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VOL. 5ff—NO. 91._oE;r “ Ttisrm mA?m_OMAHA, MONDAY, October i, 1923. * Y«ff i«n ZTt two cents - sar"
Families in
Bluffs Use
Row Boats
Relief Workers Busy Caring
for Storm Victims—Streets
Still Under Mud and
Wrter.
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Council Bluffs yesterday started to
dig out of the mud that covers it.
Broadway, the main thoroughfare,
for many blocks was knee deep in
mud that covered the sidewalks and
street and even extended into some
of the stores.
Numerous other streets were cov
ered with water and many blocks
were lakes in which stood houses,
some of them abandoned by their
( owners. Other houses were half 'In
ruins, the basement wali? having
c aved In under the weight of the sod
den ground. Boats plied about the
lakes, taking people to and from
their dwtllings.
One bridge over Indian creek was
swept away and another, in course
of construction, was so undermined
that It will have to be rebuilt.
Scores of householders were busy
shoveling the mud from, their side
walks as they shovel snow In winter.
Many a sidewalk was covered with
a foot of mud.
Street car service was badly crip
pled. Omaha cars ran as far as
Twentieth street, Council Bluffs.
There passengers got off and de
toured on foot via Broadway to Six
teenth street, where they again
hoarded stub line cars which moved
slowly on as far as Eighth and
Broadway.
Crouds Visit Scenes.
Gangs of men with team* »n,t «rr»ti
ers wsre at work clearing the mud
from some places. Firemen with hoses
worked at other placss, washing the
mud down the sewers. Other gangs
were busy with buckets and pumps,
clearing out the cellars anti base
ments flooded with mud and water.
The place where the family of four
was killed in the cyclone was crowd
ed all day with the curious.
Early in the evening when the
Omaha visitors were returning, au
tomobiles wera lined up for a mile
and a half on the Iowa side, slowly
getting across the bridge.
Relief work for scores of marooned
and homeless families In the tornado
and flooded districts continued
throughout Sunday with workers of
the Red Cross, Salvation Army, po
lice and three units of the Iowa Na
tional Guard doing all within their
power to assist.
With 10,000 automobiles and 50,
000 persons visiting the stricken dis
tricts as sight-seers, the traffic prob
lem called for every available officer
of the police force, who, with the na
tional guard units, were kept busy
handling the throngs.
Boats Pressed Into Service.
Nearly a dozen rowboats from Man
awa were pressed Into service carry
ing marooned families from their
homes and in transporting passengers
across the miniature lakes between
Thirteenth and Twentieth streets,
where street cars were unable to get
through. It is estimated that 0 or
90 families were transported in boats
during the day.
The need for immediate relief is
greater in the Manawa district than
in the uptown area, it was reported.
At Manawa 24 families are housed
temporarily In a church and in a store
building. Red Cross relief stations,
supplying food and olotbing to the
refugees, are established und at pres
ent have plenty of supplies. The
Salvation Army station is at 28 North
Seventh street.
Ambulances Stuck in Mud.
1^. The police ambulance was called to
escue a woman named Potter, who Is
suffering from a broken hip received
some time ago. She was taken from
her home at Fourteenth street and
Avenue L to the home of friends.
Knroute the ambulance become stuck
In the mud. Earlier in the day the
Cutler ambulance was called to take
a patient from Avenue It and Twelfth
street and (his machine also mired In
the mud. The Cutler hearse was
pressed Into service to tow the am
bulance out.
During the day a sewer caved In at
Twentieth street and Seventh avenue,
leaving a iff hole and rendering the
street impassable.
The prospects of a gas famine
which threatened Saturday were tils
pelted when the plant on South
Eighth street was shut down for two
hours Saturday due to the flood,
managed to resume operations and
store up a sufficient amount to meet
anticipated needs.
Laramie Boomerang.
Founded by Bill Nye,
Issues Last Edition
Laramie, Wyo., Sept. 30,—F. 8. Bur
rage. editor and publisher of the Lar
amie Republican, announced today
the purchase of the Laramie Boomer
ang, Wyoming's oldest newspaper,
founded in 1K81 by Edgar William
(Bill) Nye. The paper will he merg
ed, the name of the new publcatlon
being The Laramie Republican nnd
the Laramie Boomerang. The Boom
— erang Issued Its final edition today.
The mergid publication will be In
dependent In politics.
