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The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 19 NO. 244.
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OMAHA, MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1920.
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PUBUCATIONS
One Hundred and Eight, De
voted Largely to Propa
ganda on League of Nations,
Ordered Discontinued.
EACH DEPARTMENT
HAS OWN PRESS AGENT
Principally Devoted to Turn
ing Out M imeographed
Copies of Speeches Made by
Administration Officials.
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Irli aeo Trlliiinv-Oniaha Ilro I.nd Wlrr.
Washington. March 28. Aroused
hy the continuation of wartime ex
travagance by the executive branch
of the government, congress has he
gun weeding out the department and
bureau press agencies.
The joint committee of congress
on printing lias been investigating
this species of extravagance since
Atx-il 10 and Senator Sinoot intends
to present the results of the inquiry ;
to the senate this week.
The committee found that the ad-;
ininistr,ition has issued 226 regular
publications, millions of copies of .
which were being distributed. i
Many of these publications were ;
devoted to the promotion of propa- '.
C-.,a rtf ttim n-rr hpincr 1
widely distributed in the interest of
the movement to procure accept
ance of the league of nations cove
nant without reservations.
Orders 108 Discontinued.
The total annual cost of these
publications was. found to be $2,500,
000. The committee ordered 108 of
them discontinued at a saving of $1,
200.000 annually.
The committee also found that for
the production of this publicity the
administration was maintaining 287
printing plants independent of the
government printing office. In the
interest of economy, the committee
recommended the discontinuance of
some of these plants and the con
solidation of a large proportion of
the remainder.
Every department of the govern
ment and every important bureau
has its press agent, maintained at
public expense. Senator Sherman
recently enumerated 4.? administra
tion press agents who were issti
incr to the press dailv mimeo
graphed accounts in glowing lan
guage of the activities of the depart
ment and bureaus and the respec
tive, heads thereof.
Wasteful Expense,
l'o the extent that these ''hand
Outs." as thev are known to the
rj-Vress. turnisn accurately ine aeuuis j
of action taken by a department or
y (Continunl on Tnpr Two, oliimn Two.)
Without Friends or
Home Woman Sleeps
In Street Two Weeks (
Mrs. Margaret Howard, giving
her address as anywhere and her j
irirnils :i none, was arrested at
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Transcontinental Wires
Destroyed and Buildings
Razed by Storm in State
MUCH HAVOC
BY STORM IN
Turkish General j
I Arrested on Order
Of British Officer
Thousands of Telephone Poles and Trees Torn Down by LI I I All lulJH I
Terrific Wind Supplies Rushed to Devastated ! Wl 1 1 vvlwri"
Districts by Special Trains Leaving Omaha Sunday
Afternoon.
eJoeptv
Members of the strange House of
David, the doctrines of which in
clude meatless meals, long hair and
beards, are on a sightseeing tour in
New York. Here is shown Joseph
Hegucr. member of the strange cult,
snapped upon his arrival in New
York. The headquarters of the
House of David is at Benton Har
bor, Mich.
Unable to Find
Flat, Mother of
Two Kills Sejf
C tiling" Tribune-Omaha lire I.euaed Mire.
Chicago. March 28 "Goodbye,
babies, mamma's going on a long
journey,'' said Mr?. Agnes Ready,
as she kissed her two children,
Albert, jr., 3 years old and John,
18 months old, and went into the
bathroom of the flat they must
soon vacate.
For many days and over many
weary miles, the mother had
traveled in search of another
home. She had been insulted by
landlords and janitors of apart
ments that admitted tenants with
Pekingese dogs, parrots, Japanese
chows, pedigreed cats and other
pets, but barred their doors ab
solutely to anyone unfortunate
enough to have children.
So she dragged her tired body
to the home they were about to
relinquish, kissed her babies fare
well, went into the bathroom and
shot herself.
Early in the afternoon Albert
Ready returned and found his
baby boys weeping by the locked
door.
"Where's mamma:" he asked.
"She's in there. She kissed us
goodbye and said she was going
on a long journey."
J he father forced the door and
found the body of his wife who
hail been dead but a few min
utes. x
A teriflk wind storm, augmented
by heavy snow and rain, spread
over central and western Nebraska
all day Sunday and touched points
in Illinois, Kansas and eastern Iowa.
Eastern Nebraska and western
Iowa escaped the fiercest elements,
a heavy gale alone playing havoc
early in the afternoon.
Thousands of telephone pedes
throughout the storm area arc down.
The transcontinental wire system
along the Northwestern and Union
Pacific railroads was broken far west
of Chicago and also at Kearney,
Neb.
Columbus, Holdrege. Norfolk.
