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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,.
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Milwaukee road KrM
Aiamuo iulry t 'Vir.X
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George A. Day.,
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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
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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
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Jieien reierson
Htlbert Peterson
Through Omaha Uee, ,
Through World-Herald
3,11'
Total
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Previously reported
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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.
Omaha
Telephone Douglas 529.
1802 Farnam St
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