The new paper will be served by
♦.be full leased wire service of The
Associated Press, starting next Mon
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Big Roll of Currency Found in Pocket
of Man’s Garment Donated to Charity
Discovered Among Clothing Collected
by Lutheran Churches of Omaha to Be
Sent to German Pastors; Owner Sought.
A large roll of currency, amounting
to a considerable aum, Is being held
by Rev. O. D. Baltzly, pastor of
Kountze Memorial church, awaiting a
claimant who can establish ’ owner
ship.
"There is enough in the package
of money to build a house," the minis
etr said, but he woulcj not indicate the
class of house.
The money was found in a pocket of
a man's article of wearing apparel, be
fore a collection of clothes from Oma
ha Lutheran churches was assembled
and boxed last week, destined to des
titute Lutheran ministers and their
familes in' Germany.
The usual process of examination
was observed before the clothes were
forwarded. Nearly half a carload was
shipped from Omaha in response to a
national appeal from the national
Lutheran council of New York. Bur
gess-Nash company and the Brandeis
store furnished the boxes and pack
ing and the Chicago Great Western
carried the shipment to Chicago, all
without charge.
Rev. Mr. Baltzly wishes to deter
mine whether the donor of the clothes
which contained the money, intended
to make a cash donation in that man
ner, which is not believed to be the
case, or whether the money was some
one's savings. The strange part'of the
case Is that so large an amount
should have been placed in a garment
which was offered In the cause of
charity.
Link in Longest
Electric Power
Line Completed
Hartington - Centerville Con
nection Is One of Last
to Be Made in
System.
Spwltl mtpntch to The Omaha Bee.
Minneapolis, Sept. 30.—With the
testing yesterday of a 60,001)-volt elec
tric transmlsslan power line between
Centerville, S. D., and Hartington,
Neb., one of the final steps was taken
to form a 700-mile arc of high tension
lines—the longest In the United States,
reaching from Eau Claire and Chippe
wa Falls, Wis., westward and south
ward through the twin cities, Sioux
Falls. S. D., and Sioux City, la., to
Omaha.
The Centerville-Hartlngton connec
tion was Installed by the Minnesota
Elootrio Distributing company, which
with the properties of the Trlstate
Utilities company. Is owned by W. B.
Foshay * Co. of Mnneapolls, Invest
ment brokers.
The 700-mlle stretch of high voltage
lines Is the result of co-operation be
tween the Minnesota Electric Distri
buting oompany, the Trlstate com
pany, Northern States Power com
pany, Sioux City Oas and Electric
company and several other pubic utili
ties corporations.
The plan to connect the power lines
of different companies has been
worked out to equalize the distribution
of electric power throughout this sec
tion of the northwest.
W. B. Foshay, president of the
Foshay company, and H. H. Henley,
president of the Minnesota Electric
Distributing and Trlstate Utilities
companies, declared the cooperative
plan has been tried out In the east
during the last year or two and Is
found to be satisfactory. The link
formed by completing the Centervllle
Hartlngtog sector cost the Minnesota
Electric Distributing company $300,000
and furnishes power to a half dozen
towns.
Only two more connection* must he
made before the 700-inile path from
Chppewa Fall* and Eau Claire o
Omaha I* completed. One of these is
a 30-mile gap lying beween Mountain
Lake and Slayton, in southwestern
Minnesota. The Northern States
Power company hopes to have this
connection made early In the spring.
The other is a 40-mile stretch Just
south of Sioux City on the line to
Omaha, now being built by the Mc
(iraw company of Sioux City. This
will be completed before winter.
The extensive hook up is having the
effect. Mr. Henley said, of providing
cheaper power for scores of small
towns throughout Minnesota, North
Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska. Under
the program of extensions to be car
ried on by th^ Minnesota Electric Dis
tributing and the Tratate Utilities
companies. several loop circuits
through groups of towns are to be
completed.
Heretofore power has been fur
nished by these companies to groups
of towns, but the lnos have been iso
lated and have never been Joined
through one circuit. The Minnesota
Elecric Distributing and the Trlstate
Utilities companies now have 800
miles of transmssion line and fur
nish current to 00 towns, according
to Mr. Foshay.
In building the line from Centerville
to Hartlngton, Mr. Hensley said a
difficult engineering feat was accotn
ldshed in spanning the Missouri river
smith of Gayvllle, 8. D. At that point
the river is 2,000 fpet broad, Mr. Hen
Icy explained. One. embankment rises
150 feet from the water, and the other
Is very low. "We had to build a pon
toon bridge across the river to lay the
three high tension wires upon It.
