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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1922)
i! 2-A Violent Slorni 1 Ravages Omaha; I Damage Severe BaaaaaMaaSMBaB tightning Strike in Many Placet During Temptst I Which Rages From Mid night to Dawn. it: ' A terrific norm, in uhich thunder, J ghtning, wind and rain combined to do great damage, broke over thi city and surrounding country jutt alter ,2 Friday and continued until dawn, ii The telephone company reported yenerday that 1.500 local tele phone are "dead" heeaiue lightning truck or heavy limb fell acrou the wires, tearing them loose. . The telephone toll service west of Fremont and south of Louisville and !Lincoln is entirely out of order due ,1o lightning and uprooted trees. Sev eral hundred r.ien were on the job ;;tarly yesterday repairing the dam age. Giant Tree Felled, Kf1 All over Omaha the marks of the t,storm were seen yesterday. On I sfNorth Twenty-fourth street between iiLake street and Ames avenue, so imany trees were blown down that afreet cars were detoured until they ,eould be cleared away. In front of Jhe Swedi.sh Mission hospital an im- , mense iree nearly inree teet in diam eter was laid flat across the street. fin its fall it carried a trolley pole iwith it 7 . il'i General Manager Leusslcr was out yearly yesterday nuking a tour of he city to inspect the damage done . I . . i ... ,tfi me iiicu railway property. 'i The substation at Twenty-fourth i'M'O streets was put out of com 'mission by the. storm soon after 'midnight, leaving many cars stalled ."between J and. Q streets. Service Ktvas restored in time to handle the ; heavy morning traffic. .;'' City Commissioner Koutjky said rthe damage all over the city is great, iipot only trom trees blown down but ,'from flooded cellars, broken win Mows, damaged (ewers. He was all-ready receiving calls to have cellars ' )( pumped out yesterday morning at '.Thirteenth and Farnam streets and Mother places where sewers proved in adequate to carry off the water. In the Sommer grocery store, Twenty 'eighth and Farnam streets, there was ; four feet of water yesterday. f; A sewer in front of 2010 North ' Forty-eighth street, caved in during ' the 'storm. Mr. Koutsky said his preliminary survey showed that hundreds of trees are down in the city. The Omaha iiAuto club rushed out a" Warning to ! tourists yesterday that roads all . around the city are in impassable ', condition because of broken-down trees, washed-out culverts and mud. Giant Window Shattered. !; Many plate glass windows and iijwindowi in homes .were broken by ;-the sheer-force of the wind. A win dow in the Owl drug store, Sixteenth hnd Harney streets, was broken in. f,It is 99 by 169 inches in sire. I Damage done to electric light wires 'end circuits was general throughout .is the jeity. No .estimate was given, by J .Koy rage, general superintendent ot ithe Nebraska Power company of the ' IfullMosa by the terrific storm. " Prim -icipal damage is the loss of service ;:aor tne time being, Mr. rage said Added to the fact that Omaha is in ::ithe center of one of the worst light iihing districts in the country, the electrical storm early yesterday ;,did the worst damage this year. ;! Lightning burned out transform ijle'ra in a few instances. A force of jiinearly 100 electrical experts has been out since the beginning of the ijfrtorm repairin wires and cutting lithcni to prevent damage by fire. f. None of the large circuits are out ;jof service, Mr. Page stated, though ijjiundreds of distributing wires are ;j'down. A live wire carrying 2,000 jfvolts was sputtering yesterday morn ( ing "at Twenty-fifth and Ternpleton 'jjstrcets. It was Deing guarded' till re Pjpajr men should arrive, jlj it will take from three to five jjjdays to repair the damage, the gen-'tjir-ral superintendent said. . ; ;i; Storm Breaks Suddenly. ' Deputy County Attorney Henry iiBeal reported syeral windows in his jjjiome on the South Side were blown in. --. ; 1 Fifteen trees tn Kntar park were iDlown down and the 90-foot scaffold "Ijjat the swimming pool where Dare j'idevil Hugo had been performing also jj(fell to the ground. !i ; s The storm was the more extradr- dinary because it broks suddenly.