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VOL. XXII. NO. 56.
TORNADO TAKES HEAVY TOLL OF LIFE AND PROPERTY
Middle West Hard Hit By Storm
HEADQUMTERSARE
OPENED FOR SMITH:
ACTIVE FIGHT BEGUN
Senator to Make a Number
of Speeches Governor
Dorsey Still Considers En
tering Preferential Primary
Senator Holce Smith opened cam
paign headquarters in the Piedmont
hotel Monday morning with H. Y.
McCord and J. R. Smith in charge.
These two Georgians have been con
nected with many winning cam
paigns in past years. Mr. McCord
was in charge of the Hoke Smith
headquarters in the senator’s cam
paigns for governor and for the sen
ate six years ago. Mr. Smith was
in charge of the Joseph M. Brown
campaign in 1908, was in charge of
the Hugh M. Dorsey campaign for
governor in 1916 and was associated
with the management of the Wood
row Wilson campaign in Georgia in
the presidential primary of 1912.
Organization of the Hoke Smith
forces is proceeding rapidly all
over the state, and reports from ev
ery section are highly encouraging.
In the past twenty-four the cam
paign headquarters have received
especially good reports from Chat
ham, Burke, Richmond, Putnam,
Morgan, Muscogee, Stewart, Webster
and Terrell counties.
Senator Smith has received invita- !
tions to make addresses in all parts j
of the state. Owing to the fact that
the primary is to be held on the
twentieth of April, which makes the
campaign short, it will be impossible
ror him to accept all the invitations
to speak next Monday morning in
Dalton and next Monday night in ]
Rome. He will also speak in Gaines- .
ville. Commerce, Atlanta, Augusta,
Macon. Albany, Americus and pos
sibly in other cities. Hall county
Democrats have promised him a big
audience in Gainesville when he
speaks there. A petition by two
hundred Putnam county citizens
urging him to speak in Eatonton was
received Monday morning.
It was stated Monday by Messrs. ■
McCord and Smith that Senator,
Smith’s supporters are full of confi-:
dence and enthusiasm all over the
state.
“Our mail is growing in volume
every day, and we have received
the most encouraging reports from
every part of the state,” said Mr.
McCord. “At least one-third of the
members of the Palmer campaign
committee have resigned and pledg
ed us their support."
Governor Hugh M. Dorsey was
still being urged on Monday by some
of his Atlanta advisers to enter
the presidential primary. As the
entry list closes on the first
of April it will be necessary for him
to make a decision in the next few
days.
Palmer campaign headquarters
have been opened in the Kimball
House in charge of Clement E. Dun
bar, of Augusta, a prominent lawyer
and former member of the Georgia
legislature. The attorney-general
will come to Georgia on the sixth f
April for speeches in Gainesville and
Atlanta, and the campaign commit
tee will urge him to make some
other speeches if he can find the
time. \
Mr. Dunbar stated Monday that
the Palmer headqquarters were en
tirely satisfied with the progress
of the campaign up to this time,
with encouraging reports from many
sources. In addition to the speak
ing engagements in Gainesville and
Atlanta on April 6 it is probable
that Attorney General Palmer may
speak in Macon and Savannah.
CUREDHERFITS
Mrs. Paul Gram, residing at 916
Fourth street, Milwaukee. Wis„ re
cently gave out the following state
ment: “I had suffered with Fits
(Epilepsy) for over 14 years. Doctors
and medicine did me no good. It
seemed that I was beyond all hope
of relief, when at last I secured a
preparation that cured me sound and
well. Over 10 years have passed
and the attacks have not returned. I
wish every one who suffers from this
terrible disease would write R. P. N.
Lepso, 13 Island avenue, Milwaukee.
Wis., and ask for a bottle of the
same kind of medicine which he gave
me. He has generously promised to
send it prepaid, free to any one who
writes him.” —(Advt.)
PRIZE WINNERS
First Prize, $250.00, to R. W. Evans, Macon, Ga.
Second Prize, $125.00, to E. T. Steed, Fitzgerald, Ga.
We beg to announce that all answers, playing off the ties
for the first and second prizes in our Figure Puzzle Game, has
been received and audited by Joel Hunter, Certified Public Ac
countants and Auditors, of Atlanta, Ga.
They find that the First Prize, $250, was won by Mr. R. W.
