NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
WAREHOU8E BILL.
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REVISED FIGURES IN OHIO AND
INDIANA REDUCE LIST.
THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS
Autos Taken Forcibly for Relief Work
and People Are Forced to Lend
a Hand.
Dayton. Investigations tend to con
firm tlio estimates of fovair than COO
doathu In the lloodB thut swopt over
a scoro of cities in Ohio and Indiana.
As tho waters receded from Dayton,
Columbus and other places, leaving a
thick coating of mud nlurm was
caused by n rapid rise of tho Ohio
iind the Mississippi riverB, Inundat
ing parts of cities ulong their banks.
Thero Is not much dunger of loss of
llfo In these places, however, as tho
inhabitants have hills to fleo to and
are used to Hoods.
Hero Is tho problom presented to
Dayton, as summarized by Georgo F.
Oaibu, secrotury to Governor Cox and
representing the latter hero:
Forty thousand persons must bo
fed, clothed and housed for a week
more
Twenty thousand persons must bo
cared for indefinitely. Thoso uro per
sons who lost all when their houso
Jioid goods were swept away.
Fifteen houses and business build
digs must bo rehabilitated.
Two thousand houses and other
structures, or what remains of them,
must bo pulled down.
Thousunds of tons of dobrls must
bo removed.
Following aro some of tho tilings
Accomplished slnco tho flood broke
over the city Tuesday morning:
Tho wator, works pumping Btation
til in operation, but tho distribution
f water is greatly retarded 'by open
plpos In wrecked Iioubcb.
Tho mnln .sanitary sower Is in
operation.
Tho flood sowers, soparato from tho
eanltary sower, will bo in operation
Monday. Telephone Bervlco Ib catch
ing up with requirements.
Have Enough Food.
Thoro Is enough food and clothing
for present needs, but relief will bo
required on a diminishing scale for
another month.
By order of Governor Cox, tho reign
of martial law over Dayton was ex
tended to take in tho whole county to
provent the sale of liquor in tho
suburbs.
Immediately martini law was pro
claimed tho municipal administration
was eclipsed. Adjutant General Wood
for tho momont bocamp supremo un
der tho governor. On tho, heolB of
this Mr. Patterson was appointed
chairman of a committer of llvo to
udmlnlster tho nffalrH of tho city
Tho militia was Instructed to oboy hi
orders and thus boennio a pollco
force.
Sightseers In. motor cars felt Iho
heavy hand of public necessity when
Gonernl Wood ordered them from
their cars and proBBed tho latter Into
public service, Those who protested
were forced to surrender their cars
nt tho points of rifles "until rolcuBed
by order of Chairman John II. Pattor
son." Coroner .1. W. McKemy estimated
that 100 bodies have heon recovered,
though there aro records of only seventy-two.
Ho said many had been
burled without usual official action
nnd that In many caBOH ho did not ox
pect to get Tecords.
Might presents whoso minds havo
temporarily becoino affected bocauso
of hardships suffered In tho flood aro
holng cared for at tho stato Insane
nBylum.
With warmer weather tho greatest
problem was the rnmovnl of tho car
casses of dead horaeB. Every avail
able automobllo truck and all tho
horse-drawn drays wore Impressed by
tho sanitnry olilclals and hundreds of
mon wore engaged all day removing
tho carcassos to tho different incin
erating plantB nnd to vacant plots on
tho outskirts of tho city, whero thoy
wore burned.
Hundreds of sightseers wore Im
pressed Into tho sorvlco of tho sani
tary department nnd forced, In somo
Instances at tho points of bayonets,
to assist in the removal of carcasses.
Solone Go to Omaha.
Tho houoo and senato adjourned
Monday und went to Omaha to Investi
gate conditions there.
Iowa Falls to Have New Postofflca
Iowa FnllB, In.Postnmstor W, W.
Woldcn luiB Just been advised by tho
supervising architect of the treasury
nt Washington to advertise for blda
for tho new postolllco building hero.
Gov. Gonzales Killed.
