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I JHK UhK: OMAHA, "WKDNKSDAY, MAHCH 26, 1913. pisodes and Personal Experiences in the Awful Storm H WORST CYCLONE OF THEM ALL Traveler Compares Omaha Twister with Others He Has Seen. DESTRUCTION WAS TERRIBLE 'While I.u or Life Win Sot Sit (irrnt no In Oilier Xntnlile Storms, the Devastation Wan Var .Mure Ciiiiijilftf "While I Ivavc N never hunted great calamatles and public dlsasteis, 1 have been through tho St. Lou's cyclone of fourteen years ago, tho St. Paul cyclone oi eleven years ago, and the San Fran e'sco earthquako of 1903arid the Oman c clone- of last Sunday. In n'one of them have I received a scratch." fald George K. Helott, represfntatlvo of -White & Wyckoff, manufacturing stationers of I tot yoke, Mass. ' I havo been on the road thirty-three years," continued Mr. Belott. "and havo made Oirahn. annually for thirty years. In tho four great calamities I have men tloncd, I have made careful observations and I am frco to say that I have never seen anything that compared with .he destruction to life and property wrought by tho cyclone that passed through Omaha Pundny. Take tho ihree and bunch them toKether and then the com parison could not be made. "Had tho fire not followed the car'th-q-jnko In San Francisco, tne loss of Hie and property would have not been graat; thti cyclones In St. I.ouls and tit. Paul were Just summer ecphyrs when lined up beslilj)' tho Omaha cyclone. 'I nave read up on windstorms to an extent and In making comparisons, 'Ind that tho Omaha storm was one of the worst. If not the worst In history. Pco pin herd do not realize the magnitude o' the storm. "Monday I took a taxi and spent tho entire afternoon, drlvinK and walking through tho storro-strlcl-.eii area rind nover did I see such devastation and suf fering. That Immense area, miles 'ong and from half to one mllo In width Is simply a hell. The other cyclones havo jumped about, destroying property In spots and taklnK lives at rare Intervals, but the Omaha twister seems to havo kept to the ground af,ter It struck, leav ing nothing but death, suffering and rum In Its trail." ( HOUSE ON WHICH LAST PAYMENT IS MADE WRECKED Charles Clavier, whose home at 4563 Leavenworth street was completely de molished by the storm, told the following story of his harrowln-j experiences at the station: "My wife, daughter Louise and myself had returned home from an afternoon call and wero Just bitting down to sup per when from the west came the most terrifying noise that I ever want to hear. I cried to my wife: " 'My Godl Stella, what It that?' when, with a horrible shriek, the demon struck the house. "The last thing I recollect was the sensation of the house being raised In the air from Its foundation, and tho pantry door blow In, striking mo to the floor unconscious. When I camo too I was pinioned to the floor by the door and a mass of debris across my back. Calling to my wife, to find if she was still alive, I was overjoyed to hear her voice assur ing mo she was all right. Our daughter, Louise, was nowhere In sight. Extracting myself from tl.o pile I made my way across what was left of our house to a portion of tho basement that was ex posed, and there In a corner was my daughter huddled In a heap, but sate. "Directly above her on the brink of tho wall was a horse standing absolutely mo tionless. How It got there and from where It came Is certainly a mystery. My home, on which I made tho last pay ment the 15th day of February, Is gone." THREE DEAD AT GLENWOOD AND TWO OTHERS WILL DIE H. Rraun, employed with George & Co., has received a telegram concerning the fatal Injun-of his brother, J. B. Lambert and Mrs. 3. E. Lambert and two chil dren, Bertha and Wendell, at Qlenwood, la. Mrs. La.mber and daughter Bertha are dead ami according to tho telegram received by Braun, Mr. Lambert and the son, Wendall, cannot live. The storm did considerable damage at that point. An other death reported from there It that of E. Merrltt. A Life Problem