Evans, of Macon, Ga. Os the five Players tying for the First
Prize, Mr. Evans was the successful one, using 95 blocks, getting
a total of 216,395.
Mr. E. T. Steed, of Fitzgerald, Ga., playing with five others
for the Second Prize, used 95 blocks, getting a total of 216,331,
winning the Second Prize of $125.
We wish to thank our many friends for the interest they took
in this game, and to congratulate the winners of the 67 prizes
we offered.
The Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal
Atlanta, Ga.
©be Pflaum ©ri- WeeKli) So urnal
I COLCORD TREATY
’ PLAN MAY BREAK
WILSON • SILENCE
BY DAVID IrAWRENCE
(Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.)
WASHINGTON, March 29. —Sam-
uel Colcord, a modest old gentleman
with kindly eyes and benign counte
nance, who represents no organiza
tion, no political faction or party,
no personal ambition or desire for
prominence, has presented to Presi
dent Wilson, through Secretary
Tumulty, a plan for the ending of
the deadlock on the treaty.
Instead of an appeal from the
president to the people in an elec
tion, Mr. Colcord brings an appeal
from the people to the president.
He urges briefly, that there be an
adoption of the peace treaty with
all the points on which there is
agreement between the Democratic
and Republican senators, ’and that
only the disputed points be left to
the campaign or a referendum.
His idea is that much of the good
of the League of Natiohs and treaty
can immediately be derived by the
United States in partnership with
the rest of the world, while the
points like Article X, on which hy
pothetical and not concrete obsta
cles have arisen, can be determined
later on.
Non-Partisan Petition
“They may take their referen
dum, if they will,” writes Mr. Col
cord, “but not while the world waits
in suspense and agony for the
pledges of aid we are willing to
give.”
Signers galors, from all political
parties and all walks of life, give
the petition presented at the White
House a non-partisan and disin
terested appearance. Neither the
League to Enforce Peace nor the
other organizations which have
worked so zealously for treaty rati
fication are involved in the plan. It
is solely the work of one man—Sam
uel Colcord, who has used up much
of his own income and principal to
forward an Idea that he thinks will
benefit this country and the world.
Mr. Colcord has no office, no staff,
no publicity organization—nothing at
all. He is just an average citizen
who feels so deeply about the delay
in entering the League of Nations
and putting the treaty of peace into
effective operation that he has de
voted all his time for many weeks
and. is pr-epa»ad—ta -continue his es- |
forts indefinitely in order to help;
along a situation in which he thinks
only distinterested men can help.
Some Names
On the petition appear the names
of President Lowell, of Harvard, and
Cardinal Gibbons. Then there Is
Cleveland H. Dodge, Princeton class
mate and intimate friend of Presi
dent Wilson. Also George W. Wick
ersham, former attorney general in
the Taft cabinet; Augustus Thomas,
playright; Hamilton Holt, editor of
the Inedependent. who have been
particularly friendly to President
Wilson’s point of view on the League
of Nations, as well as Major George
Haven Putnam, Jacob H. Schiff, Ed
mund D. Wight and others who have
not been prominent in politics, but in
civic affairs, have joined in the me
morial.
Accompanying Mr. Colcord to the
White House were Hamilton Holt
and Professor Woodbridge, of Bos
ton.
Os course anybody who has dared
to mention the word “compromise”
at the White House has had to tread
softly and speak in whispers for
the president has brooked no such
suggestions. Indeed, it has been
said that he would not receive cer
tain Democratic senators hitherto on
the friendliest terms with him, be
cause he learned in advance that
they wanted to talk compromise.
Mr. Wilson didn’t see Mr. x Colcord
or his committee. But the memorial
they presented will, of course, be
laid before the president by his pri
vate secretary. Every day it is plan
ned to add more names so that even
tually thousands of persons whose
names command public\ respect will
be enlisted in the movement.
May Make Wilson Speak
Mr. Colcord admits he is a Repub
lican but claims he is no partisan.
He is the kind of man who believes
much can be accomplished in the
treaty situation if the individuals in
terested turned their thoughts from
personal hatreds to broad principles
of human compassion. He plans to
carry his appeal to the senate, too.
He already has Interviewed several
senators who favor the compromise
plan and it is probable that there
will be speeches on it this week.