"El Paso, Tex. Gonzales was killed
hy tho wheels of the train bearing him
a prisoner to Mexico City, according
to tostlmony of tho crow, which wit
nessed tho affair. Ills handa tied be
hind his back, tho Chihuahua gover
nor foil between tow cars.
Postofflco Durncd.
"Columbus, O. Tho train dispatcher
received a telegram that iiro had
broken out In Ironton and a block and
a half in tho business center of the
city bad been consumed by flro.
ASTERN
STORM
Coming Events In Nebraska.
April 4 and 5 Annual Y. M. 0. A.
loor Athletic meet, Omaha.
lay 8 to 10 Annual Contention
Mississippi Valloy Historical Assocla
tn n, Omaha.
May 20, 21 and 22. Thlrty-sovcnth
Encnmpmcnt O. A. R., FromonL
Greenwood and vicinity was badly
damaged by a tornado.
An Investigation Is to ho mado of
tho South Omaha stock yards.
Chas. II. Frey n prominent man of
Pender, is dead.
York oxpects to havo a country club
launched beforo June.
A company of national guard is bo
Ing organized at Wahoo.
Work la being rushed day and night
on tho Fromont high school.
Tho Piatto and Loup rivers have
practically cleared thomsclves of ice.
Tho Jury term of tho district court
will convene at Urokon Dow April 28.
A caso of meaBlos proved fatal In
Lincoln, tho victim being a littlo girl.
Public school buildings in Oirmha
hnvo been opened for tho use of storm
victims.
A bonk Is to opened at Ralston soon.
Tho tornado killed eighteen people
at Yutan.
Tho 101 ranch noar Alnsworth lost
over 100 head of cattle during tho
blizzard.
Columbus held a baseball carnival
recently for tho benefit of tho Colum
bus Stato league.
A brakoman named P. O. Cook was
killed at Contrnl City recently by fall
ing from tho train.
Tho Grand Islnnd Commercial club
has appropriated $500 for relief of
storm sufferers.
Frank K. Tlnchor, present mayor
of Falrbury, has declined tho nomina
tion for re-olectlon.
Reports from tho ranges show the
loss of llvo stock, as n result of tho
recent blizzard, to bo heavy.
That there was no business loss by
the storm in Yutan Is the report, tho
loss being only In tho residences.
Tho smoko stnek on tho mill at
(Hoopor blow down necessitating the
closing down of tho mill,
Leading residents of Fremont havo
signed petitions protesting against
dancing In public schools.
Moro than forty dead cattlo wero re
moved from ono cut oaEt of Stapleton
by crows clearing tho tracks of snow.
Tho postolllco department is figuring
on establishing freo mall delivery at
Madison.
A bill has been introduced in tho
legislature providing for tho solo of
cigarettes and clgaretto papers In tho
Btate. v
Assistant Adjutant General Blrk
nor sustnlncd a broken rib by being
trown ngalnst tho sldo of a strcot car
In Lincoln.
A whirlwind striking Havclock did
considerable dnmago to barnB nnd out
buildings, but so far no Injuries havo
been roported,
Nina Hardy, a nogrcas, who was
sentenced to tho ponltontiary from
Lincoln for seven years, has been par
doned by tho governor. x
Soldiers from Fort Omaha havo
boon commended by citizens and city
officials for tho efficient work thoy
havo dono in guarding property nnd
assisting In rescue work in Omaha.
The Ancient Order of United Work,
mon of Nebraska hnB sent $500 to
Omnha to bo used In aiding distressed
members of tho ordor nnd their fami
lies who wero stricken In tho tornado
Charles W. Toten, cashier and of
flco manager of tho Omnha branch of
tho Vnl Blatz Browing company, has
boon missing for several days and not
a word hns been heard of him by his
friends, follow workers or his wifo.
Tho telephono company hns In
stalled freo tolophonoB In tho streets
for tho uso of tornado victims nnd
workers In front of tholr station at
Twenty-first and Lake streets, Omnha.
The Routor bill substituting electro
cution for hanging as n murder pen
alty passed tho aonato with an amend
ment setting out that it became effec
tive Octobor 1, 1913, instead of Jan.
uary 1, 1911.
