Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, March 29, 1913, Image 1
PHOTO PORTFOLIO OF THE OMAHA TORNADO--The Bee has in preparation a booklet showing thirty views taken by our photographers along the path of the big storm. This booklet, on fine paper, 7x9 inch pages, will be ready at noon today. SEND US YOUR ORDERS NOW--?rice 10 cents. By mail 12 ce rrts Omaha Da Bee KEEP FRIENDS POSTED Kail them coplas of The Be the papsr with bait account of th storm bavoo ana relist work. It Beats Writing Letters THE WEATHER. Fturj Warmer VOL. XLII-NO. 244. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 2!)54FOURTOEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. The 37C 7" BUILDINGS RISE OUT OF RUINS AS THROUGH MAGIC Sound of Hammers and Easp of Saws Now Heard in Every Section of the Storm. OPEN FOR BUSINESS, THE ORY Restoration Committee Named to Help Struggling Builders. MAKING SURVEY OF DISTRICT Real Estate Men Report There Was Little Tornado Insurance. MOST WORK WHERB WORST HIT Buildings Reconstructed with Great Speed Near 24th and Lake. ALL PEOPLE ARE FULL OF HOPE No Cry of Hopelessness la Heard in Districts Where SafferlnaT Was Greatest, but Homes Are .Rapidly Rennlldlnir. Out of the ruins of Sunday's tornado, buildings am rising as if by magic and the' sound of hammers and tho rasp of saws- are- .heard In every section of the devastated district. Whore a region, of wreck arid confusion met tho eye Mon day morning, can now be seen organized gangs of workmen, hugo drays with lumber nnd new furniture and an In dustrious people, rebuilding their homes. Nowhere can bo heard a hopeless yotce. Cheerfulness has replaced fear and with a marvelohs spirit of high hopefulness the home-builders are gofng about their work. Workmen have been secured and while not ' many arc employed on any one house' they are scattered In small squads throughout the district. At a Joint meeting of the relief and restoration committees, It was decided that the general , relief committee would superintend and assist temporary rebuild ing and repairs or the tornado suffer ers, although many of tho owners of demolished dwellings and business build ings are already far advanced with re construction, -work. "Open for business," Is the' slogan of tho business men. who suffered In the tornado- .and doxens of smalt erocetlea and' llttHi stores ot all -kinds are cater ing to-.cuBtomera In halt-wrecked build ings now- Under course of restoration. A survey of tho stricken district Is being made by members ot tho Real Estate exchange and the restoration committee appointed by the Commercial club on Tuesday, will not make deflnte plans until this committee reports. Members, of the committee, who have reported say thet damage Is greater even than was first believed, because of the very small amount of tornado Insurance carrlod. D. V. Sholes is directing the Real Estate exchange's survey. Restoration Committee Named. A committee on permanent restoration funds has been appointed and will meet Saturday noon at the Commercial club. The members ot the committee are: J. I Kennedy S. P. Bostwlck K.C.Peters J. IT. Flack . J. A. Bine Victor Ilosewater W. II. Bucholz Joseph Polcar C. T. Kountse Harry Doorly. Luther Drake C C. George M. T. Barlow J. It. Webster H. W. Yates A . "Wo have tound a great many property owners between Grant and North Twenty-second, to Maple, repairing." said D. V, Bholes, of, the restoration com mittee. "In this section there is a com paratively small percentage of total ' wrecks. About one-fourih the buildings were rented. Very little tornado Insur ance was carried." Work of restoration Is being rushed (Continued on Page Three.) Some Employers Are Thoughtless . of Their Helpers "I km through work and am going home," remarked an office man in Omaha as he pulled on his coat and prepared to catch a 0 o'clock car to his family. Then he stopped, and the smile on hU tace gave way to a countenance of deep thought. Again he spoke, and turned nu glance upon the stenographer, who had Just flnlshoa locking her typewriter In the desk: "Did it occur to rou that we are among those who have a home to 30 to In Omaha tonight? Just think what it means to those persona who suffered In the tornado. I know of several men nrun.. k.nA tver destroyed Kaster. ntiU.Q MM.V ' " " They are still working