The president has not seen fit to
reply to the senate resolution re
-1 turning the treaty to him. Some
times he welcomes occasions to speak
indirectly and by implication.
JURV CHOSEN IT
MORNINGSESSION
Os GREEN TRIAL
Courthouse Packed With
Veniremen, Witnesses and
Spectators Ex-Banker
and Wife Are Cheerful
BY WARD GREENE
(Staff Correspondent of The Journal)
FAIRBURN, Ga., March 29. —Five
panels of veniremen, totaling sixty
citizens of Campbell county, had to
be sworn here this morning before
the jury was chosen to try William
B. Green, former vice president of
the Fairburn Banking company, on
charges of embezzlement and arson.
The selection of a jury occupied al
most the entire morning session
when the trial began here today.
The jury, as chosen, follows:
M. C. Campbell, farmer.
Ike E. Wins, farmer.
H. H. Cook, merchant.
John Petty, farmer.
Luther Jennings, farmer.
J. P. Cook, farmer.
H. F. Berton, who lives in Union
City and conducts a meat business
in Atlanta.
Jacob E. Derrick, Atlanta, farmer.
D. P. Condor, Palmetto, garage
manager.
Joe A. Duncan, Baptist preacher.
J. B. Lassiter, farmer.
J. P. Moore, farmer.
One of the veniremen examined
was P. L. Kiser, who was at one
time on Mrs. Bradstreet’s bond. Tns
state claimed he was disqualified,
and Solicitor Napier put the ques
tion: “Who asked you to go on .rs.
Bradstreet’s bond?” The defense
objected to this question, but Mr.
Kiser answered that his partner,
Cochran, made the request. Judge
Hutcheson ruled he was competent
to serve, and the state struck him. |
Immediately after the jury was I
selected the members were sworn I
and court adjourned at noon until
1:30 o’clock. It was announced that
the sheriff would exclude from the
court room all.. .Jurors - summoned,
whether examined yet or not, except
those already disqualified by reason
of relationship. The announcement
was made that during the recess the
Eastern Star would serve dinner on
the grounds and that Attorney Gen
eral Clifford Walker would make a
political speech.
Courthouse Backed
The red brick courthouse of Camp
bell county, standing on a hill over
looking Fairburn, was packed co
overflowing for Green’s trial.
The number of automobiles park
ed at the “Five Points” of Fair
burn made it look like circus day
and the courthouse grounds were
black with groups of men. At 9
o’clock, the hour- set for the begin
ning of the trial, it was impossible
to get in the courthouse without a
flying wedge. Every bench was
filled, the aisles were crowded and
the tables at the foot of the judge’s
bench were jammed with lawyers.
William B. Green, the defendant,
sat at a table on one side of the
court room. He looked dignified and
calm in a plain blue suit, with his
eyeglasses and his iron gray hair.
Occasionally he laughed and joked
with his lawyers. He did not seem
worried. On either side of him were
his brothers, Dr. Albert Green, of
Union City, and George Green, of
Fairburn. Next were his lawyers,
five in all, George Westmoreland, H.
A. Allen, Lester C. Dickson, Law
rence Camp and Major C. C. Smith.
Just a few feet behind Green, on
the first row of benches, sat his
wife and his little girl. Mrs. Green
was prettily dressed in blue. She
wore a picture hat and light veil.
Emily, the little girl, her blond curls
sweeping on either shoulder under a
little black hat, sat in Mrs. Green’s
lap. She was very serious and round
eyed, but Mrs. Green smiled bright
ly as she spoke to people in the
court room.
Mrs. Bradstreet Absent
Mrs. Katherine Queen Bradstreet,
jointly indicted with Green on the
embezzlement charge, is not in Fair
burn, neither, so far as is known, are
her husband, Clarence, or her father,
A. Pl Queen, although it is under
stood that all have been summoned
as witnesses and will be notified
when they are wanted.
At a table with that of Green and
his lawyers were seated the atto?'-
neys for the prosecution, Solicitor
General George M. Napier, who will
conduct the case for the state,
Reuben R. Arnold and Henry Trout
man, his associates. Mrs. Brad
street’s attorneys, Judge Ben H. Hill
and Fred Harrison, were both in
court.
