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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1913)
TIIK HKK: OMAHA, TUESDAY, MAKC1I 25, 101.1. BRIEF CITY NEWS Stack-rolconor Co., Undertaken. Malley, the Dentin, City Nftfl. D. JB. riflellty Btornff. & vn Co. Doub. ISIS lUrMlng fixture, Uursesa-Qranden Co, Uave Hoot Stint Jt Now lleacon Tresf C. s. Elg-utter Law offices removed to S1I-SI5 OniHhK Nat l. Hank Bid. Tel. D317. rirst National Bans of llenilngfortl, Neb., pnys 0 per cent on time certifi cates, nlno have few mortmiKa farm loans to place at 7 per cent, 5300 to 1,0X. Cal vin J. Wlldj. president. Seven Far Cant On Your Money Hast Iiiks & Heyden, 1614 ltarney street, can K?t you "per cent on your money In nmounta from $S00 up, first-class security, nliort or lontr tlmo loans. The Stutt Dank or omalia, pays 4 pr cent on time deposits, j per cent on sav Ing accounts. The only bank In Omaha whose depositors are protected by the depositor' guarantee fund of the state vf Nehrneka. 17th nnd Harney streets. FOURTEEN FIRES REPORTED FOLLOWING CYCLONE'S PATH X'lrr Oprrntor nt Telephone llenil qiinrlcrH IlenlrKcil itUIi CnlU for Fire Department from IHMrlctn Over Which Tornnlo l'nnneil. Twenty fires wero reported In Omaha between 6:45 o'clock Sunday evening and R o'clock Monday morning. George 8. Hill and Edward M. Hart, In charge of tho police nnd fire alarm systems were kept constantly busy during that time nnd both Wero forced to put In extra time. Kvcry plcco of flro fighting nparatus In the city, ns well as somo of the Coun ell Bluffs and South Omaha companies were called to tho devastated zone, dur ing tho twelve hours of terror. At tho various telephone exchanges, the girl operators worked llko beavers. C. F. Lambert, traffic chief sent seventy operators to down town hotels at 10 o'clock last night and these will be used today to nsslst the regular operators. Because of tho paralyzed street car serv ice, other operators living In distant parts of the city will bo carried to work In cnbs and taxis nt tho company's ex pense. The following fires were reported: Twenty-eighth nnd Martha. Thirty-sixth nnd Cuming. , Forty-second and Center. Twenty-fourth nnd Arbor. Twenty-ninth nnd Martha. Seventeenth nnd Burdettc. Thirty-seventh nnd Cuming. Thirty-sixth Hnd Cass. Twenty-fourth and Ersklne, Twenty-sixth nnd Parker. Twejity-slxth nnd Blondo. . Twenty-sixth nnd Fnrnam. Forty-second street and Dewey avenue. Twenty-second nnd ricrco. SIX KILLED NEAR BLUFFS Reports from Aoross the River Tell Much Damage Was Done. MANY HOUSES BLOWN AWAY Wind Simply Citrrteil Them nnd Awny, nnd One Wim Tnken Over n )nnr(er of n Mile from l'on tulnttnn. ORGANIST IN CHURCH SEES ROOF BLOWN OFF Flnley Jenkins, organist at the Plym outh Congregational church, Twentieth and Spencer streets, was In tho church building practicing the music for the svcnlng service at tho time when tho cyclone Btruck. Ho looked up and saw the roof moving off nnd then he made a dsjv fon the north doori but beforo h reached there, he was completely burled behealtftlio'fallliig brick. ire ailg h'lmsclf out, escaping without as much as a mjAUch,. Of this church nothing but tho Sorter is standing. Six people nrc known to have been killed and many Injured in the vicinity of Lake Mnnawn. nnd along the Mos quito creek valley. The first loss of life apparently oc curred on South Avenuo near tho lown School for tho Deuf. The fine suburban residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. It. Itlce nt the Itlce nursery, was demolished and Air. and Mrs. nice Instantly killed. Nearby was the cottage of Wllllnm Poole and it was ntso destroyed and Mrs. Poolo wns killed, while her aged husband m? badly Injured. Tho wreckage of the nice home cuught fire, but neighbors whose homes were outside of tho stricken dis trict hurried there und succeeded In get ting them out beforo tho flro had reached them. Both were dead. The homo of Mr. and Mrs. Bcliultz near the old Green packing houses and on the Beno farm was destroyed and both of tho old peoplo wore killed. Tho residence of their son, a short distance away, was entirely destroyed with tho exception of the floor. In one room when the storm struck were tho husband and wife and their six children. Not a vestige of the houso remained above them but they were left huddled on the floor, arid not one of them received tho slightest Injury. Further up the Mosquito creek valley was tho house of August Norgaard, nn engineer on the Chicago. Great Western railroad, which was destroyed, and a little b.aby In the arms of the mother was Instantly killed, and the mother badly In jured. So far as could be learned last night this was the extent of the fatalities, but there will undoubtedly be others. The work of rescuing parties that flocked to the scenes of devastation was greatly hampered by the enormous amount of tangled wreckage which blocked the roadways. It took two hours for a largo force of railroad linemen to cut a way through the tangled mass of telegraph wires and poles to got across tho Milwaukee, Itock Island nnd Great Western tracks before the physicians und others could reach the sites of" tho lo stroyed buildings on the Beno farm. Whero thero were not wires and poles there word trees plied In Inextricable con fusion all along the highways. Tho In tense darkness added to the difficulties In forcing a passage by those who sought to make their way afoot. l'hyalclann Are All Called. Calls for physlalans came from all di rections and all of tho ambulances In the city were sent to gather up tho wounded who could be located. At 11 o'clock there names wero reported from the various hospitals where they had been taken. