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Evening star., 1924-06-29

sides the routine work of the men,
Der of the upper house. When Sena-
tor Harreld desires amusement and
diversion he takes all the time needed
to obtain it, and he hies back to Ken
lucky when the racing season is at
tho height, and then he baskS in real
joy So absorbed has his life been
that of late he has not kept saddle
horse, but he is promising himself
time for this in his own bailiwick and
at his home in the Capital.
The senator loves to collect books
and he has an extensive and valuable
library, and it had grown to such
proportions that he recently pur-
chased a big house at 18th and T
streets, and took over what the agents
proudly called the master bedroom
and adjoining hall alcove and turned
both into a book room of noble pro-
portions. There was den of a sort
on the first floor where books might
be kept, and this to the rear of the
house and overlooking charming
old-faShioned garden. But Senator
Harreld likes to gaze out on life and
movement when he is resting from
his books. and now at every season.
from the windows in the second floor,
he sees the never-ending procession
of people and machines going up and
down the fine boulevard which leads
from the White House to the heights
of 18th street beyond the District
line. Mrs. Harreld, who is also a Ken
tuckian, consented to the purloining
of her best bedroom in the new house
because she had taken over all the
available space below stairs and has
one of the most spacious dining rooms
to be found in private home in
Washington. Senator and Mrs. Har-
reid are to spend the entire summer
at home in Oklahoma City.
Evening star., 1924-06-29

mouth and Oquawaka, Ill. Train serv-
ice throughout the affected area has
been brought to an almost complete
standstill.
The tornado, sweeping along the
Illinois River at and below Peoria,
sank numerous houseboats and
wrecked several warehouses along
the east bank. Three deaths from
drowning in Tazewell County have
been reported.
Worst in City's History.
The wind hit Peoria with the force
of an explosion. The storm was the
worst in the city's history, accord in z
to NJ. L. Fuller. government weather
observer. The wind reached a We
locity of 81 miles an hour and came
from three directions.
Hundreds of houses were unroofed,
many of them collapsing. Huge trees
were uprooted, windows blown in.
wires brought down and streets and
easements flooded. Witnesses told of
automobiles being lifted from the
The tornado's path over Peoria was
approximately two miles wide. and
passed over East Peoria to Clover
dale. Washington and Morton.
Train No. 10 on the Atchison, To-
peka and Santa Fe railroad. reported
lost near Galesburg, H., was delayed
by a washout near Knox Station, and
tonight was slowly making its way
to Chicago over the tracks of another
line. Chicago. Rock Island and Pa
cific trains are being held up by
scores of WaShoutS, one at Grinnell
Iowa, being a mile and a half long.
Evening star., 1924-06-29

aged. Capt. Edwin S. Hickel said
play Of lightning he had seen in
years. Tie wind was extraordinarily
heavy at Cedar Point. he said, but
there was little damage there.
Rain continued to fall in Lorain
several hours. Confirmation of the
OF the Black River bridge at Lorain
was brought to Cleveland by A.
Downer, conductor on the Lake
Shore Electric railway, the first eye
witness of the disaster to reach this
city
Women and Children Die.
Many women and children were
killed, motorists told him. Practi-
cally every house on Broadway, the
main street east and west, was
blown down. Downer reported, and
automobiles were picked up and
overturned on the sidewalks
Nickel Plate trainmen reported
that all the government houses in
South Lorain north Of the railroad
Two men were killed here and
thousands of dollars worth of prop
erty damaged. Property damage at
Akron was estimated to total more
than s1.000,0 900.
Cleveland companies or the Ohio
National Guard were being assembled
in anticipation of receiving an order
from Gov. Donahey to proceed at
once to Lorain after messengers
brought word that troops were
wanted there to aid in the relief work
and to preserve order
About fifty members of the 112th
Engineer Corps of the Ohio National
Guard were rushed to Lorain in
taxicabs upon receipt of Gov. Don
ahey's orders They were in charge
of Col. Ralph r. White.
- Col D.. H. Pond. director of Red
Cross civilian relief here. announced
he had arranged for tents for 1000
people to be shipped direct to Lorain
from Camp Perry.
The Elyria fire department, which
| succeeded in reaching Lorain. sent
out a frantic appeal for help.
Evening star., 1924-06-29

