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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
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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-
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