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2 THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1913. AUDITORIUM RELIEF BASE Storm Sufferers Seek Refuge in Big Building. HUKDRED GET PLACE TO SLEEP Donation of Food unit Clnttitns; Re ceived There and Distributed lo gnbslntlons -Woman's Clnh Merabera Assist. Nearly 100 men ana one woman took refuge at the Auditorium last night. They were well provided with food, clean bedding and comfortable cots. They be gan coming: about 8 o'clock and by It 01 lock all had been Riven sheets comforts, blankets and new cots and directed whero they might sleep. No attempt was mndo to get all their names, and few ques tions were asked them. Oti arrival they went to bed, the lights were turned nft In the sections as each section was filled and by midnight all wete comfortably asleep. The Auditorium has been made a relief base. All donations of food and cloth ing will be received there, and distribu ted to the substations that have been established In the afflicted districts. Iliads ut food and clothing will go out from theie this morning. Many dona tions have been received and arc steadily coming In. The clothing is taken to .a special room and fumlngated on receipt. Captain 1' O. Btrltilnger Is In chargo of the relief work there. Calls for medi cal aid were received over the telephone there yesterday afternoon and last night. Assistant City Physician Langfeld with Urs. Golden. I-alrd and Hill answered these calls. Every request for aid was granted and every want satisfied. Members of the Omaha Woman's club were at the Auditorium yesterday after noon, some superintending tho cook ing and others the receipt of donations. Calls for food were Immediately an swered. Hot soups, coffe and sandwiches were sent out from the Auditorium on request. PL00D DEATH LIST WILL BE NEARLY THREE THOUSAND (Continued from Page One.) washed away, but no news as to the casualties among tho Inhabitants had been receive", i At daybreak Increased anxlotV In In diana centered about DrookvllVe and Con litrsvllle, from which frantic appeals were tnado last night to Governor Ralston Just before wire communication failed. It was leported that the river levee had given away, flooding the valley and sweeping hundreds or people away. The early rumor of a death Hit of MO at Plqua, O., was still uncontradicted at daylight, though no further confirmation of It had come to hand. The first relief train to Dayton sent from Xenla last night was expected buck today. Preparations were made by the state legislature at Columbus to ap propriate WW.000 for the relief of the sufferer. Governor Cox estimated the homeless In Ohio at 250.000. Similar efforts were being made to succor tho victims at -Peru and other Indiana cities. f Sopplles Cannot Re Delivered. Supplies of every description for S.OOO persons were rushed to Peru from neigh boring towns, but the problem of pene trating the flooded district was only less perplexing than that at Dayton.. At daylight It was seen that tho main hope of reaching the city lay In motor boats, since ordinary small rowboats stood n all chance of breasting the currents. Greater, however, than the problem qf rushing In supplies, both at Dayton and other places, was the work of rescuing thousands of persons from positions of peril of which they had clung all night with faint hope of Immediate help. In Dayton, the office buildings In the bust, ntss district sheltered In their upper stories crowds of residents who hod rushed there from streets In which wator raged to a depth of from nlno to forty feet. Totihumds In Tartar?. At the National Cash Register plu:it, on high grounds, thousands were taken In. and In outlying residence districts other thousands watted to hear from rela tives and friends who had been unable to leave the center of the city. In cVery city and throughout the out lying districts tho fear at daybreak was that the death list had been Increased during the night tjy the constant dropping oi exhausted people. Constant efforts of beats to reach people clinging to disman tled houses, trees and similar objects made the work of rcscuo everywhere practically Impossible. There was hope, however, of a gradual subsidence of the fury of the flood, which had reached Its crest at Duytnn at midnight and began slowly to fall. One pressing need at Dayton next to The Weather For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity Fair tonight and Thursday; rising tem perature Thursday. Temperature nt Umnha Hours. Deg, 6 a. m u a. m t 7 a. m 16 B a. m is 9 a. m is 10 a. m U 11 a. in it n it 1 p. m is J p. m xi 3t n n M . Local Weather Record.' Lowest last night T "ft " 60 Precipitation li ., .3 . grees. temperature for today, 41 de- ! 