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Evening star., 1916-03-26
Sweeps Strip Eight Miles Long.
WOMAN VICTIM OF STORM.
Tornado at Georgetown, La, Causes
Death and Property Damage.

ALEXANDRIA. La. March 25.-Re-
ports received here stated that ten
houses were demolished and Mrs.
Charter was killed by a cyclone today
at Georgetown. La. a small village
thirtyfive miles north. Another wom-
an was reported seriously injured.
Selma and Rochelle reported the wind
caused considerable damage to saw
mills and other buildings near those
towns
Evening star., 1916-03-26
PENFIELD RHODES SCHOLAR.
Wisconsin Student on Way to Work
in Hospital in France.

HUDSON, Wis, March 25.-Wilder G.
Penfield, reported as having been in
jured in the steamship Sussex disaster,
is Hudson boy. attending oxford
University as a Rhodes scholar, He is
studying medicine, and was on his way
to France to work in an American re-
lief hospital. He was graduate in
the 1913 class at Princeton University,
was foot ball coach at Princeton in
1914, and went to England in January,
1915
Evening star., 1916-03-26
FRIENDS WAIT WORD
OF BALTIMORE GIRL
Continued from First Page.)

Baldwin had been working. This bene-
At performance was given early in Jan
uary last year at the New Richmond
Hotel. Many persons prominent in
Washington society assisted as patron
esses. including the present first lady
of the land" then Mrs. Norman Gait:
Mrs. Robert Lansing, wife of the Secre-
tary of State, and these other wives of
cabinet members: Mrs. Daniels, Mrs.
Burleson, Mrs. Lane and Mrs. Redfield;
these wives of United States senators,
Mrs Pomerene, Mrs. Mclean and Mrs.
Reed; Mrs. Joseph w Folk. wife of the
counsel of the interstate commerce
commission, and Mrs. William Hamil-
ton Bayly. president of the Young
Woman's Christian Association.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
TO AID GARY PROSECUTION.
E. H. Moore Named Special Attor.
neY bY Judge Anderson.

YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio. March 25.-On
recommendation of Prosecuting Attor-
ney A. NJ. Henderson. Judge W. s. An
derson today assigned e. H. Moore. for
mer Ohio insurance commissioner. to
assist the state in the prosecution OF
the charges against e. H. Gary and
the six steel companies indicted for al
legged violation of the Valentine anti.
trust law.
Judge Anderson stated that he ex.
pected to announce his decision on the
motion to quash the indictments earl,
next week
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Dover Report of Death.

Another report. from Dover. stated
that Charles Crocker. an American, said
that Miss Baldwin was killed by the
explosion.
Mr.. Crocker stated that his cousin,
C. II. Crocker. and Miss Baldwin were
standing at the bow leaning over the
rail when the vessel was struck. Miss
Baldwin was killed and G. II. Crocker
badly injured and made unconscious,
Mr.. Crocker stated.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Canadian Loan Books Closed

NEW YORK. March 25.-Announce-
ment was made today by the banking
syndicate which underworld the recent
S75.o0o.oo0 Canadian loan that the sub
scription books were closed this after
noon. 1t was said. however. that appli-
cations received through the mails be-
fore 10 o'clock Monday morning would
be entered.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Tells of Miraculous Escape

Edward H. Huxley, president of the
United States Rubber Export Company.
said regarding the fate of Miss Eliza
beth Baldwin:
Miss Baldwin was standing near the
bridge with G.. Penfeld of Merton Col
lege, oxford. and a young American.
who was on his way to join the Red
Cross. when the explosion occurred.
Eoth she and Penfield miraculously es-
capped death. but their companion,
whose name ] do not know has not
been seen since the disaster, so far as
have learned"
Evening star., 1916-03-26
CUIBERs0N PRINCETON MAN.
Left Pittsburgh to Join American
Ambulance Corns in France,

PITTSBURGH, March EST. w. Gull
berson. whose name appears in the list
of Americans on board the Sussex, left
here two weeks ago to join the Ameri-
can ambulance corps in France. He
was a Princeton graduate of 1913 and
a Of the late J. D. Culberson a
leading manufacturer of this dis
trict.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Home Of Farmer Who Lived Near
Davis, Okla, Is Totally
Demolished.