larger craft were torn from their moor.
ings and swept into the bay and two
boats belonging to Henry Ford were
reported to have been blown to sea.
Passenger boats reported to have
been caught in the storm included the
G. A. Boeckling. an excursion steamer
running from Sandusky to Cedar Point:
the Reliance. running from Marble
head, and the Chippewa, plying be-
tween Sandusky and Put In Bay. Up
to a late hour no word had been re-
ceived from the Chippewa, which car
ried several hundred passengers, but
word came that several persons had
been swept overheard from both the
Reliance and the Boeckling.
Troops Rushed to Cities.
1t was several hours after the storm
reached the outside world. Wires were
torn down in the tangled maze and
conditions were so bad that only the
most hardy ventured to carry word by
automobile.
AS soon as word finally got out to
unin1ured cities assistance was rushed
to those in need. The Red Cross pre-
pared to send hundreds of tents and
other necessary supplies to the storm
center. while Ohios troops were order
ed mobilized at Toledo and Cleveland
to proceed to the stricken cities. Gov
Donahey of Ohio ordered some Of the
troops rushed to Lorain in taxi cabs,
with others to follow as soon as
modified.
Fate of Trains Unknown.
Little was known OF the fate of rail-
road trains in the path of the storm
as dispatching wires were down, many
left in a dangerous position.
The first relief train sent from Cleve-
land over the Nickel Plate railroad
managed to get to East Lorain late
tonight, but could not proceed tc
Lorain because of undermined tracks
While so far as known the most in
tense wind struck Lorain and San
dusky, all of northern Ohio was swept
by a gale. Property damage at Akron
was estimated at a million dollars
while from other points came report:
of heavy loss from wind.
A relief train carrying medical sup
plies, physicians and nurses was or
dered made up here tonight to go t
the relief Of the victims.
Evening star., 1924-06-29
Eyewitness Describes Wreck
Of Lorain after Big Storm

IL recall looking into one house
from which the front wall had been
blown out. | could see into the bed
rooms, and noticed that the beds
stood there neatly made. In the dis
tance we could see some houses in
flames, although there appeared to
be no general conhagration.
The river bridge was demolished,
except for the footpath, which was
still standing. People were running
about excitedly in the stees, some
Of them with injured hands and legs.
Many had been pinned under falling
buildings and trees.
"One wall Of grocery had been de-
molished and the merchandise was
scattered over the street. We saw a
moving picture theater which had
collapsed. The balcony had fallen
across the doorway. Whether any
body was in the theater or not I do
not know. Some men were trying to
chop through the balcony to reach
any injured who might be inside.
We left this scene of desolation
and retraced our steps to the car.
Driving back to Bay Village, we
overlook a number of refugees. who
came pouring out of the city a few
minutes after the storm struck.
"One of these was man who said
he owned a fourfamily apartment
house which had been wrecked. Two
people were found buried in tho
debris, he said.
We met a man hurrying toward
| Lorain. who besought us for news,
He said his wife and family were in
| the wrecked area. Ambulances and
automobiles were rushing storm vic
tins to the ElYria Hospital"
Evening star., 1924-06-29
BY the Associated PpE.

BY the Associated Ppss
CHICAGO, June 2s.-A terrific hur-
ricane late today struck along the
south shore of Lake Erie, devastating
several Ohio towns and cities and
taking a toll Of $50 lives. Buildings
bridges and trees were leveled, and
probably 1000 persons were injured
during the brief but destructive
storm.
The wind cut a swath nearly fifty
miles wide from Sandusky Bay to a
point between Lorain and Cleveland.
The most extensive damage thus far
reported was at Lorain, where rows
Of buildings were blown over and a
theater was partly caved-in on Sat
urday afternoon audience.
Lornin Dead May he 200.
The curious wind wrecked a large
part of Lorain and killed perhaps 200
of the 10000 inhabitants. No count
has been made of the injured, but
estimates run as high as 1900. For
several hours after the fury Of the
storm abated the uninjured citizens
labored alone to rescue the injured
and dying from the wrecked theater.
1t was in this building that most of
the casualties occurred. The storm
seemed to concentrate on the theater
after knocking down number of
other buildings and shook it so saw
agely that part of the building was
tumbled down on imprisoned spec
tators.
A large portion of the city Jared
little better, for in places almost en-
tire blocks were devastated, and re-
ports tonight said that upwards of
fifty persons were lying in the debris
of what was once their homes.
AID Rushed to City.
Aid was summoned from Elyria and
other points as quickly as possible
but owing to wire prostration and
Evening star., 1924-06-29
M'ADOO VICTORIES
SEEN IN TWO VOTES
Managers Fought Against Naming
Klan and for League
Referendum.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. June
29.-The forces of William Gibbs Me
Adoo won two notable victories in tn"
most confusing and yet dramatic ses-
sions in the history of Democratic
conventions.
The McAdoo managers fought against
naming the Ku klux Klan specifically
though denouncing all efforts to breed
religious hatred and racial dissension.
They won by a narrow margin.
Similarly on the league OF nations .,1
issue, the program announced by the
former Secretary of the Treasury in
favor of having a national referendum
to decide the league controversy and
take it out of politics prevailed.
While the votes tonight do not mean
that McAdoo will be nominated, it does
mean that the friction between both
the McAdoo and Smith factions had
gone to such point that TO attain
harmony the convention may find II
necessary next week to turn to COM
promise candidate.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1924-06-29
FEz NO LONGER COMPULSORY
Turkish Citizens at Liberty Now to
Choose Their Headgear.
From London Answers.