Solved by that great health tonic. Electric Bit tors. Is the enrichment of poor, thin blood, and strengthening the weak. 50c. For sulo by Beaton Drug Co. Advertise ment, Scene in Bemis ! . tZ?Z - v.4s! iaJiBHiw JtkwSStI!Kd('- Hfw' Wreck of Trinity Meth gasman l3raeatfi Voice Could Not Be Heard; Saved After Arm Was Lifted Pinned under the ruins of her home for a half hou Miss Gurtha Ixing, Korty clghth and Marcy street was for sonm time unable to make her would-bo res cuers hear her screams, until she finally freed one arm and raised it out of the debris. She was alone In the house when tho crash came. Her mother was visit ing across the street. Miss Long was thrown first to one side of the houso, then back to tho other and on the bed The next Instant she was thrown under the bed. The crash came and tho ruins of the shattered home fell on to; of the bed. A moment iiJltr the htorm had :il sldcd the mother and neighbors rushed to the houso to search the ruins. So loud was the roaring of the distant storm and the clatter of feet nvnr the boards, mingled with voices of the res cuers, that the Imprisoned girl could not. make herself heard. She worked one arm free and thrust this above tho mat tress. She was shortly rescued with mapy bruises and flesh cuts. Ft. Omaha Signal Men Do Valient Service Soldiers from' Fort Omaha have been commended by citizens and city officials for the efficient work they have done in guarding property nnd assisting In res cue work. Major Hartmann received no orders from the War department re garding the disaster, but at the call for help the entire garrison was quick to respond. With a picked crew the major offered his services, which have been In valuable. The men readllyresponded and old most efficient work all night and until relieved by the mllltla. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HAVE SHOES AND CLOTHING The Knights of Columbus have opened up their club rooms at 2025 Dodge street for those who are In need of shelter or clothing. The organization has a lot of shoes and wearing apparel for distribu tion and any one In need should either call there or else telephone Douglas 2969 and every effort will be made to fit thern out. UNION SERVICE FOR FIVE WILL BE HELD THURSDAY A union Pythian funeral service will be held Thursday at 2 p. m. at the African Methodist church at Eighteenth and Webster streets for five victims of the tornado. The dead aro Thomas Johnson, Lord Glover, Abner Thomas, Scott Bar ber and George Hansett, all colored and all members of the Pythian lodge. Park at Thirty-Third odist Church at Twent r p for the He Omaha has suffered the most appalling calamity in all its history. Hundreds of happy homes have been demolished and thousands of citizens are, tem porarily at least, in need of assistance. All sorts of aid is solicited money, clothing, bedding, etc. Bring or send your offering to The Bee business office, and it will bex taken care of to the end that kit will do the most good. Help is needed and must be had promptly. Come on. Relief Committee Asks Aid in Finding People in Need of Help To the People of Omaha: I j You aro earnestly requested to inform the executive committee of the relief association of any cases of urgent ntoed. Provisions have been made to provide shelter, food, medical assistance and hospital care for atl sufferers through the terrible calamity 'which occured on Easter day, -Application should be made and Information given to OMAHA CYCLONE RELIEF COMMITTEE, Council Chamber, City Hall. Sends Truckload to Twenty in One House In two rooms of a fairly habitable house at Forty-eighth and Marcy streets there were twenty people with scarcely clothing enough to cover them. Mrs. Luther Kountzo made a hurried trip In her machine and after ascertaining the exact condition Bent out a truck of cloth ing and provisions for the suffering. HERMAN PETERS ASSISTS IN SEARMjFOR THE DEAD Herman D. Peters, proprietor of th Merchants hotel, organized himself Into a relief corps Monday morning