The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, April 04, 1913, Image 6
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE IRA L. BARE, PubllBlior. TERMS- $1.00 IN ADVANCE. NORTH PLATTE, . NEBRASKA. FOR THE BUSY HI NEWS EPITOME THAT CAN SOON DE COMPASSED. MANY EVENTS ARE MENTIONED Home and Foreign Intelligence Con denied Into Two and Four Line Paragraph. CONGRESS. President Wilson In giving serious consideration to tho question of formal recognition of tho Chlncso republic. Another parndo In Washington Is being planned by tho oxecutlvo com mittee of tho Natlonnl American Wom an SuHrago association for April 7, when tho extra session of congress convenes. GENERAL. Eleven people aro reported killed In Council Blurts, la. Richard A. Balllngor haB been ap pointed commissioner of tho General Land Ofllce. Tho funeral of tho lato King George, It Is officially announced In an AthonB dispatch will tako placo March 30. ( A tornado swept Bonifay, Fa., and, according to reports, threo persons wero killed and twenty-two injured. Manager Kllian Iibb announced tho purchase from tho Nobraska State league of Spellman, who is said to havo burned up tho Nebraska circuit last year as a batter. St. Joseph, Maumco and St. Mary vivers in Indiana aro on a rampage fort Wayno 1b without lights and a lator famlno throatens. Highest water In twenty years. Grand Island 1b planning an emerg ency hospital. Dennlson Iowa, has voted $15,000 for a now city hall. Plans aro ready for tho new brow cry at Grand Island. Contract .haa been lot for a now bank building at York, A 148,000 building 1b being erected ut tho Indian school at Genoa. Tho Elks of Rubuquc, Iowa, aro y planning a $100,000 club house. Ground haB been broken for tho Graco Lutheran church at Wost Point. Tho Iowa City, Iowa, Masons aro to build a $30,000 Temple In tho noar tfuure. t Tho dopartmont at Washington Is asking for bids for a now postofllco at Carroll, Iowa. Thero 1b a marked improvement In train service In tho flooded zono in Indiana and Ohio. Douglas county 1b to havo a now County hospital and th poor houso In to bo complotley overhauled. C. J, Shackloford, a resident of Dal Inn and Polk counties, ,Iowa, during the past forty-six years, is doud at his homo in Des Moines, aged 72. Another flood-stricken village wan heard from when Coronor Frtmoyor wob notified that thirty-two lives had been lost at Vonlco In Dutlor county, Ohio. Tho citizcnB of Wood River, Nob,, held a masB meeting for tho purposo of raising funds for tho strlckon peo ple of Omaha and vicinity and in a few minutes raised $228. National Guardsmen on duty in O in nh a aro bolng bo nicely treatqd by tho peoplo that they aro beginning to feel that they aro guests, rathor than thero on official business. Whito BlavorB from eastern cities nro at work in Omaha competing with tho relief commlt'toos, some disguis ing as relief workers, in housing sumo of tho girl victims of tho tornado. Tho Missouri Bonato recently pass ed a bill making tho nlno-hour day ap ply to all women workers except thoso employed by telephono or tolograph companies. Tho bill una passed tho house. Firo In tho town of Wornor, S, D caused a loss of $25,000. All tho busi ness houses on tho south sldo of tho main Btreet woro dostroyodi Aber deen firo department aided In chock ing tho flames. A visit of n comralttoo to Yutnn, representing tho Fromont relief work ers, convinced it that tho noods thero nro not as Bcrlous ns in Omaha, and tho balance of tho Fremont rollef fund will bo turned to tho Omaha committer. Firo which started In a clubroom in tho Bonnoll block, East Fcdornl and Walnut streets, Youngstown, O., caused a Iobb of $75,000. Owing to Hood conditions tho firo could bo fought by only a feeblo Btroam of water. Judge W. I. llcdlck of Omalm has been appointed n member of tho ro. lief commission by Govornor Moro head in placo of