The Turkish National Assembly has
decided that every citizen of the new
republic shall be at liberty to choose
his own headgear-a momentous
change, as the fez has for long been
the badge of the Turkish subject,
willing or unwilling.
For the non-Moslem citizens of
Turkey, indeed, the fez was the SYM
boil of subjection, and when the
Creeks occupied Saloniki, in the Bal
kan war of 1928, the first act of
the local Christians was to throw
away the hateful headgear. Similarly,
many refugees leaving Turkey after
the armistice of 1918 threw their
fezzes overheard.
The headgear often has had a spe-
cial significance. The cap, for in
stance, has been supposed to have
an affinity with revolutionary doc
trines. And at one time the top hat
was the symbol of republicanism.
When Benjamin Franklin entered
Paris as the minister of the newly
formed republic of the United States,
he wore a hat of this sort, derived
from the steeple-crown headgear Of
the Puritans of the Mayfiower. Paris
copisd It. and it soon became uni
yersal.
Evening star., 1924-06-29
Terrific Hurricane, so Miles Vide, Hits
Ohio, Causing Loss of Many Millions

washed out roads and railways it
was difficult to broadcast requests for
help. The Elyria fire department
managed to make it's way through
the FILTERED country to Lorain
and ably assisted in rescuing the in
jured and caring for the dead. San
dusky, Ohio, perched on a hill open
to the wide spread bay was hit a ter
rife blow by the mad wind, and the
streets were soon filled with wreck
age hurtling about heads Of frantic
residents seeking protection.
Railroad wire connections with
Lorain, Sandusky and other northern
Ohio points between Toledo and
Cleveland were practically eliminated
tonight as a result of the storm. The
Baltimore and Ohio railroad reported
that 1t had a wire to Sandusky for
few minutes late in the day. The New
York Central reported all it's wires
down between Toledo and Cleveland,
while the Nickel Plate said its wires
were out of commission in the storm
area.
Damage in Millions.
dusky. according to a meager report
reaching the telegraph offices of the
New York Central railroad here to-
night from their operator in the San
dusky station.
The storm descended almost with
out warning, overturned automobiles,
unroofed : houses and swept by so
rapidly that beds and other furniture
were left almost untouched. The
property damage will amount to many
millions of dollars and reports have
not begun to come from the other
regions.
The operator said his conviction was
based on reports given to him by other
railroad men. The city electric light
plant system was paralyzed, he said,
throwing the city in total darkness.
An automobile ferry loaded with cars
and passengers was overturned, the re-
port to the local offices continued. but
all persons aboard with their autorno-
biles were saved.
Harbor ferry boats were capsiZed,
Evening star., 1924-06-29
STRICKEN SANDUSKY HAD
POPULATION OF $4,000
Fishing, Candy and Automobile
Making Chief Industries in
Northern Ohio Town.

