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Evening star., 1925-03-21
EXPLAINS ACTION
OF NEW ANT|SEPT|C
Discoverer Discusses Efteo.
tiveness of Remedy Known
as HexyIresorcinol.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, Md, March 21.-Dr.
veader Leonard, chairman of the com
mittee on internal antiseptics, Ma
tional Research Council, explained
further before the Baltimore Medical
Society last night the action OF
hexylresorcinoI the antiseptic which
he recently discovered. The new drug
has been described as fifty times more
effective than carboi!c acid in Its
power to kill disease germs in the
genito-urinary tract
While the antiseptic Is an irritant
to the stomach and has been admin
istered with olive oil in capsule form.
Dr. Leonard declared II to be nom
irritating to the genito urinary tract
He described his discovery as potently
germicidal. soluble TO a high degree.
and capable of being eliminated In
high percentages by the kidneys.
Effect of Drug Discussed.
The effect OF hexylresorcinol, DR..
Leonard said, was to combine at once
with the secretions OF the kidneys and
TO render those secretions when acid
in character themselves antiseptic.
The power of the drug is destroyed,
DR. Leonard said, when the kidney
secretlons are alkaline.
DIR, Leonard presented reports OF
cases in which he said the new anti
septic had been used. Several types
OF germs best known as producers of
pus and Observation-Disclosures
streptococcus and bacillus Coli-Dr.
Leonard declared, have been success
fully combated.
Conquers Ffrst-Named Types
The hrst-named two types, he said,
were conquered after treatment rang
ing from z to 19 days, although the
third, peculiar to the large Intestine.
required more patient effort The
Thompson bacillus, found in prostate
operations, also has responded to
treatment with his discovery, accord
ing to DR.. Leonard
DR.. Leonard's work in evolving the
antiseptto was carried on for the most
part at the Johns Hopkins School OF
hygiene and Public Health here.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
ORDERS GIRL DETAINED
IN WHITE SLAVE CASE
Chief Justice Mccoy Has Louise
Mcdowell Held Here Pend
ing Trial of John Weikert.

Chief Justice Mccoy. in Criminal
Court ., has ordered that Louise Nc
Dowen, 16-year-old girl, be held in
the House of Detention here untf1
the court can try and determine
charges OF white slavery against John
Weikert, said to belong to a promi-
nent family in Waynesboro, Pa. The
girl was the principal witness for the
Government at the preliminary hear
Ing of Weikert in Police Court March
~, when the defendant was ordered
held to await action by the grand
jury.
Assistant United States Attorney
Neudeckertold the court the girl was
preparing TO leave the District and
would be hard to locate as a witness
for the Government when the case
comes on for trial. He asked that
the case be expedited in order that
the girl might be returned to her
home. 1T was stated by Government
counsel that the girls parents desired
her held in this city until the out
come Of the charges against Weikert
Evening star., 1925-03-21
CITY OF TENTS TO RISE ON RUINS
OF STORM-SWEPT MURPHYSBORO
700 Canvas Shelters Available as Permanent Relief
York Is Begun-Death List, Still Mounting,
Reaches POI.

/, of their former possessions and
standing, but on what is actually
needed now.
Nearly so bodies were buried yes
terday, and other interments will
continue today and tomorrow, with
community services on the public
square Sunday afternoon.
Pullman sleepers on sidings here
offered accommodations for 500 wom-
en- and children last night, and Mar
ion, H., sent word that so furnished
homes were available, rent free.
The Illinois Central and Mobile and
Ohio railroads are offering free pas
sage to any destination to refugees.
( From Chicago came word that hos
pitfalls there had agreed to accept any
number OF Murphysboro's injured
children and give them free treat
ment
One of the most unusual stores OF
the. storm came TO light last night
when 1t was related that workers
searching the debris Of the Logan
grade school, uncovered a lad of IL
years. He seemed dazed when he
first reached the light and air, but
recovered quickly. A photographers
wanted to take his picture, but the
boy dashed for home and mother like
a frightened hare.
1t was feared that a number of other
students possibly still were buried in
the Logan School debris.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
TORNADO STRICKEN HOME AREA
IN INDESCRIBABLE DISSOLUTION