DAVIS. Okla. March 25.-Eight mem
bers Of the family of Alexander Edge
mond. farmer living two miles east
of here, were killed last night when a
tornado demolished their home.
The dead are Mrs. Edgemond her
mother a son and his wife, and four
younger children.
Edgemond was the only one to reach
the open before the house collapsed.
Sweeps Strip Eight Miles Long.
When the storm, which internationally
swept a strip about eight miles long,
struck the house. the family was about
to take flight to a nearby storm cave,
the father being the only member to
reach the open before the house
crashed In. Edgemond then crawled
under a barn. which was unharmed by
the wind.
The town of Davis was not struck by
the tornado. although farmhouses in
the vicinity were either partially or to-
tally demolished. Other families had
sought safety in their dugouts.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
CROCKERS ON WAY TO FRONT.
Fitchburg Men on Sussex Were te
Join Horse Ambulance Service.

FITCHBURG. Mass, March IS
Charles Thomas Crocker. jr.. who was
a passenger on the steamship Sussex,
damaged by an explosion in the Eng
lish channel. is the son of Charles T.
Crocker of the firm of Crocker. Bur
bank & Co. paper manufacturers of
this city.
George II. Crocker. jr., is a son of
another member of the paper manu-
featuring firm. They left this country
together with the intention of joining
the horse ambulance service of the
Blue Cross. George II. Crocker, jr, is
a Harvard student
The senior Crockers are widely
known as golf players.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Jump Overheard to Death.

For short time there was pande-
monium. Shrieks of women mingled
with cries of the wounded. Some fifteen
or twenty persons were drowned by
jumping overheard.
1T soon became apparent that the
latter part of the ship, which was
maintained at even keel and holding
steady. was in no Immediate danger of
sinking and the panic virtually ceased.
Passengers then set about giving first
aid TO the injured and helping to get
the boats lowered. Several injured
persons were buried in the debris near
the bridge.
Seven persons. all terribly injured
were dug out of the Wreckage and sew
eral badly mangled bodies were found.
Undoubtedly other bodies We're torn to
pieces. l viii not dwell on this scene.
Suffice it TO say II was the most awful
thing | ever witnessed.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Late Representative Eulogized.

The Senate devoted an hour yester-
day to eulogies of the late Representa-
tive Witherspoon of Mississippi. Ad-
dresses We're made by Senators Yard
aman, Williams. Broussard, Thomas,
Smith of South Carolina, Robinson,
Norris and Poindexter.
Evening star., 1916-03-26

was clear and beautiful ! saw a torpedo
coming toward the steamer. The wake
was plainly and Enthusiastically visible.
THE moment it reached us there was
terrible explosion. Many persons were
blown into the water. | saw some killed
before my eyes
Rats and boats were lowered. |
climbed upon raft. Some persons were
drowned about me. ] was picked UP by
a lifeboat. Many persons were injured.
Mr.. Bemis has made deposition at
the American embassy
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Will Give Ball.

Beginning at o'clock Wednesday
evening. there will be mi-Careme
ball, the program for which is as fol-
lows:
Minuet: The Misses Laura Delano,
Grynga Raybaud, Caroline Nash and
Eveline Gleaves and Lieut.. Alva Bern
hard. Lieut.. Edwin Watson, Morris
Nolck and Montgomery Angel.
Bag dance: In charge. Miss Gladys
lngall and Miss Frances Hoar.
The bag-what's in it?
Pas seul: Miss Manuela de Pena.
Bagdad dance: The Misses Francise
Williams. Elenore Morgan, Frances
Moore. Helen Wolcott and Elizabeth
Harding and Mrs. W. A. Slater, jr
Pas seul: Miss Frances Hoar.
Bagpipe dance: The Misses Cath
crime McClintock, Cora Barry, Caroline
Ogden-Jones. Ruth Anderson and Mrs.
New bold Noyes.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
ENTITLED TO 1T.

Country Reporter - That drunken
Bill Speader has Just been killed in
that second hand fiyver OF this
Country Editor Just sav "Our
esteemed fellow townsman. William
Speader meets his death in his 5000
touring car Bill paid his subscriI-
Gon yesterday.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Two New Attacks Upon
Ships With Americans
Aboard Create Tension

The channel steamer Sussex. damaged
Friday in the English channel. and the
British steamship Englishman. destroy
ed by an explosion, both carrying
American citizens. We're torpedoed. ac-
cording to consular reports received by
the State Department yesterday. Flat
statements that torpedoes were respon-
sible were made in both cases. but the
consuls did not give the source of their
information.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Sad Memories.

