The Omaha Sun i?ARI ONE Bee NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TWELVE. VOL. XLtl NO. 42. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, A PHIL 0, lOKJ-vSIX SECTIONS-FIFTY-FO Vli PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. DAY THE WEATHER. Cloudy OMAHA PAUSES TO LOOK BACK FORTNIGHT AGO Review of Tornado's Work and En suing Period of Labor Reveals Magnitude, of Disaster. ORDER BROUGHT BY SOLDIERS Regulars and Militiamen Watch and Work Unceasingly. NIGHT'S TERRORS ARE RECALLED Darkness Which Follows Easter Sun day Covers Terrible Scenes. THOUSANDS GATHER AT RUINS Undertakers' Rooms and Hospitals Filled with Dead and Dying. CITY UNITES IN RELIEF WORK llelrutlou Committee Has tor Ob ject HnWtnit of Fund to lie bonneil lit Loir Itntt; of Interest to Sufferer. A fortnight hn elapsed slucc the deadly tornado dipped down upon Omahn anil plowed a death path seven miles long through tho heart of the resldcnca dis trict of the city. It was two weeks ago today at 5:b0 In the evening that the fury broke upon the city. Blnce that time hundreds of persons engaged In volun tary relief work have scarcely slept five consecutive hours In any twenty-four of a day. Money has poured in for the re lief work until the relief fund now stands at J207,iec. AU of tho night following lstor Sun day was fcent in a candle-light and lantern-light search for dead and in jured In the ruins. Moie than 100 persons wore killed or died at liospCala later as a result of Injuries received In the storm. Two hundred troops from tho signal oorpB of Fort Omaha, under Major llart rrian. hurried to tho scene of the tornado a very short time after the tornado had passed. More than this, tho soldiers strung a telegraph wire o they ran. thus establishing telegraphic communication with the fort at once. Nowhere was the value of organization find dlsclpllno more strikingly illustrated than In the rapidity with which these 300 troops hastened to the rescue work with all their equipment. The soldiers were stationed whore most needed. They also helped with tho rescue work. They remained on guard duty throughout tho night and the noxt day until 1 o'clock in the afternoon before they tasted food. Not a soldier com plained. -When the raltltla troops arrived the next day they went on duty at, once, and some companies also remained on duty some eighteen hours before getting a Wto to eat. Fenrfnl Nlsht Pitted. By 8 o'clock Easter night tho city was Sn a haze of excitement. Fire engines dashed and clattered here and there. Newsboys In the llghtless street should the tidings as the criers of the a.Udle ages heralded a massacre. rnm every direction great automobiles 'hot Into right. Ever they stopped before the doors of hospitals, where a process on of stretchers covered with cloth or blankets filed grimly through tho doors. Morning brought tens of thousands to the tangled trail of the tornado. V, Wle a iZ dozen cooler heads In the city got together to organize the relief work the thousands walked the thoroughfare of death to see-Just to see. Too weak is the tongue of man to describe the sight that jlrl,t greeted them. Dead dogs, cats and chickens lay with misshapen. human forms Thousands gatnered at the ruins where most bodies wcce known to be burled. Dead men were exhumed with hands held tightly across their . mouths Mothers were uncovered with arms knotted about their babes. Undertakers' rooms were centers of Erlef and action. Bodies were hurried in at the bak doors, while the afflicted swarmed at the front doors clamoring lor admittance to IdenUty mothers, brothers and babes. Yet there was no shrieking, no hysteria. Numb with the magnitude of the doom that had fallen, dry-eyed, men and women moved about silently, quietly telling of relatives yet unfound. Ilouies Opened to Sufferers. Many well-to-do persons gave their time, money and automobiles to tho relief work when the excitement at the llghest. Klch and poor alike opened their homes in the neighborhood and took In the destitute until all their rooms were crowded. Little homes wero thrown open to refugees until there was nothing left to eat. Others locked their doors and re fused to answer a knock at tho door. But they were few. Governor Morehead arrived In the night and surveyed the ruins Monday morning. Ho ordered more militia troops from the state, and from that day there have been always from 300 to 400 militia troops on the ground, guarding property, keeping a lookout for looters. Before Monday night the relief work wai well In the hands of a hastily organized citizens' relief committee with headquarters