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, June 2S.-The 1920
census accredited Sandusky with a
population of $4,000. The city lies
midway between the eastern and
western borders of the state, on the
shore of Lake Erie.
Commercial fishing probably is the
major industry of Sandusky, but To-
Gated there also are many large candy
factories, and several automobile part
factories.
The city is junction point for
scores of summer resorts along Lake
Erie. and the transient population
during the summer months is heavy.
The city is III miles north of Col
umbus and sixty miles west of Cleve-
land. From Columbus, the Pennsyl-
vania railroad is the only line that
enters it. 1t is connected by Cleve-
land with traction lines. and scores
of automobile busses ply between
Cleveland and SanduSky. SanduSky
is the county seat of Erie County.
Evening star., 1924-06-29

Continued from First Page)
Elyria- and the roads are jammed with
refugees headed away from Lorain and
relief parties are on the way there,
the chief said.
Martial law has been declared in
Lorain by Mayor George Hoffman
Police deputized American Legion
members to cooperate with them
and the National Guard. Looting is
said to be going on freely.
Loraln is without water. light.
telephones and food. and has little
gas.
The American shipyards at Lo-
rain are reported to have been razed
Two boats belonging to Henry Ford
were reported to have broken loose.
Reports here that small passenger
steamers plying between Sandusky
and Lake Erie Island resorts have
been lost. but could not be confirmed
late tonight.
Fifteen Reported Drowned.
An automobile ferry plying be-
tween Sandusky and Marblehead
broke loose from her mooHngs at
Sandusky and struck d pier. Fifteen
passengers on the ferry are reported
to have been drowned
Considerable damage along the
shore line east of Cedar Point is re-
ported Some summer homes are
said to have been blown down and
several persons killed.
The first relief train sent from
here by the Nickel Plate railroad
reached East Lorain late tonight,
but could not proceed to Lorain be-
cause of the bad condition of the
tracks. the Nickel Plate dispatcher
announced. A second Nickel Plate
train was due at Loratn at IL pm.
The first relief train made no report
Of the conditions found at Lorain-
The City of Erie. an excursion
steamer, reached here tonight from
Cedar Point near SanduSky, undam-
Evening star., 1924-06-29
NEW D. c. TAX RATE
LIKELY TO Be $1.5)
Depends on Amount of Reve-
nue., to Be Known at Years
End Tomorrow.
RECEIPTS LESS THAN 1923
Rate Increase From $1.20 Due to
Change in U. S. Share and
Larger Appropriation.

The new District tax rate will be
announced by the Commissioners
Tuesday. and. according to the best
Information available last night. is
likely to be $3.50 per 500 of assessed
value.
The rate cannot be predicted with
absolute certainty. because one of
the important factors in fixing it is
the total amount of revenue collected
by the city during the past twelve
months. and that figure will not be
known until tomorrow afternoon.
There is, however, sufficient evil
dence available to indicate that the
new rate will not be far from $l.50.
1t is understood that the municipal
authorities are not inclined to split
a nickel in arriving at the basis of
taxation. SO that if Sl.50 should not
prove adequate they will probably
make it S155. The rate during the
fiscal year which ends tomorrow
night has been Sl.20.
RenSons for Increase
The expected increase of about 80
cents in the rate is due to two
things. First, the substitution of a
$4,000, 600 lump sum as the fed
eral governments share of local
maintenance in lieu of 40 per cent of
the tctal appropriation anu, StConu,
an increase in the amount appropri-
ated over last year.
A glance at the tax books yester-
day afternoon indicated that the city
has collected during the fiscal year
now closing slightly less than the
amount taken in during the previous
twelve months.
Collector of Taxes Towers said that
at the close of business Friday eve
ming he had recorded for the year a
total of lS,595.319.7S. on June 80
1928, the total of collections for the
year was s19.12l.374ST.
Thus it will be seen that with only
yesterdays and tomorrow collec-
tions to be added the total for the
past year is 100000 short OF 1878
collections.
When the books close for the
fiscal year tomorrow the final figure
is bound to be higher than il was
on Friday but il may not produce the
approximate 100000 needed to equal
last year.
New buildings as Factor.
Following passage of the District
appropriation act several weeks age
Mai. Daniel j. Donovan, city auditor
estimated the new tax rate would be
sl6O. Since that time, however, AS
SCISSOR William r. Richards has an
nounced that s2S.000. 900 worth Of new
buildings have been added to the
assessment books since last July
which will have the effect of reducing
the rate.
Mai. Donovan will bury himself to-
morrow in mass of figures and use
up great quantities of white paper in
an effort to recommend the tax rate
to Commissioner Rudolph by Tuesday
He cannot begin calculating until TO-
morrow's collections are in.
Evening star., 1924-06-29
LOEB'S MOTHER VISITS
SON IN JAIL FIRST TIME
Strokes His Hand and Whispers
During Five Minutes Allowed
With Son.
Rr the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 2s.-Mrs. Albert
Loeb, mother of Richard Loeb, mil
lionaire's son held with Nathan Leo
pold for the kidnapping and deaht
of Robert Franks, made her first visit
to her son in the county Jail today.
She was accompanied by her son AL
Ian her brother-in law, Jacob Loeb,
and Warden Westbrook.
"Oh, Dickie," Mrs. Loeb cried as her
son fell into her embrace.
The boy was pale, his words were
faltering and his mothers eyes were
flooded with tears.
For five minutes they were allowed
to talk, the mother whispering and
stroking the boys hand.
A nod from a guard and the meet
ing was over.
Evening star., 1924-06-29
CAPITAL THRILLED
AS GRIFFS PUSH ON
CONTINUED from First Page.)