and started out to find what good he couid do, after working all night Sunday night hauling Injured to places of safety. On West Center street he found the bodies of two dead,, which he took to the morgue, and on returning to West Leavenworth street he found the body of a woman with her legs burned off, which ne took to the' morgue. y and Cuming y - SeeonoV and Binney Homeless FAMILY AND GUESTS ESCAPE WHILE HOUSE IS WRECKED It. C. Dozler, manager of the tTnlted States Sales company, his wife and two small sons and Miss Jennie Fcrrjon of 2610 Dodge street, who was visiting nt their home, 112 Davenport street, at the time of the to"rnado,' escaped with slight scratches while the Dozler home was piled up with those of Charles Black, Ak-Sar-Ben governor, and Harry Kelly of the Adams & Kelly Co., In Dozler' s back lajvn. Dozler -lost his spectacles, he said, and has been unable to read the papers to learn whether the .report of his escape got out to his friends In other cities. He wanted to make sure. STORM. KILLED ONE. AND INJURED MANY AT DE SOTO This Last Tho storm Sunday night at De 8otQ did considerable damage and Injured many. Mrs. Philip Steyrr was killed and other members of the family were hurt. Mrs. Steyer was the mother of P. H. Stcyer, candy talesman In Omalia for Vogele & Dinning: She will be burled at Fort Cal houn Thursday., i . County Commission Takes Relief Work Outside of the City All persons. Impoverished by the cyclone In the outskirts of Omaha nnd In the Villages antl towns of the county will be , cared fbr by the county commissioners, j This arrangement Was made by Commls- fliuiina l.yillll mm iHV-uiiHiu ill vumh-,- ence with Mayor Dahlman. In'nccordanoe with this plan. 2.000 has been voted for the relief of Ralston. This money has been paid to J. L. How- ' ard or the Howard .fltove works In Ilal I ston, and will be used to succor the destl , tdte and clean tip the- village. It Is prob rtble a weekly payroll for storm sufferers jwlll.be established In Ilalston. This money wns voted n,t a special meeting of the board this morning antl another meeting was held this afternoon to cohstdor relief measures. Tho commissioners Have hern active. In dividually and officially. A crew of men In hutos Is still scouring Douglas precinct for Hie needy, und as fast as they are found sunnlles nro sent to them. All I calls for help from . any sourco are I promptly answered. I The board Is considering tho problem l of providing shelter to those who wntit I to stay nt their ruined homes to guard I what property they havo been able to save. Many of thoso refuse to leave to seelt refuge elsewhere because nil they have In tho world Is what they have saved from the wreckage. Tents may be provided for these per sons, the commissioners say. Establish Relief Stations and Food . Being .Distributed Heavy snow, adding to tho property losSi and the great discomfort of the suf. ferers In the storm-swept district, has prompted quick action by organized relief associations, ana oerore tne aay was rar advanced .relief station's had been estab lished In several districts. Aided by the Elks the city commission established a scries of rree zuncn ktanci3 throughout the district where they were needed worst. Hero coffee and sandwiches wilt be given 'out. The lied Cross association has nndcrcd UIU. - I Fifty boys from tho. high school and the High School 'of Commerce have boon detailed as Western Union messengers o deliver 2.000 telegrams now waiting In the office of tho telegraph company. City commissioners havo Instructed the j city purchasing agent to purcnase large qUaniltleH of clqthlpg to be distributed from tho Auditorium. A relief bureair Was established. In the rotunda of the city halt and a largo num. bt;r of destitute were given orders on various stores for supplies, Including clothing and food. Donations to tha - City: Mief -Fund The list of reller subscriptions reported to the cjtlzcns' . relief '.committee to date Is as follows: Chi., Burlington & Qulncy U. rt....5,00o Northwestern II.