- Fri-jl-day; evening was warm and perfectly j; ca!m. Not . breath of wind stirred. i And then, just attee 1A suddenly :the wind swept in from the south Vest with such force that it shook 'houses and stirred the limbs of trees S Onto; turmoil. ' . !!:'! ' ' 44 Miles An Hour. -H'v The thunder and lightning were of S, extraordinary violence and almost j-fjontmuous with a raintall that re ! acmbled a cloudburst. ij'ij TJte weather bureau" instruments i showed that the wind blew 44 miles :i an hour. Meteorologist Robins said ji:he believed that it attaihed 60 miles. jj-The; wind instrument on the post- office is somewhat protected, he said. f and did not register, the full furyof the storm. ' " ft, I he registered raintau was i.so inches, the heaviest since last Sep tember. , The center of the storm was in U Omaha. While the state as far west si as 100 miles felt it also, the force of ,: it there was less. Lincoln had , .94 .1 of an inch of tain and Hastings .84. Overlook Farm Suffers. ;! How farmers near Omaha suffered 'i from the storm was revealed in re imports from Father Flanagan's Over look farm. ir Half of the con was destroyed by j liail, 20 chickens were killed, hen ' houses were razed and six trees were ''blown down in the orchard, making total estimated damage of $2,000. j Across the road a silo on the Car- ABVsmTisrmwT. : Eyes Inflamed If iwor crts are laftuaed, weak, tlrrd ar awwitol; If tbey ache: If picture aato-n anaka tone feel dry and straiBrd, r a aotlla td ha-Onta tahkrta from yaw draadst, aUalta one oa a fourth of alaaa at water and asa at aa eye bath from tiro to foar times a day- Boa Opta aOays tnflanuaaUoB, iaTifaratea, a aa area. MM? DaVtOT Sty awWH49v4c StMlfltlMsaV 9fm SteM sat oat h) aw tax at aaaj iaawaaM In r11 - : : i 4 .sy n. - i son Kuehl farm was blown over and estimated damage totaled $2,&)0. Railroada JECacape. Wind and rain between Norfolk and Omaha on the Northwestern railroad was reported here vesterdav morning, but no material damage was done to the railroad property, even telegraph wires, according to early reports. Worst of the storm occurred between 3:30 and 5 yesterday morn ing. ctueen Hastings and Omaha on the Burlington lines exceptionally heavy wind and raiif was reporte at Burlington headquarters yesterday morning but no great damage was done, according to these reports, .o reports of damage from the storm were received at the Union Pacific headquarters. It was the exceptional household where someone was not awake and" n many a house the people retired to the cellar, fearing that the wind might deevelop into a tornado. Sleeping Porch Crashes. George A. Keyser, United States assistant district attorney, and his wife and small daughter, 4023 Lafay ette street, escaped into their home just before a part of their steeping porch was blown down.- Persons residing on Fortieth street, between Cass and Chicago streets, rejoiced. because. , the storm blew down unsightly billboards there. . "We hope they'll stay down," they declared. All wires in that neighborhood were blown down. Funnel-Shaped Cloud. E. L. Logsdon, 1480 Pinkney street, a street car conductor, reported that at 5:30 yesterday morning he saw a large funnel-shaped cloud passing swiftly over the city from'northwest to southeast. He said it seemed to be traveling jusi a nine too nign to damage property. i Many awnings were torn from business houses between O and L streets along Twenty-fourth street and a plate glass window was blown from the plumbing shop of John Riha at 4713 South Twenty-fourth street. Two telephone poles were blown down at Thirtieth and W streets. When an arc light went down at Twenty-second and J streets police men wereMetailed to keep pedestrians from being harmed by dangerous live wires strewn over the, ground. Smoke Stacks Twisted. A plate glass window in the Rome cafeteria, Sixteenth and Jackson, was blown in. Two steel smoke stacks . at the Cudahy Packing company plant were badly twisted by the storm and may have to be taken down. Postmaster Charles Black and his wife were among those who spent a terrible night. He said it felt just like the 1913 tornado. At that time he and his wife were imprisoned in the basement of their ruined home at Thirty-eighth atid Davenport streets for three hours before they were rescued. Tree Halts Traffic. Robert Halloweli's temporary home in Benson Acres was damaged by the wind. - ;The entire strength of the street department was engaged yesterday morning in removing trees from streets. A, large tree was blown down at the northwest corner of Seventeenth and Burt streets. Traffic was ob structed until city employes removed the tree. . - . - Dr. Jokichi Takamine Dies. New York, July 22. Dr. Jokichi Takamine, prominent Japanese chem ist, died in Lenox Hill hospital short ly before noon today after an illness of several weeks. Dr. Takamine, producer of the Diastatic enzyme "takariastase" and originator of adrenalin, died of a complicated kidney disease from which he had suffered for several months.' He was thought to be on the road to recovery until June, when his condition became so much worse that he was compelled to leave his country home at Merriewold, N. Y., with its extensive Japanese gardens, and go to a hospital. DRBURHORN