'1.' .VV?it. 'K ." $v A!. A'' -k J . V v r- n I ai mi LEADING CITIZENS BACK HOOVER HER E Prominent Philadelphians Ac cept Places en Committee to 1 Get G. 0. P. Nomination FORM CLUB AT PENN TODAY Men of prominence who linvo tnkon in active pnrt in civic unci tintlonnl nf fIra will nerve on tlie I'lillnrtelpliin committee which will work for the nom inntlon ,of Herbert Hoover on tlic lie puhlirnn ticket. Temporary rampnipn lipnilnunrter of the Hoover ltepubllcan committee were opened this morning at 1iil3 Walnut street, and n lTnlverlt.v of IVtmsyivn nli Hoover Club will be formed till afternoon atfl meeting iu Houston nnll. O. Herbert. Bell, tempomry ehnlrntan of tlie committee, naitl thnt to set nn intelligent survey of sentiment n rep resented in the rtsen who arc candidates for delegates and alternates to the lie publican national convention, the com mittee would send the following let ter to all candidates for delegates and alternates In the various districts throughout the state: Ask Second Choice The HooTer Republican committee assumes that your first choice for the Republican nomination for President of the United States is Governor Sproul. of Pennsylvania. May we nsk your second choice? May wc ask your third choice? If Herbert Hoover is not at pres ent included in this choice, would you rote for him in the cotiventhiu if later conrinced by events that n ma joritv of the Republican voters of (Philadelphia, or whatever delegate district may be) favor him? The letter is sent out for the pur pose of gathering information which will enable Hoover supporters to vote intelligently for thoe seeking to be sent as delegates to the Republican national convention. Committee Members Some of those who already have sig nified their wlllingnesR to serve on the Philadelphia Hoover Republican com mittee are: , H AV. Brown, treasurer Tabor Manufacturing Co. : V. V,'. Schwartz. Jr. president Philadelphia Textile Machiner. Co. ; Joseph II. Hagedorn, member of the committee of one hun dred which nominated Mayor Moore: Robert D. Dripps. Frank It. Watson, Ed. Pennock. Henry 8. Williams, Dr. Oeorge C. Stout. Strickland T.. Knrars, Edward Rok. Dr. W. W. Keen. Charles .7. Pilling. Dr. E. E. Montgomery. Dr. Joseph Swain, president of Swarth more College: Dr. Daniel M. McQuil len. Prof. Herbert E. Everett, of the University of Pennsylvania ; Horatio C. Wood. Walter Wood. (!eorge Burnhnm, Jr.. Dr. J. M. Anders. HnrrNon S. Morris. Prof. Clyde King. Prof. Ed ward Toung. Dean W. E. Mikcll. of the Law School. University of Pcnn aylvanla : Dean Arthur Hobson Qulnn, of the University of Pennsylvania j Dr. C. II. Hatfield, Dr. II. R. M. I.andis, Max Levy. A. E. Wadleigh. Midvale Steel Co. ; Randolph Sailer. Dr. A. J. Cohen. Profs. John C. Kolfe. Walton B. McDanicl and E. P. Cheyncy. of tho University of Pennsylvania, and Sam uel E. Houston. i MMBlfm if .-Cist m 'Hi JACOB COHEN Nlne-.vear-old boy who was killed yesterday by tin automobile in Fair- mount Park AUTO KILLS BOY IN PARK Accident. First of Kind of Season, Occurs at Strawberry Mansion Jacob Cohen, nine years old, JlllO Dakota street, wns killed by an auto mobile in l'airmouut Park yesterday. The child was crossing the East Hirer drive at Strawberry Mansion near the iron spring when he wax struck by a machine driven by A. II. Haaowick, 17.13 North Thirty-first street. The wheels of the car passed over ins nouy. Racowick placed the child in the auto and raced to the Women's Homeo pathic Hospital. The little victim died before the hospital wns reached. The driver gave himself up to the park police nt the Woodford guard house. He will have a hearing today before Magistrate Stevenson. The accident was the first of tho season in the park. Thousands of per sons viMtcd the park, drawn by the spring weather. WILL FETE PERSHING Hog Island Officials Arranging Rous ing Reception for General Arrangements nre being made by offi cials of Hog Island shipyard to give Ciencrul Pershing, who will visit tho yard on Wednesday, in connection with the launching of the I'uited States army transport Chuuniout, tin enthusiastic reception. The ship will be christened by Miss Julia C. Stinson. head of the nrmy nurse corps of the American Expedi tionary Forces. She wns chosen for this honor 'by General Pershing. The Chaumont will be the ninety, seventh ship launched at Hog Island. The launching will take place at 10:10 o'clock. Toritadoea Sweep 8 States; Scores Killed Continued from Pot On persons were killed nud much property damaged, Swept From tho Southwest The tornado struck Elgin at noon, coming from tho southwest, and swept northeast. Ir the Chicago territory the tornado first passed through tho village, of Bellwood and sweeping from there through Mnywood and Melrose Park left a path of destruction 200 yards wide and a mite and n half long. In ten minutes lTfi houses iu the quarter were leveled and 400 were damaged. The wind tore Into the business quar. tcr of Melrose Park, ripping roofs from buildings, shattering windows and piling the streets with debris. Tho Church of the Sacred Heart was badly damaged, the church