at tho city hall, glx re lief stations were established along the trail of the storm. These were supplied with food and clothing from the central depot of supplies which was the- city auditorium. W. 8. Jardlne was placed In charge of the hauling and In a short time had forty motor trucks at work hauling clothing to the Auditorium from the homes of donors, and out to the various relief stations from the Audi torium on requisition of the managers of the stations. The relief stations for the first several days dispensed food and (Continued on Page Flvej) GET THEM NOW--Imitation is flattery, only the imitations are so poor. The best thirty storm pictures made have been reproduced by THE BEE in a PHOTO PORTFOLIO OF THE OMAHA TORNADO, printed on fine paper, 7x9 pages, with striking cover. Price, 10 cents. By mail, to any address, 12 cents. LIFTS WATER DISTRICT BILL House Sifting Committee Decides to Put it on Calendar. VOTE STANDS EIGHT TO FIVE Committee Also Decides to I.lft the Cmlr Inatirnnrr 11 til fjnvernor Sign the DotiKlna County Klrctlnn Mil. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Neb., April S.-(Speclal Tele gram.) The sitting committee of the houro this morning voted to lift senate file No. 17, known as the Omaha water district bill. It may come up In the house In committee of the whole this after noon. The following members voted to lift the bill: Norton. Palmer, Korss, Qustaf son, Hardin, Stebblns, Hoffmelster, Fries. Gates. Ilelllger, Bartels, Anderson nnd Qulcgle voted against the propos'tlon. Many If not all the democratic members of tho house received letters fciday from Senator Hitchcock telling them to support tho bill. Just how many members will take their orders from the democratic senator re mains to be seen. The bill will prrSably come up Monday If the house gets In com mittee of the whole. Report to 11 r Probed. Tho house on motion of Hardin of Har lan authorized the committee on com mittees to appoint a committee of fivo 16 Investigate the report ade by the special water power committee, which severely criticized the State Board of Irrigation. Richardson first moved for the speaker to appoint tho committee, and Hardin moved the substitution becauso It had been reported that the speaker felt too kindly toward the attorney general' to appoint an adverso committee. Hardin, a member of the special water committee preferred to take his chances with tho comltteo on committees. Tho houso passed the following senate files on third reading: S. F. 40, by Grossan Lien on gas and electric fixtures. S. F. MO, by Hoagland of Lincoln For eign corporations doing business In Ne braska must have a resident agent upon whom process may be served. 8. F. 139, by Kemp Provides penalty for embezzlement of funds of labor or ganizations. S. F. 25, by Hoagland of Lincoln Abol ishes assumption of risk In personal In Jury cases relating to railroads. S. F. 159. by Talcott Sanitary restric tions for mills and workshops. For Trne Advertisements. S. F. 1S8, by Bartllng Prohibits mis leading advertisements of any class of goods. 8. F. 69, by Wolz To advance cases on supreme court callendar where temporary Injunction has been allowed. S. F. 291, by Cordeal Repeals law pro viding for issuance of duplicate receipts by county treasurer. S. F. 43, by Smith State engineer must furnish uniform plans for bridges In the state. S. F. 121, by Hummel Authorize county boards to make a 5-mlll levy for the con struction of court and Jails upon filing of a petition signed by Si per cent Of tho voters of a county. Lift Code nll.t The code Insurance bill was also llffd by tho committee. The house this morning posseflfHouse' Holl No. 43, prqvtding that the state en gineer shall furnish county bqarda with uniform bridge plans. The bill nor goes to the senate. Governor Morehead has signed the bill providing for the appointment of an elec tion commissioner for Douglas county. Says High Cost of Living Due to Poor Buying by Women PHILADELPHIA, April 6.-The high cost of living Is partly due to the failure of the American housewife to buy to the best advantage, according to Mrs. Julia Heath of New York, president of the Housewives' league, who spoke today be fore the annual meeting of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. She said: "Marriage is a partnership in which the man Is the producer and the woman the spender. It is the duty of the woman to spend what he produces In a way to ob tain the greatest and most lasting bene fit American housewives have not been doing this. They found that they could not do it singly and alone. By combining they already have accomplished wonders and will accomplish more." Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Oilman of New York said that the worst single waste in living expenses lies In our archaic sys tem, of domestic service." She said that whllo Industrial progress Is following lines of specialization, organization and Interchange, domestic service remains un organized and unspeclallzed. She de clared that the waste of labor amounts to over 40 per cent of the world's output. Yankton May Go Dry Because of Oversight YANKTON. 8. D., April 6. (Special.) Is this city to go "dry?" Is the live question that has suddenly forced Itself to the attention of cjtlzens through un foreseen conditions. The usual petition to the city commission, asking that an election bo called to vote on the granting of liquor licenses, was overlooked In the city auditor's office, until the last minute, when a hurry up special meeting of the commission win called to act upon the petition, which It did favorably. Then It was discovered that the petition had only thirty-one signers, a number of them very doubtful freeholders. The new law requires twenty-five freeholders, which many claim the petition does not contain It Is contended It would be easy to tie up the petition by legal action, which would make Yankton a dry town. On the other hand the "wets" who admit being uneasy, declare their petition wouH stand the test of law. This old river town votes for saloons every year as a matter of form, by big majarltles. and the prospect of a dry town for a year ha caused consternation. CONCESSIONS IDE Lookins Ahed Firfraeply of Allies Accepted De mands with Reservations that Seemed Hopeless. DEMANDS PROMPTLY Bulgaria is Given Nearly All Terri tory Asked in Thrace. GIVEN BOTH BANKS OF MARITZA Technical Commission to Determine ! Financial Issues. FUTURE OF ALBANIA IN ISSUE Indication Art Unit llontllltlrn Will Cense nt On or I'cmllnir Further NoKtlntloiin ns to the Minor Details. SOFIA. Bulgaria. April 6. Tho pros pects for peace in the Balkans looked very bright today. Although the allies, in their reply to the mediation sugges tions of the powers, demanded numerous and radical changes, tho powers promptly replied with concessions designed to bring a prompt cessation of hosltllttes. In a note presented to the Bulgarian government today the powers proposed that the Thractan frontier should be formed by a line draw"n from Mldla. on the Black sea. to Enos, on the Aegean sea. This would gtve Bulgaria both banks of tho river Marltza In accordance With Its demands. It Is also suggested that all financial questions, such as the indemnity, should be left to tho decision of a technical commission to meet In Paris. The proposition of the powers' wero as follows: (1) The frontier of Turkey shall start at Knos and end at Mldla. All territories west of this line shall go to the allied states, with the exception of Albania, tho dollmtnltatlon of which shall bo fixed by the powers. (2) The question of the Aegean Islands shall be settled by the powers. (3) Turkey shall abandon ajl olalms to Crete. (4) The powers cannot favorably- en tertain the demand for Indemnity.. (6) As soon as tfiese bases are accepted hostilities shall ccdseffcv The reply of the Balkonallles contains the following counter propositions: (1) In the definite determination of the frontier of the province of Th'tace the lino tndocated in the condltlonsjftwpu lated by the powers shall be tak&tf'aa' a basis and not as a deflnltlvo line. (2) The Islands In the Aegean sea shall go to the Balkan allies. (3) The allies consider they should fcnow .beforehand the frontiers propojjedj ,foinrriefllWrir'Btato of AlDtfrila, ' trusWarl they will bo In conformity with those they proposed In London. I (4) The allies' demand for a war In demnity must be accepted In principle, the task of fixing the amount being left to a commission which 'Is to study finan cial questions and on which the Balkan allies will bo represented. (5) Tho allies agree that the operations of war shall cease as soon as the above conditions have been favorably received. Allies Assault Scutari. BELGRADE, Servia, April 5. No con firmation has been received here of tho rumor that tho Turkish fortress of Scutari has fallen to the Montenegrin and Servian besiegers. Tho allies' armies summoned the Turk ish commander to surrender so as to avoid further useless bloodshed, but the Ottoman leader replied that he Intended to fight to the last extremity. The oom- bardment was thereupon reopened and n general assault by the Montenegrin and Servian troops ordered. IllocUnrie of