OF those living in the stricken counties
to inquire for the welfare of their
loved ones, has so congested the roads
that they are almost impossible.
Meanwhile. fearing that two Of
the dreaded Four Horsemen OF the
Apocalypse. famine and pestilence.
might ride forth in the devastated
area, authorities are bending every
effort today to housing the homeless
and making even temporary abodes
sanitary.
While coroneTs juries are meeting
formally to inquire into the deaths.
surviving members of the districts
laid waste were planning toward re-
building.
Little Left of Four Towns.
So little. however. has bean left
of De Soto, Bush, Hurst and northern
West Frankfort that il is doubtful
whether anything can be saved out
of the ruins. There are sections here
which look as though they were
never occupied, so fercely did the
tornado scour the landscape. a
1T Is as IL death had stalked
through the section with an enormous
scythe, which he swung ruthlessly,
shaving the face of the earth clean.
In numerous places not even a trace
of the stone foundations can be found.
After striking a terrible blow at
Murphysboro the gale roared down
on this little hamlet of 700 souls
De Soto. Here the lives of one in
every seven OF its citizens was snuffed
out. After De Soto the tornado
struck Royalton, Bush, Hurst, Plum
field, West Frankfort and Parish. in
the order named 1t became known
today"
Evening star., 1925-03-21
PAST MASTERS DINE
AT COLUMBIA CLUB
Veterans of William r. Singleton
Masonic Lodge Discuss Past Ac-
complishments and Future Plans.

At the annual banquet of The AS
sociation OF Past Masters OF William
r. Singleton Lodge, No. 80, r. A. A. NJ.
last evening at the Columbia Country
Club, the president of the association
Past Master James l.. Giles. offfciated
as toastmaster. The attendance in
cluded all past masters of the ladge
with the exception of two. who were
i'll. The guests numbered Past Grand
Master Lurtin r. CHM and James w
Witten and Past Master Isaac r. Hit,
recently appointed Judge of the Police
Court.
Speakers related incidents of the
early history OF William r. Singleton
Lodge, its small beginning, with low
ly origin. and the hardships and ear
ly struggles OF the small number of
members, who erected a home still
in use, at 4511 Wisconsin avenue,
Tenleytown. Plans were advocated
for charging that structure to meet
the needs OF the present. This will
require doubling, at least, the pres
ent facilities, and It was the con-
sensus OF opinion that such would
have to be done this year.
Senior Grand Warden Gratz E. Dun
KUN of the Grand Lodge was a guest
as was also Grand Secretary J. Claude
Keifer. Both addressed the gather
Ing. The plans for furthering the
progress Of the new Masonic temple
on Temple Heights received attention
as did also the plans for the Masonic
field day, June 81, at the American
League Base Ball Park.
Worshipful Master A. c. Wilkins
rendered solos. accompanied by
Charles R. Bartlett, an officer of the
Grand Chapter, r. A. NJ. The follow
ing were present:
James l. Giles, Lurton r. CHM. F
F. Robey, Harry Meatyard, J. Harvey
Robey, Dr. E. G. Davis, DIR. A. NJ. Ray
J. w. Witten, I. e. Shoemaker. Harry
B. Riley, F. J. Heider. William E
Clabaugh, Judge I, r. Hit, A. c. Will
kins. J. Claude Keifer. E. N. Riley
F. w. Parks, Gratz e. Dunkum, c. r
Bartlett, DR.. J. w. Chappell, c. r.
Hurley, Herbert z. Riley, P. Marion
Walker. Curtis NJ. Smith, r. G.
Fletcher, w. w. Watson, Harry F.
Riley, William A. Volkman, Harry L.
Freer, H. N. Walther and Albert p
Seller.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
BALL0U TO BE H0N0RED
AT REUNION IN NEW YORK
Alumni Of Pottsdam Normal School
to Gather-Joins Planners
in Rochester.