Muyor Skinner of Ral ston. P L. Hall of Lincoln takes tho placo of G. W. PotlB on tho commis sion, Boston defeated Now York in tho National Billiard leaguo threo chuslon match when Dr, R. Hudson won from H. Goldman, CO to 40, Tho illiteracy nvorngo of South Dn kota hao been reducod' by nlmoBt halt In tho last ten years, according to a bulletin issued by tho bureau of tho census, Largo insurance policies aro being placed on tho risk of wur among tho powora In six months. ThtfTurklsh advanced positions and all tho fortified points to tho oast of tho fortress of Adrlanople havo been captured by Bulgarian besiegers. Reports from Woodbine, la., aro to tho effoct that the storm did about $200,000 worth of damago and thnt five people wero killed, but that none wero injured. Perth, a small town of 400 Inhabi tants In tho northern part of Clay county, Indiana, practically was wiped off tho map by a tornado, but only one person was Injured. With a continued heavy rainfall in northern and westorn Pennsylvania, the flood situation Is growing worso and heavy property damage has al ready resulted. Threo lives wero lost and four peo plo wero seriously Injured In tho storm at Ncola, la. Tho storm' centered In a farming community two miles north west of tho town. Charles Murphy of tho Chicago Na tionals beforo leaving Jacksonville, Fla declared he had been offored $35, 000 and two first-class playerB In ex. chnngo for Roger UreBnnhan by n Na tional leaguo club. Presiding Judge Martin A. Knapp of tho commerce court recently was re designated by President Wllron to act as an arbitrator under tho Erdman act. Tho designation by President Tnft ex pired on March 4. In recognition of their work in pro tecting tho marching women from the crowds that threatened tho suffrago parade hi Washington, March 3, the Boy ScoutB arc to bo decorated with medals by tho women of the national suffrago association. No smoking 1b permitted anywhere In Hamilton, 0 as tho city Ib without firo protection'. Tho militia is in con trol of tho situation and thero has been no looting. Butler county pris oners havo been ordored transferred to tho Hamilton county jail at CIncln. natl. Lnto advices from Saltlllo via Mon. toroy say that tho rebolB In force hnvo attacked that city.. One thousand men undor command of Gonoral CnBo Lopez havo been dispatched from San Luis and 500 men under General Agulrro Gunrdlola from Montoroy to relnforco tho government troops. Floods almost unprecedented In aren, following tho tornadoes and rains of tlo last few days, swept tho Mississippi valloy, causing a loss of llfo that may roach Into tho hundreds and damago to proporty amounting to many millions of dollurs. Ohio and Indiana, and In a lesser degroo Illi nois and Missouri, felt tho brunt of tho disaster. Tho Iobb to farmorB near Manila, la., in tho tornado storm of Sunday ovon lng was near $10,000. Every barn and all outbuildings In tho track of tho storm aro wrecked and several houscB badly damaged and qulto a lot of Btock wbb killed. FarmerB aro haul ing lumber and putting up tomporary buildings to shelter stock. No lives lost, Two qulto serloiiBly Injured. John J. McNarmaro, who haB been making bags In tho California stato prison Blnco ho began IiIb sentence for participation In tho Los AngoleB dy namiting, nsked that ho bo given lighter work. Ho was traBferrcd to tho laundry, but aftor nn hour's work ho called a guard: "Send mo back to tho Juto mill," ho Bald, "bo I can do a man's work. Glvo this job to some, llttlo follow." Ho waB sont back. Mumbling a prayor and crying half audibly that ho was ready to go Floyd Allon, a lawless product of tho Virginia mountains, whoso refusal to accept a short prison term for a min or offonso led to tho wholesalo court murder In Hlllsvlllo, Va., ono year ago, limped to tho death chnlr In tho Btato ponltontlary olovon mlnuteo ahead of Cluudo