Most of the room was filled with
sun-tanned farmers, many of them
summoned as veniremen, others as
witnesses. More than a hundred char
acter witnesses have been subpenaed
by the defense, including Judge
Charles Whiteford Smith and ex-
Congressman William Schley How
ard. The 7 o’clock train from Atlanta
brought down about a hundred wit
nesses for the state, including sev
eral saleswomen of Atlanta stores.
Only a few women were in court.
Outside of these witnesses, Mrs.
Green and other relatives of Green,
including his mother, Mrs. E. W.
Green, there were only two women
among the spectators.
Judge John B. Hutcheson, of the
Stone Mountain circuit, called the
court to order and then had four
panels of veniremen sworn. Selec
tion of a jury from these four panels
began before any of the other eight
panels were called.
Farmers’ Bank of Canon
Admitted to Reserve
Joseph A. McCord, chairman of the
board of the Federal Reserve Bank
of Atlanta, announces that the Farm
ers’ bank, of Canon, Ga., has been
admitted to membership in the fed-
reserve system.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1920.
EBERT TO TAKE
ENERGETIC STEPS
AGAINST REDS
BERLIN, March 28. —Energetic
j measures to restore order and to
! protect the German people from il
i legal acts will be taken by the gov
i ernment against Communist forces
operating in the Ruhr region, said
a manifesto issued by the govern
ment, if leaders of the Communists
fail by March 30 to give adequate
guarantees to General Watter, com
mander of governmont troops in
that district.
The following stipulations are laid
down as conditions upon which the
government will refrain from taking
drastic steps to punish those who
have opposed its authority:
Unconditional recognition of con
stitutional state authority.
Restoration of official civilian and
police services, providing they have
not been implicated in the move
ment supporting the reactionary
regime set up by Dr. Wolfgang on
March 13.
Immediate release of prisoners.
If these conditions are accepted,
the government will not Intervene,
but if they are not General von
Watter will receive full powers to
proceed. The manifesto declares
the Bielefeld agreement has not been
kept, as attacks on Wesel are con
tinuing and that numerous com
plaints from all circles of the pop®*
lace against the extremists have
been received by the government.
GERMAN REQUEST FOR
CRUISERS IS REFUSED
PARIS, March 29.—The council of
ambassadors today refused Ger
many’s request that she be allowed
to retain her gunboats and auxiliary
cruisers.
The council insisted upon immedi
ate delivery of these vessels to the
allies.
House Committee
Starts Consideration
Os Separate Peace
WASHINGTON March 29.—Con
sideration of the resolution to declare
peace was started by the house for
eign affairs committee today.
The general plan of having , a
stralghr-Ouf peace resolution was ap
proved by the committee. Details of
the exact language caused disputes.
Robbers Get $15,000
CYNTHIANA, Ky., March 27.
Officers of the Union Bank of Berry,
near here, estimated today that roo
bers who looted the safety deposit
boxes of the institution last night,
stole at least $15,000 in Liberty
Bonds and other securities,
$9,800,000 in Gold
Arrives for Morgans
NEW YORK, March 29.—G01d
bullion totalling $9,800,000, consign
ed to J. P. Morgan & Co., arrived
h:re on the Lapland yesterday. This
is the first shipment from the Brit
ish treasury to pay off the Anglo-
French 5 per cent bonds, due in Oc
tober.
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KNOWN DEHTH LIST
OF SEVENTY-SEVEN
EXPECTEDJOOROW
Southern Michigan, Indiana
and Ohio Suffer From
Wind —Property Damage
to Run Into Millions
CHICAGO, March 29.—Reports to
day from the tornado-swept states
in the middle west yesterday indi
cate that seventy-seven persons lost
their lives, while thousands were ren
dered homeless, and millions of dol
lars’ worth of damage done.
Chicago and its suburbs show the
greatest toll of life, twenty-nine per
sons being killed, with the greatest
loss at Melrose Park, Ohio, where
wire communication gradually is be
ing restored, reports twenty-four
dead. It is thought when the rural
districts are heard from this figure
will be increased. Indiana reported
seventeen known dead, and Michigan
reported five. Wisconsin and Mis
souri each reported one person killed.
Material augmentation of the
known dead list is expected.
The most foreboding rumors ear
ly today were from the southern
Michigan peninsula and the rural
districts of Indiana and Ohio.' In
those states wires were prostrated
in every direction, and it was said
it might be days before some of the
communities were heard from.