North Platte and Grand Island were
in the throes of the tempest, reports
from points throughout the .state in
dicate. ,
Special Trains Leave Omaha.
Roofs and farm buildings north
of Florence and Calhoun, Neb., are
reported damaged by the wind.
Special trains loaded with tele
phone poles and wire left Omaha at
4:0 and 6 o clock Sunday afternoon
over the Union Paciric for Columbus
a rid North Flattc. Wire service will
be restored for emergency as sooi:
as possible, Western Union and Ne
braska Telephone company officials
said.
The storm was not extraordinary.
Father Riggs, S. J., astronomer at
Creighton university, said.
"Ater such a warm s,iell as we
had Saturday it is only probable
that the storm would be freakish,"
he said.
The complete area covered by the
storm comprised the entire central
and western part of Nebraska, west
ern Kansas and iiouthern South Da
kota. Incoming trains on the Union
Pacific, Burlington and Northwest
ern railroads were reported late all
day Sunday. Many were held up by
the storm in towns that were di
rectly struck by the gale.
The principal damage done hy
the storm resulted from a gale com
ing from the mountain regions after
rain and snow had fallen to a depth
of four inches, telephone officials
say.
Between Grand Island and
Kearney the Nebraska Telephone
company reports that 815, about one
half, of their poles are down.
Between Julcsburg and Sterling,
Colo., M)Q telephone poles are down,
it ore than 200 poles are down be
tween Aurora and Grand Island,
Neb., vague wire reports indicate.
The main telephone circuit from
Omaha to Grand Island was broken
shortly after midnight.
Phone Service Destroyed.
Telephone service between Nor
folk, Holdrege and Columbus is
completely out, reports state.
J. G. Wolf, manager of the Post;l
Telegraph company, stated that ap
proximately 7.000 poles are down
(Continued on Pnt;e Two, Column Four.
Cyclonic Gale Wrecks Store,
and Hotel Windows and De
stroys Signs in Downtown
Sections of Omaha.
PERSONS BLOWN FROM
FEET BY FORCE OF WIND
Automobiles on Way to City
From the East Stripped of
Tops Trees Broken Down
in Residence Districts.
POLES HOLD LINE 1 PIONEER OMAHA
AGAINST ATTACKS ; RAILROAD MAN
OF BOLSHEVISTS DIES IN CHURCH
Red Forces Center Big Of-! Nicholas J, O'Brien. General
fensive Along Front in j Manager of K. C, M. & O.,
Podotta. ! Was Life Member of Elks.
A cyclonic gale played havoc
throughout Omaha yesterday after
noon. The storm was the edge of
a fierce wind and snow that spread
throughout central and western Ne
braska Saturday night and Sunday.
According to Father Rigge, as
tronomer at Creighton university,
the storm was the probable extreme
of the pervious day's weather condi
tions. Unwary pedestrians were actually
swept off their feet by the terrific
force of the wind and many were
struck and slightly injured by fly
ing debris.
Sudden gusts sweeping down
Eighteenth street at Douglas,
knocked down Mrs. Floyd Aughe
and sent her hat bounding to Far
n am street before it lodged in a
mm- J
SCORES INJURED IN WIND
STORM THAT SWEEPS OVER
MIDDLE WEST AND SOUTH
Hundreds of Buildings Destroyed and Wires Torn
Down Thirty-Five Known Dead in Separate Hur
ricane Which Strikes Small Town Near Atlanta -Fear
Total Death List Will Run Much Higher
Elgin, Joliet and Outskirts of Chicago Suffer Most
Damage.
i.
'Tackt, P-wtJia.
Taehi Pasha, Turkish genera! and
political leader, who is one of the
prominent Turks arrested by the Al
lies since the occupation of Constan
tinople. The arrest, according to re
ports, was made upon-the order of
noorway in woman was "- lnalldcr pf thc AIlit.d forces in Coil
lureu. several oinci pcisuns nnc
i i.r Hi Asswiaim Tress. W hile attending mass iii Wichita,
Warsaw, .larcn zn. l he i'olisli , ,.prr1av v;.-V.r.lac l'Rrlon
I line is holding all aloujr the front in
j I'odotia, where the bolsheviki have
been centering the attacks ot their
! big offensive in an effort to take ths
important fortified city of Kam
; cnetz-Podolsk, according to the I'ol
i ish headquarters communique is
sued Saturday. The enemy has been
using gas shells, artillery, armored j burial.