Tie Chiropractor,. SECURITIES BiDG. Path of Violent Electrical Storm .a-gfe ijk 'J, eu?rn)iW ML Davis Attempting s- to End Rail Strila (Continued atom Fat One.) terference with the operation of its shops located in different parts of the United States. In jts application the Pullman com pany declared that there were no wage nor other disputes between it self and its employes, but that many of the latter, including women, were leaving their posts in a sympathy walkout, The order issued by the court was directed generally to all persons throughout the 'country and to offi cers and members of the striking shopcrafts in particular, enjoining them from interfering with the Pull man company's operation. Acts of violence at the jtompany's Richmond, Cat., shops were cited in the application, which also mentioned shops in the following cities as be- lpg attected by the sympathetic walk- out: San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Portland, Ore.; Seattle, Wash.; Minneapolis, St. Paul. St. Louis Kansas City, New York, Long Island City, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Washington, D. C, and Louisville, Ky. Walkout Averted. Chicago. Tulv 22. The threat ened strike of 7,300 clerks on the Chicago & Northwestern railroad lias been postponed, for the time be- incr at least, according to reports reaching the United States railroad labor board this afternoon. , The company is reported to have made some concessions. The railroad strike entered its fourth week today with the announcement from the clerks' union headquarters that 18,000 additional office employes ii various sections " had voted to strike. Apparently, all peace negotiations were at a standstill, with both sides determined to hold firm to their original positions, and the country at large waiting in nervous expectancy and abject hopefulness that some thing might happen soon to settle the difficulty. Lhief interest today centered in Washington, where Chairman Hopp er of the railroad labor board was called for a conference with Presi dent Harding. Reports from half a dozen cities that approximately 18,000 clerks and other railway employes had voted to walk out and new indications that Canada was facing a shopmen's strike added to the weight of Presi dent Grable's statement that any railroad that refused to meet with committees of maintenance of way men to adjust wage ditterences would face a strike of these workers. Urges Direct Negotiations. A new note in the demand of the trikers was made evident by the tatement of Samuel Gomoers. oreii- dent of the American Federation ot Labor, inviting the government to urge striking coal miners and shop men' and their respective employers to begin direct negotiations, coupled with the aeiion of representatives ol the "Big Four" railroad brother hoods in urging congress to facili tate a return to the direct parley system ot settling disputes. . , . Meanwhile- eight railroads issued cancellation orders for branch line trains, swelling the number of an nullments to well over 300. State troops continued on railroad guards in eight states. . Strike Averted. Detroit, Mich., July 22. Strike of 9,000 maintenance of way men on the Michigan Central lines has been averted by the signing today of a wage agreement restoring the scale effective before July 1, it was an nounced. The agreement was signed by officials of the railroad and of the union. The eight-hour day is re-established, but the rate of pay for overtime labor has hot been fixed, this matter having been left for further arbitra tion. fpiAMOS U TUNED AND SW REPAIRED AD Work Coaraattod A. HOSPE CO. 1513 Doaelaa. 1.L Dm. S5SS. tl THE SUNDAY BEE: OMAHA, JULY 23. 1922. Large trees bent and fell before the fierce wind which swept the city Friday night and early yesterday morning. A hug tree in front of the Swed ish Mission hospital, Twenty-fourth and Pratt streets, striking a telephone poles fell to the street, carrying with i street car trolley jwires. At many places Florence boulevard was almost impassable, because of fallen tree limbs and thick mud. It where thm mud was four inches thick. The beautiful Kountze park resi dence district seemed to be a center End of Anthracite . Coal Strike Sought (Coatinaed Front Face One.) course regarding the coal strike, the government in the meantime today was pushing: its plans for distribution of the dwindling coal supply to in sure continued operation of the rail roads and essential industries. To Consider Next Move. With present stocks of coal, there will be no undue risk of an industrial shutdown, officials are convinced, by a fortnight of waiting to develop the response to President Harding's in vitation to resume operations, and the government in the meantime may consider the next steps to be taken should that effort fail. What these steps might be was the subject of prolonged discussion at yesterday s cabinet meeting but without, it was understood any definite formulation of policy at this stage. The proposed plan for coal distribution as well as the formulation of a policy 'designed to restrain profiteering will be dis cussed at a meeting, called here next Monday by secretary : Hoover of representatives of the various districts now producing coal. Coal From London. London, July22.