compelled to do so in order to keep their heads above water. But when they have done with the day's work they have no home to go to. Their famine are crowuea into some small' boarding house that Isn't home. Gracious, we ought to be thank ful that we can leave our work here and go home to a good supper and h. wsnn bed. It is Impossible for us U 'ealuj what we have we must suffer adversity before we aDDreciate the blcsslnrs that . those persons have who do want for food and a home. I am not going to complain any more." A tear stood In the typist's eye as the talker finished. "You are right, Mr. Blank, I wish I had a home to go to tonight. I roust stay with a frie'd, while mothtr and papa sleep and eat at another house. Mr ninnlc lisd farcotten that the fam ily of the llule typist had lost everything In the storrr$verytblng but tho clothe on their bacijj. RELIEF IS MORE EFFICIENT Organization of Various Agenoies of Assistance Shows Value. ASK VICTIMS TO COME FORWARD Committee Experiences Difficulty with Numerous Persona Whose Pride- Keep Them front Ask- . ins; for Needed Help. Relief work at the stations in the north part of tho tornado area rapidly IsVhang Ing from tho mere providing o( tempor ary shelter and food, to tho furnishing of homes. In consequence the urgent' demand now Is for bedding and beds, furniture of every kind, kitchen utensils and other household necessities. , This fact was most strongly urged 'at station No. t at 2720 Franklin street. It was said that In this district Btorm, suf ferers rapidly arc finding new residences under Instructions of the relief commit tee, but tho families lack furnishings to make themselves comfortable. . . In nearly all the districts a large per centage of the sufferers have been cared for temporarily and the more difficult and important work of establishing them In new homes Is at hand. . That In a metropolitan city like Omaha there should be so little attempted loot Ink,' at a time of widespread disaster is looked upon by tho relief , committee as one ot the remarkable ' things. It 'is looked upon as showing' that the organ ization Is good nnd that- (he nillltla in. doing efficient guard work. ' Vague re ports have reached the comnllltee that there has been attempted looting In tho Leavenworth district, but tho reports take no veil- definite" shnbe as yet. Impostors, too. are few, In the present disaster, according to the committee. although a few have bsoit caught nnd' Jailed. Only hero and thero Is it dis covered that some who are not worthy and were not near tho storm have re ceived relief at the organized relief sta tions. These, it Is said, will get the limit ot tho penalty before the police Judge. Relief Station No. 5 has been ordered to cut d'jwn on tho quantity of foodstuff given out to any one family. From this station sacks of 100 pounds of potatoes and 100 pounds df sugar 'have been Issued to single families readily, until their supply has been running out tod fre. quently. The committee feels that It (Continued on Pago Five.) Debutantes Will Tag YortMonday'for the Sufferers' Benefit' Monday will be "tag day" In Omaha for the benefit of sufferers in the tor nado, according to plans ot a number of young women prominent In society circles. Those who are taking the most Interest in the project are. the debutantes of tho year and a number of the other mem bers oi the younger set. Miss Mary Marston took the Initiative. The aid of Mr. Robert Cowell of the Kll patilck store ,has.';bee,n enlisted ind A. Hoape has offered his storo as head quarters for the young women. The money received Monday will bo transferred to the city relief fund. Fixing the Time This clock hangs on tho bark wah of the Electric Karate at For tieth and Farnam streets and Is stopped at G;4tt, which fixes almost exactly the very minute stprtu WHITE SLAVERS ABE TRADE ON SUFFERERS Interrupt Work of Relief Committee When' Their Activity Be comes Known. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING Youn? Girls Report Advances Hade to Them. IN GUISE OF RELIEF WORKERS Offer Girls Good Homes in Chicago . and Elsewhere. MILITARY IS AFTER THE GANG United Kffort llrlnnr Made to Hend Off the Efforts of This Heart less linnn Worklnir la Time of Trouble. ' White slavers from Chicago and east ern, cities aro known to bo at work In Omaha cotnpotlng with tho relief com mittees, some disguising as rollef work ers, -In. housing some of the girl victims of the tornado. The, central relief committee was con fronted with the appalling situation yes ten) ay. - and alniost had to abandon Other work to get the police and detec tive agencies and mllitla-offlccrs at work on the cases . which have come to Its notice. A k meeting of managers of the rollef stations was held at the Commercial club at noon. .Automobiles were sent to tho station and brought them to tho club, shcro tho luncheon was on the tabic ready for them. Slavers Rent Houses. While real estate men and homo owrt ers have come to the front with vacant houses and in order immediately to re lieve the suffering have turned open their doors the, apprehension in tho city of white slavers lias had a tendency greatly to deter tho work of the committee be cause of difficulties coming through dis criminating between the needy and these criminal outsiders. Homo ownors have come to question each applicant and tho retardation In housing the sufferers which necessarily comes from that la creating a serious handicap to the relief ?vork. Next to the startling problem of deal- WtContlnued on Pago Five. Clothing Needed for Tiny Babies An appeal has been made from the Vis. Itlng Nurso association for baby clothes. Not for the baby 4 or 5 months of age, but for tho babo of 1 and 2 days old. "Wo have had four cases ot this kind among tho storm victims," said Miss McPherson, 'and we are very much 'in need of gar ments for theso .babies. Other clothing Is very much needed, but -tho tiny baby seems to be entirely overlooked In the bundles which havo been sent to the re lief stations." , tir""u From the Chicago Intcr-Occan. COUNTY PHONE OWNERSHIP Senate Passes Fuller Bill Looking t -TKiff End? , NINE-HOUR DAY FOR WOMEN I l'nloott's SI ens n re Providing This Itulp Pusses Upper OJinmber Forrntution Mill Cnnse of Home Debate. (From a Staff Correspond n.) LINCOLN, Netfi. March 28. (tipwial.) The senate passed the Fuller telephone county ownership bill this morning unrt hurried It over to tho house that tr-c mt ter body might take action on tho amendment tacked on by the senate. The house' refused to concur In the amend ment and sent back word that thero would be nothing doing along that lino They also signified their wllllugness to appoint n. conference committee. The senate appointed Senators Smith, Ilcasty and Cox. Tho house committee consists ot Fuller, Kcckley and Stevens of -Lincoln. TaJcott'n bill for a nine-hour day for female workers in stores, factories and mills passed the senate without opposi tion. On the county ownership til 1 1 there were three dissenting votes, Dartllng, Cordeal and lluartnann, with Uuahco, Dodge an Hale absent. House roll No. 031, Introduced by Mockett at the request ot tho Gcrman- Amerlcan alliance of Nebraska, caAs for tho appointment of a commission which shall nerve without pay' to investigate the sandhills for the purpose of llnaing out what can be accomplished in the way of forestatlon of the land. The MM was opposed by Hoagland of Lincoln, Rey nolds of Dawes and Ollis of Valley, ihe opposition thought that Inasmuch as the governmept had spent money and lime to investigate the same proposition and it had not amounted to very much, it would be folly to attempt the same :hltig by the state. Ollls wanted to striae out that part of the bill which called tor thu commission to prepare a bill for Intro duction at the next session embodying tho need of th state to carry out tnu plans of the commission. Say Interests Orfpwse. Placek fought the amendment iutterly and said the opponents ,of the bill were carrying out tho name line of work that was carried out by certain Intereits be fore the coal lands pf the country wero gobbled up by the 'corporations, wher.j they had tho lands declared not of muoh (Continued on Pago Nine.) Bryan Tells Dunne He Acted Wisely . 8PWNGFI15LD, III.. March i&. -Cover-nor Dunne today received thft flrs wnr.l he has had from Secretary of State Ilryan smco leaving air. nryan at Lincoln. Neb., two weeks ago. Tills was n t.i, congratulating Governor Dunne upon his auKuae ana success In the settlement of tho double senatorial deadlock In Illinois. The message came from Pittsburgh Pa and read: '' 'Good. You have acted wisely. Present my congratulations to Lewis, (Signed) v. j. nilVAN.