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* ■ The < imaha Morning Bee much chang* la tempera tur* JL. M. M—M m. m. m. ^ T ^ ^ *—• ^ to me, but I can see one thing quite _ clearly, that I must not, cannot, seek CITY EDITION - ■ ■ " '" ■ ■ — i. ■ - ■ —■■■ I my own happiness by sacrificing oth v _J VOL. 54. NO. 13. OMAHA, MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1924. * TWO CENTS'* \ en,:Z^e?.r,8..gl0t .—.----— May Throw Favorites Out of Fight Elimination of Both McAdoo and Smith Seen as a Result of Fight on Convention Floor Early Sunday. Balloting Starts Today New York, June 29.—Elim ination of both Smith and McAdoo as a result of the negative vote on the anti-klan issue. This is the judgment of delegates to the democratic national convention who are not aligned with either of these booms and who have I carefully analyzed the vote on the klan plank. It is evi dent that the klan vote has the entire convention fright ened. It is their opinion that the af firmatlve vote of 541 3-20 to denounce 1 the klan by name represents the ut most strength that Smith can mus ter and that the negative vote, only one vote more than was cast for the affirmative on the klan Issue Is the limit of the McAdoo strength. Farly Balloting Better. The Smith supporters agree to this view so far as It affects McAdoo and the McAdoo supporters agree so far as it affects Smith. Indications are that the »*arjy bal loting between Smith and McAdoo will be as bitter as was the fight over the klan Issue. Police may have to be called to keep order ^ By Aneoelnted Press. New York. June 29.—Emerging wearily from a tttanic struggle over Its platform. which finally was adopted as reported, the democratic national convention prepared today to plunge into another over candi dates. Balloting for a nominee for the presidency will begin tomorrow morn ing. A deadlock Is In prospect and tonight the supporters of a dozen candidates renewed their predictions of victory. The platform was perfected at 2 this morning, when, amid scenes of confusion seldom paralleled In party history, a plank condemning the Ku Klux Kian by name was pro nounced rejected by the narrow mar gin of a single vote. Another serious contest had been decided previously by adoption of a plank reaffirming In general terms only the party's faith In the league of nations. The convention’s action on the all absorbing question of the klan ap parently had no effect on the rela tive standing of the qandidates, ex cept as It provides a further argu ment for use by those who are pre dicting that neither McAdoo nor Smith can he nominated. The out and out antl-klan plank, according to Permanent Chairman Walsh's an nouncement, received 541 votes, with the active supporters of Governor Smith and many others friendly to him voting for It, while 542 votes were announced as east against It. largely from the states that are giv ing their support to Mr. McAdoo. Both Claim Advantage. The Smith people declared the to tal recorded for the proposal showed conclusively the Inability of McAdoo to muster the two-thirds necessary for nomination, and the McAdoo men Raid the votes cast on the other side meant the elimination of Smith. The managers for the other candidates agreed with both of them. As a result, the only discernible trend of opinion among the leaders as they weighed the outcome of yes (Turn to Tage Seven, Column One.) • s' — We Have With Us ' Today Col. Paul Henderson, Washington, l>. , Second Assistant Postmaster General. Colonel Henderson spends $500,non , every day of the week, Including Sunday. But he’s not as extrava gant ns this makes him seem, for ns an assistant to the postmaster gen eral it is his duty to keep the malls moving, and that’s approximately what it costs each day. Born in Lyndon, Kan., 40 years ago, Colonel Henderson received his edu cation at Chicago university, went into the automobile business and later the contracting business. He also went into the war ns a trans fportntion officer with the A. K. F., and on the close of the war returned to the business of contracting. Then, in 1022, the late President Harding appointed him second assistant post master general. He came to Omaha to inspect the air mall field at Fort Crook, which, starting Tuesday, will he a center of the continuous air mail transportation system. j Fisherman Falls Into Missouri and Is Drowned Newton Cohaee, 5119 North Four teenth street, was drowned in the Missouri river at 10:40 Sunday morn ing when a log on which he was standing rolled over, hurling him into the water. Cohaee was fishing at the foot of Reed street with his wife. Appar ently believing that he would have better success if he could get his line farther out into the river he stepped 0,1 what seemed to be a securely fas tened log. It gave way and Reed was swept down in the swiftly rush ing current. Allen Houk, 7501 North Thirtieth street, and L. D. Phillips, 6716 North Sixteenth street, made an effort to save him but were too much handi capped by the depth of water and current. The bottom lies from IS to 30 feet^ below the surface where Cohaee disappeared. Hfs body has not been recovered. Democrats May Choose Davis as Compromise Man Governor Bryan Slated for Second Place on Ticket in Case of McAdoo-Smith Deadlock. New York, June 29.