0iXfnchei.n prc,PUUo, lne Mrch 1. Uxcesa corresponding period, ll i. incites. sfVfCMCinc!jT7POn'lln per,0J ,,u IVealber in the Grain Belt. . !Kr.opt J?. t0 14 derrees occurred last night In the Missouri valley and west Into he mountains, and temperatures are ower generally everywhere from the take rejrinn in tha Pmiri.. 1 '. that wanner weather Is moving In ovir ... t..n. mu uiwciu no weatner has Irared generally In the extreme upper ,"funoFihM',i: but l still un lyttled In the lower Rocky mountain re gion and east over the central valleys, and the eastern and southern states! .nd southern reports were re elve4 thl morning, and while generally jusettled weather prevails throughout a MO 19 IMtlnni. nn intieiiisil wMnHlaln - shown. With an area of high pressure overlying the west, the outlook Is for Xlr hursdar. with slowly Using temperature L. A. WELSH, Local Forecaster. Jtho rescue of Imperiled persons, was a supply of food, the stores being In the Inundated district. Tho water nupply for drinking purposes had also been cut off and physicians feared a possible typhoid epidemic from the use of the flood walern. In both states the train service con tinued In a demoralized condition, bit every effort was made by the authorities to reach tho districts in out In need of help. Itcllcf trains striving to reach Day ton were unable during the night to pchetratc the city which remained utterly Isolated, save posslblo from the north where further efforts were made to enter at daybreak. Fifty Million ),n, Kstlmateg of tho property loss place It at $."0,000,000 or more. Factories, farms, homes and railroads were destroyed throughout the ntfected territory. Ilrtdges were wrecked at hundreds of points be tween the Illinois and Pennsylvania state lines, and live stock by hundreds of thousands were lost In the deluge. In ad dition, perhaps 1.000,0"0 persons were thrown out of employment, while the loss to business cannot be figured. Cities atl through Indiana and Ohio, Including In dianapolis, are Isolated. Iloadways nre flooded and railroads nre washed out, so that train service has been abandoned on many of the lines. Plans for th,i relief of the sufferers were put under way today In various places and by various societies. The condition of survivors in many towns In the deluged parts Is pitiable, It was reported. Governor Cox of Ohio ettlmated that a quarter of a million people In his state nre homeless ns a result of the flood. Late reports Indicate that the worst (s over, so far as the flood Is concerned. Tho crest was passed early this morning and the recession of the waters noted In sevcrnl places. IIUMHtHII riKTV AT 'CO I, IJ Mil US Dentil J.lnt In Ohio Capltnl Grown Itnplillr. COMJMRUS, March 2. At least 159 persons were drowned In Columbus as a result of the flooded Sclotl river, accord ing to reports from the flooded west side of the city this morning. Theso reports camo as 11 result of a partial restora tion of phone communications with the west side. Numerous persons, who are considered, cpnscrvatlve, assert that they saw scores of bodies lloat down stream nnd dozens of persons carried away In houses. WILLIAM A. SKXTQN, probation of ficer. KDWIN 1), DANIHL. ALBERT GORB, mall carrier. MR, AND MRS. K. M. 1IAYKS. MRS, arCOHOB COOK AND RAUV. MR8. U 11 MACIC AND T1IRBB CHILDREN. MR. AND MRS. GKOltGK BCKKRT AND BKVEN CHILDREN. than 250,000 people have been rendered homeless. The state Is unable to cope with tho situation In its cutliety and the governor has culled on the National led Cross society and on adjoining states for uld. Tho Immediate need Is for tents and food ,for the homeless. Every mil- Itln company has been ordered to report for duty today. The troops will bo sent to the points of tho greatest emergency. Tho state commissary department Is making every offort to rush supplies to the many points. MANY AUK LOST AT I.OU.VNS PORT itullitiia City ! Under J a to IR 1'ect of Murky Flood Water. CHICAGO. March M.