leadership of the league in less than
one week.
Since June 10. when they dropped
their fourth straight game to the
Indians in Cleveland, the Nationals
have won all but three of the eight
cen games they have played.
Starting on June II, they defeated
the Browns in ST. Louis three times
in a row. They lost the first two
games played with the White Sox in
Chicago, then won a pair in the
Windy City. moved on to Philadelphia
to annex two more and came home to
capture a single engagement with
the Athletics.
They then shifted their operations
to New York, where they vanquished
the world champion Yankees in four
straight games. Returning to Wash
ington last Thursday, they defeated
the Philadelphia club in the first
game of double-header to raise
their string of consecutive wins to
ten, record for the league to date
this season, but were shut out, 1 to 0,
in the second game, and then topped
1t off after a day of idleness due to
wet grounds by twice upsetting the
Athletics yesterday.
The Nationals now have a margin
of one full game over Detroit, in sec
ond place, and an advantage of two
games over the third d-piace New York
Yankees.
Washington never before has been
represented by a team leading the
league at this stage of the season,
with the campaign nearly half COM
pleted, and the base ball populace
has conclusively demonstrated that
it will render Bucky Harris and his
scrappy band of athletes every aid
moral, vocal and financial-toward I'd
the prize never yet attained by this
city-a pennant.
Evening star., 1924-06-29
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States Soldiers
Home Band at bandstaDd to-
morrow evening. beginning at
5:45 o'clock. John S. M. Zim-
mermann, bandmaster.
March, "Col. James S. Petit"
Zimmerman
Overture, "Children's Overture"
Quilter
Two popular songs
(a) Waiting for the Dawn
and You. Edwards
(b) Memory Lane" Conrad
Grand selection, THE Grand
Duchess" .OHenbach
Fox trot, Somewhere in the
World" ..... aver
waltz suite, Pleasures Of the
past Waldteufel
Finale, AN African SYM
phony" .......... .Losey
"The Star Spangled Banner
Evening star., 1924-06-29
Ha,c You, 10, Found in Theater
after Disappearing With 5000

another playmate, and nearly de.
moralized the stock of number OF
candy stores that fell into his path.
appearance of his precocious foster
child and his tin box. with his 5000 in
it. to the police. decided yesterday to
strengthen his investigating forces by
calling upon a score OF Chinese friends
for cooperation in seeking You. 1t
was one of these almond eyed sleuths
who sat down in a 9Th street theater
last night after his labors and hap
pened to see little procession coming
up the aisle, with You at it's head,
looking for six or seven seats together.
Ten minutes later You was in the arms
Of his foster-father and fifteen minutes
thereafter he was at police head
quarters. From the time of his dis
covery in the 9th street theater un-
til he left headquarters 1t was reported
he had not said a single word. except
to answer briefly few questions put
by detectives.
Evening star., 1924-06-29

stolid, silent and cool, ten-year-old
Haw Lee You, ended a days jaunt in
police headquarters last night when
his foster-father, Tom Moy. 20s I'd
street southeast turned him over to
the law for stealing $20e from him
Friday night
Haw sat quietly inside the railing
at police headquarters while grand
larceny was being entered against
his name.
Probably no ten-year-old youngster
In the District ever has had twenty
four hours lilled with more drama,
romance and excitement than You.
One of his stunts. 1t was reported,
was to have. invited all his little
Chinese friends and white playmates
to take a ride down the Potomac on
the Charles Manchester. with the view
OF continuing the trip to China.
He press1e ted $40 and a watch to