Anttvnrl Renins. CETTINJE. April 1. The blockade of the Montenegrin seaport of Antlvart was definitely begun today. Eight foreign warships representing the European pow. ers formed a semi-circle before the har. bor. The fleet Is composed of three Aim trlan, two Italian, one. British, o.ie tier man and one French warship. Tammany Leader is Murdered by Four Gangsters NEW VORIC, April a. Eugene Smith, a Tammany political leader, was shot and killed on Park Row early today by four gangsters. Ho was on his way from a ball of one of the East Side democratic organization; to Tammany hall. The gangsters, vfho were seen only by one witness, escaped. A brother of the slant man said that Smith had been mistaken for some one elr.e, but tho police wire told that Smith had recently become li volvcd In a gang feud and had move J tit Brooklyn because of threats againt-t his life. Lid Goes on Gaming at Sheridan, Wyo, SHERIDAN WYO., April' 6. (Special Telegram.) Slot machines and dice gamoj must go according to an edict Issued by County Attorney R. G. Dle!enderfer. The order applies to all games of chance, whether played for merchandise or not and affects practically every saloon, cigar stand and drug store In the city Prosecution Is threatened in the event of failure to comply with the terms of the order. The county attorney's action Is j believed to have been Inspired by Gov ernor Carey's insistence that the gambling and liquor laws of the state be enforced. MODIFIED tSSVX ill III , THREATENS TO MOVE PLMTJ EUROPE Harvester Combine Issues Ultimatum to Auburn Strikers After Their Outbreak. PRODUCT IS FOR EXPORT Note Snys Lnbor Conditions Abroad tAMort- Stable Aniner la Demanded from Hmployea by April e. AUBURN, N. V., -April B.-Unless the strike rioting here ceases at once and a settlement between the strikers and their employers Is reached, the International Harvester company will remove their en tire plant one of the largest of tho kind in the world to Europe, where they say labor conditions aro more stable. Officials of the company made known their decision today In the following statement; "The mill now has been closed for two weeks and nothing seems to be decided with rofcrenco to the future. In view of this fact we dcslro to point out that our plant at Auburn has been used to spin twine for the export trade. Unless we can, without delay come to an under standing with our employes, by which wo may be assured of some stability In this Industry for the future, wo beg to In form you that we will begin at once to transfer the machinery to Europe. "We will regret exceedingly It we are obliged to make this move, for hereto fore our manufacturing operations abroad have not lessened in any way the number, of our employes In this country. "Such action will entail loss not only to our employes, but to the city of Au burn and to the country as a whole, be cause it will transfer to Europe what Is now home manufacture. Therefore be fore your action forces Us to start this work, we respectfully Invite you to con sider carefully the consequences and to let us have your answer not later' than April 9." Attorney Will Not File Charge Against Accused Senator WASHINGTON, April 5. United States Attorney Wilson, who has been Investigat ing allegations of Impropriety against a western senator, today made this state ment: "I have heard the statement of the complaining witness and her friends, whom she brought to this office to sup port her accusations. I find no justifi cation whatever for laying any com plaint against any United States si-nutor before the grand Jury." The district attorney's statement was made after a conference with Attorney General McRevnolds. Almost at the time that statement was being made, Jim R. Jacobs of Oklahoma City, was presenting to the secretary of the senate a written statement addressed to the president of the senate containing allegations similar to those Investigated by the .United States attorney. Vice President Marshall, upon receiving the communication, which covered three type written pages, said he would take no j action nor make any decision as to his j course until Monday, i I i CALL FOR WORKERS W. S. Jnrdtno, In charge of tho clean-up campaign, has asked all men and boys who will help clear the tornado zone of debris to gather at Twenty-fourth and Spruce streets this morning at 8 o'clock. RIYER FALLING AT CAIRO Relief Expedition Send to Mound City, 111. WORST OF THE FLOOD NOW OVER Hmall nines Are Reported at ISvnns vllle, De ICoven nnd Hhnvrnee tnrrn Iteltef Iloitts Are at Won-. WASHINGTON, April 6.