-It'.' Co E.0M Doiigian county commissioners 5.000 Union Pacific n. U. Co D.000 Omaha Street Hallway Co 6,000 Omaha Gas Co ; f,000 Omaha National -bank 1,500 Merchants National bank 2.K00, Mrs. E. W. Nash.....: 2.S00 World-Herald 1,000 Chicago Lumber Co,., BOO TIayden Bros (00 Thomas Kllpatrlck'Co...' ,.. KO Oniaha Printing Co.., 600 Sunderland Bros, too J. A. Sunderland too Byrne-Hammer Dry Good Co 600 M&honoy & Kennedy 600 M. Levy i too Nebraska Clothing Co 260 Dr. Palmer Flnley 100 Futhor Stenson 60 Browning, King & Co - 100 George T. Wilson, manager 100 Pantorlum ; V0 NehrAHka National bank., frOO Fred Krug Brewing company too l.' 1 . n.n.nk.11 ' 10(1 Morris Levy , Frank T. Hansom. Harry P. Deuel f-'hnrUn r. neuel loo Dr. J. T, Matthews K Omaha News company W T .1 D'Cnnnnr 100 National I'rinting company w F. n. -McConneli. JO L. P. Htterback 10 J." T. Donohoo iyA"il ?. r ' . . i I. M r, 1 1 rtM ninrra 10 Hayden Bros, (additional) W Btorz Brewing company JV" Xt Tiros i") Omaha Stove Repair' company A n Vlllnl. Through Omaha Bee... LJJl Through World-Herald ft Bishop1 Scannell W Trn VntCA 1E nock Island I.lallroArt company 6.0O) Live Stock exchange. s,K l.lve Stock exchange to Ralston.... 600 Wires Bring Offers of Assistance from Many Other Cities Omaha Is not forsaken In Its calamity, for hundreds of telegrams have been re ceived hy Hie mayor from cities all over America proffering aid nnd extending sympathy. Some of the telegrams said thnt If funds wero needed they would bo forthcoming nt once. Mayor Dahlmnn has answered by thanking those Inter ested nnd expressing the belief that Omalmna will rnlsn sufficient funds to care for the stricken. Following are a few of tho senders of recent tcregrams: The New York World. Greater Dallas Committer. Dallas, N. D. A. J. Henmrdl, general superlntendt Missouri Pacific railroad. Thomas Monahan. mayor of San Jose, Cal. Henry U Yost, mayor of Kansac City. Charles A. Pfelffor, mayor of St. Joseph. K. J. Merger, mayor of Eugene, Ore. M. M. Davison, secretary of Southern California association of 10,000 Nebras knns. F. H. Nicholson, mayor of St. Taul, Nth. George F. Wilr, mayor of Fremont. John F, Ftlxgcrald, mayor of Boston. James II. Hanna. mayor of Des Moines. M. .1. Burke, president city commission or hacramenui. William Sillier, govornor of Now York. George 11. Smith, secretary Chamber of Commerce of Dayton, O. liiislness men of Detroit, Mich. Chamber of Commerce of Grand Island, which held a special meeting and Voted to help Omaha. Business Men's League of St. Louis. Peoplo of Seattle. Wash. People of Salt Lake City, I'tah. Mayor of San Frnnclscn, Cal. Mayor of Shreveport, La. C, W. Turner Carries Many to Hospitals Charles Wesley Turner, Jr., S819 Farnam street, used his electric automobile Sun day night for an amhulancn nnd carried many of tho Injured to the hospitals. At fortieth nnd Fnrnnm streets Mr. Turner pc),ed up tho body of a woman nnd started for the Wise hospital, when he thought ho had better sec If her pulse was beating. She was cold ns Ice, so he carried her to tho nearest porch and laid thc ,)0(Jy on lho porCn nm, picked up a nadly ,njllrf d mnn nm, womnn ne nr by Rn(1 took tn(,m to th j,ogpjta, Mr. 1 Turncr mna ab0ut ton trips In his car, j carrynir injured to the hospital. ADDITIONAL DEAD KIjOHA OASSKLL, junior mombor of tho Methodist hospital, died In that institution from Injuries ro- colvod nt 803 North Thirty-fifth street. J. I. HOGG, 3411 Cuming, died at Methodist hospital from Injuries; employe of Itnclnc-Dudloy compnny.i LKH XKIjSOX, colorod. ADDITIONAL INJURED In addition to thoso heretofore recordod, tho followlrijt havo boon reported' ns Injured: JOSEPH LKVINK, 1921 Locust, broken shoulder. GEORGE GAMBLE, Twenty-first nnd Ohio, back bndly sprained. MISS KATIIERJNE EVANS, milli ner a Orkln's, badly bruised and suf fering from shock. MR. AND MRS. HERMAN L-INTZ, 2720 Franklin street, sovero bruises and many cuts from glass. MR. AND MRS. OLSON AND IN