-Many lives havo been lost at Logunsnort, Ind., which" Is under twelve to fifteen fcot of water, according to a report received hero today ny the Western union Tie graph company via Fort Wayne, There are twelve feot of water at tho Pennsylvania railroad depot. Znneavlllr Cut off from Ontsldr. COLUM1IU8. March SA-Laneavlllo was cut off from tho outside world today by tne nood in tho Muskingum river. All lCllldClltlu uf I'xnvh. is sweeping over the town and young and old are alike affected. Foley's Honey und Tar Compound In liable family medicine for coughs 'and colds. A. 8. Jones of Leo Pharmacy, Chlco, Cal., says: I consider vi.. Honey and Tar Comrmund im. ....... and Is the one cough medicine I can rec ommend to my frlejids, as containing no .ivvnt-o ur uiucr narmrui properties." Refuse nil substitutes and take only Foley's Honey and Tar CompoundAd vcrtlscmcnt. Money Still Pours into the General City Relief Fund Noon yestordav relief mr.... ...... -1... deposited with Treasurer nI.. hi k" m""' commlt,oe headed tii,. ""cnpjions aro pot placed on this 1st by Mr. Cowell unless the money already has been deposits with L1 "',,; B0n hU " ""'"'It! the amount goes on the ut ti,. U tho0il'.t M"y. Following Milwaukee road KrM Aiamuo iulry t 'Vir.X John Deere Plow n.. " 1''' 0 un Carfnn je. " t. A7 M l.ff.V,v fj) IH Charles A. (Joss fjO.OO &.U0 .'.!) 36.00 IW.'A) U.OO 00 AO &AX) A.'M) oO.U) S.O0 1W.00 WI.UO iw.vo o.U) 'JG.0D S.tQ .Mvitaiu ocanneii George A. Day., h. w. Dunn...::.:: : True Volco Co k. f. Howeii ::::; William H. Munger... r. urfKixey Nebraska Htone Co Albert Cahn I,."""" S. 11. Jameson.. , Htudebaker Corporation " Paxton & Vlorllng " A. T. Klopp ' - 8. M. Sadler & Son " ' Forgan Investment Co '' Charles T. Dickinson W. P, Warner . W. A. Redlok Rev. W. H. Moore K. K, Ilruce &. Co E. U. Carragan Co , H. U. Lemere A. A. Mrflrav 2.-.0 i. SoO, 10. A. Aaron ." H. W. Morrow ' Fleming Uros McCord tc Hrady ,, James Neville Stock Yards National bank. South Omaha Union Pacific Railway Co. 4, 6.00 hxi. MM.W 1.0UO.U0 1.(110 S.0U0 a S,0uu 100 j' rra i-asue C, R. I. & P. Ry.. Thomas J. Hart.., Carl Werner Frank Ewer , , May Reck, Emerson, Neb C C. Stmple .I In His name Fred Peterson Mrs. Fred Peterson ,. Walter Peterson a ft Jieien reierson Htlbert Peterson Through Omaha Uee, , Through World-Herald 3,11' Total .tS0.5Ki.74 Previously reported Total . J0,K5.O0 tU.ni.is FLOOD AND FIRE TAKES TERRIBLE TOLL IN DAYTON (Continued from Page One.) pait of the city this afternoon burned to the water's edgn buildings between St. Clair and Jefferson streets on the north side of East Main street and threatened., to destroy a big portion of the business section. The Deckel house Is burning and the buildings on the east side of Jefferson street from Third street to the Western Union am on fire. The Dayton Infonnint confirmed the Information that refugees driven from the places where they had sought safety from the floods were leap ing from roof to roof to escape the new terror. The fire was rapidly approach ing the Home Telephone office, whence camo this Information. The fire started In a tow of buildings on Third street be tween Main and Jefferson streets, next to the library building. This point Is two squares south of the Phillips house, The fire Is burning south. Flrr In I.lqnor District. When a message was received by the governor tho fire was about to reach the wholesale liquor district and fear was ex pressed that thla section would burn as If the flames were fed with gasoline. For tho reason ths.t Third street Is wide nnd tho court house Intervenes it was thought the flames could be checked before they spread to other portions of the city. The report of the fire came from Wire Chief Green of the Bell Telephone com pany, who &ays .he fire Is now wifhln a block of the exchange In which Is located John Bell, who for more than twenty-four hours his kept the outside world Informed as best he could about conditions In Dayton. MANY DROW.NKD AT imOOK.VILI.I3 Manr Ilrltlnes, Fnper Mill nnd Honses Swept Array. CONNERBV1LLE, Ind March &J. Many people were drowned at Brook vllle, Franklin county, last night, when they were caught In the conflux of the east and west forks of Whitewater river, which meet In that town. Survivors tell of attempts of men, women and rhlldren to escape by the light of lanterns after the city lights were put out of commis sion. Ftvo children, all of one family, were seen clinging to posts of an old-fashioned wooden bed, whon they were swept Into the main stream and lost The town Is completely cut off and word came here from villages north of Brookvllle, to which appeals had been made. Five large wagon bridges, the Big Four railroad bridge and depot nnd a paper mill were utterly destroyed. Fifty sum mer houses on Whitewater river south of Rrookvllle are gone. People are bowed down by the great calamity