1 .'u London sketch.
Wife cat diuuer) You don't seem to
like rice.
Iusbaud-No. IT is associated with
one OF the greatest mistakes Of my life.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
RUSSIANS DESTROY is
VESSELS IN BLACK SEA

| PETROGRAD, March 25.-In the
Black sea Russian torpedo boats have
destroyed sixteen sailing vessels on the
Ana tolian coast.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
French TraWler Gives Aid.

at was II 30 pm. before we were able
to get help Al that time French
trawler came alongside and took off all
but three of the women and about half
the men. Al about the same time a Brit
ish torpedo boat came alongside Her
commander came on board and took
charge of affairs.
The passengers did everything possible
for the wounded on board the Sussex
said Mr. Huxley. The American woman
doctor did fine work. and Mr. Penfield.
although suffering from d badly shattered
leg. directed the first aid for others. His
heroism was magnificent He is now
among the injured in the Dover hospital
"It l. remarkable. | think. that the cleo
tric light plant was not put out of COM
mission and that there was steam up on
the vessel all the time. The engines
working the propellers. however. were
out of commission. That the after part
Of the Sussex did not fill probably was
due to the fact that many mail bags were
piled against the bulkheads when the
mail was put on board, the bulkheads
thus being reinforced.
Sig Tifehoafs on Shin
Evening star., 1916-03-26

| A sheet of paper $4,000 feet long and
six feet three inches wide was made at
Colyton. Devon. in 1850.
In early Italian playing cards cups
took the place of hearts, swords OF
spades and coins of diamonds.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Does Not Alter Case.

First information regarding the Amer
leans aboard the Engishman was re-
ceived in a dispatch from Consul Arm
strong. a Bristol. The fact that the
Englishman had carried horses to St.
Nazaire, France. before starting on her
return trip, during which she was de-
stroyed, does not alter the case, in the
opinion of officials The State Depart
ment considers that the transportation of
horses does not give ship the character
OF a government auxiliary.
The numerous recent occasions in
which ships carrying American citi-
zens have met with disaster or have
been the objects of alleged attacks
have been source of much concern
in high administration circles but the
State Department is considering the
ca use with an open mind and will not
determine upon course until all pos
sible information has been secured.
The possibility that mines might have
been responsible has not by an means
been excluded from consideration. In
case 1t is not definitely esta ablished just
what destroyed the Englishman and
damaged the Sussex the State Depart
ment probably will make inquiries of
Germany as to whether its subma rines
were concerned.
Evening star., 1916-03-26

Lover-For you. darling. II wad lay
me doom and dee"
Maiden-That sort of thing is out of
date. What a girl wants nowadays is
man willing to get up and hustle
Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Twenty-Five Americans Aboard.

Twenty five Americans were on the
Sussex Whether any of them lost their
lives or were injured was not estab-
lished by the official reports. though
news dispatches indicated that Ameri-
cans might have been lost. -Four
Americans, employed as horse handlers.
were aboard the Englishman. None
was among the rescued landed at a
British port.
Coming at a time when the State De-
partment was awaiting the result of
an investigation of the sinking of the
Dutch liner Tubantia and considering
affidavits regarding an alleged sub
marine attack upon the French ship
Patria, the destruction of the English
man and the damaging of the Sussex
raised again the possibility of compli-
cations between the United States and
the central European powers.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
RED CROSS WILL SELL
BAGS TO RAISE FUNDS
Money to Be Used Exclusively for
Sufferers in the United
States.
Mi-Careme Ball Will Follow Sale to
Be Held at Rauscher's Begin
ming Wednesday.

Bags of all kinds, sewing bags. van
itv bags-the kind with the little mir
ror in the bottom--comfort bags,
clothes bags. and even sand bags, the
kind with a little policeman ,on the
top to keep the swinging door open
are being collected at the home OF Miss
Mabel Boardman. 1901 L street north
west.
Wednesday. at , o clock in the after
noon. they will be placed on sale at
Rauscher's. and the proceeds are to he
turned into the American Red cross
channels for use in taking care OF sur
ferers in the United States None of
the funds gathered as q result of this
sale will he used abroad.
The bags come from people from al
most every state in the Union. but
many of them now are residing IN
Washington. y great many of the
bags came from the wives anu the
families of senators and representa-
tives, who ordered them sent from
their home states.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Consular Agents Report.