The Chicago district, with twenty
nine deaths, was the heaviest suf
ferer, according to reports early to
day.
The remainder of the. known death
list follows:
List of Dead
The remainder of the known death
list follows:
West Liberty, Ind.. 7; Fenton,
Mich., 7; Zulu. Ind., 5; Nashville,
Ohio, 4; Greenville, Ohio, 4; Geneva.
Ind., 3; and one each at Monroeville.
Ind.: Townley, Ind.; Hart, Mich.;
East Troy, Wis., and St. Louis, Mo.
Thousands of persons were made
homeless by destruction of dwellings
and outside relief was necessary for
a number of places.
Elgin, Ills., thirty miles west of
Chicago, where eight were
killed, suffered approximately $4,-
000,000 damage, when the tornado
wrecked a large portion of the busi
ness quarter and part of the resi
dence section fl.
" Military law was declared in Elgin
and former service men volunteered
to preserve order and prevent loot
ing.
From Elgin the tornado swept
northeastward around Chicago,
smashing through Melrose Park,
Evanston, Wilmette and other sub
urbs with a trail of wreckage and
deaths. In Melrose Park and Wil
mette fire further added to the
havoc. Soldiers of a national guard
regiment which was called out when
TORNADO
VICTIMS
- • -
As rapidly and as completely as
possible over uncertain wire service
out of towns stricken by the torna
does of Sunday afternoon, the lists
of dead and injured were compiled,
with the following results, up to 2
o’clock Monday afternoon:
AT LAGRANGE
The white*dead:
_ V. L. HOBSON, foreman of the
Swift fertilizer plant.
HORTON HAYNES, of the Swift
plant.
MRS. WILLIE BROOKS.
MRS.- MYRTLE CLARK.
MRS. WOOD, Unity Spinning
mills.
MRS. SMITH, Unity Spinning
mills.
An infant named Satcher.
The negro dead:
John Chaney and hie wife, Mattie.
Lucy Chaney.
Jim Morgan, Swift Fertilizer plant.
Will Snipes.
Louise Jackson.
Mattie Dong Harrison.
Four unidentified.
It is estimated that from 100 to 150
persons were injured.
Property damage estimated at sl.-
000,000, included mostly in the Swift
Fertilizer plant and colony and the
United Mills plant and settlement.
AT WEST POINT
The dead:
ISHAM STANLEY.
R. L. HORNE, restaurant proprie
tor. 4
BLAKE HENRY, of Lanett.
FAY MARION, 12-year-old boy.
JIM FITZPATRICK, a negro.*
Four unidentified negroes.
Injured list estimated at 50.
Property damage estimated at sev
eral hundred thousand dollars, most
ly in the business section.
AT MACON
One negro woman, struck by light
ning.
Propert.v damage estimated at
$500,000 in plants, public buildings
and residences wrecked or unroofed.
AT WASHINGTON
Property damage of $200,000
AT MILNER
The dead:
Mrs. William Carden.
AT AGRICOLA, ALA.
Five killed and twelve injured.
the extent of the damage became
known also assurned control at Mel
rose Park and Wilmette.
Cut Off from World
The twisters which swept through
Michigan and Ohio and Indiana ap
parently were distinct from the Illi
nois storm. In each instance, how
ever. it was the same tale—wrecked
houses, prostration of wire communi
cation and a death list.
A dozen or more Michigan cities
were cut off from the rest of the
world and it was reported they were
in the vicinities of Kalamazoo, Battle
swept northeastward across the state
from Lake Michigan. The storm was
said to have been particularly severe
in the vicinities of 1<
Creek, Lansing, Bay City and Sag
inaw.
In Ohio and Indiana, however, the
tornado’s fury apparently was wreak
ed on rural districts'. None of the
large cities was hit. according to re
ports. In the open country and semi
isolated districts it is b<’' ! -'ved a
number of persons were killed and
much property damaged.
THOUSANDS HOMELESS.
HUNHDEDS INJURED,
MO 50 HELMED DEAD
ESTIMATES ranging from 30 to 50 dead; of hundreds injured,
and thousands left homeless, came in over the single wire
working Monday morning in the wake of tornadoes that swept
LaGrange and West Point Sunday afternoon. The property damage
probably will reach into the millions. Many towns not stricken like
the two mentioned suffered loss of homes and business houses.