At tho Western Union telegraph
olllco in Omaha over 50 per cent of
the trunk linos aro working out to tho
commercial centers of tho country.
All of the printing machines aro in
operation and messages aro coming in
by tho thousands.
Ralston was the only town In Ne
braska dovoted exclusively to manu
facturing, and when bvory manufac
turing plant and business house ot
this place was leveled to tho ground
by tho same destructive tornado that
swept tho residence district of Omaha
Ub people wero tho hardest hit of any
town in tho cyclone district,
Eighteen persons aro known to have
boon killed, 250, moro or less, are sorl
oiiBly Injured, 275 homes nre destroyed
and otlier property dnmago estimated
nt nearly $1,000,000 was the toll of the
tornado that devastated Torre Haute,
Ind., and vicinity Tho officials in
chargo of tho rescuo work say tho list
of dead will bo Increased as tho
searchers clear away tho wrecked
buildings.
F F. Kanort convicted for tho sec
ond tlmo of a statutory offense, a 15-
year-old girl holng tho cnmplnlnlug
witness, has been taken to tho ponlton
tiary from Grand Island.
PlniiB and specifications for tho now
$55,000 school houso nt Albion nro
now completo. It will bo nn Imposing
looking structure and ns up to-dato as
can bo mado.
An unusual and delicate operation
was performed In Kearney recently
when a Burgeon removed flesh from
tho forcnrniB of Charles H, Grogg nnd
U. A. Armltago and grafted It onto tho
eldo ot Mrs. B. A. Armltago.
GIRL TEEST1FIS
IS
JERRY HOWARD ACQUAINTS THE
LEGISTURE WITH FACTS.
SALOONS ARE VERY INDIGNANT
Lawmakers Express Indignation;
port of Investigating Com
mittee, Re
Lincoln. "Can tho beef trust defy
all Inw; can that powerful combine
atone for the loss of work taken away
from ti poor girl simply because she
testified before a legislative Investiga
tion committee?" were tho words
burned Into the minds of mombcrs ol
tho lower house when a Iottot
from Jerry Howard was read in con
nectlon with tho Losoy report on fo
malo working conditions at tho South
Omnha packing plants.
Tho letter followed disclosures oi
the fact that a girl who had testified
beforo tho committee had lost her Job
wholly on that account. Two score
legislators npplatided tho sentiment
expressed In the Howard letter. Many
more than that number said, "Shame
full" "Awful!" and otlier words thai
would not have sounded soothing to
tho keen ears of tho packing barons.
Representative Foster asked thai
Inasmuch ns tho entire delegation
from DouglaB county had been re-1
?rred to as "porch climbers" the com
munication be disregarded.
"No, Blr; it's to go in tho records ol
the Investigation," Indicated Chair
man Losey of tho committee.
"The letter will bo taken cognizance
of," nsserted Speaker Kelley, ob he
rapped the Douglas county member to
his scat.
Losey Committee Report.
That 1.2F.7 girls out of 4,750 whose
wages and working cqnditlona were
Investigated by tho legislative com
mitteo choBen for that purpose oi
more than one girl of every four is
working for compensation entirely in
ndequate to keep her soul from the
Bqualor of Immorality Is the substance
of a report made to the house by
Chairman Losey nnd associates, who
conducted tho Investigation.
The report follows a personal ro
port made ten days ago by Ropresen
tatlve Losey, In which conditions sur
rounding tho work of female employes
of tho South Omaha packing houses
wero laid bare to the people of the
state.
The commlttoo reported that, ac
cording to the evidence given by the
female employes, a girl who had no
homo cannot llvo respectnbly on less
than $8 or $9 per week. Tho employes,
however, sworo that the female em
ployes must servo an apprenticeship
for a greater or less time beforo they
aro mmlilicd to earn thoso wnges. OI
tho conditions under which girls work
tho committee said:
In Lincoln and Omaha.
"Wo find that tho sanitnry condi
tions under which tho laboring girls
are working in most of tho leading
manufacturing nnd buslncsB houses of
Lincoln nnd Omnha nro good. Wo
would recommend that tho labor com.
mlHsloner investigate the sanitary con
ditions of the small laundries of tho
state. Tho conditions of tho larger
laundries is good.