-(By A. P.) The demand for several ships to convey coal to America, is increasing daily . Many steamers have peen loaded in the United Kingdom this week for sailings to various American ports, the freight rate being from 8 to 10 shillings a ton. Lloyd's shipping list today says some ship owners are endeavoring to force a fixed rate of 9 shillings, 6 pence a ton, but as American snip ing board .steamers are willing to come over and load at 7 shillings, 6 pence there is little prospect of the higher rate being paid. The American demand for. coal has caused a scarcity of tonnage in some sections. In Cardiff, Newcastle and Middlesbrough, the heavy bookings for all kinds of ;coal for July : ship ment to the United States have caus ed an advance of from 6 pence to a shilling a ton. Cardiff export firms alone' are said to have booked 300,000 tons and Newcastle firms, 150,000 tons'. Guardsmen on Duty. ' Pittsburgh, Pa., July 22. More than 1,000 national guardsmen were iu southwestern and central Pennsyl- Shoes thai Add to Your Vitality Shoes thUt bind and distort the feet are a source of constant Irrita tion. They drain your nervous en ergy, distract your attention and lessen your ability to concentrate and to work. Such shoes are a drawback to health and success. If you would enjoy the best that life has to offer of buoyant strength and achievement, change to the comfort able, helpful Cantilever Shoe. It is well built on a last that eon- forms to the contours of the foot, With the natural Inner sole line, the toes point straight ahead and are comfortable; a share of the weight of the body falls easily on the ball of the. foot. posture, .wnicn in turn encourages good health. - Tlit shank ct a Cantilever Shoe is drawn up by lacing toe shoe, to lit the Instep and provide restful sup port 'And it HEXES WITH THE FOOT It does not bind the muscles and Impede circulation as a rigid sole. does. - It strengthens the mus cles by allowing theni freedom to xercise, thus preventing or correct ing weak arches. Ill gvts work eliminated; eTerf Shoe is now fitted ij I-Kar without extra charge to yon. Slses 8 t 11, Widths A AAA to EE. FoUvJCei aid Women. H0STEBY, SPATS and RUBBERS. Sold la Omaha Only by CA5TILETE8 SHOE SHOP. Kew Loratioa 1708 Howard Street Opposite T. W. C. A. Baildlnp. Write for Free Booklet. of the storm. R. H. Flnley and June Bouersox are shown standing under a great broken branch at 2003 Pink ney street, directly across trom Kountze park. vania coal fields today ready to be assigned to strategic points to insure order when coal operators attempt resumption of mining activities. Cavalry headquarters were estab- nsned in tne lokeourg region, wnere important mines owned by fitts burgh interests are located. All the national guard units are fully equipped for an "indefinite period" of held duty, according to commanders, At Cokeburg. Cokeburg, Pa., July 22. Troopers of the 104th Pennsylvania cavalry ar rived here this morning and pitched their, camp on a hillside overlooking the mining village. State Runs to Form in Primary Election ' " (Continued From Faro Oat.) nomenon. The particular interest that attaches to Mr. Howell's success is that it was won in a four-cornered contest in which the progressive vote was divided among three candidates." Keen Contest Certain. A keen contest is certain between Mr.- Howell and Senator Hitchcock in the fall election, and between Charles H. Randall and C. W. Bryan for the governorship. Senator Hitch cock's rivals for nomination were not democrats of state-wide reputation, and the prohibition issue did not arise there. The wet advocates that in the past have flocked to Mr. Hitchcock are now dubious jcl !-his moisture content on account of his lliance with Mr. Bryan. In spite of the vote given Mr. Hitchcock, there was evidence enoueh of how Nebraska stands on the question of prohibition. The fig ures in the straw" referendum taken by the Literary Digest, which show a 3 to 1 vote in favor of the dry laws are born out by the general suit of the state primary, as well as by the altered position of many ,dn ocratic politicians, Morehead among them, who have pledged themselves to the support of the Y'stead act Marriage Licenses. Fred L. Prlrs, 45, Omaha, an Julia Tracy, 38, Omaha. Edward Johnson. ST. Omaha; and Annlo B. Martin, 37, Omaha. Cefeil A. Orldley, 30. OmaUa, and Mar garet A. Targer, 21, Omaha. 