Macon. Washington, Wiliamson, Jackson and other Georgia towns
were visited by destructive windstorms, and Montgomery and Agri
cola, Ala., also were in the storm area, the latter reporting five
deaths.
LaGrange appeared hardest hit. The death list is placed at Is.
of whom seven are white. Early reports set the number of in
jured at from 100 to 150. The first word from a Red Cross expedi
tion was that from 300 to 400 homes were wrecked.
West Point, just recovering -from the recent flood, saw a large
part of its business section practically wiped out with damage to
residences confined to those on the east side of the river. The
death list is estimated at 15, with seven persons identified. The
list of injured is put at 50. The West Point station and hotel were
unroofed; the Presbyterian church blown down; the First National
Bank building wrecked, and the waterworks and lighting plant crip
pled, leaving the stricken town in darkness after the smash of the
hurricane. ,
West Point was struck about 4:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon,
and LaGrange half an hour later.
At LaGrange the situation was almost indescribable. The Unity
Spining mills district practically was obliterated. Many houses caught
fire after the smash. The colony about the Swift Fertilizer works
also was nearly wiped out, this being the reason for the big negro
casualty lists. The waterworks and the lighting plants were put
out of commission. Every hospital in town was filled with wounded.
The Troup county courthouse sheltered 30 injured negroes. Citizens’
committees and the local Red Cross worked heroically rescuing the
survivors and giving the wounded aid and medical attention.
Rod Cross Responds.
When the first reports of the dis
asters reached Atlanta Sunday night
the southern headquarters of the Red
Cross promptly started a party of
six physicians and four nurses, with
medical supplies,- for the stricken
towns, traveling by motor cars. Cap
tain Legare Davis and J. L. McMil
lain, of the Red Cross, had charge
of that, contingent, with Dr. Frank
K. Boland at the head of the squad
of physicians, all of whom with
Dr. Boland had seen overseas serv
ice with the Emory unit.
This contingent reached LaGrange
several hours after daylight after a
fearful journey on muddy and some
times flooded roads. The first Red
Cross report was made by long dis
tance telephone by Mr. McMillain to
Joe Logan at the Atlanta readquar
ters. Mr. McMillin confirmed the
reports of home destruction and,
when notified by Mr. Logan that an
army relief train would leave At
lanta at noon, requested that 100 cots
be sent for the negro injured.
The army supplies came from
Camp Gordon. On the regular West
Point train, leaving Atlanta at 8
o’clock Monday morning, two cars
of army tents from Camp Gordon
went forward with other supplies
and a party of twenty-one enginers
from Camp Gordon, who were to
join with engineers from Auburn,
■Ala., in an effort to repair the pon
toon bridge at West Point which
was broken by the flood water at 3
o’clock Monday morning. This bridge
was put across the Chattahoochee
river after the regular bridge had
been washed away in the flood some
months ago.
Army Supplies for Sufferers Ar
ranged For
Army supplies for the stricken
cities were arranged by Governor
Dorsey early Monday morning in con
ference with Colonel Noyes, com
mandant at Camp Gordon, and Colo
nel Zalinski, zone supply officer.
Governor Dorsey asked for 500 tents,
which Colonel Noyes promptly fur
nished, at the same time offering
500 cots to go with them. These,
however, had been acquired from
Colonel Zalinski, the zone supply
officer, and the outfit went forward
at 1:25 o’clock.
From the zone supply stores also
were procured six army cooking
ranges and six kitchen tents, with
complete equipment. Governor Dor
sey now is trying to get wood floors
for the tents and oil stoves to go
in them.
Mayor Dunson, of LaGrange, stat
ed in his message to Governor Dor
sey, that he considers these supplies
will be sufficient, both for his town
and, from all reports, for West
Point.
Governor Dorsey asked Colonel
Noyes for 100 soldiers to be added
to the engineering party already sent
to West Point, for police duty and
general utility at West Point and
LaGrange, and Colonel Noyes is
seeking authority from the south
eastern department to send the men.
The personnel of the Atlanta Ked
Cross party included J. L. McMil
lain and Legare Davis, of the Red
Cross; Dr. Frank K. Boland, Dr.