Steel structures were built on each
bank of the river and the lines drawn
into the air from the pontoon bridge,"
he said.
A. II. Engles, President of
Auburn Rank, Drops Dead
Auburn, Neb., Sept. 30.—A. H.
Engles, president of the Nemaha
County hank of this place, dropped
dead yesterday while on his farm near
here. He was twice county treasurer
of this county, and ha* been promi
nent In business and politics for
many years.
Hr AnenriAteil I'reM.
Munich, Sept. 30.—It wha officially
announced today that the German
governments Inwe for the protelclon
of the republic are not longer in force
In Bavaria.
4 More Victims
Are Claimed by
Storm in State
Lincoln and York Man Drown
ed in Flood—Two Killed
in Twister Neir
Seneca.
Lincoln, Sept. 30—Tho flood In
t
Lincoln claimed its first victim when
George E. Thompson, a garbage
collector, was drowned in the West
Lincoln bottoms. 'Thompson, 65 years
old. mistaking his bearings over
a water-covered roadway, drove his
team Into a deep ditch and was
thrown Into the current. A son and
daughter saw him struggling but were
unable to help him.
The flood in the bottoms was slow
ly receding tonight and with no more
rain the danger is believed to be over.
There were many narrow escapes last
night and today while the water was
at Its height. Alfred J. Leatherman.
a tourist, with his wife and four small
children, were rescued from a perilous
position In the tourist section of An
telope park. They were dragged and
carried through a torrent seven feet
deep. Glen Preston, former football
star, and Edward Morrow awam
through the current and carried the
children to safety.
Drowned at York.
The damage In the city and suburbs
cannot be measured until the water
recedes. Conditions at the state peni
tentiary were Improved tonight. Water
still fills some of the basement rooms
of the prison but the power plant,
which went out of commission last
night., has been restored.
More complete reports from sec
tlons of Nebraska devastated by the
high winds and torrents of rain In
crease the death list and estimates
of property damage considerably.
Ottomar J. Dudek of York wn*
drowned In the swollen waters of Lin
coln creek when he slipped Into a
deep hole as he was returning to his
automobile from a farmhouse, where
he had telephoned for help In extri
cating his car frodi the mud.
Rancher Killed.
From Thedford, Neb., came a de
layed report that two were killed and
two seriously Injured by a tornado
north of Seneca early Friday.
The dead were James Murray, 40
a rancher, and Mrs. Murray, 30. Their
youngest son, 3, and Bernard, 9, an
other aon, were seriously Injured. The
four were at their ranch homo when
the tornado struck.
These four additional deaths
brought the storm's toll In Nebraska
to 1# persons. Serious Injuries to
other persons which may result In
deaths and the possibility that still
other fatalities may he discovered
may increase the list, however.
Blue River Rising.
The Blue river at Beatrice was re
ported still rising last night. The
city wells at Zimmerman Springs
caved in as a result of the high
water of the river, making the water
unfit for consumption.
Advices from Crete were to the
effect that the river had become sta
tionary after rising to a level of 78
Inches over the dam there. This Is
the highest In the town's history. The
two river bridges at Crete are closed
to truffle.
It was again raining north and
west of Beatrice up the valley last
night, indicating the possibility of
still higher waiter In Beatrice.
At Barneston, 25 miles down the
valley from Beatrice. It was reported
at the Beatrice Power company's
plant there, that the river was still
rising. It had risen 11 feet within
24 hours there.
Reports from Lincoln state that the
bottoms of the capital city are under
four feet of water over an area of
five miles hy three miles. In some
sections the water In this district rose
so rapidly that many families were
prepared to flee on a moment's no
tice. Five feet of water was standing
In the basement of the new capltot
building Saturday morning. Knglnerrs
stated It will require two dnya 4o
pump this water out.
Com Is Damaged.
From Columbus comes the report
that high winds have flattened the
corn, and that rain has washed the
corn In ninny fields out hy the root*.
The report from Columbus continues
"Windmills have been Mown away.
North of Humphrey a heavy gust of
wind swept through a section of the
county tearing down wires and
(Turn »o l'ase Two, lolunm Five.)
Rising Water
Halts Rescue of
Wreck Victims
No Bodies Are Found in Chair
Car of Burlington Train
That Crashed Through
Wyoming Bridge.