-Today's flood bulletin: The Ohio river has come to a stand at Evantvllle. The Cairo stage today was M.7, a fall of 0.1 foot In the last twelve hours. The present stage will continue for some days. The Mississippi river above Cairo Is rising and It continues to rise between Cairo and New Orleans. Tile Cumberland and Wabash rivers arc both falling, FalUncr at Cairo. CAIRO, 111., April 5. For the first time since the Ohio river started to rise two weeks ago, a decided recerslon was vsl b)i today. The gauge stood well below the 64.7 mark, which had been passed early last night. The fall here was believed to have been caused by a break In the levee at Point Pleasant. Mo., although that could not he verified. It la tho belief that tho St. Francis bottoms are being flooded on (Continued on Pace Two.) Bandits Stand Off Posse While They 4 Try toOpen Safe OAKLAND, Cal., April B, Three of five men, who attempted to rob the vault of the Bank of Alvarado, held a number of men at bay early today while two others set off six charges of dynamite. Aroused by the first of seven explosions, the townspeople rushed to the bank only to be confronted by revolvers and awed into Inaction white the work of attempt ing; to loot the bank continued. Tho dynamite failed to shatter the vault, In which was 177,000, and the rob bers obtained only 1. They drovo back the citizens and escaped In an automobile. Alvarado Is seventeen miles from here and the robbers obtained a good start beforo the sheriff and posse could begin pursuit Columbus Still Feeding 25,000 COL.UMRU8, O., April 5.-Although eleven days have elapsed since the flood swept tho west side of Columbus, 23,000 i persons were still being cared for at relief stations. The number of bodies rtcovered totaled eighty-six at noon to day, and there had been no accounting for many persons who are still listed as missing. FL000 LOSSES ARE CHARGEDTOEARNiNGS Railroads Advanoe New Reason Against More -Fay for Firemen. CARTER SPEAKS FOR EMPLOYES Urnnd Chief Snyn Meclinnlcnl Sto kers Cost More Than an Extra Klrciuun Would Decision Expected April SU. NEW YORK, April 5.-"Tho entire rail way systom of Ohio and Indiana was practically put out of business for five days by tho floods In thd middle west. To repair and rcp.aco the : all way uf fecto.l by this dltaster will practically wli:o out the surplus earnings of many rulli-oads. In other cases dividends will be threat ened. The reason Is, of course tint all such damage must be retrieved out of current earnings and cannot be charged to capital." This position of some of tho eastern railroads was set forth toduy by Ellsha Lee, chairman of tho conference com mittee of managers, In summing up be fore the arbitration board that Is settling under tho HVdman act the demands of 3,000 firemen for better waxes and extra help on largt locomotive?, W. S. Carter, prosldent of tho Brother hood of Firemen, concluding his argument today, took up the two f.'remcn question and declared that the mechanical stokers, which tho railroads maintain lighten the labors of the , firemen, did not do ' the work thoy were guaranteed to do. ' He said their use cost the railroads more than an extra fireman would. "And for these gray-holrcd engineers," he continued, '"to como here and say that they worked harder as firemen In their day than do tho firemen of the present Is merely a conceit. The engines that they fired In those days would not make a good watch charm now." The decision Is to be announced April 23. Germany is Against Limiting Armament DBRLIN, Apri 15.-Officlal rlrcles In Germany scout the suggestion made ye? tcrday by the Frankfurter Zeltitng for tho holding of nn International confer ence to evolve u plan for tho restriction of armaments. It was declared that Germany Is "utterly disinclined" to con sider proposals for disarmament. The German Foreign office regirds tho proposals for an International conference as merely a political move In .h cam paign waged by the Frankfurter Zeltun? against the new military bill nnd says that the suggestion is not entitled to any sympathy In Germany. TWO HUNDRED MEN ARE BLOCKADED BY AVALANCHE UOMK, April B. Two hundred laoorers and engineers working on the FurUa pais acrces tho Alps were blockaded yesterday by the fall of an avalanche near Donio deisola. .Some of them have already died from exposure and grave anxlet; ,s felt whether It will be possible to rescue tho remainder. A spell of cold wetder st in today throughout Italy, rlnow fell during the night on Vesuvius. 