- The General Fund for the Relief of Omaha Tornado Victims is $103,950.75. When Man Learns Humility! LET EVERYBODY 'HELP Send, your contribution for tho tbnuulo victims to any Omnhu newspaper nnd it will bo acknowledged In tho paper and turned into official relief fund. GRAflD RESERVOIR IS SAFE Water is Lower and All Banks Are Holding Well. TWO HUNDRED DEAD AT PI0.UA w Property Loss There Is llcifrr Slnny factories Ilayr Been Wnsued Avrny No Deaths nt ,Trn'y. ItOCKFOKD, O.. March 28. The Cellna reservoir was today declared out of danger. Tho water here was slightly1 lower and none is flowing over the banks. Cellna on tho west and St. Mary's on the cast bank, reported the reservoir holding. There were no fatalities near hero. FOItT WAYNE, Ind March 23,-Wlth the announcement today that tho Orand reservoir at Cellna, O., Is safe, the peo ple of this cjty were relieved of anxiety. Inasmuch as the local flood conditions wero much Improved this afternoon, no further danger was expected. Operation of street cars was resumed today. Tito Hundred Dead In Pliinn. CI5LINA, O., March ii8. Ton bodle? have been recovered In Plqua and the number of dead Is officially estimated at not more than 'JOO, according to Q. A. Thompson, a member of the Plqua relief committee today. Recovered bodies were four men, four women and two chlldien. Most of the city Is now above wnter Ml'.ltla from Sidney and Covington, to gether with the local mllltla und a rollef committee are guarding properly and re covering the bodies. With every hour the list of missing decreases as men and women believed to have been drowned sre discovered umong thote who escaped to the high ground. The greatest loss of life and damage to property was In the southeast part of the city, known as Shawnee, where many factories wore located and workers lived. The relief committee estimated that (Continued on Page Two.) Dead in Peru Will Not Exceed Forty SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 28,-The situation at Peru today Was much Im proved. The 'water was fast receding and except In South Peru, which Is still under ten feet of water, the conditions permit people to wade about the main streets. It is said that the dead will not be moro than fifty. Twenty-five Is said by p. A. Joyce, controller of Houth Hend, to be a safe estimate. Two carloads of clothing were sent to the sufferers from South Deud lodav i MORE GUARDS ARE NEEDED Vandals Try to Rob Homes in West Indianapolis. FIFTY ARE DEAD IN PERU Four Urphnn lilrls Drown While Trying to Svrlni in Unllrnntl II mini ii km rut, INDIANAPOLT8, llid., March 28,-Con-stantly tightening gunrd lines thrown about West Indianapolis today ore shut ting out all persons from the flooded dis tricts, but the state troops and local po lice are not In sufficient numbers to handle the situation, and Governor Rnl- ton will attempt to have two uddltlonal companies of mllltla In tho city by night. Kvcn refugees are being excluded from the flood districts ot West Indianapolis until thorough organization can be com pleted to Insure the exclusion ot vandals. Brigadier General Charles A. a Irani re ported? to tho governor after all-night duty In the flooded portion of tho city that the forces there must be doubled to furnish adequate protection. Mach Alii Offered. Hundreds of telegrams offering aid arc reaching the governor today with the re sumption of wire service. Governors Kberhardt Of Minnesota and Major of Missouri wired sympathy and offers of money. The Indiana society fit Son Fran olico, through A. It. Keosllng offered aid, and the Ullllnss (Mont.) Chamber of Com merce offered shipments ot thirty to 100 curlotfds of potatoes at 30 cents a bushel. Other offers of aid catno from every por tion of the country from Florida and Georgia to Oregon and Washington. Moro street cur linos are in operation today, but water servlca may not bo re sumed till night, nnd then only for fire protection. Pure drinking water Is beln; supplied In the downtown districts from (Continued on Pago Two,) Seventy-Foot Stage Expected in the Ohio at Cincinnati CINCINNATI. O.. March 28. -The Ohio I river Is still rising. Kaut and west of this city on the Ohio side of the river the lowlands havo been Imlndated, and much damage has been done. In the low