Fred Hodgson, Dr. F. M. Barfield,
Dr. Green, Dr. Clifton and Dr. Mc-
Alester, Miss Virginia Gibbes, Miss
Beatrice Daniel, Miss Marie Brown
and Miss Theo Williams.
At noon Mayor Key, of Atlanta,
was trying to get in communication
by telephone with Mayor Mark Mc-
Cullough, of West Point, and Mayor
S. H. Dunson, of LaGrange, t,o ascer
tain what the needs of their cities
EIGHTEEN ARE KNOWN DEAD
AND 200 INJURED AT LAGRANGE
By DONALD DENNY
(Staff Correspondent of The Journal)
LAGRANGE, Ga., March 29.
Those in charge of relief work in
the wake of the storm which hit La-
Grange at 5:45 Sunday afternoon,
two hours after sweeping through
West Point, said at noon that
are eighteen known dead, seven of
whom are white people, with 200 in
jured, mostly negroes. Four hun
dred homes were damaged beyond
repair, 77 of them being occupied by
negroes. Seventy-five negro homes
in the vicinity of the Swift Fertil
lizer plant were demolished. The
plant, representing an investment of
?750,00, gvas completely destroyed
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Table Shows Dead
And Injured by Towns
Reports from storm-stricken
towns in Georgia, Alabama, In
diana. Ohio, Illinois, Missouri,
Michigan and Wisconsin today
showed that at least 125 were
killed and hundreds injured and
homeless.
The reported toll in dead and
injured follows:
Dead. Injured.
GEORGIA:
Macon 1 Several
LaGrange ....18
West Point .6 ...
Milner 1 Several
ALABAMA:
Alexander City.ll Several
Agricola .... 6 ...
INDIANA: ,
West Liberty 7 ...
Union City .6 ...
Monroeville. 13 > ...
Edgerton ... 7 5
Zulu 3
Geneva .... 6
OHIO:
Vanwert ... 2 20
Greenville 2 12
Nashville ... 5 30
Toledo Dist. 0 75
ILLINOIS;
Elgin 7
Chicago 29 200
MICHIGAN .8
WISCONSIN 1
MISSOURI .1 ... •
might be, and to offer any aid that
Atlanta might*«.supply.
Owing to the darkness and driving
rain, and the terrible confusion fol
lowing the smash of the storm, it
was next to impossible to compile
any statistics or get up any reliable
death or injury lists Sunday night;
and Monday morning found the work
still hampered, while news came
slowly and uncertainly from the
stricken towns, due to the almost
complete wreckage of telephone and
telegraph wires.
In LaGrange, for example, three
or four entire families were report
ed as missing Monday morning.
The first death list out of West
Point included L. D. Askew, drug
gist; Isham Stanley, R. L. Horne,
Blake Hendry and Fay Marion, a
12-year-old boy. Five negroes,
names unknown, were reported dead,
The loss of life was chiefly in the
destruction of stores and business
buildings. Mr. Stanley was killed
in the wreck of the Presbyterian
church, and Mr. Horne met his death
when a restaurant roof was blown in.
The storm reported at Washington,
evident! ya forerunner of the fierce?
hurricane that swept up out of Ala
bama in the afternoon. Washington
was hit early Sunday morning by a
severe wind storm that did consid
erable damage to property, without
any known los of life. The property
lamage is estimated at $125,000.
The Williamson storm probably
was the same tornado that devastat
ed West Point and LaGrange, pass
ing that town at 3 o’clock, and blow
ing down several houses. No loss of
life is reported.
The path of the tornado was about
half a mile in width, accompanied
for tire most part by violent rain.
The Chattahoochee river rose rap
idly, and at 3 o’clock Monday morn
ing it was reported that the pontoon
bridge at West Point had given way.
Army engineers were on their way
from Auburn, Ala., to try to hold it.
and the party from Camp Gordon
was sent on the first train to, at
tempt repairs.
The Unity Spinning mills plant was
almost totally wrecked, officials es
timating the damage at $90,000 with
$60,000 loss on the cottages blown
away.
No accurate estimate of damages
in this section is yet possible, but
business men say it will reach sl,-
000,000. The business section of La-
Grange was not touched, nor was
any portion of the residence section,
except in the vicinity of Whiteville
street, materially hurt.
Among the dead is W. E. Hobson,
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