7nuc iUnilHUU li uiu; IS CLEARED BY WILLING HANDS Rich and Poor Man Labor Side by Side for the Aid of Less Fortunate. FIVE THOUSAND LEND A HAND Stricken District Given a Thorough Overhauling During the Day. MORE TO WORK AGAIN TODAY No One is to Be Overlooked in tho General Cleaningi Up. BIG CONCERNS SEND MEN High School Lads and Creighton Students Do Heroio Work. WOMEN FEED THE WORKMEN IlloeU After fllock la HtrnlRhtened Oat by the Fire Thousand Who Respond to the Call for Volunteer. An army of 6.000 men, women and chil dren, organised Into twenty-five captained detachments, Invaded the son where the Easter Sunday tornado wrought such havoo and within twenty-four hours cleared the majority, of the lots of their rubbish, had raktd lawns, piled up the twisted, splintered furniture and had helped to bring cheer to the hearts of the homeless. All day yesterday this army tolled, tolled from 7 o'clock In the morn ing until sunset. Laborers from scores of manufacturing plants, from tho railroads and tha stock yards came by the hundreds and gave their services free. Thirty-five hundred workmen were expected, but beforo S o'clock W. S. ardlne, In charge of tha cleanup arrangements, announced an en rollment of nearly S.O00, and others Joined beforo tho day was out Side by side In tho debris tha million aire worked with his bankrupt brother. AVhllo women carried the tollers food, water, or actually assisted them In their endeavors to remove the signs of the great storm, the sweating men and boys worked a sthey had seldo mworked be fore. "Two thousand jnen laboring until noon Sunday will probably complete the work, ' said Jardlne at the close .of the day. "These people have responded with a qutokness, a willingness .and an energy that la wonderful! And the stricken Peo ple appreclato that there la no charity In this, but only the grip of tho hah of good fellowship." ISxpertcnced managers of -working gangs took charge of tho men and di rected their efforts. Every Section of tho devastated district was visited, tha rub bish plied on tho lots In orderly heaps and teams loaded and kept busy haUIng It away, where the owners did not centre that It bo left on tho placo for ulsposal In other ways'. Assignments to tha districts wai made tha previous day and so well did tha plans carry that not a laboring man re ported nt tho city hal early In the day btlt was taken direct to the district where he was to work. Hundreds of workman were given free transportation by tha street railway company, a red tag being? Issued to each man, good for a par rid throughout the day. The tag was tied to the workman's clothes In a csnplcu ous place. It read: "Pass Volunteer, April 5, 1913. Clean up day, Omaha & Council Bluffs btrtet Railway company, "W. 8. Jardlne, chair man' clean-up committee." Men employed by the stock yards, rail, roads and wholesale companies Invadod the district In squads, their employers giving them the day to spend in tha clean-up cause, Where fc"d had not been provided In a nearby building, a big wogonful of gruD was hauled from place to place ana, al though some were missed the first trio. Jardlne saw that no workman went hun gry. Where Ther Worked. John M. Hart, assigned to that section of tho city In the vicinity of Twenty fourth and llurdette streets, had gen eral direction of 1,200 school boys ,and 1,000 other laborers. Three hundred, of:. in school boys lunched at Lake school 'And others were fed at tho North 81d Chris tian church at Twenty-second and 1kHJ rop strets and at the North Presbyterian church. Thomas Hurd, In charge of the labor ers at Twenty-fourth and Grant streets, directed the following number of men, From Wagner Bros., 6; Allen Bros., 70 Smlth-Lockwood, 178: Byrno-Hamnier, 160. The mon were supplied with food from the "lunch wagons" secured from tho state mllltla by tho relief committee. The remainder of tho twenty-one dis tricts Into which the tornado sone was divided, men in charge, numbor work ing and where they lunched follow; No. 3, Beck & Christiansen, Twenty sixth and Burdette streets, Paxton & Gal lagher, HO; M. V. Peters, 10. No. i, A. Rasmussen, Twenty-fifth and Franklin. American Smelting company. CO; others, to. No. S, W. P. Deverall. Twentylxth and Parker. M. B. Smith & Co., 175. Lunched at St. Murk's Lutheran church. No. C, John Toms, Twenty-ninth and Franklin. Andrew Murphy, 16: Lee-Glass-Andreescn company, 20; D. J. O'Brien, fuo No. 7, A. Buck, Twenty-eighth and De. catur streets, Beebe-Runyan, li; Bemti Bag company, 21; Eggerss-O'Flyng com pany, 3; Farrell & Co., 10; II. J. Hughes, 10; J. R. Lchmer, 33. Lunched from tha grub wagon. No. S,j William. Rochford, Twenty-ninth and Charles. Llnlnger Implement com- (Continued on Page Five.) Tnn&iAnn