$
Cagper, Wyo., Sept. 30.—Rising
water In Cole creek, at the scene of
the Burlington railroad accident
Thursday night In which 25 to 40
persons are believed to have lost
their live*, broke over the temporary
dikes which were erected by crews in
their attempt to recover bodies and
further hampered the work of dig
ging out the four burled cars early
this morning.
Although there is much specula
tion as to the number of persons who
perished in the four cars that now
are imbedded In the mud and sand
in the creek, the estlmatee continue
to range between 20 and 40. The
chair car was reachedtod&y, but no
bodies were found in It. The engine
was also located.
Greybull, Wo., Sept. 30.—Property
damage approaching 1100,000 was
caused by the flood which swept
down the Big Horn river Saturday
noon and reached Its maximum In
this city this afternoon. Water ran
from one to four feet deep through
an area covering about three-fourtha
of the residential district of the town
and six city blocks still remain in
undated, In spite of the recession of
the water, which began late this after
noon.
Basements of about three-fourths
of the houses of the town are filled
with the flood water and between
200 and 300 persons have been made
temporarily homeless as a result of
the dleuge. All persons who were
trapped in their homes have been re
moved to safety and there has been
no loss of life.
Third Victim Dies After
Train Hits Automobile
Nebraska City, Sept. 30.—Clifford
Wlllets. 10, died shortly after noon
today from injuries sustained when
the automobile in which he was rid
ing was struck by a Missouri Pacific
train near hero late Saturd/iy.
His mother and a younger brother
were Instantly killed in the accident,
and two other brothers are In a hos
pital, one of thetn reriously injured.
The family was returning from a
visit to Sloan, la.
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Oklahoma Is Still Under Martial Law
PA !?tovat{ § Gam-eft^
This Is the beautiful state capitol
| of Oklahoma, in Oklahoma City
where the state legislature was pre
vented from assembling by the mill
tary, under orders from Governor J
C. Walton, when they tried to im
peach him for his actions in his war
on the Ku Klux Klan. V. A. Stovall,
a prominent member of the legisla
ture, was the leading spirit in the
committee of three, which Issued the
call for the special session. Buck
Garrett, picturesque fighting plains
I
man and former partner of Bud Bel
lew, famous Oklahoma sheriff and
two-gun man, who was killed some
I
time ago, is In command of 20 des
perate men, who form a personal
bodyguard for Governor Walton.
, Bartherhoods Mum
on Bryan Support
Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 30.—Reports
from Omaha that the Lincoln rail
road brotherhoods would endorse Gov.
Charles W. Bryan should he decide
to run for president could not be veri
fied here tonight.
While the brotherhoods supported
the governor In the gubernatorial
campaign they have made no definite
move as to the stand they would
take should he decide to try for high
er honor. Officials of the brotherhoods
when asked if the question would be
discussed at a regular meeting which
is scheduled for Thursday, would give
no opinion.
Since the announcement a week ago
that a boom was developing for
Bryan In the east nothing further has
been heard here. The governor, when
directly questioned as to whether or
not he would make the race, laugh
ingly replied that he was hardly in a
position to answer such a question.
"Trusty” Convict Speeder
Tries to Run Over Officer
Salem, Ore.. Sept. SO.—W. M. Cros
by, a qonvict trusty from the Oregon
Htate penitentiary, was lodged In the
city jail today to answer three traffic
violation charges growing out of his
manipulation of one of the prison
trucks on a principal street here.
Tax Bill Is Doubled in 10 Years;
$60,858,461 Total Paid in 1922
Average Per Capita Revenue Collected From Ne
braskans Last Year Was $46.02, Federal Report
Shows—Public Debt Gains 166 Per Cent
Washington, Sept. 29.—'The Department of Commerce make* the follow
Ing announcement of the principal financial statistic* for Nebraska, the
counties, and for all cities, town*, or other subdivision* of that state having
power to incur debt, collect revenue, and assess and levy taxes for 1922. with
comparison* with figure* for 10 years ago.
The specified revenues include general property taxes, special taxes,
poll taxes, licenses and permits, and special assessments. The revenues col
lected from these sources for the state and for all suhdivialon* of the state
amounted to f60.S5S.461, or an average of $46.02 for each person In the state.
This total was made up of $54,824,322. general taxes. $320.182, special taxes:
$387,901. poll taxes; $2,955,983, licenses and permits, and $2,570,073, special
assessments for Improvement*.