The most important. dispatch regard
ing the Sussex came from American
Ambassador Sharp at Paris. He re-
ported that the American consular
agent at Dieppe. Walter p. S. Palmer
Samborne. had informed him that the
Sussex was torpedoed about six miles
off the French coast, while carrying
3S6 passengers and crew of fifty-tive
and that sixty to eighty passengers
had been wounded or killed. Ambas
sador Sharp quoted Samuel Bemis, an
American, rs saying that he had seen
several persons killed in the explosion
Ambassador Page at London reported
that the British government had in
formed him of the disaster. and sup
piled the names of the twenty-five
American passengers.
Before the dispatches from Ambassa
doris Sharp and Page were received in
Structions to forward imm ediately all
available details of the Englishmar
and Sussex disasters were sent to con-
sular and diplomatic representatives ir
England and France
Evening star., 1916-03-26
5ODEAD |NPAN|C,
SAYS PARIS REPORT

Continued from First Page)
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Six Lifeboats on Ship.

There were six lifeboats on board the
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-30

to men that got all their boys doin'
well and worth their salt, why, have
to keep my mind on Jim and Roscoe
and forget about Bibbs."
Mrs. Sheridan tossed her head fret
fully upon the pillow. You did the
best you could, papa" she said, impa-
tiently, 80 come to bed and quit re-
proachin' yourself for it."
He glared at her Indignantly. RE
proachin' myself!' he snorted. II amt
doin' anything of the kind! What in
the name O. goodness would I want to
reproach myself for? And 1t wasn't
the best I could either. 1t was the
best anybody could. l was givin' him
a chance to show what was in him and
make a man OF himself-and here he
goes and gets nervous dyspepsia on
mer
He went to the old-fashioned gas
fixture. turned out the light, and NUT
tered his way morosely into bed.
"What?" said his wife, GROSSLY,
bothered by n subsequent mumbling.
more like hookworm, said" he ex-
planned. speaking louder. II don't
know what to do with him!
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-30
CHAPTER |.

There is a midland city in the heart
of fair. open country, dirty and Won
derful city nesting dinghy in the fog
of its own smoke. The stranger must
feel the dirt before he feels the won
der. for the dirt will be upon him in
stantly. At breeze he must smother
in whirlpools of dust, and If he should
decline at any time to inhale the smoke
he has the meager alternative OF sui
eide.
Not quite so long ago as genera
ton there was here no heaving, grimy
city: there was but a pleasant big town
of neighborly people who had under
standing of one another.
But there was a spirit abroad in the
land, and it was strong here as else
wherc-a spirit that had moved In the
depths OF the American soil and la
bored there. sweating, till IT stirred the
surface. rove the mountains, and
emerged, tangible and monstrous, the
god of all good American hearts-Big-
ness. And so the place grew. And 1t
grew strong.
The Sheridan building was the big
gest skyscraper; the Sheridan Trust
company was the biggest OF Its Kind
and Sheridan himself had been the big
gest builder and breaker and truster
and buster under the smoke. He had
come from country crossroads, at
the beginning OF the growth. and he
had gone up and down in the booms
and relapses OF that period; but each
time he went down he rebounded a
little higher. until finally. after year
of overwork and anxiety-the latter
not decreased by chance, remote but
possible, OF recuperation from the for
mer in the pententiary-he found
himself on top. with solid substance
under his feet: and thereafter played
1t safe" But his hunger to get was
unabated. for 1t was in the very bones
of him and grew iercer.
He was the city incarnate. He loved
It, calling 1t Gods country, as he called
the smoke Prosperity. breathing the
dingy cloud with relish. The smoke
was one of his great enthusiasms: he
laughed Mt committee of plaintivc
housewives who called to beg his aid
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-30
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found out a lot of things, long before
we began to think of building out in
this direction. The right people in
this town aren't always the society
column ones, and they mix around
with outsiders, but they're a clan, just
the same; and they have the clan feel
ing. Most of 'em were here long be-
fore papa came, and the grandfathers
of the girls OF my age knew each
other, and"
Il see," Bibbs interrupted, gravely.
"Their ancestors fed together from
many a stricken field, and crusaders
blood flows In their veins. 1 always
understood the first house was built
by an old party of the name OF Yer
trees, who couldn't get along with
Dan'l Boone, and hurried away to
these parts because Danl wanted him
to give back a gun he'd lent him"
Edith gave little ejaculation of
alarm. You mustn't repeat that story,
Bibbs, even II it's true. The yertreeses
are the best family. and of course the
very oldest here; they were an old
| family even before Mary Vertrees'
great-great-grandfat came west
and founded this settlement. He came
from Lynn, Massachusetts, and they
have relatives there yet-some of this
best people in Lynni'
Nor exclaimed Bibbs, incredu-
lousy.
"And there are other old families
like the Vertreeses," she went on. not
needing him; the Lamhorns and the
Kittersbys and the ]. Palmerston
Smiths"
Strange names to me-" he inter
rupted. Poor things! None of them
have my acquaintance"
mo, that's just itI'' she cried. "And
papa had never even heard the name
of Vertrees! Mrs. Vertrees went with
some antlsmoke committee to see him.
and he told her that smoke was what
made her husband bring home his
wages from the pay roll on Saturday
night! He told us about 1t, and 1
thought l just couldn't live through
the night, / was so ashamed Mr..
Vertrees has always lived on his In
come, and papa didn't know him, OF
course. They're the stifrest, most ele-
| CANT people in the whole town. And
to crown 1t all. papa went and bought
the next lot to the old Vertrees coun-
| try mansion-it's in the very heart OF
the best new residence district now.
and that's where the new house is.
right next door to them-and l must
say 1t makes their place look rather
shabby! 1 met Mary Vertrees when
l Joined the Mission Service Helpers.
but she never did any more than just
barely bow to me, and since papa's
break I doubt II she'll do that! They
haven't called"
"And you think II spread this gos-
| sip about Vertrees the First stealing
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-30