Swanson Allon, his son. Dayton, O., Is Boeing tho deep, muddy waters of tho Miami river rush ing through Its downtown streets. In front of tho Algonquin hotel, standing on tho corner of Third and Ludlow Btreots, and boBldo which stands a magnificent church, tho great Young Miin'a Christian association building and tho Hotel Atlas, tho water Is many feet deep and tho Btreot Is linpassablo oxcopt by boats. Tho situation at, Pom, I nil., Is much improved. Tho tfntor was fast reced ing and except In South Peru, which Is still undor ten feet of water, tho cndltlons pormlt peoplo to wado about tho main strcots, It is said that tho doad will not bo more than fifty. Twenty-ilvo 1b said by P. A. Joyce, controller of South Bond, to bo a safe estimate Two carloads of clothing wero sunt to tho aulTorerB from South Bend. Acting undor an order Usuod by E. E. Good, judgo of tho district court at Wahoo, Sheriff Jorry Dalloy, jr., this attornoou publicly emptied 1,400 bot tles or liquor In Ashland, Nob., that had boon stored since tho promises of tho "Ashland club" wero raided on Soptombor 4 last on a warrant charg ing Henry G. Smith, managor of the club, with unlawfully soiling liquor without a llconso. Thoy wero dumped Into Salt creek. John Syneck, aged 28, a brakoman on a Burlington freight train, fell from tho rear car of u string that was bolng switched In tho Grand 1 Bland yardB and several cars passed over htm. Both legs wero cut off and death resulted. Sovon or eight peoplo wero killed at Berlin, Neb., fifty mlloB southeast of Lincoln, and tho town was practically wiped out, according to roports. Mobile citizens nro canvassing for monoy and supplies for tho relief of storm victims at Lower Peach Tree, Ala., which practically was wiped out by a cyclone Friday. GOVERNOR VISITS STRICKEN GUY CHIEF EXECUTIVE INSPECTS DEV. A8TATED ZONE. CONSOLES MEN AND WOMEN The Governor Says, "This Is Enough Like My Conception of Hell to Suit Me." "This is enough llko my conception of belt to suit mo!" ThiB was tho declaration of Gov ornor John H. Morchead at tho Pax ton hotel as ho completed a trip through the devastated zone. Governor Morehead, Adjutant Gen eral Phil Hall of tho Btato militia, Representative E. D. Mallory, Nels Updlko of Omaha and ten or fifteen others camo to tho stricken city at tho urgent request of Mayor James C. Dahlman. Tho governor, with Mayor Dahlman, Henry W. Dunn, chief of police; Dan Butler, city commissioner, and nowB paper representatives, In automo biles, made a trip of inspection through the tornndo's puth. SCENE AT LAKE AND Just ns day was breaking tho party reached Forty-second and Leavon worth streets. South of this placo tho storm startod on its trip of death and destruction acroBS tho town. From this point tho party travorsed tho cntiro wasted district. "It'a awful awful!" Govornor More head remarked beforo tho trip was thirty minutes old. Governor Conooles Bereaved. Leaving hifl machine tho governor walked down through tho streets, choked with debris, and in dozens of placeB wont Into tho wrecked homes and personally consoled the bereaved and distracted mon and women. Gov ernor Morchend's presenco seemed to bring a feeling of relief. Tho afflict ed citizcnB realized that tho Btate's chief oxecutlvo was here to aid them in overy way possible. Down toward Fortloth and Farnam tho autoa prococded. Horo was a Bccno of chaoB. Again tho governor got out of his car and personally in spected tho ruins. In this fashlonablo residence sec tion of tho city, whoro many of tho town'B richest men nnd women llvo, thero waB scarcely a homo left lntnct. Business blocks wero razed as if with an explosive Great ten und twolvo room houses woro sotting aBkow on their foundations, and others had beon swept clear of their fastenings. Down Fortieth street tho motor cars proceeded, oftentimes being unablo to progress till tho roadway