and are gath ered In churches. In which religious services are being held. No bodlca have been lecovercd, Two Hundred Bodies Fonnd. COLUMBUS. O., March 2. Governor Cox received a message by telephone from Dayton shortly before 11 o'clock today from John Bell, the Belt telephone oper ator, In which It was stated that WX bodies had been found. The bodies were located by men In patrol boats. Bodies were found as far out aa Wayne avenue, which Is more than a mile from the river, The governor also established com munication with the relief committee In Dayton and was told that the greatest need of flood sufferers Is water. The water supply has been cut off. The governor also was told that there was no loss of life at Sydney. SCORES OF DEAD AT PERU (Continued from Page One.) trip lnthe first boat that entered the city aafd: "We learned from the survivors that tho flood rushed In on the city at about 10 o'clock at night. The river rose six feet In three hburs. Warning had been given the residents, but many failed to heed It. "Tho cry to be saved from those who saw the first boat was heart-rending. Soihe of them threatened to Jump Into the water It we did not take them aboard. But It was Impossible with the scant boat supply to take all away at once." Sixty passenger trains are shut out ot the city on tho lines entering from the west, and all the passsngtrs aro practic ally sharing the lot of the homeless re fugees. The Assumption parochial school In charge ot Father Joseph Weber, Is sheltering about 100 women and children. Efforts to rtach that section ot the rlty from Indianapolis have been fruitless until thla morning. . Brookvllle and Coitnersvllle. The break ot day found anxiety In Indiana centered In Brookvllle and Con- nersvllle on the Whitewater river, from which frantlo appeals for aid were re ceived by Governor Ralston late yester day. While the appeal was being made wire communication to Connersvllle tailed. The person who was talking with the governor said that a break In the White- S,tuce then it has been Impossible to re establish communication even for a few minutes, and the governor fears the worst there, Mllllla was. ready all dur ing tho night to hurry to the town, but no train was operating In that direction though t.ho whole state Is stuplfted by tho enormity ot the disaster whloh In twenty-four hours drowned at least seventy persons and did property damage close to 135,000,000, work on repairing tho telephone and telegraph lines and rail roads was started early. Practically every railroad and traction company operating In the state has lost one brldgo or more, with miles ot track washed nut. Fashionable District Flooded, water levee had flooded the valley, sweeping hundreds ot persons before t, It Is hard even yet to bring the full retaliation of the damage to the psople from the streams that ordinarily are un important, many aiding only In beautify ing the city's parks and boulevards and driveways ot Indianapolis. Durinsr tha night the water advanced upon the ex. elusive residence section along Fall creek. It tore away one bridge, destroyed thm city's most attractive driveways and forced the families living along Its banks to desert their palstlsl homes. A few hours previous they had no Idea they were in any danger and were awakened by the militiamen to be ordered from the threatened buildings, only to find every hotel In the olty full. They were cared for at homes of friends. The Washington street bridge over the White river that connects Indianapolis and West Indianapolis, which was dosed for traffic late Xatt night, early 'oday was torn apart by the waters, tho flood of the structure being carried away. With the breaking of day also camo tho proposition of feeding tho 10.000 refugees. The city has appropriated enough to ilu fray this expense today, but moro will be needed tomorrow. A relief fund fias been started and It Is believed this will solve the problem. It was believed by telephone and tele graph companies' officials here that day light would enable them to establish n more certain communication with Feru, where sixty are known to be dead and where many persons are reported to be suffering for food nnd clothing. Indianapolis faces another day without fire protection. Drinking water Is nt 11 premium, while water to use for bathing and washing Is unobtainable. TIIOlfSA.D DEAD AT DAYTON Inhabitant of North Partus Caasiht Like Itatn In Trap. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March SO.