DR.. Frank w. BaIlou, superintend-
ent of schools, left Washington last
night for New York, where he will
be the guest Of honor today at a
reunion of the Pottsdam On. "
Normal School Alumni in the Hotel
Astor. He is an alumnus of the
Normal School, having been gradu-
ated with the class OF 1902.
The superintendent will not return
to Washington, but will leave for
Rochester, N. Y, where he will join
Monday morning the other members
of the school planning committee,
who will continue their survey of
schoolhouse construction before exc
cutting the $4,000, 600 five-year school
building program. Other members of
the committee, Ernest Greenwood,
vice president of the Board of Edu-
cation. and Municipal Architect AL
bert l., Harris, will leave Washington
Sunday night for Rochester. Buffalo
and Cleveland also will be visited on
the trip.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
EXPRESS SORROW
FOR STORM VICTIMS
Great Britain, Germany, Norway
and Japan Send Messages
of Sympathy.

Great Britain, Germany, Norway
and Japan yesterday sent messages
of sympathy for the tornado victims
in the Middle West to the American
Government. Sir Esme Howard, the
British Ambassador. on behalf of his
government, delivered expressions of
sympathy to the State Department
The message from acting President
Walter Simmons of Germany, ad-
dressed to President Coolidge, said:
Reports of the frightful catas-
trophe that has broken out over a
wide part of the United States and
destroyed many human lives have
aroused deep sympathy throughout
Germany. 1t is my honest duty to
express heartfelt coincidence TO you,
Mr.. President, and to the American
people"
King Haakons cablegram read:
Accept my sympathy in terrible
calamity"
The Japanese Red Cross at Toxic
sent this message to the American
Red Cross: Heartfelt thanks for
deep sympathy for the fire sufferers
in TOXIC. Fortunately, the area of
the fire was limited to a corner of
the city. The Japanese Red Cross
expresses it's sympathy for the suf-
ferers from tornado in Illinois and
Indiana"
Evening star., 1925-03-21
WOMEN AND BABES
TORNADO VICTIMS
Rows OF Children in Morgue
at West Frankfort, III.
Burial of Dead Begins.
By the Associated Press.