bell, weighing nearly a ton, being deposited 100 feet uwn v. Tho roof of the parish house adjoin ing was carried away and three nuns wore Injured, Fire for a time threat ened to add to the havoc, but the flames were confined to the wreckage. The state hospital nt Dunning, on the edge of Chicago, was converted into an emergency hospital and place of refuge for the homeless. Moro than 'J00 houses were destroyed at Dunning, Calls for medical assistance from the suburbs poured into Chicago. Emer gency Red Cross stations were estab lished in several of the villages and physicians and nurses from the munici pal sanatorium were hurried to tho stricken towns Chief of roller Carrlty supervised the work of the police in giving aid to the injured aud in restoring normal conditions In the stricken area. At Wllmettc property damage was estimnted at close to SnoO.OOO. Among the buildings damaged were the town hall and Episcopal church. A Fcorc of houses in Evanstot: were demolished, but no fatalities were reported. Gas Mains Broken, Fires Start Sivcral houses in Melrose Park dam aged by the tornado were destroyed by fire last night, when gas from broken inulns Ignited. The tovn's water sup ply had been cut off. uud water had to I he pumped from wells. I AH nenrbv viltaccs swent bv the I storm were without fire protection, and 'there was apprehension that fires would mud to the destruction. o electric 'current was nvailnblc. virtually all liiiiu-er tinea helm? nut nf commission. The Evanston golf course was strewn with clothing and portablo garages from Wilmctte, and trees in Wlnnetkn. which escaped the storm, were filled with Wilmctte lingerie. A trunk traveled from the garret of one house and lodged in the window of another. 100 feet away. ;enrge Mix. a watchman nt a railroad crossing in Wilmctte, was severely in jured when the storm lifted his .hnnty and rolled it more than three blocks, carrying him inside. A lath blown from the Sacred Heart Academy at Melrose Park penetrated a tree seven iuehes in diameter 300 feet away. James Irving and his son and daughter viere blown into nn abandoned base ment fifty feet away when the storm destroyed a small portable house in which they were eating dinner. One-halt of the roof of St. Augus tine's Episcopal Church at Wilmctte was carried more than three blocks by the wind. The rectory marby wa. not damaged. One freak of the storm wns the Mow ing of n cow fcelonfeln to a. North Evanston farmer Into haritnckr The haystack had to.be torn down to free AT LEAST 40 DEAD IN ALABAMA' STORM AtUnU, 0., March 20. (By A. P.) Because of demoralized wire con ditions few additional details of last night's tornado which struck Georgia and the eastern pnrt of Alabama had como In early today. The death list still stood nt approximately sixty, with many hundreds of persons Injured, some seriously. There wns no accurate esti mate of the property damage, but It was expected to run well Into the millions. La Orange, Oa,, seemed to catch the brunt of the storm. Twenty-ono bodies already have, been found there and it is believed tho total dead will be almost double that number. Of the bodies found fifteen were those of negroes. West Point, Ga., also was hard hit, ten persons being reported dead there. Ag rocola, a small settlement in Alabama ( had a death list of five. Later reports, it i believed, will show additional deaths in Alabama. That part of the state awept by the storm virtually was cut pff fr.ora .communication with all outside points. Reports from virtually all over both Georgia and Alabama told of heavy downpours of rain and winds that reached cyclonic voloplty. In many places buildings wero razed or their roofs carried away, trees were uprooted aud havoc was wrought generally. It was feared the rains would cause the rivers to overflow their banks and add to tho suffering. West Point, one of the towns lilt by the storm yesterday, was inundated by floods last December and was just re covering from the effects of that disas ter In which many lives were Jost nnd great property damage done. Red Cross nnd other relief organiza tions early today had well under way measures for nldlng the storm -stricken districts, supplies being rushed to La Grange and West Poiut by motortrucks. Railroad service, ns well as telephone nnd telegraph service, today either was suspended nltogcther or greatly im paired and last night ninny places were in total darkness, as electric wires were down or powerhouses wrecked. La Grange. Ga.. Mnrch 29. (By A. P.) Casualties resulting from the storm which swept this section late yester day were placed today at about fifty dead and 100 to 125 injured. Approxi mately 100 homes were destroyed nnd the property damage is estimated at .?roo.ooo. The sub-station of the Columbus Power Co. here was partially wrecked and efforts were being made today to get the old city water plant in working order. Alexander City. Ala., March 20. (By A. P.) Five white persons nnd six negroes were killed in the cyclone which swept the territory between Camp Hill aud Wavcrly, tallapuosa county, yes terday. Damage to houses nnd livestock is estimated at between $20,000 nnd $30. 