had been freed of debris. Homes whero men and women had been rescued by policemen and firemen were pointed out, and Governor Morohcnd stopped more than onco to personally com mend somo of tho officers and fire, fighters who nnd been constantly on duty through tho night. Five Public Schools Wrecked. Flvo publtq BChool buildings lay In tiro track of tho twister, and all of them woro badly damaged. Brownell Hall Ib Not Damaged. BocauBo of tho anxiety of parents in Iowa and Nebraska, tho principal of Brownoll Hall has announced that tho hall was not damaged any by the storm and nono of tho girls woro In jured. Where Destruction Began. Tho eastern boundary of tho death strewn courso nt UiIb point seomed to be tho county hospital and poor farm. Although tho main building, with its Eight Reported Kilted. Between Bartlett and Pacific Junc tion, on tho Iowa sldo of tho river, It is reported that Ed Lambort, a farmer, and two children wero killed by a cy clono that struck thero Bhortly after G o'clock Sunday night. At Mynard, In Cass county, south weBt of Plattsmouth, eight persons nro reported to havo beep killed. Thoro aro no wires Into that section nf tho stato and it has been Impossible to verify tho rumor. hundrrds of helpless Inmates, wat happily Bparcd, oil of the. barns and outhouses of various sorts wore swept clean. Ambitious golfers on tho Field club links and on tho verandas of the clubhouBO, saw tho work of devasta tion in progress. Tho western boun dary lay along tho Falls City branch of the Missouri Pacific until Forty olghth and Leavenworth streets was reached, whon the tornado seemed to swerve still more, to the northeast. Twenty.flve Killed In One House. Tho recovery of thirteen bodies from tho ruins of the Idlewild hall at Twenty-fourth nnd Grant streets, in addition to tho finding of parts of sev eral other bodicB, leads to the belief that fully twenty-flvo negroca lost their Uvea in that building. To Feed the Needy. Belshazzar'B banquet may have been tho prize feast of olden times, but there nro thoso in Omaha who say its reputation for blgncs"B won't be worth a rush when compared with tho pjans laid for feeding tho homeless and pen niless tornado victims over at tho Auditorium. This Bpread may not havo somo of the trimmings of that ancient ban quet, but for quality and ability to "stick to ono's ribs," to resort to tho language of the street, it will havo it on Belshazzar's layout like a tent. Whereas history records that but a thousand sat down to eat with tho pagan king, It Is expected that twice this number will be fed nt the Audi, torlum overy twelve hours. A glanco at theBo figures will prove that Bel shazzar's spread was a cafeteria lunch in comparison with the dinners to bo 24TH STREET, OMAHA served the stricken men and women. Hero are a few of tho things on hand already: Half a hundred bushels of potatoes. Fifty pounds of butter. Almost a carload of bread. Coffeo in sufficient quantity to make hundreds of gallons of the beverage. Gallons of crenm nnd milk for tho coffoo and for tho llttlo folks who don't drink either tea or coffee. Hundreds of pounds of beef and pork. In bringing to Omaha tho unen viablo distinction of being tho scene of tho most disastrous tornado to property in tho history of tho United Startes, not even excepting that of St Louis over a decado ago, tho big twister plainly marked its path, tho width of which may bo measured in feet and Inches. Great residences and buildings wero cut so cleanly in two that a mathematician might employ tho calipers In aligning tho e:iact razor edge of tho atorm. Ab far as can bo ascertained tho twister started upon its career of hor ror somowhero ih Casa county, wiping out tho town of Yutnn and then strik ing through Waterloo and Ralston. Its zig-zag courso was baffling and many towns report losses which Indi cate that tho main stem of the tor