-Tho Associated Preso here In 'communication at noon with the Western Union operator at Wolfe Creek, O., a mile and n half from Dayton, learned that the water In the city has fallen four feet since mid night. The operator said there were several bad fires In the main district of Dayton and that the carnage will run into the millions. Several of th fires were put out by dynamiting, he said,. The operator said the loss ot lire wi'l run Into the thousand and that the peo ple In North Dayton were caught like rats In a trap and were unable lo com municate with other portions ot tha city. Iletcne Work Difficult. DAYTON, O., March 26. Morning brought little hope ot Immediate relief to those who had spent the night In hor ror, and It Is feared that the number of drowned had been greatly Increased dur ing the twelve hours ot darkness. The rescue work looked as nopelcM. No one In the city attempted :o sleep. The only known dead are: Anton Saeloll, grocer, Vine and Main streets, killed In an explosion; his wife, drowned; unldentt fled woman, found nearby hanging on a wire; the Blsh family, wiped out with the exception of a son, John Bldh; iis mother, aged 65; sister Florence. 27; nlecj, Viola, and Muriel, wlfo of John Blsh, all being victims of the flood. It Is not believed the rescuers will be able to make any advance Into the flooded district today, but wilt have to content themselves with saving those Who were marooned within a few doors of the water edge. More than 70,000 per sons either were unable to reach their homes or, held In their water locked houses, were unablo to reach land. The Inundated district Is estimated at more than fifteen square miles, most ot which Is under from six to eight feet of water. Fatalitlea on West Side. PHONETON, March 28.-(Vla Phone to Chicago.) A report from the flooded dis trict ot Dayton received hero today says that on the west side of the city there were seventy-five to 100 drowned. This Is only an estimate and It Is ln possible to obtain accurate details. The flood began to recede about mid night and has been falling slowly ever since. Att 10:30 o'clock this morning the water depth had lessened about two feet. All stores and factories In the main part ot the town have been flooded to a depth of from eight to ten feet. Nu. havo collapsed, but an estimate of the have collapsed, but and estimate of the property loss Is Impossible. The, 200 refugees In the Young Men's Christian association building at Dayton and in the Algonquin hotel were facing possible short rations this morning. Their food supplies were becoming limited and drinking water was at a premium. Boats Requisitioned. Forty boats had been requisitioned by the city authorities and are patrolling the city in an effort to save life and prop erty. These craft are manned by volun teers. In front of the Central Union telephone office at Dayton the water Is still so deep that horses cannot go through it without swimming. The employes In that building have fished chairs, drygoods. boxes and a quantity ot other articles. Quantities ot debris have been swept down the main business street with such force that every plate glass window has been smashed by floating logs and boxes. Only one slseable building has thus far collapsed, so tar as tho watchers in thi telephone office can learn. This struc ture waa a three-story affair near Lud low street, occupied by a harness manu facturing concern. The building waa old and waa thought to be In no condition 10 withstand the pressure of the raging tor rents, Cloudy skies and a cold, drlssllng rain added to the dismal aspect ot the city this morning. The temperature fell stead ily all night and when daylight came tho thermometers showed that It was only three degrees above treetlng. This condi tion, however, was welcomed, because a hard freeze will aid materially In holding back the Innumerable tributaries ot the flooded streams and will assist the earth In retaining the moisture that has been soaked Into It stesdlly for the last five daya. TEACHING BOYS AND GIRLS PRACTICAL LIFE LESSONS The Department of Agriculture Exten sion of the University ot Nebraska Is conducting a week's short course for boys and girls at Waterloo. The girls' work Includes making bread and desserts, cooking, Judging and cutting ot meats and sewing. Tho boys' work Includes Judging of live stock, Identifying and Judging apples, grafting and budding fruit trees, pruning trees and strubs, planting and spraying potatoes, selecting and test ing seed corn and rope wprk. This work Is under the general super