WEST FRANKFORT, ILL.,. March
21-One of the most striking features
of the tornado here was the large
proportion of women and children
killed. More than 1900 coal miners
were at work beneath the surface in
the devastated area and thus escaped
injury or death. Nearly forty OF the
dead In West Frankfort were small
children. One of the most heart
touching scenes after the disaster
was the long row in the morgue of
little bodies, from which life had
been snufred almost in the twinkling
of an eye.
Five children in the families of
three Karnes brothers here were list
ed among the dead, as well as two
adults. In the Parrish neighbor h ood
Frank Galloway lost his wife, a son
a daughter, a son-in-law and a grand
son. Galloway, with broken leg
and other injuries, is in Benton
hospital His family was buried al
Thompsonvtlle yesterday.
Burial Of Dead Begins.
Wests Frankfort and other storm
stricken, communities in Franklin
County today went about the grim
task of burying the bulk of their
dead. OF the 163 known dead in the
county virtually all had been identi-
fed and funeral arrangements made.
One of the busiest places in West
Frankfort was the Western Union
ONCE, through which passed more
than 5000 messages within 4s hours,
representing a total of approximate
ly 10000 words, 1t was estimated
today.
Most of the outgoing messages told
OF death or injuries or carried ap-
peals for aid. The incoming messages
consisted chiefly of inquiries from anxi-
Gus relatives and friends.
or the three regular Western Union
wires into West Frankfort, the Chi
cago and st. Louis outlets were sew
cred. while only the wire to Cairo
was left in operation. At one time
1000 outgoing messages were on file
unsent and some of these had been
on hand IL hours
Wires Restored to Service.
The Chicago-west Frankfort wire
was restored Thursday and the st.
Louis West Frankfort wire was re-
stored yesterday, but not until last
night was II found possible TO trans
NIT press dispatches.
Telephone service out of West
Frankfort was cut off and 1t was
necessary to take dispatches to Ben
to'' o0'ei iiihoo hof III, u opldln IoHB
distance service. At Benton. also, the
Western Union was swamped with
messages and was able to transmit
dispatches only subject to heavy de-
lay.
twenty-five hundred messages for
persons at West Frankfort were re-
ceived at Marion, Carbondale and
Cairo and forwarded to West Frank
fort by train or courier.
Boy Scouts acted as messenger boys
and despite the confusion had been
able last night to deliver all but 55
kilograms.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
STRICKEN INDIANA
RESTORING ORDER
Griffin, Devastated, viii Be
RebuiIt-List of Dead
Continues to Grow.
BY the Associated Press.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. March 21-
Desolation and terror left in the path
of the tornado which Wednesday
killed 104 persons. injured more than
500 and caused property damage in
excess of $3.0O0.0o0 gave way today
under the cheering influence of a vast
army of relief workers headed by the
American Red Cross.
Order appeared where chaos had
reigned, the bereaved were being
comforted. the injured cared for and
the dead buried. The situation in
southern Indiana seems to be well in
hand.
Griffin, where 54 persons are known
to have perished and several have
been reported missing. completely
devastated, will be rebuilt. Sixty-four
families OF the obliterated village
have announced they will remain and
rebuild their homes.
Death List Grows.
Meanwhile, the work OF clearing the
debris at Princeton, where % persons
perished, and at Owensville. where
IA died. was progressing rapidly. The
death list at Princeton was increased
early today when one of the injure ed.
William Mitchell, died. Likewise the
death list was increased at Elizabeth,
where two persons died from injuries
and fright. bringing the total of dead
there to five. A like number perished
at Poseyville, while four others died
at North Sands.
Military authorities in charge of
patrols guarding the wrecked homes
today put into effect new traffic regu-
lations which provide that all We
hicles not engaged in relief work
shall be rerouted so as to permit
clear roads between the stricken
towns. The roads are almost impas-
sable.
The Wabash River. which yesterday
caused some apprehension, appeared
today to be receding and only the
lowlands became inundated.
The work of rebuilding homes and
factories was planned yesterday and
in most cases the destroyed buildings
will be replaced by finer. structures.
The Southern Railway shops and the
Heinz factory will be rebuilt in the
immediate future at Princeton, offi-
cials announced.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
Memory Returns
As Girl Sees Her
Picture in Paper
School Teacher Had Been
Missing a Month-Was
Employed as Domestic.
BY the Associated Press.

PITTSBURGH. Pa, March 21-
Betty Jean Britt, pretty young school
teacher of Warren, Ohio, formerly OF
Polk, Neb., Is speeding homeward
after spending the greater part of the
last Ave weeks in this city not know
ing who she was or where she lived.
A victim OF amnesia, in the opinion
Of her friends, Miss Butts disappear
ance on February I3 last was the
object of wide and systematic
| search. She was not located, however,
nor her Identity established until yes
terdsy, when the sight of her picture
published in newspaper brought
back her memory with a rush, and she
declared herself to be Betty Britt Of
Warren.
Miss Britt was accompanied on her
homeward trip by her brother-in-law
and her sister, Rev. D. C. Troxel and
his wife. of Hiram. Ohio, who had
hurried to Pittsburgh upon learning
Miss Britt had been found. A Warren
detective and the superintendent of
schools there also accompanied the
party.
Miss Britt walked into a police
station in Allegheny yesterday and
said she was the missing teacher.
then told the story Of her restored
memory.
Like a FASH" she said, when
saw my picture in a newspaper my
memory returned and ! knew who l
was. Then | came to the police sta
ton to further establish my identity"
At the time she regained her
memory Miss Britt was working as a
domestic at the home of Mitchell b.
De Groot in a fashionable section Of
Pittsburgh. There, IL was said, she
had given her name as Leslie Lake"
and said that she had come from
Kansas City. where she had been a
patient in a hospital. No trace of
| such a person could be found in the
Kansas City hospitals, and the i'm
preston grew here that the young
| woman was suffering from loss of
memory.
Miss Britts mind was blank, she
! said, as TO preceding events from the
time she was about to take bus In
Warren for Hiram. Ohio. She had no
| recollection of how or when she
reached Pittsburgh. Since her dis
appearance scores have Joined In
systematic search for her.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
VIRGINIA ASSA|L
HUNG FROM TREE
Mob of 1000 Takes Negro
From WaverIy Jail After
Alleged Confession.
BY the Associated Press.