In 1912 statistics on revenues were not collected for incorporated places
with a population of less than 2,500 and for certain other subdivisions, but
the table which follows shows revenues in a comparable form for the state,
counties, and incorporated places having over 2.500 population. There was
an increase of 110 per cent for the civil divisions for which comparable data
were available.
Revenues of State. Counties, and Incorporated Places Over 2,500.
(Tot«t0 in thouoands.) Incnr
8t«t« and ffubdtvlilnnn porat-d
Pet. of 1*1? Plat t'ii
i*l« 1*11 lnrr*»** Stat# Count!** ov*r
1*12 to 3.500
1*22. popu
_ _ . . la t ton
Sptcifled revenues .$30,331 $11,459 110 $10,577 $12.0SO $7,665
General property taxes .... 25,184 12.195 107 9,748 9,893 5.543
Special taxes . 320 137 134 163 157 ....
Poll taxes .. 237 200 19 . 196 41
Licenses and permit*. 2,682 1,183 127 666 1.843 173
Special assessments . 1.908 744 156 . 1.908
Public Debt Goes I p.
In 1922 the entire debt for Nebraska nnd Its political subdivisions less
the sinking fund assets set aside to meet such debt, was $97,819,109. nnd in
1912, $36,745,461, or an average per capita of $73,98 in 1922 and $29.80 in 1912.
The Increase in the 10 years was 166 per cent.
Debt of State, Counties, Cities, JTowns, and All Other Subdivisions.
(Totals expressed In thousands )
Per cent
1922 1912 of Increase
1912 to 1922
State and subdivisions of state .. $97,819 $36,745 166
State . 1,160 374 210
Counties . 8.757 3.706 136
All other subdivisions . 87,902 32.665 169
(Include cities, towns townships,
school districts, drainage district.
Irrigation districts, sanitary ills
trlcts, road districts, and all other.)
Assessed Valuation and Tax levies.
The assessed valuation of all property subject to genera] property faxes
was $3,202,838,720 In 1922 ns cent pit red with $463,371,889 In 1912. However, the
legal bnsf* of assessment was 100 pec cent of the true value in 1922 and 20
per cent. In 1912.
Assessed Valuation and Tax la-vles of State, Counties, titles. Towns, and
All Other Subdivisions.
(Totals expressed in thousands)
Assessed valuation
of all property.$.3,202,839 00 $463 372 00 $180,091.00 $ 90,586 00 $ 7,427 00
Per capita assessed
valuation of
all property... 2 422 17 375 77 168 65 200 23 357 51
Assessed valuation
of real property
nnd Improve
ment . 2,280,037.00 319.050.00 116.273 00 55,073 00 5.732 00
Total levies of gen
eral property
taxes . 52,993.00 19.781.00 9,499 00 2,792 00 92
1*' i capita levies
nf general prop- t
erty taxes. 40 08 loot 8 89 6 17 3.19
Average rate per
$100 of assess *
cd valuation... 1,61) 4.27 6.2 7 3.OS 1.24
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Train Hits Auto; 2 Dead; 2 Hurt
Nebraska City, Sept. 29.—Two persons were killed and two injured,
probably fatally, in a railroad crossing accident one and a half miles north
west of here Saturday evening at 5:30.
Mrs. I„ulu Millets, 42, of Sloan, la., and her son, Everett, 0, are the
dead.
They were killed almost instantly when their car was struck by Mis
souri Pacific train No. 108, the Kansas City flyer, southbound.
IJoyd Millets, 3, and his brother, Clifford, 10, received serious injuries:
IJoyd a fractured skull and Clifford Internal ibjuries. Both mav die be
fore dawn, Nebraska City doctors said.
Leonard Millets, 21, who was driving the car, was badlv bruised, but
not seriously injured. The Millets family was on its way to its home at
Moan. la. front Richland, Mo. Raymond Millets, a brothre. with his wife
and three children, preceded Mrs. Millets and her son in another car.
They had crossed the track safely ahead of the train.
Jail System Is
Far From Ideal,
Minister Says
Dr. MacNeill Shoots Queries
From Pulpit for Sheriff
to Answer—Suggests
Remedy.
Five questions were fired at Sheriff
Alike Endres from the Grace Baptist
■ hurch pulpit Sunday by itev. W. ¥.
MacNeill. They are:
"Are any innocent witnesses being
kept in the Jail whose testimony is
wanted by the prosecutor?''
"Are any insane kept there over
night?"