nado was constantly giving off small er twisters which acted as flankers, with tho deadly Intent of making a clean sweep over tho outlying terri tory. Grotna and Union and Millard felt tho forco of tho wind, but the lef disaster lay in tho path of the big, wide, all-powerful cloud which entered Omaha almost exactly at the city HmltB on Center atreot. Waterspout on Lake. A terrible but beautiful spectacle accompanied tho crossing of a lake, whon tho twister sucked tho water high Into tho air, a real watorspouL Tho cottages along tho Inko wero mostly destroyed, tho Illinois Central trestlo obliterated and Bcores of Btoro buildings wrecked. At this point the width of tho path Is said to havo been nearly half a mllq wide. Crossing tho Missouri river, the twister struck tho bluffs and seemed to turn southward. That this was the caso is evident from tho damage dono In the city of Council Bluffs, which reports that tho storm camo from .tho north. I Tho Btato legislature adjourned Mon day and almost all members went to Omaha. Great tralnloads of peoplo from tho capital city and nearby towns arrived in Omaha during tho day. Big Twister Splits. Manilla, la. Tho tornado that dovaa tatod a great portion of Omaha Sun day ovonlng split just beforo it reach ed ( Manilla and a wing passed on either sldo of tho tow" RELIEF IRK IS ALL OMAHA 18 RALLYING TO VIC TIMS' ASSISTANCE. AUDITORIUM THROWN OPEN Cots Have Been Placed In the City Auditorium and Homeless Are Being Housed. OVER $1,000 RAISED BY COLUMBUS PEOPLE Citizens of Columbus, Neb., rais ed over $1,000 Tuesday for tho ro llef of Omaha tornado sufferers. That was the cheering message telephoned by J, C. Byrnes of Co lumbus. "Wo will not close tho fund un til sometime Wednesday," said Mr. Byrnes. "Wo expect It to run well over tho $1,000, and it will all bo sent to Omaha ns soon as the fund is closed. Our only regret Is, first, that the thing should have hap pened at all, and second, since It has happened, that we can't help more than wo are." All Omaha Is rallying to the assist ance of tornado victims. Men, women and children rendered destitute or homelesa by the devastating storm of Sunday night nro cared for as fast as their wants aro made known. The hospitals of the city are full; churches, fraternal orders and public institutions havo opened their doors; city offlclala aro busy with relief work and hundreds of private homes are aiding In caring for tho stricken. Citizens' Committee Organized. City commissioners passed nn ordi nance appropriating $25,000 for relief work. Citizens present at the meeting orgnnized and $50,000 more was donated. , A citizens' relief committee was organize, composed of fifty citi zens and an executive committco of seven to work with the seven city councllmen. Governor Morohead notified Mayor Dahlman that ho would send a special message to tho legislature asking for tho appropriation of sufficient funds to caro for tho homeless throughout tho Btato. Police Commissioner Ryder issued orders for all saloons In tho vicinity of the wrecked district to remain closed until further notice. Mayor Dahlman created the follow- SPLENDID RUINS OF SACRED HEART CONVENT, OMAHA --- f lng control districts for the troops nnd militia now on guard about tho ruins: First district, along Sherman avenue nnd Corby street; information stations at Sherman and Corby and Twenty fourth nnd Ohio; Second district, Twenty.eighth street west and south to California; information stations at Thirtieth and Seward and Thirty third and Cuming; Third district, Cali fornia, south and wost; Information stations at Thirty-fuXn and Dodgo and Thirty-eighth nnd California and Forty-third and Leavenworth. t T ? A v -v'7 LKi tS J&fzi't?v&fe -i iymUdtmt&BGiUKBBMM&ivcG&i&WUtKKBHjKri PARTIAL LIST OF THE DEAD. BABY ANITA, 3 years old; missing. SCOTT BARBER. BENJAMIN BARNES, brother of B. J. Barnes, druggist at Fortieth and Dodge. ' B. I. BARNES. MRS. A. H. BIGELOW, 2527 Cass ' street. MARIE BOOKER, 1414 North Thir. tieth street. JEAN B. BROOKS, real estate dealer, Twenty-fourth nnd Lake. MAURICE BOLER (colored). ANDREW CALP. MRS. COLE, Thirty-fourth and Cum ing street C. F. COPLEY, 2620 North Twenty fourth. CLIFF DANIELS, mail carrier, Nine teenth nnd Locust streets. MRS. CLIFF DANTELS, Nineteenth nnd Locust streets. TWO DAUGHTERS of Cliff Daniels, aged 8 and 12 years. MRS. VAN DAUEN. ' MRS. FRANK DAVEY, Forty-olghth nnd Pierce streets. CHARLOTTE DAVIE. 