vision of Miss Huldah Peterson, About 100 boys and girls are In attendance. TWO SCHOOLS TO REOPEN; ONE WILL BE ABANDONED Saunders and Lake schools will onen Monday, Beats will be abandoned, aa It Is almost completely wrecked. Colum bian and Long are being repaired and will be ready for oecupancy April 21. A Cold. La Grippe Then rtrinonla. Is too often the fatal sequence. L Orlppe coughs hang on. weaken the sys tem, and lower the vital resistance. R, a. Collins, Postmaster, Barnegal., N. J, ays; "I was troubled with a severe La Orlppe cough and was completely ex. hausted after each fit ot violent coughing. Before I had taken one halt of a bottle ot Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, the coughing spells had entirely ceased, t wish to say It can't be beat. All other are Imitations. For sale by all dealer everywhere. Advertisement. Persistent Advertising J the Road to Big Returns. MEMBERS CLASH IN SENATE (Continued from Page One.) be paroled at the exlratlon of fifteen years, while a bill by Cox of York lattng to numbers on motorcycles also was Indefinitely postponed. Dodge also was unsuccessful In get ting through his bill limiting expenditures of candidates for office. Macf arland Bill Lost in Senate (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March 26.-(8pcclal.)-The nnti-dlscrimtnntlon bill Introduced by Senator Macfarland of Douglas county took up the greater part of the dlscus sldn of tho morning In commltteo of the whole In the senate. It was said that the discussion was carried on to kill time until noon so that House Roll No. 3, the county ownership of telephone bill, which was next In order, might fall to reach the discussion stage at noon, and would then be thrown Into tho hands of the senate sitting committee, where It might possibly be lost In the shuffle. . It was charged that the bill was In the Interests ot tho old line elevators against tho little fellows and would force the latter to maintain a certain price Irre spective ot whether there was a profit accruln gto them or not. The bill was Indefinitely postponed, sev enteen votes being recorded against the bill on a standing vote. Macfarland then tried again to save the measure when the committee reported, but tho same sev enteen votes stood In the way and the bill lies slumbering In the legislative cemetery. Senate Flic No. 176. by Ollls, was also Indefinitely postponed on motion of the Intcroducer, while Senate File No. 352, tho only other bill considered In the com mittee, was ordered engrossed for third reading. This Is Grossman's nonpartisan Judiciary bill providing for the nomina tion and election ot Judges of the su preme, district and county courts. Four bills were passed by the senate, only ono meeting with opposition. House Roll 1S1 by Knudson of Nance removes the exemption on wages ot worklngmen. This bill was passed, but recelvedd four negative votes, those of Grossman, Placek, Macfarland and Kohl. Senate File 207 by Ollls of Valley creates a commission to Investigate revenue and taxation and waa passed. House Roll 637 by a dozen of repre sentatives makes a levy for the support of the State Normal schools. It came over from the house with a provision for a three-fourths mill levy, but the senate raised It to a full mill and In that form It passed tho upper body. Houso Roll 51 by Richardson of Lan caster, makes it a felony to furnish dope or fire arms of any kind to prisoners In the penitentiary. The bill passed. A communication was read from Mayor James Dahlman of Omaha, asking that the legislature do nothing that would cripple the efficiency of the National Guard at this time, and Hoagland of Lincoln sond up a motion that It was tho sense of the senate that the National Guard be permitted to remain In Omaha Just as long aa the city needed them. Sugarman Struck By Insurance Man (From a Staff CorresDOndent.1 LINCOLN, Nebj. March 26. (dpcclal.) As ho emerged from the house Into tho lobby at the time of tho noon recess, toi. lowing a discussion of the worklngmen'a compensation bill, Martin Sugarman, member of the Douglas county delegation, was assaulted by Guy Cramer, 'an Insur ance agent who la here lobbying tor tha compensation bill. Cramer struck Sugar man on the slue ot the head, knocking his glasses bout ten feet and staggering him back several feet. Sugarmnn was dazed by the blow and when he nad Blufftclently recovered to know wnot naj happened the sergeant-at-arms caught him and prevented a come-back. Sugarman filed a complaint against Cramer