bS iHt hSsocldteQ IEeSs
NORFOLK, Va. March 21-An nm
identified negro, charged with attack
ing white woman was taken from
the Sussex County Jail at WaverIy,
Va, early last night and lynched by
mob estimated at 1000 persons.
The prisoner. who, in the mean
time, was said TO have confessed, was
taken to vacant lot and strung up
to tree, where his body was riddled
with shot and later cut down and
burned.
The attack which resulted in the
lynching occurred last Wednesday,
the victim being a 20-year- mar
ried woman. the mother OF a baby.
who resides in tie country about six
miles from Waverly. Although blood
hounds were brought to the scene
and the county was combed Thursday
and yesterday, the negro sought was
not arrested until yesterday after
noon. He was found by a posse of
county officers and detectives sent
from Norfolk. and was taken to the
home of the young woman.
In addition to being positively
identified, a pistol in his possession
was found to have been one taken
from the victim at the time of the
attack. News of the Identification
and subsequent confession spread
rapidly and within d few minutes
the Jail was surrounded and threats
soon turned to open demands for
lynching.
Commonwealth Attorney Thomas
A. Howertona pleaded three times with
the crowd to let the law take its course.
but in each instance was shouted down.
The negro was taken to a vacant
lot in the middle Of town and hanged
to tree, the mob firing shot after
shot from all manner OF weapons
into his body. Later the body was cut
down, piled on an improvised pyre
and burned.
RICHMOND, Va, March 21.-Gov.
E. Lee Trinkle last night denied re-
ports that he had been requested 10
send troops to Waverly, Va, in con-
nection with the lynching. He ex-
pressed regret over the mob violence
Evening star., 1925-03-21
VERDICT FOR BUTLER.
Plaintiff Loses Damage Sui
Brought Against Senator.

Theodore @. Thomas, a resident OF
the Soldiers Home, has lost his suit
for $4,000 damages against William
NJ. Butler, Senator from Massachu-
setts and chairman Of the Republican
national committee. Justice Bailey
of the District Supreme Court sus-
tanned a demurrer filed by Attorneys
Peelle & Ogilby for Senator But
Ter, in which they pointed out that
Thomas, who appeared as his own
lawyer. had failed to say in his decla-
ration whether the alleged defama-
tory matter had been uttered or writ
ten and when, and because he had
not said the statements were false
and had not pleaded any special dam
age as the result of the alleged de-
famation.
Thomas charged that Butler de-
famed him by informing a post ONCE
inspector that Thomas had sent Sena-
tor Butler letter marked with the
drawing of a bomb and threatening
the life OF the Senator.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
WILL DISPOSE OF S SHIPS.
U. S. Board Considering Agree
ment With Steamship Company.