—On the eve of balloting in the democratic national convention, leading candidates for the presidential nomination were busy tonight consolidating their posi tions and issuing pronouncements of their confidence in the outcome. Meantime, those seeking the nomi nation, but admittedly without any thing like the numerical strength on the first ballots that will bs mustered by either William G. McAdoo or Al fred E. Smith, were continuing their quiet campaigns and laying plans against the tlmo when, they predicted, there would be a break away from both the former treasury secretary and the New York governor. Wherever leaders or delegates con gregated today there was discussion of the possible effect upon the for tunes of this candidate or that, result ing from the action of the conven tion early today in rejecting the antl klan plank. Both the McAdoo and Smith managers claimed that the re sult, i fanythlng, strengthened their positions, but other candidates or their managers were in disagreement with that view. Much "Dark Horse" Talk. With balloting only a few hours away, there was more than the usual crop of “dark horses" talk. Leaders grooming such "horses" expressed the opinion tonight that 40 ballots would be taken before the Smith and Mc Adoo forces would turn to a compro mise candidate. Those interested In the candidacy of Senator Samuel M. Ralston of In dlana heard that in the event of a Smith-McAdoo deadlock, the adher ents of these two candidates would swing their votes to John W. Davis of West Virginia. It also was stated that either Gov ernor Charles Bryan of Nebraska or Governor Jonathan M. Davis of Kan sas would be second on such a com promise ticket. Some of the Ralston supporters have suggested a Ralston-IIomer S. Cummings, or a Ralston-Governor Silzer ticket to offset such a nomina tion, but Thomas Taggart, the Indi ana leader, who is backing Senator Ralston against the field, has agreed to neither so far as has been made known. Final Conferences. Both McAdoo and Governor Smith held final conferences with their chief lieutenants today for discussion of the opening phase of the battle of ballots. McAdoo spent much of the day quietly in his suit# in an uptown hotel, but in the afternoon he visited William Jennings Bryan, and tonight he addressed a rally of the delegates who are counted In his column. Predicting that McAdoo would re ceive "not less than 400 votes on the first ballot," David Ladd Rockwell, his campaign manager, declared Mc Adoo would make gradual gains until he would receive a majority of the convention on the fifth or sixth ballot. "Wo will hold that majority," he added, "and the delegates, most of whom are In no temper for a long drawn-out fight, will realize that a minority cannot block the will of the majority. Then they will start to Jump on the McAdoo bandwagon." While less specific In statements as to the number of votes at any stage of the contest, Governor Smith and his manager, Franklin D. Roosevelt, were no less optimistic. Smith Takes Fsual Swim. Mr. Roosevelt said the delegates “are confidently coming to the con clusion that duly to the party dic tates the nominaetlon of Smith for victory" in November. Governor Smith followed out his usual Sunday program, attending (Turn to l'sss Two, Column Mix.) 1 Democrats Controlled by Traders Repudiation of Wilson and Refusal to Name Klan Spe cifically Looked on as Colossal Blunders. Principles Surrendered New York, June 29.—By its votes on the league of na tions issue and on the issue of the Ku Klux Klan the democratic national conven tion has shown itself to be in the hands of political traders. This is the argument being made here today by those who look upon the repudia tion of Woodrow Wilson and upn the refusal to name the klan specifically as monu mental blunders and as the surrender of principle for fancied party advantage. The convention cheered the name of Wilson and Newton D. Baker, sec retary of war under the great war president, collapsed at the conclusion of a remarkable speech, In which he urged the delegatee to stand behind those Wllaon doctrines which, he ar gued, were the sacred heritage of the democratic party. That the lesser breeds who now control the party are content merely with cheering, however, and are anxious to scuttle out from under the league of nations Issue, was shown by the answer of Senator Key Pitt man of Nevada, to Baker's speech. Pittman Scornful. It was almost with a sneer that Senator Pittman spoke. He referred to former Senator Gil bert M. Hitchcock, who was the