"Wo find from tho evidence that the
girls and women employed in the pack
ing houses recolvo smaller wages than
thoso employed in any lino that wo In
vcstlgated, and In a number of cases
aro working under extremely unsani
tary conditions.
"Tho committee Investigated tho
weekly earnings of 4,750 fomalo em
ployes. Their wages ranged from $1.5Q
to $40 per week. Of thoso receiving
tho latter wago thero were but threo;
sixteen received $25 a week, twenty
three received $20, thlrty-slx received
$18, sovonteen received $17, forty-four
reoelved $1G, 114 rccolvcd $15, fifty re.
colvod $14, forty received $13, 131 re
ceived $12, 332 Tecolved $5, 614 re
ceived $G, 311 recolved $7, 292 re
ceived $8, 42C received $8.50, 240 re
ceived $9, 273 received $9.50, 331 re
eolved $10, 118 recolved $11, ono girl
received $1.50, ono recelvod $1.70, one
$1.80 and one $2.17, forty-seven ro
celvod $3 nnd ninety-two received $1."
Tho committee further nssorted that
It fcclB under obligations to tbo com
mittoo of Omnha womon who helped
In securing information, nnd especial
ly to Mrs. D. G. Craighead. Tho busl
ness men ot Omaha and Lincoln were
commended for assistance in tho gath
orlug of data.
Insurance Bill Favored,
After something over four days' dls
cusslon of tho code Insurance hill, the
sonnto recommended tho menBuro for
passage.
Passed by the Senate.
Tho following bills wore passed by
tho senato:
H. R. 3, by Fuller of Seward
County ownership of telephones.
S. F. 39 1, by Talcott of Knox Nino
hour day for womon.
S. V. 25G, by Shumway Releasing
stato claims on school lnnds ot Dixon
county.
S. F, 180, by Placok Provtdoa that'
riparian owners must clear stream!
along tholr property,
S. F. 352, by Grossman of Douglas-Non-partisan
Judiciary bill,
Measure by Maofarland In Aid of
Grain Grower and Consumer
Comes Up Next Week.
Lincoln. Tho Macfarland public
warehouse bill, ono of tho most Im
portant that has yet come to tho at
tention of members of tho present
legislature, has been lifted to the geft
eral fllo by tho senate sifting commit
tee. Its discussion will probably bo
mado an order for Tuesday or Wed
nesday next week.
Much nttenbion hns been given to
tho provisions of tho much-needed
legislation, and scores of letters havo
como In to tho members of both
houses with respect to tho effect of
tho operation of tho law, should It bo
Incorporated In tho state's big book.
By tho greater number of both farm
ers and grain product cpnsumors it is
beliovod to be a worthy measure, first
allowing the grain raisers to obtain
better prices for tholr product and
then allowing ultimate consumers to
profit by moro reasonablo prices
through tho elimination of tho specu
lation from the buying equation.
Bills Passed.
H. R. 751, by Stearns Irrigation
bill.
S. F. 11C, by Busbee AHowb secon
dary bond issues and allows irrigation
districts to authorize assessments.
S. F. 109 Provides that no change
in the diversion point of any flume or
ditch shall bo mado within two miles
of point of original diversion.
S. F. 14, by Hoagland of Lincoln
Provides for assistant stato engineer
who shall devote his entire time to ir
rigation wo'rk.
S. F. 1G, by Busheo of Kimball
Provides for change in method of or
ganization ot irrigation districts.
S. F. 82, by Bushee of Kimball
Repeals 1911 law giving western Ne
braska double water appropriation.
S. F. 84, by Bushee of Kimball
Amendment to existing irrigation
laws.
H. R. 742, by Richardson Provides
for ways and meanB for carrying out
provisions of initiative nnd referen
dum amendment ndopted by peoplo of
the state last fall.
S. F. 248, by Splrk County road
bill.
H. R. 324 By Norton: Allows coun
ty commissioners to divide county
road found between districts as need
ed. It passed 82 ayes, 1 nay.