000. Wire communication with the storm-swept nren has been destroyed. DEATH AND DAMAGE REPORTED IN OHIO Columbus. O.. March 20. (By A. P.) Casualties resulting from the storm Xikll '.... ' ,..- ACi. -A.k.iluv afternoon, and last nltht totaled thirty two dead and probably several hundred injured, according to Information avail able nt 10:30 a. m. today. Property damage will run into millions of dol lars, It Is said. . . , , . Twenty dead havo been reported in the vicinity of Toledo, several small completely destroyed. Tho villages or Renolette and Bruncrsburg, near pen ance, nre total wrecks, fire confirming the wrcckago In the former. 8x nrs dead In these two villages. Throe arc dead nt Van Wert, three nt Moultou, two at Toledo, one at Lima, four nt Nashville nnd Greenville and ono nt Cleveland, three at Raab's Corners and two at Genoa. Ouly meager reports hnve been re ceived from vlllngcs In tho Toledo ter ritory. Virtually all communication is cut off, Toledo, 0 March 20. (By A. P.) Casualtte. W the storm-awei't, Toiiff district ycsti'day afternoon and ate Inst night numbered twenty killed and hundreds injured, ns fnr as could be learned today with communication to mirrniimlfniF nolnts badly Impeded by fallen wires. . ,-.. i Dayton, o., juaren aii.-nuy a. x .; -Threfl persons were killed nnd a scom xrlmialv tnlnre.1 nfan n tornado StrtlCk on the outsklrtH of Nashville, ft village ten miles wesi or urcenvme ;u wrav em Ohio, shortly after 8 o'clock last night. First reports to reach Green ville were thnt the entire village of Nashville had been wiped out. Relief parties were dispatched at once and upon Ll..l- 1- V.I..I1I h tWnrl thnt only one house had been demolished and a numner or otnera uamagca. Eleven persons were in bed in one tiniti. nns of whom wns killed and the rest Injured. In Nashville the storm lilted to lima again .jimi west oi Greenville, where it damnged twenty houses and resulted in the death of a rnan an a, woman, It then veered northward nnd minor damage was re ported from Woodlngton and Ansonln. Reports In Greenville told of n heavy loss In Union City,1 but it was impos sible to establish communication with that place or any place within radius of thirty miles of Nashville, " Limn, 0 March 20. (By A. P.) Seven persons dead and Immense prop erty damng'e was tho total of last night's wind storm over this section of the slnte. Moses Archerj farmer, warf killed near Lima. Three persons were killed at Van Wert, and three at Moulton. Interurban traffic has been suspended nnd wire communication is seriously impaired. i j Cleveland, March 20. (By A. P.) Last night's storm caused the death of one person in Cleveland, according to the police today. Comparatively little property damage was done. MILLIONS OF DAmTcS BYINDIANATOtiNAM Indlarwpolls, March 20. (itv , the tornado which -wept thron.fe ' ern.Indlann .yesterday, accord In tVil porU reaching IndlanaMis Z " rff$ XSfc5' In'''. March 20 1 . .Tyu. --. ., ...v, laimMiM ivrrn iriii.i . - - fpnrvn. Artnmo nmi. r . ..nilU Lf.nfl that Bweptl aorthor, TndZ 'n,L "" ..-..- .. iilLP .M Malfl (A...1.4.. nf..-..- .... icumjr niicruoon, 'xller wem jneuis. eleven, nml i. .,.. erlne, hged five, and Mrs r'mi 'il Grose, seventy-nine. ' Cnll'is 200 Easter Weddlno. IJlIe, March 20. Two hunr..i eighteen marriages will bocc b' '' nt Ulle on Easter mornlna. ,CUr' P Woman's Heels The Peacock, it has been said, is ashamed of his feet. There is an old saying that if you would know whether a woman is smartly dressed, look at her heels. If the shoe cobblers of the United States were organized and articulate, what an opportunity for educating the public into having its runovcr heels and worn shoe soles cobbled into their pristine glory. There are 56,000 shoe menders in our country. A "chip in" of $10.00 apiece per annum would give a fund which, spent in good advertising, would direct public attention to its heels. If the public were made to think about shoe mending, the aggregate increase in shoe tapping would make each sustaining member much profit on his ten. There is no national cobblers' association, but corporate "big business" is an association of many men and many small sums of money. Big business is learning to inculcate by adver tising, the consciousness of wants. The results are so profitable as to be sometimes enviously called profiteering. Butterick Tubiisht The Designer (7.J0 a Year) The Delineator (fS.OO a Yenr) Everybody's Magazine ( ti'.JO a Year) Thresher Bros. The Spcciallu Silk Store 1322 CHESTNUT STREET New Easter Blouses and Silk Petticoats Voile and Batiste Blouses in a splendid vnricty of styles, daintily trimmed with beading and Val lnccs, all long sleeves. Retail value $5.95 Special nt S3.95 Georeettc Crepe Blouses, hand embroidered and beaded, all new models, excellent quality in all the wanted colors. RaUll value up to ? 12.05 Special at $7.95 Silk Underskirts of all-silk jersey, made in tho new straight lino model, also with tailored flounces. 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