demo cratic leader of the senate during the league fight. '•Gilbert Hitchcock sacrificed him self and his political fortunes on the altar of Woodrow* Wilson," he de clared, "and that Is more than the gentleman from Ohio (Bakerl has done. Pittman referred sarcastically to Baker's emotionalism during his speech and "how he draped his little body across the speaker's rostrum.” Hisses from all part* of the hall greeted this ungallant reference, but. the "lesser breeds’* were In the ma jority In the convention. Their scuttling plank on the league was adopted. The deal with Hearst v/as carried out. Hearst Position Revealed. Pittman Insisted that the scheme for a referendum was devised by "friends of Woodrow Wilson" and that the referendum was the way to get Into the league. What Hearst thinks of the referendum, of the league, and of the "friends of Woodrow Wilson" is revealed in the comments of his chief editorial writ er, Arthur Brisbane. Brisbane sneers at the league as Pittman sneered at It. In a comment written at the convention hall, Brls bans says: "The cheering for the league of na tions Is academic, not practical. The league will be left to a referendum of the whole people, which means that It will rest for awhile and then wander to the waste basket. "In noble words, the demoerstte party 'passes the buck' as regards that dear old league. It now joins the hansom cab among Interesting relics." Baker In his speech ripped to pieces the league plank proposed by the "friends of Wilson," designed by those who had "sacrificed their po litical fortunes" on the Wilson altar. ✓— First Eye Witness Story Is Related by Chief of Police By Aiiffoclated Press. Cleveland, June 29.—The chief of police at Elyria, nine miles from Lo rain. said he was In Lorain within a, few minutes after the cyclone Struck and he walked over several blocks of the devastated area, saw unroofed buildings, fallen trees and telephone poles, heard screams of some of the Injured, and afterwards saw refugees fleeing the city. Heavy Rain Falling. "Mv wife and I and a party of friends were driving toward Lo rain,” he said "It must have been about 5:30 when the storm struck. We were about three or four miles east of the city, and a heavy rain was falling. “At a gasoline station we met an other automobile that had stopped there. It had Just come from Lorain and from the man and woman In It we learned there had been a cyclone They said they had seen houses top pling over, roofs flying through the air, and trees and telephone poles mowed down as by a huge scythe. "Their car was a sedan. They said the wind blew so hard that they had to sit on the floor to keep It from shattering their eardrums. I'ncanny Feeling, "We drove on toward Lorain until a tangle of Allen trees made further progress Impossible. Then we got out and walked on into the town. "The town was a wreck. I had an uncanny feeling as I looked at houses without roofs or without walls, as I picked my way through the wreck age In the streets. "I recall looking Into one house from which the front wall had been blown out- I could see Into the bed room, and noticed that the beds stood there neatly made. In the distance we could see some houses In flames, although there appeared to be no gen eral conflagration. River Bridge Demolished. "The river bridge was demolished, except for the foot path, which was still standing. People were running about excitedly In the streets, Borne of them with Injured hands and legs. Many had been pinned under fallen building and trees. "One wall of a grocery had been demolished, and the merchandise was scattered over the street. We saw a moving picture theater which hnd collapsed. The balcony had fallen across the doorway.whether any body was In the theater dr not I do not know." Two people were found burled In the 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 strom victims to the Elyria hospital.” t---\ Wets and Drys Approve Demo Straddle Plank New York, June 2‘J.—The democratic platform’s planks on law enforcement nnd rights of the states were greeted with enthusiastic approval today by two organizations, normally as divergent as the poles, the Anti Saloon league nnd the associa tion against the prohibition amendment. Wayne R. Wheeler, general counsel of the Anti-Saloon league, j’oyfully declared "both parties Have rejected the wets.” W. H. Stayton, national vice president of the association against the prohibition amend ment, said, “We are satisfied with the law enforcement nnd states’ rights planks, as they ex press our principles ns accurate ly as we could have stated them ourselves.” <_y - . _ “Ain’t Nature Wonderful’’ By UNCLE PETE. _.