4110 William street. MRS. FRANK DAVIE, 4110 William Btreot. MRS. B. DAVIS. 4428 Jackson. MRS. E. F. FITZGERALD, 2701 Nortli Twentieth "SUNNY" FORD (colored), Twenty first nnd Grant streets. MISS FREDA HULTING, 2C33 Chi cago; died aftor reaching Child Sav ing Institute LYNN GARDENER (colored). JASON L. GARRISON, 2707 Corby street LLOYD GLOVER (colored), 2102 North Twonty-seventh street. MRS. F. G. GOODENOUGH, 4703 Mason street. MRS. ROSE GRAY, Forty-fifth and Mayberry avenue; died of injuries at county hospital. HENREITTA GR1EB, Twenty-seventh, and Burdettc. MISS HAAS, sistor of William Haas, a salesman for Paxton & Gallagher. MRS. HANSEN, mother of Hana Han Ben; body found nt Forty-eighth and. Marcy streets by Officers Brown and. Corneau; burned to death. MARY HANSEN, 2723 Blondo. GEORGE HANSON. GEORGE HANSETT (colored), Twenty-first and Grant streets. J. G. HANSEN, 4690 Mayberry ave nue; trackman employed by street car company. MRS. J. G. HANSEN, 4CD0 Mnyberrjr avenue. MR. AND MRS. HARDY of Cedar Creek Valley are reported dead. HARRY COOPER, telephone lineman Number of Dead and Injured and Estimates of Losses. OMAHA AND VICINITY. Proporty Loss $5,000,000 .100,000 250,000 $5,550,000 Dead Inj. Omaha Ill 322 Co. Bluffs... 11 15 Ralston 7 20 Totals 129 357 NEBRASKA. Yutan 18 21 Berlin 7 17 Mead 2 2 Rock Bluffs.. 1 1 Fremont 2 Bennington 7 Do Soto 2 10 Valley 6 Plattsmouth ... J Nehawka .... 1 12 Waterloo 6 Greenwood 4 Tokamah : 2 Craig 2 .100,000 250,000 50,000 10,000 1,500 5,000 6,000 1,250 1,000 5,000 2,500 1,500 1,000 2,500 Total, Nob... 31 IOWA. Glenwood ... ,5 Woodbino Beobeetown 2 Gilllat 2 Weston 2 Neola 3 93 $ 637,250 12 8 10 5 11 4 125,000 300.000 125,000 75.000 100,000 50,000 Total, Iowa.. 14 50 $ 775,000 Grand total.. 174 500 $6,962,250 Yutan Needs Aid. Fromont, Nob. Tornado victims in Yutan are torely in need of help. Ap proximately soventy-flvo families aro homeless nnd many aro ponnlless and ' without a possession In tho world, outside of tho clothes on their backs and in instances this is very thin. In response to calls for help from Yutan a station for receiving donations was opened at tho office of tho Hammond & Stephens company, and arrange ments wero mado for the conveyance Immediately of clothing and supplies to the stricken town. Tho Burling- ton will carry tho Bhipmonta wltnout charge. "Public Service" Loss In Omaha. Nebraska Telephone Co $200,000 Street Railway company $100,000 Electric Light Co., $50,000 to $100,000 Omaha Gas company $50,000 Wilson Makes Offer of Old. Washington. Government assist ance to Omaha waB offered by Presi dent Wilson, who sent tho following moBsago to Mayor James C Dahlman: "I am deeply distressed at the news received from Nebraska. Can wo help In any way? WOODROW WILSON." Killed Trying to Save Mother. Tho pathetic part of the death of MIbb Mabel McBrido, daughter of will McBrldo of 4115 Farnam street, wna tho fact that tho was trying to savo and protect her mother and Binall brother who woro attempting to get out. She had gotten them together In a corner of one of tho rooniB, when tho roof blow away, tho floors fell and a heavy board foil through, striking hor on tho head and killing hor iu-Btantly. i!! - rj ls."-T-f-wif, 1 ''cwMwaCTyysaryraragMw ww-w lsl-'55.'4"wrj. -HaSH 't-mnmmeit. mmemsrtraamiiiflitrsxMtmit J