FANT, being cared for In homo of Sam Ryborg, Twonty-fourth and Pierce; logs nnd hack wrenched, bruised. SCHOOLS RESPOND TO CALLS FOR SUPPLIES In response to a call made by Miss Belle Rj'an, assistant superintendent of the public schools, at Farnam sehool two dray loads of provisions wero received. Thes wero Immediately sent to Calvary Baptist church, Twenty-fifth mid Hamil ton streets, where they were distributed to thopo In need. Miss Ryan will make similar request at other schools and see that the contribu tions reach the suffering. GEORGE DUNCAN TO BE BURIED THJSL AFTERNOON The funeral of George Duncan will be held at 2:30 p, m. from Dr. Hnhn's. 3121 Douglas street. Father D. P. Harrington officiating. The body will be -taken to thc receiving vault at the Holy Sepulchre. WOMEN IN QUICK RESPONSE All Work Together in Various Char itable Organizations. MRS. TANC00K AT PARISH HOUSE Minn Mnnff nt City Mission Plnnft for Future C'nrc of Unfnrtnn nivn When Present Confn Inn Is Over. During the last year Omaha women have mado wonderful strides In organi zation of charity work. Tho present emergenor proves It. All charity socie ties havo united as If In one great body. Knch organization Is taking care of Its own peoplo, hut when a demand Is made for any needy person there Is no stand ing on ceremony, Thc Visiting Nurse association, the women of Trinity cathedral, the Asso ciated Charities and every woman's or ganization In the city has offered assis tance In tho relief work. Miss Lillian Stuff, head nurse for the Visiting Nurao society, said she was act ing In the Interest of tho Red Cross society as well as tho association. "Please say that the telephone numb?r Is Douglas 6US, and wc will be glad to give help to whomever needs It." she said. "I received three wires from Miss Jano Delano of Washington, D. C, who Is at tho head of the Red Cross society In thc United States, yesterday saying that they wero ready to send help to ue. This morning Miss Cnrrlo Kolartk or tbe Red Cross society has been brought Into the service. We nro In readiness to send nurses to all parts where aid la needed. Miss Louise McPherson, who was foi many years president ot thc asso ciation, is nt thc Auditorium and wilt assist Captain Stutzlnger." Tho women of Trinity cathedral are assisting Dean Tancock, who has mode a refuge of Jacob's hall. Tho dean has provided tho gymnasium with 160 cots and tho homeless are welcome there. Food nnd clothing Is being sent In and will bo given to thc needy. Mrs. Tancock Is nt the parish house. Many prominent women of the city nro sending clothing to her to glvo to the homeless. Miss Mar)" Mngco at the City mission. Is on tho alert nnd Is aiding In planning for tho future. "Ves we will need many things," sail Miss Mageo, "not thnt the demand Is so great at tho present time, for those who have lost their homes will bo sheltered by their neighbors for a few days, but nt the end ot this tlnio we will have to help them. Wo will need lols ot bedding, and, of course, clothing. We havo had ninny phono calls saying that clothing could he hud by sending to cer tain places, but wc have no way of send ing." Ten Are Killed by Storm in 'Arkansas KANSAS CITY, Mo., March S3. A mes sage received hro today from' Leslie, Ark., about sixty miles north of Little Rock, says that a tornado' In Uhat vicinity last night killed eight or m persons. M0NSIGN0R COLANERI'S LIFE SAVED BY THE WIND Monelgnor Colancrl had his llfo saved In a peculiar way Sunday night. He had Just closed a service at Sncrcd Heart convent, across tho street from his resi dence, Thirty-sixth and Burt, nnd was leaving to go home, but could not .open the door on nccount of the wind suction. A moment latr a htigo portion of the convent wall fell right where he would havo stood had ho been able to gain exit to outdoors. Gall Stones Removed Without an Operation After suffering for one year with gall stones, I was told by a friend to try Swiinip-Root. 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