H. R. 295 By Richardson: Auto
mobllo registration feo may bo credit
ed to the county road dragging fund
In all counties except Douglas. Passed
84 ayes to no nays.
II. R. 1G4 By Corbin: Allows coun
ties to voto bonds to pay for road im
provements and requires competition
bidding. Passed 80 ayes, to 1 nay.
II. R. 323 By Norton: Provides for
tho cultivation os unused portions of
public highways by sowing grass or
grain crops. Passed with emergency
clnuso 8G to 0.
H. R. 748 By Keckley: Allows
cities of 5.000 to 25,000 to vote up to
$100,000 bonds for altering, changing
or covering natural water courses.
Passed 85 ayes to 1 nay, with emerg--ency
clause.
II. R. 412 By Anderson: Railroads
shall not charge rent for space tele
phones occupy. 75 ayes, 11 nnys.
II. R. 340 By Jackson: All public
bonds Issued or cancelled, shalll bo re
corded In office of the stato auditor,
91 ayes, negatives.
II. R. 151 By Lancaster delegation:
Municipal ownership bill for Lincoln
89 nyes, no nays.
H. R. 3G0 By Fries: Requires tele
phone companies to construct stub
lines when demanded by twolvo or
moro persons, 81 ayes, 9 nays.
H. R. 177 By O'Malloy: Forbids im
moral exhibitions, shows or wild men
and women or doformed persons, 85
ayes, 7 nays.
H. R. 55G By Elmelund: Relieves
countjes of need for paying keep of
Insnno patients,
II. R. G13 By Stearns: School
lands, any part being Irrigated, may
bo bought by lessee.
Recommended for Passage
In commltteo of tho wholo the sen
ato rocommonded the following bills
tor passage: ,
H. R. 30G, by Jackson Relates to
payment of tuition of non-resident
pupils of the high schools of the state.
S. F. 137, by Heasty of Jefferson
Provides that supremo court shall not
be required to fllo written opinions in
cases originating in Justice courts.
H. It. 091, by Mockott Commission
to Investigate forestratlon of sand
hills. S. F. 237, by Haarmann Publio
ownorshlp bill for Omaha.
S. F. 204, by Talcott Provtdos for
revocation of cream testers' licenses.
S. F. 401, by Dodgo of Douglas
County workhouse for Douglas county.
H. R. 321, by Morris Creates a llvo
stock sanitnry board of five members.
H. R. 27, by Simon Pension for
widows of Omaha policemen.
II. R. 223, by Jalkson Sots out pen
nlty for theft of bottles containing soft
drinks.
Solons Go to Omaha,
Tho houso and senato adjourned
Monday and went to Omaha to investi
gate conditions thoro.
Tax Express Companies.
Tho Smith bill levying a tax of a
per cont of their gross receipts on ex
press companies passed the houso
with only Hoff nnd Yates voting
ngalnst it. Several wero absent nnd
did not vote. Tho bill passed tho Bon
ate somo tlmo ago, and now needs tho
signature ot U10 goyernor to mako It
a law.
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SPEAKER CLARK NOTES FLIGHT OF TIME
-'",ss5i'5s3ISfc!,s
of tho national Democratic committee presented tho speakor with a hand
some oil portrait of himself painted by W. D. Murphy of New York. The
portrait was sent to tho speaker's residence. Mr. Murphy made an intimate
study of tho speaker, and tho plcturo which has como from his brush is pro
nounced by former Speaker Cannon the best portrait of Mr. Clark evet
made.
DANIELS' LUNCH SHOCKS NAVAL DODOES
Secretary of the Navy Josophus
Daniels tho other day shocked almost
to the point of scandalization the
prim nnd dignified staff of secretaries,
clerks and messengers which ho in
herited from his nlways proper and
correct predecessor, George von Len
gerke Meyer, of Massachusetts.
It was Secretary Daniels' busy
day, his numerous North Carolina
friends and constituents who came up
to the inauguration having all at last
got on to the exact location of Jo
sophus' headquarters in tho big stato,
war and navy building. Thoy began
trooping in oven beforo the now
chief reached his desk, and they kept
coming steadily all morning, long and
far past noon. Thus, when lunch
hour arrived, Secretary Daniels found
It lrapossiblo to escape from tho
building, because of tho crowds of
visitors and tho increasing list of offi
cial documents waiting inspection
and signature on his desk.
