjk* _ ** - *■ and Wyoming fairs Organ»»* Elect Officers Organization of the Montana Asso ciation of Pair Secretaries and the formation of a fair circuit consisting of Sheridan. Wyo., Forsyth, Lewlstown, Billings, Bozeman and Mb veto were the outstanding features of the meet ing of fair secretaries held at Billings recently. <,■■■ - . ^ . The dates for the different fairs was a fter a JonÄ djgomMon in the fo! | ow | n g order; Sheridan, September t 2 and 8 ; Forsyth, September 8, 9. 10 and 11 ; Lewlstown, September 8, 9, 10 «ml 11; Billings, September 18, 16. 17 and IS ; Bozeman, September 22, 23, 24 and 28 : Missoula, September 29 and 30, October 1 and 2. Forayth and Lewis town fairs will be held the same dates but as the races at Forsyth will be entirely of running horses. It will not effect the harnessnorse circuit C. Peat of Missoula was elected pres ident of the newly organized associa tion. Other officer* are Theo Hogfand, Lewlstown, vice president, and Bert Hammond, Billings, secretary. These officers with A. J. Ham of Sheridan, Wyo., and George Lewis of Bozeman, make up the executive hoard. ★***★*★*★********** ★ A STATE BRIEFS * ★ * A ****4************** A meeting of the Hardin Beautifi cation committee was.held In the Coun ty cKjb Agent's office to make plans for this summer's activities. The "stone traffic, cops" on the four main street comers will be decorated with attractive flowbr boxes as was done tost year.' Plans were also discussed for featuring further the use of the lilac, golden glow, and sweet pea In planting this summer. It is expected to offer a number of appropriate prizes to children and adults who are Interested la Improving city property. The general public of Wheatland county will have an opportunity to attend the evening home economic courses to be given at the high school. The course to be taken up this term will be woman's clothing. The class will meet twice a week on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, probably for a duration of six weeks. The school will be under the supervision of Jdlss Kathryn Towne, teacher of home eco nomics of the Harlowton schools. The Boulder city council has called a special bond election for April 6, for the purpose of submitting to the people the question of wuetber the town council to to be authorized to Issue coupon bonds to the amount of $6,000; proceeds to be used for pro viding better fire protection for the city. The purchase of a fire truck to contemplated. Construction of a new $180,000 ma chine shop for the Yellowstone Park Transportation company, at its quar ter* In Gardiner, has been started, ac cording to word received. The »hop will give additional storage facilities and will serve mainly to service the big fleet of yellow basses used during tbs tourist season In the park. A movement which has long been talked of and which, now takes defi nite "form, with the business men of Orpsa Range behind It, Is a Market day be made very Interesting and benefi cial to all concerned, the buying pub lic and the merchants. The city of Chinook Is contemplating extensive improvements in lighting the city. The present system has deterior ated and to going to pieces rapidly. It to estimated that It will cost the city approximately $880 annually, which la shoot »300 more than to expended at present for lighting purposes. Fishing In the Missouri and Yellow stone rivers was opened March 15, Other streams where fishing to now permitted are In parts of the Gallatin valley, localities along the Milk river. and Big Spring creek In Fergus county, Other streams will be closed until May Btghty-flve Indian girls, some of SB them In their fourth year of work, are Inden titled with club work on the Crow and Cheyenne reservations near Bar tin. and wHh this success an effort Is being made to lnt«»rest Indian youths In club work. July 11. 12 and 18 are the dates set frtr the annuel convention of the Mon tana Bankers' association, according to an amiotancemem of A. T. Hibbard, secretary R will be held In Gtacted National par*. The first National bank of Baker, WM«« closed Its doors Just a year ago, wtH »hortly pay a dividend of 35 per coat upo» dato» which bave bran proved, according to W. M. Turner, recover. UatveraHy of Oregon, Oregon Agrt cuRarui Washington State col leg« and ÜRirvrettle* of Montana and Mteho have accepted an Invitation to «ate*' t«wuw* at tbs University of Wash ■ m* «dMh» <*»»•«» la «stimatod as the «*•* ** automobile tourist «*v«{ In 1SB4 baaed on a mm sano ** rt&of** tocelved In the office * Wildly ot to« «rar« ** * » SSmS MM* km** eara ratoy carnival May X EDWARD DOHEMY i Y A 1 i z. ... j Suit for $800,000 has been filed b> E. C. Payns and others of Shreveport against the Dohony oil Interests, In the circuit court of Union county Arkansas. TAX CUT IS Pin BI U. S. 60VERNMENT Chairman Green of Ways and Meant Committee Sees Big Excess Ahead Washington.—The outlook for a re duction of $300,000,000 In the nation'* taxes for the fiscal year 1926 to "now favorable," Chairman Green, of the house ways and means committee, states, adding that he aaw "nothing to prevent" reducing the maximum sur tax to 25 per cent and general lowering of all other Income rates. "It 1« the intention.'' he asserted, "to have the new tax law passed In time To apply to taxes payable next year, dnd If this to done, the administration will have the unprecedented record of having reduced taxation three years In succession." FAMILY ACCEPT POSER AS BEING BLOOD RELATIVE Rochester, Minn.—That the United States veterans' bureau Is attempting to break down hts parents' belief that their son, Arthur Frazier, Indian soldier reported killed In action, to illve, by branding the man who says he 1» the son, as Arthur Lopez, a Mex can Iroposltor. was the statement made here by Earl Frazier, brother of Ar thur, who came here from Lookout, 8. D„ to represent hto parents. * Earl Frazier and the man he claims to be his brother, gathered here with more than a score of former members of D company, Rochester's old national guard unit, of which Arthur was a member, and left the Impression, with these men at least, that Arthur Frazier Is alive, and that the body shipped to this country from the battlefields of Prance, as that of the Indian soldier's was not that of Frazier, Banking Situation to Good New York.