> O’Neill, Neb., June 29—Doc Wll klnson experts to re establish himself In the good grace of the horsemen of Beaver Flat*'at the races at O’Neill the Fourth of July through the ac complishments of Jnck McKennas running horse, Sapbllo. which the doctor himself has entered In the races, paying the entry fee and all In an effort townrd redemption. Sapolio Is the horse which although possessed of reinsrkable speed, also hnd a sheep's heart, which cnused him to quit at thw last minute and come In behind the money to the great grief and financial embarrassment of hla owner, Mr. McKeniin. f,ast fall. Just before the county fair, the doctor endeavoring to over come this defect In the animal’s make up for Mr. McKenna transplanted some glands Into Hnpollo from one of Olen Hhlvley’s string of famous relay horses, but by mistake got the glands from Rock of Ages, Hhlvley's chain plan bucking broncho outlaw As a result when the Jockey tickled •Sapolio with the spurs In the flui-l of the Reaver Flats derby the nag threw hie rider and kicked out several panels of the track fence. In Jurlng one or two rail birds. The doctor's mistake nearly resulted In a suit for damage s and malpractlse, In Judge Kjrwln's court by the Irate owner of Hapollo. Since then and to avoid the lltlgn tlon Hoc hns been engaged In secret experimentation with glands of vari ous snlnmls snd seveial weeks ngo equipped Knpollo with a new set of Jnckrnbldt glands taken from Charley Harding's racing rabbit. The horse with his new glands was given a try out on the private track at the dm tor's ranch Just north of The Flat' Inst week, and showed even hettei than his oldtime form. Ilenlao has apparently abandoned his bucking proclivities and runs Instead of sunfishing when spurred. On the nutcoms of the races In which Hap olio Is entered nt O'Neill the Fourth will depend whether or not the doctor and Mr. McKenna patch up their Jlft:rvnccs. 70 in Lorain, Sandusky and Pittsburgh Morgues; Mile Long Business Block Is Wiped Out 35 Passengers on Sinking Boat Leap to Safety—Per sons Tossed Off Piers Into Water. National Guard on Scene Bj Associated Frees. Sandusky. O., June 29.—A twisting tornado that w’blrled out of the west Saturday afternoon took six lives In Sandusky, levelled approximately 200 dwellings, destroyed 25 business places. Injured more than 100 persons and caused property damage various ly estimated at between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000. The tornado struck along the wa terfront, dipped and ricocheted crazily to different residential sections of the city and tore along the pier where hundreds were waiting to take the boat to the summer resort at Cedar Point, across Sandusky bay. With wires down, enmeshed In branches of uprooted trees that block ed many streets, the city was In dark ness throughout the night. The fire hazard was emphasized by the cutting off of water pressure when the huge standpipe of the city waterworks crumbled before the first gargantuan blast of the tornado. The building and machinery were partially wreck ed. One lake craft—the gasoline launch Columbus, towing an auto ferry— sank when the 85-mlle blast Jammed her against a drill dredge that had torn loose from the dock. The 85 pas engera and crew aboard escaped death by leaping, climbing or Jump ing to the dredge or to the auto ferry which safely rode out the wind and heavy sea. Saved From Water. The black funnel that tor# down upon Sandusky caught hundreds of men, women and children waiting on the docks for the steamer that would carry them to Cedar Point. So great was the force of the storm that scores of persons were tossed Into the water from the pier Despite the panic that gripped those cn shore, the shrill cries of women, the cries of children and the shouts of men. ropes and life preservers were quickly thrown to those struggling in the tossing waters of the bay and they were pulled to safety. Authorities today described as miraculous the rescue of these scores from death. So far as Is known no lives were lost. There have been no reports of persona missing. The deaths cnme from various csuses, sll directly linked with the storm. Minetta Ruth Magard, 21. the cniy woman listed among the dead, was crushed to death In the collapse of the Grnch Coal company building. Shanty Mown Away. Jacob Schaeffer. 82. Baltimore A Ohio railroad watchman, was seated in his shanty when the gale lifted It from the ground. He was so serious ly Injured 'that he died two hours later. No trace of the shanty has been found. R. K. McKee. R5, freight agent of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, was caught between two freight cars. His head was crushed. Howard van Blarcum. 18, was raugbt In the collapse of the Qroch structure and died Inter at the hos pltal. William Hampton, a truck driver, was another victim of the Grot^h building disaster. Howard Wobser. 