Authority Of the United States
Shipping Board TO enter into an agree
ment with the Pacific Mail Steamship
Co. for disposing of Ave ships, where
by the board will take stock in a new
company, has been referred to the
general counsel Of the board for deci-
sion.
The Pacific Mail Co.'S bid for the
ships provides formation of a new
corporation, $5.Soo,oo0 OF the prefer
red stock OF which would be taken
over by the board In part payment for
the vessels. The board would name
I of the new corporatiou's II d.
rectors. A bid by the Dollar Steam
ship Co. for the same vessels offered
to purchase them outright for S5.-
$4,000. .'''.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
Ne,U Motor Fuel,
With Sugar Basis,
Developed by Girl
Reported to Cost Less and
Go Farther Thar, Any
"Cas" Substitute.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, March 21.-Remarkable
claims are made for a new automo-
bile fuel named .'iroline" after its dis
coverer. 15-year- Irene Laurent.
daughter of a we'll known French
chemist. The product, which Is un-
derstood to have for its basis a solu-
tion of sugar, is said to cost less and
go farther than any other of the So
called substitutes for gasoline yet
tried
A party of prominent automotive
engineers who tested the new fuel
on a long run in an ordinary machine
are quoted as expressing themselves
as astounded by the results. The
"iroline" used in the test was made
the night before by the chemist Lau-
rent in his own kitchen. The only
modification made in the automobile
was the attachment of a vaporiZer
% the exhaust pipe. 1t Is explained
hat the new fuel is non-explosive eX-
cept in state of vapor and that con-
sequently the engine has to be run
on gasoline until the iuel is sufii-
"iently heated.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
SIX INDICTED IN FLOGGING
Spsedy Trial Is Urged by Grand
Jury in Alabama CITY.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March 21.-In-
dictments were returned yesterday
against six persons alleged to be
members of a masked band which
fiogged DR.. S. t. Shepherd of this
city by the Jefferson County grand
jury. A report was submitted to
Judge H. P. Heflin condemning a
series of fioggings in Birmingham
The grand jury reported that 1t had
Investigated every reported case of
flogging. 1t recommended that those
indicted be tried ahead of other cases
on the docket.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
TWO STORM VICTIMS DIE,
Six in Cairo Hospital Critically Ill
Others Crippled for Life.

CAIRO, H., March 21-Of SO per-
sons injured in the tornado which laid
waste to the town Of Gorham, ILL.,. and
brought to Cairo hospitals, two-Mrs.
Mary C. Nolan and Richard Johnson
have died.
At least six are in a critical condition,
and a number of others probably will
be crippled for life. Eight. whose in
juries were slight. have been discharged
from the hospital.
A campaign Is under way to provide
funds to care for the injured and home
less for several weeks.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
CRUSHED BY WIND.
Tornado Victim Whipped Around
While Clinging to Rail.

PARRISH, ILL.,, March 21.-Clarenee
Lowman, 80 years old. was hurrying
from his general store to his home
two blocks away. when Wednesday 8
tornado struck Parrish. Lowman saw
the whirling black funnel approach
ing and clung to a railroad track.
His hold was not broken, but he
was whipped about until he had suf-
fered broken shoulder, broken arm.
broken ribs and possible fracture of
the spine, IL was said at the hos
pital yesterday. His house was the
only dwelling In the vicinity spared.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
McLeansboro, ILL.,, Escaped.

The Ohio Valley tornado failed to do
any damage in MoIIeansboro, ILL.,, ac-
cording to a letter received by Mrs.
John B. Kinnear of this city from her
brother, ]. c. Garner of the Illinois
city today. Mrs. Kinnear stated that
there had been a report in Washing
ton that 81 persons had been killed
In McLeansboro.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
DEBRIS FLIES 275 MILES.
Papers and Clothing From Storm
Found Far Away.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, March 21-In-
surance policies, newspapers, grocery
bills, clothing and other objects were
found here yesterday, some dated at
Murphysooro, Ill, and others from
Princeton and Owensville, Ind.
Princeton is about l25 miles dis
tant and Murphysboro about 30
miles.