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hannan and daughter. William Poole and Miss Poole. Mrs. Baker. Mr. Messmore nnd two daughters. Mrs. Bishop. All of these Injured were gathered up In the Immediate vicinity of the Beno farm and along the creek in the vicinity of McPherson avenue,rThere wero a num ber of others more or less seriously in jured who wero cared for at neighboring houses. At Manawa, F. II. Hawkins, an aged man, .and his son, Hosca Hawklne, were b.adly hurt, and several other members i' the family were liijun.l ulicn tnc'r home was demolished. The building tood just south ami east of the Beck place on the outskirts of tho Shady grove. The two named were so badly Injured that an ambulance was sent for them later in the night. None of the club buildings at Mnnawa was damaged with the exception of a small structure. The old Murks club house east of th l'lsh and Game 'lull building wns scattered over the surround Ing country. When the destroyed windings nlong South Avenue caught flro an alarm was turned In but the fire teams that re sponded were unable to mal.o their way through the mud and stuck fast half way. The big automobile truck had responded to. the' call from Omaha before the dis aster was known to have occurred here, but It likewise would have been tumble to reach tho scene of devastation owing to tho blocking of tho roads by tho wire and pole wreckage. Reports that the Iowa School for the Deaf hud suffered scveroly proved to be Inaccurate. A terrific gale struok them but they withstood the shock, but tho country for a mile north nnd east was swept clenn. The damage to the Wilcox greenhouses at Manawn was serious. Tho houses are sixty feet wide and l.Of) feet long, and several portions were wrecked The Hock Island. Milwaukee and Great Western railroad suffered severely. The long trestlo of tho Great Western over Mosquito creek wns partly wrecked. Not a telegraph or telephone wire east from Council Bluffs wns left standing, nnd scores of reports Indicating death and destruction could not be verified. One re port whs that tho town of Weston was destroyrd, but there was no means of verifying It. It 1b not believed, however, that the storm extended that far cast. Thero wero no trains In or out over the Milwaukee or ltock Island tracks, both of which run through tho village. Linemen attempting to restabllsh communication found only tangles of wires and poles. The dwelling of Mr. and Mrs. Wright was blown n quarter of n mile nnd both were killed. The house of Lon Thomas was blown fifty feet and caught afire. Mrs. Thomas, who was In tho building, was burned to death, and the baby boy escaped with his leg broken. Huge Sign Felled By Power of Storm The terrific wind of Sunday night caused the largo electric sign of the Luxas Brewing company to topple over, the only damage being tho sign. Two large windows of the Western Union were broken ns was the window of the Itock Island ticket office. South Omaha News The Amphlon club will give a recital at tho First Bnptlst church, March 28. The club wls8 bo assisted by Miss Cress Keys, who will give several readings, and Miss Madge West, a violinist. For Rent Seven-room house, furnished. 1503 Valley. Immediate possession glvon. Phone South 1344. TOBNADO AND CYCLONE. Insure agulnBt tornadoes and cyclones. Ilato 1150 per 11,000. Do It today. Phono South 10 or 400, Kralky Bros., and get Insured In a good, reliable company. The Optima club will entertain their husbands and friends nt cards at the Centurion blub rooms. Twenty-fourth nnd E streets, Wednesday evening. Tnrnmlo Insurance. At 15 cents for $100. You can't afford .to be without It. Six of the strongest companies In existence. F. W. Black, 2318 N street. Call South 121. , '' V v M yv. a - v.-: v .-tv- . . MithMe li DAVID ANDERSON IS DEAD!? Pioneer of South Omaha Passes Away After Long Illness. MEMBERS OF FAMILY PRESENT Sinn Who Connneretl the Wilderness nnd llenehed the lllpe Aie of Kluit-One Venrs 1N- I'lllillly (ilvr V'p IMuht. I After a prolonged Illness Uncle Davo Atxlerson of South Omaha died thu morning at S o'clock. The end came easily and the members of the Immediate family were present. Ho was St years of age. David Anderson waa horn In a log cabin on tho hanks of the Brnndywlne In Chester county. Pennsylvania. Ho was of revolutionary stock his grandfather having served under "Mad" Anthony Wayne. His father was a uoldler under "Old Hickory" Jackson at the battle of New Orleans In 1812, while his great uncle. John Hart, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. At