sections of the city many houses have been' flooded. Across the river at New port and Covington, Ky., similar condi tions prevail. Dayton and LUdlow, other Kentucky suburbs of this city, also are sufferer from tho rising flood and many house-1 are completely under water. No lives have been lost In this district The weather bureau predicts the rivei will havo reached a stage of seventy fee; by tonight, almost as high as It was Feb ruary 14, 16S4, when the gauge showed eventy-one feet, the highest on record. Thirty-Two Drowned at Venice, Ohio CINCINNATI, O., March 2. -Another flood-stricken village was heard from today when Coroner Fortmeyrr wai notl fled that thirty-two llvts had ycec los; at Venice In tiutler county. Th dead were members of five famlWoj. One mother was saved. Three bodies havo been recovered. DAYTON COMING OUT FROM SWIRL OF MAD WATERS Earlier Estimates of the Number Drowned in City and Its Suburbs Too High. FLOOD IS RAPIDLY SUBSIDING Water is Now Out of the Business District. DAMAGE IS FIFTEEN MILLIONS Loss from Fire Will Not Exceed Mil lion and a Half. FEW LARGE BUILDINGS BURN Gas Plant, Laundry and Few Framo Houses Destroyed. BUSINESS STRUCTURES STAND Hevpn Thnusnnd Persons Take Ite fiiKe In Office llulldlnHs nnd PiililUlitiiK llotincs Re lief Work In llnnil. ItUl.l.KTlX. SOUTH DAYTON, 0 March 28,-The loss of llfo In Dayton by flood will not be morn than KM people. This was the general agreement here today after government llfesavlng crews had penetrated every part of tho water hnuml rltv. Un to the present, forty-five. bodies havo been recovered. Twenty ot thero wero In Hlverdale, fifteen in west, nnvtnn. flvn In tho business section and flvo In the south side residence section. Threo deaths from diphtheria were re- ported today nnd there Is fear of an epi demic. I11IL1.1CTIN. SOUTH DAYTON, O., March 28.-Com-paratlvely few dead were found In North Dayton today by the Louisville llfosavlng crew, tho flret to cross tho Miami Into the section where It wbb thought tho heaviest Ions of llfo would bo found. In dications thero and n Itlverdale now aro that tho total loss of llfo by flood will not bo moro than 200 persons. - DAYTON, O., March . The flood slU uatlon.ln Dayton today Is this: Previous estimates of the numbers drowned ore greatly exaggerated. Th property loss from fire will not exceed moro than $1,600,000. Tho damugo cuuscd to mercantile houses, factories and residences will run anywhero from 15,0CO,000 to $30,000,000. The water has receded from the busi ness soctlon of tho city and from a largo portion of the residence portion. (Continued on Page Two.) Drainage Congress Will Discuss Plan to Control Floods CHICAGO, March 28. Plans for a com prehensive drainage system for the court, try which would prevent floods and make Impoealblo rccurrenco of tho recr'it dtsi aster In Ohio and Indluna will be con, sldered at the National Drainage con grcss In St. Louts April 10. In a telegram received here today by Kdmund T. Perkins, chairman of tho ex ecutive cumtnltteo of the organisation. President Wilson expressed rcrt at ht.i Inability to attend the meeting In bt. Louis and added; "Tho calamities In Indiana and Ohio make clearer than ever before tho Im, peratlve and Immediate necessity for a comprehensive and systematic plan tor drainage and flood control, I very earn, estly hope that your federation may tuKo a long step In this direction." Chairman Perkins telegraphed the foN lowing message in reply to President Wilton: "Recognizing the uuavoldablllty of your absence from St. Ixmls April 10 the Na tlonul Drainage congress, saddened by the tremendous flood disasters now In, fllcted upon our country, and knowing) that such catastrophes aro needless, ac cepts the responsibility of presenting to the people and to tho congress of the United States a plan to alleviate and pre. vont tho recurrence of loss of life and property, and we respectfully suggest that, lacking your personal presence, the greatest Impetus which could be given our work would be the present of Sec retary of the Interior Lane and hii otn. clal exposition by him of the needs ot our country for drainage and flood pre vention. Will you confer with him at ilia cabinet meeting today and, l( agreeable to him, draft him Into our service TOMORROW The Best Colored Comics with Tha Sunday Bee