charging him with assault and battery, and Speaker Kelley, on motion Of Bmlth ot Douglas, annotated the fol lowing committee to Investigate: Trim- Die, jraiistead, Mather, Stebbens and Nichols. The assault was occasioned ov Sugar- man's opposition to the compensation diii ana a remark he made on the tloor of the house regarding It. Much Indignation was expressed against Cramer by members until Henry C. Richmond, chief clerk, arrived on the scene, shoved his way to the front, yanked Cramer from the Indlgnatit legls. lators and hustled him off down tne corridor, being a welterweight dove ot peace. Cramer said he realized he had Insulted the dignity of the house and asked the members to accept his apology. He be lieved ho had a right to discuss this bill with Sugarman, Inasmuch as he had helped to elect him and as Sugarman had told both the Business Men's association an dthe labor unions that he would sup port a compensation bill. UNIVERSITY REMOVAL STILL WITH CONFEREES (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. March 26. (Rrwlnl 1 ti.- Joint committee appointed to get to gether on whether the university should oe consolidated at tha state farm or the city campus extended for the benefit of the kitchen workers and hoard! nir hmtLA keepers of Lincoln has not yet visited the farm, but Is gradually making progrens. in fact, it begins to look aa If the houso committee would be compelled to recede from Its position. The committee has pi ready agreed that no new university buildings shall be constructed, within six blocks of a saloon. Thla will put some of the saloons nut i,t business. Including the Lindell and Lin coln hotel bars, which would be a Aid blow to the commercial Interests of the city of Lincoln, almost as the removal of tne students to the end of the street Mr Una. Until the weather moderates the corn. mltte will not visit the farm. DEPOSITS AND LOANS INCREASE IN NEBRASKA (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March N.-(SpeclaI.)-Secre-tary Royse of the State Banking board has Issued a statement of the condition of the state banks at the close of hunt. ness February 15, 1913. The report shows 69S banks with 244.444 depositors. These depositors have within the banks Individual derxslts of iia.nc. SSJ.35, demand certlflactta og IT.STJ.219.S2 and time certificates amounting -to ISi, i97.SSI.9t Tho resources o'f "the banks amount in full to f 1OT.W?.!K.SR. nn Increase since aich IS of s.28S,3b8.9S. The deposits have Inercngwl R22,Ki0.6 and the loans and discounts 9.173,320.;. The avcrnge rcservo la Wi per cent. BOY ACCIDENTALLY KILLED AT ENDIC0TT FAIRHURY. Neb., Mnrch 26.-(Speo!al.) While four companions were examining a 32-callber revolver at Kndlcott, six miles southeast of Falrbury. the weapon was accldcntly discharged by Forest Davis and the bullet entered the ab domen of Harry Wcsklrchen and Inflicted an Injury from which he died n few hours later. Prior to his death, tho un fortunate young man made a statement exonerating his companion for the shoot ing. Wcsklrchen Is 19 years of ago and Is the son of Mrs. Ellis of FalrbUry. LEXINGTON MAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE LEXINGTON, Neb., March 2C.-(8po-clal.) Earl Ellson attempted suicide Tuesday afternoon by shooting himself In tho left breast with a 32-callbcr revolver. The bullet struck a rib and glanced off which saved the young man's life. Ellson had been arraigned before the district court on a charge of an attempt to malm. Judge Grimes fixed his bonds at $26,000, which Ellson was unable to procuro and rather than lay In Jail until the next term of district court" sought to take his own life. FORMER SENATOR BROWN JOINS PULLMAN FORCES LINCOLN. Maroh X. (Special Tele gram.) Former United States Senator Norrls Brown is stato attorney for the Pullman company. Frank Ransom has resigned, but will be retained as con sulting counsel. Mr. Brown was an pointed before leaving Washington. Mr. Ransom has been state attorney for the company for many years. Loss to Chemistry Hallis$200,000 AMES, la., March 26.