"Are there any prisoners in the jail
who have been there three months or
over awaiting trial?”
"Do prisoners have anything to
keep them busy?”
"You will very probably find that
much of what is auggested here
exists," said the rfciv. Mr. MacNeil.
You will learn, too, that the county
jail system of the country Isn't at all
Ideal, and the Douglas county jail is
as good as nny. But that Is n rea
son why we should go on playing the
devil’s game. Why not use this ripe
opportunity for suggesting changes
that will give the county leadership
in this line? The Jail, as a place for
keeping prisoners, haa but slight in
terest to the public and th“ taxpayers,
but the jail, as a place for manufac
turing criminals, paid for by the tax
payers, that certainly touches ev.ery
nuin. woman and child in the county,
“The welfare board has a splendid
opportunity to render a great public
service if it will carry an investiga
tion of the recent disturbances in the
county jail far enough—a service
that will overshadow the unfavorable
publicity that Omaha and the county
have received because of the affair.
"The sheriff has just made public
the dally menu and If the investiga
tion confirms it then no one can just
ly complain about the food—it is cer
tainly much better thnn the hreat and
water of other days. Furthermore
the sheriff states that the cause of
the trouble was a general condition of
discontent and tt has all the earmarks
of the truth.
"Of course if p. ople are to make
trouble It is better that they do it in
side the Jail than outside. And that
is Just the point. Are there causes
for discontent that will turn the
prisoners out of the Jail Into society
many times worse than when they
went In? This is an opportune lime
to discuss the element a of prison
science and to further the movement
for reform that will he fairer to so
ciety at large."
Turnament Closes Season.
Auburn, Neb , Sept. JO The golf
senaon will Is' closed on the Auburn
course with a tournament to l»s held
Monday, Wednesday and Friday of
next week. This will lie especially In
teresting ns It will establish a hand!
cap that will l>e computed from the
scores which will be preserved by the
elub and used In future tournaments.
o Conventions
Will Meet Here
During Oetober
State Bankers to Gather for
Annual Meeting — Second
District Teachers Come
October 31.
Omaha will be host to eight con
ventions during October. The teach
er*' convention the latter part of
the month will attract the largest
number of visitor*
The Nebraska Master Barbers will
meet the first three days of the
month, with headquarters at the
Hotel Castle.
October 9 to 1! the technical divi
sion of the National Klectric Light
association will meet at the Hotel
Fontenelle.
The Nebraska paptists' State con
vention will occupy a week starting
October 13.
The Nebraska Forestry association
will hold a one-day meeting. Octo
ber 20
October 21 and 25 the Nebraska
State Bankers' association will gather
for their annual convention.
The American Institute of Archi
tects will be here for two days. Octo
ber 2fi and 27 with headquarters at
the Hotel Fontenelle.
District 2. Nebraska State Teach
ers’ association, will hold a threeijay
Lightning Destroys New
Schoolhouse Near Monroe
Columbus. Neb. Sept 30—Post
ville new school house near Monroe
was completely destroyed by fire re
sulting from a boh of lightning
which struck it during an electrical
storm. The school house was one of
the model standard schools of the
county and was dedicated in Febru
ary, 1921.
Blue Klver Subsiding.
Beatrice. Neb., Sept. 30.—The Blue
river a tills point began falling at
4 his morning and s now eight
Inches lower than last night, when
rains up the valley caused a steady
rise. The lowlands north and south
of here are submerged. There will be
much damage to farm property.
Some families living along the river
were forced to move to higher ground
last night. The stream is 11 feet
higher than normal and is he highest
It has been since 1901.
The Weather
Hitfhrst. 74 lowest. (I. m«n. 70. nor-!
msi. total cd-'m sin.«• January 1 . :.i
ttehitiir IIiimlftltx . iVitmtncr.
7 * m . *7 . Noon 74 7 v m »
Precipitation. Indies and HitmlmHIi*.
Total. U. Tp4a! sines January l. 14 35
ex* c«v 4 15
Hourly Temperatures,
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Death List Mounts to 22
Tlir death toll of the storm In Nebraska and Council Wafts has
reached SJ.
Twdve persons were drowned In the cloudburst Friday night at
t.ouisvtllr, Neb.
Fatalities in Council Bluffs mounted to sW last night, with the
death of a I? year-old girl, who was Injured when her home was
demolished Friday night.