"of course we're all OF us glad to have
you back"
Yes" he said. Father"
-Of coursel Didn't he write and tell
you to come homer" She did not turn
to him with the question. All the
while she rode with her face directly
forward.
NO." he said; father hasn't writ
ten"
She flushed little. 81 expect I
ought to we written something. or one
OF the boys"
"Oh, no; that was all right"
"You can't think how busy we've
all been this year. Bibbs. or course
we knew mamma was writing often.
and"
"Of coursev' he said, readily.
There's chunk OF coal fallen on
your glove. Edith. Better flick 1t or
before 1t smears. My word! I'd al
most forgotten how sooty 1t is here"
We've been having very bright
weather this month-for u.s." She
blew the fake of SCOT into the air,
seeming relieved.
He looked up at the dingy sky,
wherein hung the dlsconsolate sun like
cold tin pan nailed up In n smoke
house by some lunatic. for a decora-
ton. "Yes," said Blbbs. ''Its very
gay" A few moments later, as they
passed corner, Aren't we going
homer" he asked. "Your new driver
is taking US out of the way, isn't hep
"Good graciousr' she cried. Didn't
you know we'd moved? Didn't you
know we were in the new houseT'
"Why. nor said Blbbs. Are your
We've been there n month! Good
gracious! Didn't you know" She
broke of. flushing again, and then
went on hastily: "Of course, mammals
never been so busy in her life; we all
haven't had time to do anything but
keep on the hop. Mamma couldn't
even come to the station today. Papa's
got some of his business friends and
people from around the clubhouse
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-30

against 1t. Smokes what brings your
husbands money home on Saturday
night" he told them jovially. You go
home and ask your husbands what
smoke puts in their pockets out O. the
pay ROLAND you'll come around next
time to get me to turn out more smoke
instead O. chokin' 1t offv
1t was Narcissism In him to love the
city so well; he saw his reflection in
It; and. like 1t, he was grimy. big.
careless, rich, strong, and unquench-
ably optimistic. Just as he profoundly
believed his city to be the finest city
in the world. SO did he believe his fam
lily to be-in spite Of his son Bibbs-
the finest family in the world. As a
matter Of fact. he knew nothing worth
knowing about either.
BIbbs Sheridan was a muslng sort
Of boy. poor in health, and considered
the failure-the ''odd one"-of the
family. Born during that most danger
Gus and anxious of the early years.
he was an ill-nourished baby. and
grew meagerly. only lengthwise.
through a feeble childhood. At his
shfists.ine be was committed cee nfs