-(SpccIal Tele gram.) Prof. A. A. Bennett of chemis try places the loss of last night's fire, which destroyed Chemistry hall, Iowa State college, at $300,000. President Pear son today asked tho Stato Food and Dairy commission, President Bell of Drnke university and University of Iowa for loans of apparatus and chemicals. Immediate construction of a $250,000 chemistry building will bo considered by the State Board of Education at a spe cial session tomorrow. Twelve hundred students are effected by tho fire. EATER, BONNET ALONE 18 MISSING FROM ONE HOME Sunday's cyclone carried away Mrs. J. P. Donahoe's Easter bonnet from her homo on Cass street, between Thirty eighth street nnd Thirty-eighth avenue. The wind raised the house up several feet from the foundation and set it back again In o different position. The only thing which disappeared was Mrs. Dona hoe's now bonnet, which she had worn to chjurch that morning, Mr. Donahoe years ago was a captain of the Omaha police force. He Is one of the old residents of tho city. TO PIUSV15MT THE OllIPPE. LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE removes the cause. There Is only one "BROMO QUININE." Look for the signature ot E W. GROVE. 26c Advertisement To Those Who Have Lost Their Homes and want Good, Wholesome, Home Cooked Food at prices that aro within their means should come QUICKSERV wh ero they can get just what they want. Prices ranging from 10c up. City National DOWN STATES. Tornado Sufferers Should Attend to This Immediately! Get your Blankets. Bed Clothes, Rugs and Per sonal Attire together with all possible dispatch. These may be cleaned to look and serve like new if they are sent or brought hero before tho damp ness and snow rots the material. It you have no room to place the articles after they aro cleaned we will be pleased to Btoro them for you until you yieed theram. We make no charge for the stor age. Just phone for our wagons and we will take .charge ot the work immediately. Phone Right Now, Tyler 34S Dresher Bros., Clearance 2211-2215 Farnam St. J. W. Robbins TORNADO AND FIRE INSURANCE. 1 am now adjusting and paying? more than JO losses, many of them total Be as wise as others have been and protect your property 1 President Wilson Asks for Aid for Victims of Flood WASHINGTON. Marrh .-President Wilson todny I&sucd the following appeal to the nation to help the sufferers In the Ohio and Indiana floods: The terrible floods In Ohio and Indiana have assumed the proportions of o na tional calamity. The loss of llfo nnd tho Infinite suffering Involved prompt me to Issue an earnest appeal to nil who nre able. In however small a way, to assist the labors of the American Red Cross; to send contributions at onco to the Red Cross at Washington or to tho local treasurer of tho society. We should make this a common cause. Tho needs' of those upon whloh this sudden and over whelming disaster has come should quicken every one capable of sympathy and compassion to give immediate aid to those who are laboring to rescue nnd re lieve. WOODROW WILSON, and Ufesavlng apparatus, to Cincinnati, Secretary Garrison today ordered tho immediate dispatch to Columbus and other suitable distributing points In Ohio of tents for 10,000 people, 100 hospital tents', a largo quantity of medical sup piles and 1,000,000 rations. The United States Ufesavlng station at Louisville has been ordered to hurry It? cntlro crew, equipped with power boats with orders to work up the Miami valley toward Dayton for rescue work. Register of Missing Kept by Committee , In nn attempt to locato tho missing the central relief commltteo has posted plac ards at tho Union station and the Bur lington nnd Webster street stations di recting travelers In search of friends to notify tho committee at tho city hall, where a register Is being kept. The com mltteo will ask that tho names of those lost be published ns well as the names ot Inquiring relatives. George C. Sheldon of Nehawka was the first (o make In quiries, seeking Mr. and Mrs. Will Shel don of Nehnwka, who wore supposed to havo been In Omaha Sunday night. TWO INDIANA TOWNS REPORTED WASHED AWAY INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 26.-The towns of Motamora, north of Brookvllle, and the towns of Cedlar Grove and New Trenton, south of Brookvllle, havo been swept off the map tho flood, nccord Ing to Information which rcachod horo this sjstroon. THE PERPLEXED HUSBAND is bo who makes no allowance for accident or distress in tho pursuance of home-keeping duties. Little perplexities are easily obliterated by a visit to tho WOODMEN CAFETERIA 14th and Fnrnnni Streets. Solid Gold Jewelry at Vs Price at Orkin Bros. Saturday. Think of buying solid gold Jewelry at half price. That's what you can do at Orkin Bros. Saturday. "The Early Bird Catches the Worm." Those who come early to Orkin Bros, big jewelry sale Saturday will get tho choicest selection. Come early. Bank Bldg. 16TH and HARNEY. 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