IS years of age David Anderson left his home and went to sirve an apprentice ship in Philadelphia, whero ho remained four years. At tho ago of 19 he began his travels, which carried 1dm through most of the southern and western states. In 1S64, he married Miss Mnry H. Denver of Nntchei, Miss. Two ytam later he at tended tho first national convention of tho republican party to which he adhered from Its birth to his own death. It wns tho proud boost of Uncle Davo In his later yoara that ho had voted for every republican president from Lincoln to Taft and In his old age his bitter dtnunrtitlona wero reserved for tho men who left the party principles to follow political will-o'-the-wlsps. I.enves I'lttMburifh by Mont. Mr. Anderson left the east In 1SW. when together with nlno other venturesome spirits he pushed beyond the Allegheny mountains, crossing Canastota peak, and then coming by boat from Pittsburgh, Pa., to Leavenworth, Kan. Ho crossed the plains and stopped on the present site of Denver. A few pioneers preceded the arrival of Mr. Anderson and his company, who immediately began the erection of Denver's first buildings which Undo Davo painted. Ho was the first to own nnd operate a imil route In tho Hooky moun tains nnd discovered the only feasible wagon road through what Is now called Eight Mile gulch. In Denver Uncle Dave became ac quainted with and counted among his friends Green Uursell, who made the first gold discovery in that tectlon; Amm Stock, pioneer postmaster of Denver, und Kit Carson. Ho was ono of tho original holders of the Denver townalte, owning thirty-two lots. In 1861 Uncle Davo removed with his family to the Platte valley, eight mllau east of what Is now Columbus, Neb. r'lf-, teen years later he moved his family to Columbus, whero ho became a stock shipper, at ono time holding tho distinc tion of being the biggest stock shipper in the state. When tho Stock Shippers' association was formed In South Omilia In 1885, Uncle Dave was elected vice pres. Ident. He was a patron of the packing house and stock yards of South Omaha In the Infantile period of tho live stock Industry In this state. Enter Ileal UMnte nunlncaa Uncle Dave took up his residence 'n South, Omaha In 1886, where, after estab llshtnff a resldenoe for himself and his family, he engaged In the real estate and loan business, continuing until a tew months ago, when ho disposed of the loan business. Always progressive, ne believed In the future of Omaha and was i Identified with the building Interests and public Improvements of the Magic City He held the offices of county rommlv ! sloncr, school director and tax assessor and, though never seeking office, alwaVH maintained an active Interest In repub lican politics. Organizing the first South Omaha republican club, Uncle Dave main tained a patriarchal supervision over it until the day of his death and even when feeble Insisted on attending Its meetings. Ho' was a member of the Nebraska State Historical society, the Pioneers of Ne braska, Pennsylvania Society of Omaha and the Independent Order of Odd Fel lows of South Omaha. Special Oar Oares For the Dogs of Mrs, Melcomb Whitman Mrs. Melcomb WlUtman, nee MIsb Jen nlo Crocker of Cnllfomla, passed through Omaha with a string of pet dogs yester- I day afternoon. The Pullman company had refused her passage with tho brutes unless she chocked them as baggage, but It touched her affections to see them travel In so ordinary a style nnd so be fore leaving Chicago for tho Pacific coast she chartered the private car Mlshawuka and purchased the necessary eighteen full fare tickets and went on her way In peaco with her pets. She arrived hare yesterday afternoon over the Northwest ern line and left shortly afterwards on Union Pacific train No. 16. Several attendants were necessary to look after the assortment, and among the comments expressed by the gating public was one from the Hps of a little urchin In tattered clothes who wished he too could be such a well cared for dog. RESCUERS WADE STREETS ! TO SAVE SMALL CHILDREN W. M. nnil K. A. ItKclile, on Center Hlreet nnd Fiftieth, Save I.Ives of Children of A. A. Allen In Wrecked Home. Among those who did heroic work dur ing tho storm wore W. M. BUchle and his father, E. A. IUtchle, an automobile repair man employed nt the Guy M. Smith garage. Tho Hltchles rushed from their home at SIOO Center Into the btreit during the worst of the storm and carried tho two little children of A. A. Allen from their wrecked hnie opposite the Ritchie house to safety two blocks away. "I shall never, forget how I felt as I waded through the littered streets with that little child In my arms," said the younger nitchle last night. "Wo were waist deep In water and live wlrea snapped and slxzled all about us, and once both my father and myself had to hold to a telegraph pole to keep from be ing thrown to the ground. I don't know where Mr. and Mrs. Allen are, but J wish J The Bee would say that their children are at the home of V. M. Hartmunn at Fifty-fourth and Center. A Cruel Mistake Is to neglect a. cold or cough. 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