When the pangs of hunger could no longer bo tolerated, tho secretary
call,ed a dignified messenger, whispered a few words to him and gave him a
silver half dollar, which tho messenger received with a gasp, and moved out
of tho big room as ono in a daze. Ten minutes later he returned bearing
shamefacedly on a tray ono loaf of bread and three pint bottles of milk. Tho
busy secrotary of tho navy, entirely oblivious to tho sensation ho was creat
ing around him, directed tho messenger to bear his tray to an inner room.
Thero tho secretary retired as soon as he could and proceeded to consume
his democratic lunch, hastily, but with relish.
CULLOM TO PUSH
will conduct It In tho name of tho
the entlro board when It shall seem
DR. SUN WOULD
Dr. Sun, a graduate of Yalo col
logo, who was for a while provisional
president of tho newly-orectod Chin
ese republic, Is now on his way to tho
United States, whore ho proposes to
mako a study of railroads, and to ob
tain tho money required for building
a great railway system in his own
country tho principal aim in view
being to open up to forolgn trade thu
vast and populous, but almost wholly
unknown, Interior of China.
Suppose it wero said that sorae
whero In tho world thero was an un
discovered courry undiscovered,
that Is to say, In a commorclal sonso
with 150,000.000 civilized inhab
itants, shut off from tho rest of man
kind, and so far dependent upon
tholr own rosourccs as to be ac
quainted with but a single product of
foreign origin, namely, kerosene oil.
Should wo not regard such a state
ment as Incredible?
It would certainly seem so. And
yet a region exactly corresponding to this description is to be found In tho
interior of China, whero, In tho western provinces, cut off from tho outside
world by lack of railroad or other modern means of communication, condi
tions nro substantially what thoy wero 2,000 years or more ago.
Thus, for oxamplo, tho glens of tho borderland of Yunnan aro held by
chieftains under a species of feudal tenure, and over wide areas tbo cross
bow Ib today tho roost advanced of weapons.
In many districts tho railroad surveyors advanco agents of a future
commerce are tho first white men over Been by tho natives; even the ad
vonturous missionary having as yot failed to penetrate so for.
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" Speaker Champ Clark celebrated
his sixty-third birthday anniversary
tho other day.
"I feel JUBt as well as I did when
I was thirty years old," said the
speaker, when ho was congratulated
upon tho evonL "Tho birthdays aro
coming pretty fast nowadays," hn
added. "I was born on tho seventh
day of March, tho day that Daniel
Webster made his famous speech
which broko his back. Ho spoke In
favor of tho compromises in the Con
stitution in an effort to avoid Civil
war. Tho peoplo thought he waB
making a piny for tho presidential
nomination, and it set them wild up
In New England."
Congratulatory telegrams poured
In upon tho speaker from all sections
of the country, both on his anniver
sary and his unanimous choice by the
Democratic caucus for the speaker
ship. Friends in Washington, In the
houso and in the senate, and members
LINCOLN MEMORIAL
Shelby M. Cullom, whoso long tour
of duty as United States senator from
Illinois ended on March 4, will con
tlnuo to reside In Washington to
carry on his work as special resident
commissioner, chief in chargo of tho
work of completing tho Lincoln me
morial which Ib to bo erected on the
Washington Mall close to tho Poto
mac river. It is probable that Mr.
Cullom will spend two months of tho
next summer cither at Springfield,
111., or his old home, or at Highland
Park, north of Chicago, where for
some years It has been his custom to
rest during tho hot weather.
Just beforo tho adjournment of
congress, and when Senator Cullom
was absent from tho Capitol, know
ing nothing of tho proceedings, a bill
was passed giving tho senator tho
place and the title of special resident
commissioner and providing a salary
of $5,000 a year. Mr. Cullom has tak
en chargo of tho memorial work and
whole commission, calling meetings of
to him to be necessary.
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