Two persona, a rancher and his wife, were killed bs a twister
near Seneca, Neb.
tine man waa drowned at York and one man was drowned at
IJncoln.
Governor
Will Halt
Election
Full Strength of National
Guard, 22,000 Special Po
lice and 73,000 Volunteer*
Are Ordered Mobilized.
Possibility of Bloodshed
By Universal Service.
Oklahoma City, Sept. 30.—The
gravest crisis which Oklahoma has
faced during the turbulent days of
martial law. since Gov. J. C. Walton
declared war on the Invisible empire,
swept across the state tonight, when
the governor ordered mobilized every
force at his command, military and
civilian, to enforce his proclamation
halting Tuesday's special election.
He called to arms the full strength
of the Oklahoma National Guard,
5,000 officers and men, and ordered
numerous detachments to strategic
points in the state.
He ordered to duty every man of
his 22,000 special police so as to
blanket the state and forbid open
ing of the polls. This force he calls
his "minute men."
He issued a call to 75,000 volun
teer citizen soldiers he claims he has
drawn to his cause and colors.
He is going to stop at ail costs
any effort at holding the election, he
told correspondents at the executive
mansion late today, and when he
spoke it was as if a field marshal
were martialling his forces for battle.
The governor does not plan to
use the military to stop the election,
unless there is a riot.
"The constitution does not give me
that right," he explained.
"But my minute men will stop it.
The polls will open. If ihere is a
riot, then I will throw the military
into action.*.'
"There may be bloodshed," the gov
ernor said. "I dread to see It. But
there may be. In order to preserve
our constitution. If there is blood
shed. it will lie at the doors of the
klan-kept press."
Governor Walton then charged
I that five newspapers in the state
1 were responsible for the present tur
bulence and unrest.
"If It had not been that other
newspapers throughout the Unite#
States would have misunderstood my
motive and could not have known
my provocation. I would have put a
lock on these newspaper plants long
ago and thrown the key in the river,"
he declared. "Then there would not
have been all this trouble."
The governor attributes all resist
ance to his policies to the Ku Klux
Klan. He was more aroused tomget
than at any time since he began
his fight to a finish" on the in
visible empire. There was the bit
ing : inc of hatred in his words.
"They have gone too far." he de
claied. My patience is frayed.
They have ruined my five constitu
tional measures, the things I built
mv campaign on. There can be no
election now. It Is invalidated.
They tried to run :n initiative bill
No. 79 They held up the election,
wrangling in the courts until the last
minute, until too late to inform the
P* >ple what the measures mean, and
shall not votf*.M
n m <*o you moan bv 'thov •
^vomorr' ho wmm a>ked
That lawless gang in the k|an >n(1
the klan press." he replied.
Governor Walton then fixed hi«
cr.i.v eyes on the corespondents, heat
his left palm with his right fist and
thundered a warning to Oklahoma
that martial law will he clamped
down so tight it will Stifle the stats.
opposition porsiijit?.
I've been pretty nice to those fel
lows compared to what I can he.' he
said. "Hut they've gone far enough
About one more shot from them and
I 11 clamp martial law down so hard
over this state that it will give vou
newspaper boys something sensation
al to write about.
I II make every person in Okla
homa go to he t at C o'clock Ml shut
things up tight at night. There will
t*c thousands of vacant houses In this
state Ifthey don't watch out.”
The governor said such a move was
held in restraint hut that he, could
not longer tolerate conditions. ' con
certed oposit.on "from the klan an 1
their cohorts,"
The significance of Governor Wal
ton s asortion that there will he
thousands ,-f vacant houses In the
state was taken to mean that there
would he nn exodus from Oklahoma,
The state is seething with excite
ment Orders from forces opposing
the governor already have gone out
to county and- rmaaicipal authorities
to keep a close watch for armed
civilians and arrest every man carry
ing a weapon.
This is taken as a move against the
governor's minute men. who held
commission* fromh 1m to carry arm*
at hi* command.
The plan is to seiie these men. put
them In Jail and hold them 4* hour#
incommunicado "for !nve*t!gratton.”
The determination of anti Walton
leaders to hold the election era* by
no means unshaken hv Governor Wai
ton s warning tonight.
" l'- McHhe. leader of the "rebel”
leg.slaters, announced tonight that1
meetings are being held In ooun
***** the state Speakers are urg
ing the people to go to the polle Tues
day assuring them that the results
of the election will he held valid bv
the courts, I'aators announced the
lo tion from pulpits all over the
state today
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