1 II Fatal Auto Crash - Laid to Tempest Street Car Conductor Diet of Injuries Receiver! in CoU liion in Storm. Ralph Meek, 91$ North Twenty, fourth street, street car conductor. was atally injured at 2 yetlerday morning when a motor ear in w hich tie was riding was struck by a street car at Thirtrenth and Spring atreei. He died in St. Joseph hospital at 10. Wind iwept through the street, en veloping both street car and auto mobile in blankets ot rain, and wit nesses blamed the downpour for the accident. George V. Moore, 4513 South Sev Two Specials in White Goods $1,25 (45-in.), Swiss organdie, sheer and , crisp, with a perma nent finish, 75c a yd. ' 30c longcloth, soft finish, yard wide. 10 yard bolts for $1.90. Linen Section Underwear Economies Kayser's Swiss ribbed union suits, regula tion and bodice styles with cuff knee. Regu larly priced $2.75 and $3.25. Tomorrow for only $1.89 and $2.1.9 a suit. A fine mercerized Kayser suit The $1.90 quality, $1.49. The $2.25 quality, $1.69 a suit. Second Floor Cretonnes 19c 59c 69c Drapery cretonne of excellent quality in a varied assortment of beautiful designs (36 inch), will be sold tomorrow for 19c, 59c and 69c a yard. Second Floor Builders Homeseekers Investors Speculators ACT NOW! A Few Choice Lots to Be Sold to the Highest Bidder at Absolute Sale Starts at 49th Avenue and Farnam Street, "At Big Sign" EASY TERMS MODERATE RESTRICTIONS LOTS FULLY IMPROVED Paving, curbs, walks, sewer, water, gas and artistic Boulevard lights. Ready to build on. . LOCATED on Farnam, Harney, 48th, 49th, 50th Sts., 48th, 49th Aves. One block from Elwood Apts. and cars on Dodge St. Unusual Location- Delightful Neighborhood HOW TO GET THERE Walk one block will 20-minute ride. BY AUTO Drive direct west 10-minute ride. enteenth street, faiener on the i etreet caf,- cr bI 4hti44WU "V were coamnu down hill at a fair ult ol speed," he id, "wliile the ram swept by the windows in blinding heett, "There a cnih anj a set earn, and motonnan began to u hia hand brake Irumically, the air brake apparently failing to retpond. We tiaveled 40 feet fullowing the crash." Chartei Dole. 2M Cuming itrcet, and third man. not identified, were in the ear with Meek. Doyle accom panied Meek )o the hiipitaL W. R. Kimball. 27U8 Cuming street, was the ttreet car motorman, and C harles W. Kirsbane, 1818 U street, the cohdurtor. . C. Aahmore, 3117 California street, a!o wai a raenger on t!ie car. The Hible ii being seit out by radio, extracts beiug read daily from the Newark station by a member of the American Bible society. Women's Fall Fashions In the Larger Sizes Ready with the first display of new modes for women who require larger sizes. A representative selection of new apparel in sizes 42 to 46V. Dresses Suits -Coats $49.50 $69.50 $98.50 x A Few Fine Bargains in Summer Clothes for women who wear size 40 and. larger. Appar.l Third Floor. Toiletries Djer Kiss cold and vanishing cream, 49c. Colgate tooth powder, the large size, for 35c. Special Prices on Ginghams Imported and domes tic gingham in the very latest summer" patterns and attractive colors. (32-inch.) Monday for 35c, 50c end $1.25 a yard. Second Floor BARGAIN PRICES Take Dundee street car on Farnam to Elwood Apartment, then south on Farnam street to 49th Select Your Location Before the Sale Size of Every Lot Plainly Marked on Yellow Tags. Danish Couple Have Golden Anniversary Mr, and Mrs. S. Jennen celebrated their golitrn wetldjniy nniverary their home, 4oiU Maberry avenue, last SuniUy, . wart, eijit children pfetent. 'Ihey reeived nany beau tiful presents, including f 100 in gold. Mr. and Mrs. Jensen were both k-. U tlMinarL Tkov itra mar I'VI , I ,,, " ried in Boston, Man . July 16, l7r. To them were born tt children, right of whom art tiH living. The daugh ters are Mrs. Frf Nusbauin. Mn. M. I). Randall,, Mr. Kov l urnten berg of Omaha, and Mrs. James Initey of Chicago; aotis, Arthur of Dunlap, George of Underwood, la . and Frank and Lew-it of Omaha. There alo are five grandchildren, Mi Lillian Nutbaum, Miss Corrine leiurn, MWs Marjorie Furstenberg. Kenneth Jemrn. Gerald Jensen and Jack Furttenberg. 4 MM Woven Tissues 29c 59c 69c Every color effect one could desire in the newest woven patterns (32 and 36-inch), our price for a . clearance at 29c, 59c and 69c a yard. Second Floor Fall Silks New satin danons and ' crepes are especially favored for early Fall dresses. We are show ing some exceptional qualities for very mod erate prices, ; - to 49th Mret and Dodge. one block "To Bis Sign." avenue "To Big' Sign."