12. was killed at Cnstnlla, near here C'lljr Manager Hurt. Of the Injured, "0 WPte taken to hospitals, where It was said late to day the condition of 20 of them Is serious. Among the more seriously hurt Is C. Webb Sadler, city mana ger, who was removed from the wreckage of the Sandusky Yarht club. The club building wns pitched Into the ellp hy the angry storm. About 20 automobiles parked along the waterfront were blown Into the water. A terrific downpour, lightning and roaring thunder preceded, accom panied ami followed In the wake of the twlater. Tho most severe blow lasted 20 minutes. The duration of the entire storm, however, was about 90 minutes. The east end of Sandusky bora the brunt of the storm. Nine blocks of buildings, factories and residences were wrecked. There were lsolsled parts of the city that felt the storm, but It wns the eaat end and along the waterfront that suffered most. Thrown Out of Work. Only the fact that the tornado •truck on Saturday afternoon pre vented a greater loss of life, city of flelals said today. Factories, In which more than 1,000 men are regularly employed, were wrecked. These fnc lories operate on a half holiday ached (Turn to !’»■• Two, (ultima Eight.) \ Storm Summary By Associated Press. Lorain, O., June 29.—The casualties and damage done by the tornado as it twisted its way across northern Ohio last night are: At Lorain—59 dead, probably several hundred in jured and property damage amounting to between $25, 000,000 and $30,000,000 inflicted. At Sandusky—Six dead, probably 100 injured and property damage between *1,500,000 and $2,000,000. At Cleveland—Seven dead, with small property dam age. At Port Clinton—Slight damage, due to heavy rain fall. No casualties. At Mantua—Three reported dead. At Akron—One dead; property damage estimated at from $500,000 to $1,000,000. At Youngstown—One dead. At Pittsburgh—Five dead. At Bay Village—Apartment house said fco have col lapsed burying two. At Alliance—One hundred isolated in flooded homes, rescued by police. At Elyria—Virtually no damage. At Cedar Point—Six cottages blown down ; no casual ties. At Vermillion—Small damage from heavy downpour of rain and high winds, but no casualties. Military on patrol duty at Lorain and Sandusky, al though martial law has not actually been declared. State health board takes action to prevent disease by supervising water supply at Lorain and Sandusky. Wild reports of looting Saturday night at Lorain prove untrue. Many miraculous escapes reported by eye witnesses at both Lorain and Sandusky. Tornado jumps almost 35 miles from Sandusky to Lorain, with virtually no damage in between. Governor Donahey personally visits stricken area. Iowa and Illinois—Twelve dead. Total storm dead—Ninty-three. V__> Pittsburgh Hard Hit by High Wind; Red Cross Rushes to Aid Injured Pittsburgh, June 99 —Five deaths resulting from Saturday nfght's storm had been reported In the Pitts burgh district tonight. Two chil dren. Helen and Clarence Durlsck, the latter a 1* months-old baby, were killed when their home was hlown over at North Rraddock. Oeorgg W. Somers met death when his automo bile was blown from a bridge near Dixmont. Mrs. Adelaide Todd and her son, Howard Todd, were electro cuted as they stepped on a live wire hlown down by the storm at Beaver. !5 miles from Pittsburgh. Mr. and Mrs. John Durlsck. par ents of the two children killed, were Injured, but not fatally. The roadbed of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh railway running through the Beaver valley was undermined In sections by the storm and several bridges washed away. Washington, June 19 —The re sources and sendees of ths American Red Cross were offered to the storm stricken areas of Ohio today by Col. L. P. Bicknell, acting chairman. The organization, Colonel Bicknell said in a telegram to Governor Donahey, Is ready to "provide neces sary relief in sections of your state stricken hy disaster and in accordance with precedent in Ohio valley floods Is prepared to receive and disburse any funds raised for the emergency." "Supplementing relief work already begun bv Cleveland and other nearby Red Crosa chapters." he added, "We are sending J. Arthur Jeffers, mans ger, Washington division. Red Cross Henry M. Baker, national Red Cross director of disaster relief, and Robert E. Bondy, national Red Cross director of war service to scene of disaster.” MAN CHASES SON, - THEN KILLS SELF Charles Swanson. 48. 8922 W street, committed suicide at 7 Saturday night In his home by firing a shot from a revolver Into hi* head. Ill* son, Edward, 14, hearing hi* threats to end hi* life, followed Swan*on Into a bedroom and tried to wrest the revolver from him. Swan son chased him out of the house and then returned and fired the fatal shot. Theodore Sehul, a neighbor, also heard the shot and found the body lying on the floor. Swanson is survived by his wife and eight children, ranging In age from 22 to 8. He was an employe of the Bradford Kennedy Lumber com pany. 3 FARMERS BUY RAILROAD LINE Beatrice, N’eb., .tune 29.