—The banking situation to the northwest is better than at any time sine* 1920 and there to every in dication that crops, business and rail road traflfc will Improve this year, ac cording'to Carl R. Gray, president of the Union Pacific. While crops'" In Oregon, Washington. Idaho, Montana and adjacent states were only half of those the year before, producers re ceived slightly more, which has strengthened banking. The railroad* alone suffered from Increased traffic, tovasserted, but their malt ion had been partly Improved by lack of unfavorable legislation this winter. 1924 Profit Increased Chicago.—The annual report of Ar g Company, packers. Just made pubHc bv p E<l*on White, president. In the form of a letter to stockholders shows that sales for 1924 totaled more than $800.000,000 and that net profits for the year were $18,309,738 as against $13,772,02« for 1923. Surplus at the end of 1924 amounted to $54. 807,182 as against $45,790.809 at the end of 1923. Cut Flour 66 Cent Barret Minneapolis.—Flour took one of the most radical declines to many months March 14. when the largest rollte here n»t their quotations 65 cents a barrel for the best grade of family patents. fhe range was $8.90 to »9.10 a barrel. (t being the first time since last De ernnbor that a figure ander $9 was quotable here. The severe drop to wheat was given as the came by mll . Pork Disease Fatal Oneida, N. Y.—Trlcbinoals, the mys terious, deadly malady that threaten* to depopulate the little settlement at* Moore's Hill to Georgetown township. hm -in lw»d «bother IMte—the flfft to aeti. 45, ads® know® a* rtBurshaeO." the teat 48 toe lhlton-r m *08 Wmom» Itoteme«, $ 2 , The CO'S W. 100 Ifi ffiET GROWERS SUGAR ÇOMPAMY WILL SIGN UR CO-OPERATIVES SOON AS ' ' RELEASED ' THE FARMERS MAKE ERROR ■Only i Release by Die Ce-operative Beet Greaser* Seep e l ation Can ' ~ Break Deadlock ■ 1 Deo ter v—That the beet contract for thé 1925 crop to final and cannot he changed was the «rwioun cement of W. IX Llppttt, general manager of the Great Western Sugar company. We feel compelled to announce defi nitely and finally tliat the acceptance Of a 8G-cent increase In the price «cala would so seriously jeopardize the na ture operations of the company that It cannot be considered. "The contract which we are offer Ing, formulated and Indorsed by Hie very group which Is opposing It today, to one which we were Induced to ac cept on the definite assurance of the support of the associations. Under the circumstances there to nothing left but for the company to say finally and without qualification that the schedule as offered cannot be changed. We are confident that the growers and com munities will ultimately be convinced of the justice of our position. Only a release toy the co-operative beet growers associations can • now' break the deadlock on the question of the 1925 beet contract If the Moun tain States Beet Growers' Marketing association will heed the wishes of the great majority of farmers and business men In the beet-growing communities, the directors will release the associa tion members to grow the crop on the company's contract. •***★★*★★** ********* ★ * * EVENTS OF INTEREST AT NATION'S CAPITAL * * * ★ *■ ***★★*★★** *****★★*★ The supreme court held congress could not compel corporations to. sub mit their books for Inspection for the purpose of ornwing up legislation. The District of Columbia supreme court refused to vacate the packers' consent decree, but continued argu ments to determine Its effect the California co-operative canneries. . Oregon's compulsory education law was argued before the supreme court. A resolution calling upon the federal trade commission to Investigate alleged Interference and obstructions In. the development of cooperative marketing issoclalions was adopted by the senate. Conservation of human life is the prime objective of a nation-wide move ment launched by the National Confer ence on Street and Highway Safety. The conference, headed by Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, after more than a year's study of traffic conditions, announced that rigid en forcement of traffic laws will do more * than anything else to reduce the auto mobile accident and death rate. Dr. Cosine De La Torrlente, Cuban ambassador to the United States, sent a cablegram to the state department here announcing his resignation from the Washington post. Foreign trade of the United States showed a favorable trade balance of $39,000.000 for February, commerce de partment figures placing exports at fS73,000,000 and imports at $334,000, 000 . Ohmes# PraaRteht Burled Canton, China.—Definite announce ment has been made that Dr. Sun Yat Sen. who died in Peking, will be buried at Nanking, and a memorial service will be held here. No successor to the poet of president of the provisional government of Sooth China which he held, will be appointed bnt five picked officials will be select ed as an executive committee to gov ern local affaire. GoM Strike in Well Winnipeg. Men.—Seven years ago, D. Me Vi oar. MJ ni ton as district farmer, came across a streak of yellow sub stance while digging a well. He sent a sample to Cobalt, Ontario, to be an alyned. Recently he received a letter from the assay office at Cobalt saying traces at gold were found In the sam ple. A gold stampede to the «Mstrict has set In and 30 «Halms already have been file«! V New York.—-Harry Wltya, negro heavyweight, and Tommy Gibbons of St. Paul, Minn., will meet In a 18 round match at Hie milk fund bouts - at the Yankee stadium May 20, pro viding the managers of the two princi pals can be given assurance that there Is no possibility of a title match with Jack Dempsey, heavyweight, champion. Great Aeroplane« San Diego. — Great bombing air planes manned by five mets but capable . L , . r"** 35 •psedy fighting and obs«*rr«tlon piases will be la a«v that daring tow grand army navy majo rera at toe Hawaiian islands. mim CRUslte. Wyo. Gempbeg county*» 1? school was formally . raten to