—George Henxel, Ou* Erickson and J. C. Hubke, farmers living near Virginia. Neh , became part owner* of a rati road Saturday when ,for $3,100 they purchased at sheriff's sale the prop erty of the defunct Kansas City A Northwestern In Gage county for Pack taxes, amounting to approx! match- $10,000. The property con sist* of the satlon at Vtrglnla, the right of wnv *nd three mile* of track In the county. They say they bought the property to-protect the spur track running to the farmers’ elevator at Virginia and ar* not prepared to *u> what they will do with If V "" N ' Convention Program of Democrats Today Convention railed to order by Permanent Chairman Walsh at 9 :S0 a. m , eastern daylight time. Invocation by Rev. Guitar Ar nold Cantcn.cn. Holy Rood rhunrh, Protestant Episcopal. New York. Reginning of roll call by statei for the vote on nomination for president. Adjournment. LOCUST GROVE "! PASTOR QUITS Special PUpstrh to The Omaha tlee. Shenandoah, la.. June SS.—Rev. A j r Mlkkelaen, who has been pnator of the German I.utherair church at Lc rust grove for seven years, has re signed and with his wife and younger 'hildren has stnrted to drive to Realise Tour. Manitoba. Canada, where he will be pastor of a Lutheran church His daughters. Margaret, a teacher near Hamburg, and Msrtanne, a grad uate of thla year’s class of the Shen nnd,»ah High school, sre leaving by train to loin thetr parents. The Weather '---/ For Si hour* emttn* f y m Jun* 34 I'rotlptUiton. Inch** and huruh r«1i h» Total, 0 Total ainc# January 1, it If inch**. Fxcpini t If in-h Hourly Temperature*. I a nv. 1 P m ........tj < • > m.M f (v m_v... 4« t a. nw.** J P III ....... ,45. * B . *». '4 4 |> m.41 * • m ... .44 4 p tm.«• 14 • tM *4 4 p in , . II * m. *1 f l» m. if IX ncou .*mI| Steel Poles Twisted Like Wires by 80-Mile Gale— Trams, Motors Blown Like Chips in Wind. Cables Like Spider Webs By Aftiociated Prm. Cleveland, O., June 29.— Loss of life in yesterday’s tornado which wrecked a large portion of Lorain and parts of Sandusky and other Ohio cities was not as great as first reports indicated but rechecking of casualties to night showed that probably 100 persons lost their lives in this storm and almost simul taneous disturbances at Pitts burgh and in the upper Mis sissippi valley. The total property damage when reports from the rural regions are complete will probably aggregate $50,000, 000. Lorain, 0., June 29.—Ap proximately 59 persons are dead. 118 are Injured and nearly half of the city of Lorain is in ruins as the result of the tornado that twisted itself over the northern end of Ohio late yesterday after noon. Mayor George Hoffman estimated the property dam age at $25,000,000 visible and $5,000,000 invisible. About 15 per cent of the city’s population of 47,000, or a trifle over 7,000 people are homeless tonight, they said. One hundred and twenty five city blocks or about 25 per cent of the city’s resi dences were damaged, most of them beyond repair. Of all the business buildings that Lorain’s mile long main street, Broadway, only two, the postoffice and a four storv Eagle’s club building, escaped without damage. Report* Exaggerated. "Du# to the confusion and dark ness after th# storm last night many wild and exaggerated reports were current as to ths number of dead and injured. As near as could b# checked today th# above figure# are authen tic at this time. The Red Crosn and coroner's office, however, said that It will be several days before any ac curate count of the dead and injured can be made Work is still being car ried on in the outlying residential districts and the total may change most any time. The driving wind ripped and tore everything in its path as it roared down this street levelling most of the brick hulldings at the second floor. Frame structure#, filling sta tions, and other small buildings were entirely demolished and the wreckage strewn for blocks. The SO-mil* an hour wind blew street cars from their tracks; turned over snd hurled automobiles to the curb; bent and twisted steel telegraph poles like wire: snapped off wooden poles at the ground and hurled them across streets and onto building roofs. Thousands of trees are down throughout the residential district vus- 1 ted by the tornado, and the tangled wire* form a verltahle spider'* wet* over the stricken area. Fortunately, power plant ceased to function almos with the arrival of the storm and the fallen wires could not injur* the panto stricken men, women and children as they rushed pell-mell from their home*, or as they were blown and tossed about by the angry winds. The storm fire struck Sandusky, about SS miles west, at exactly 4.;SS Uesterday afternoon. It swept San* : dusky's waterfront, killed five peopj* and injured TO. of whom IS are eeri ouely hurt. It put the water work* and electric light plant out of com mission, thus shutting off the water I supply and plunging the city in dark* ! ness The SOO-foot building housing i ike Cedar po nt pier was lifted and m.rleil nearly so feet into Sanduskv hav The 1 irtt alno was torn and twisted lino a maag of wreckage I