! trains, armored river boats, air- Bon, at Dubuque. Ia
planes and cavalry m attacks on igf,! vjrholas O'Brien
pioneer Nebraska railroad man and
telegraph operator, son of the late
Gen. George M. O'Brien, dropped
dead. His brother, Adult Probation
Officer Moses P. O'Brien, left last
night to bring the body here for
June 28.
r.ime to
various parts of the front, but has ' Qmaha April 27. 1866. When 13
made no headway, either in Podotia . vpar. ,! i,P KPranie toWranb r,n-
or elsewhere, according to the state-,crator for the. Union ' Pacific rail- j Pail'
Thirtv-fourth
streets late la
a nc
I Leavenworth
t night after she had
slept in the vestibule of a Leaven
worth moving picture house several
nights previously.
According to Dok Sergeant
Rose, Mrs. Howard was released
from the St. Catharine hospital
two weeks ago without money or
friends and had pawned her wed
ding ring and other valuables at dif
ferent restaurants along Leaven
worth street in order to bi lood.
When arrested she was thinly
clothed and was charged with being
demented. Police surgcans say her
condition is due to exposure to wind
and cold during her two weeks' life
on the streets.
Workers', Ultimatum
To Be Issued in Ruhr
Region, Is Report
erUn, March 28. The news from
There is a report current here that
the government intends to issue an
ultimatum to the workers army, al
lowing them three days in which to
observe the Bielefeld agreement.
Failing this, drastic measures will
be taken.
Man Who Made Nation Laugh
Leaves Estate of Only $700
New York. March 28. With his
widow paying from her own private
purse the "funeral, administration ex
penses and creditors. Frederick W.
Thompson, of Thompson and Dundy
fame, who built Luna Park at Coney
Island and the New York Hippo
drome, and who, as an amusement
genius, made the nation laugh, left
an estate of only $700 when he died
intestate at St. Vincent's hospital on
June 6, mi".
Flood Drives People Out.
Manistique. Mich.. March 28. Ap
proximately 50 families were driven
trom their homes when the Man
istique river broke its bounds. Near
ly a half mile of the residential
aud business sections were flooded
by water ranging in depth from two
to six feet.
Suffrage Leaders
Still Confident of
Victory in Delaware
rhi'HCO Trilmnp-Oninlm flee l.FAiied Wir.
Dover. Del.. March 28. With the
return here Monday of the Delaware
legislators, renewed activity for the
ratification of the suffrage amend
ment will be taken up by suffrage
workers, both national and state.
Inquiries at the Delaware hqual
Suffrage headquarters here as to any
change in the situation from that of
Friday last, brought fortn the in
formation that would indicate no
change according to their estimates
and belief, in favor of the passage
of the ratification resolution on
Tuesday or Wednesday of the com
ing week.
Mrs. McMann, one of the national
organizers of the Equal Suffrage as
sociation, said their leaders and sup
porters had not been asleep and that
of passage by a substantial majority
of the amendment was still held by
the suffragists of Delaware.
Woman Servant Dies
With Crucifix at Lips
Under Subway Train
New York, March 28. With a
crucifix held close to her lips.
Eduviges Kovo, a domestic, plunged
in front of a subway train at the
116th street station of the Seventh
Avenue subway early Sunday. Sev
eral trains passed over her mutilated
body before it was recovered by
Frederick Schoeniacher. a motor
man on a south bound train, who
stopped his train a few feet from the
body.
Mr. Alberto L'rueta. her employer,
who happened to be passing the
subway station when the body was
being put in an ambulance, thought
he recognized the face of thedead
woman. He imagined it was merely
a passing fancy and gave no more
thought to tiie dead woman until he
found that Miss Kovo had not re
turned from the home of friends.
Three Killed, Four Injured
When Train Hits Automobile
San Antonio. Tex.. March 28.
Three persons were instantly killed
and four so severely injured that
they died a short time later w hen the
northbound Texas special struck an
automobile near Luexello, 25 miles
north of here, on the Missouri.
Kansas and Texas railway Sundav.
The victims were from San Antonio.
tr.cn t, although the tightinc has been
furious.
I On the northern front the bol
! f heviki attacked between the livers
Dvina and Beresina. The Poles
counter-attacked and drove off the
enemy.
Use Armored Trains.
In the region of Mozir the bol-
. shcviki attacked alter artillery prep
reported knocked down at corners
where the wind currents wee espe
cially strong.
Windows Wrecked.
Downtown store windows were
blown in, heavy signs along the
streets were wrecked, roofs of small
buildings were lifted and hotel win
dows were smashed.
Automobiles being driven to Oma
ha from points west were shorn of
their tops by the freakish wind.
Miniature cyclonic whirlwinds play
ed up and down the business section
of the city. Boards, tin cans and re
fuse filled the streets as a result
of the terrific wind.
The following places were dam
aged by the storm:
Aulabaugh Fur company. Nine
teenth and Farnani streets, two plate
glass windows blown in.
Brodkey Jewelry store, Thirteenth
and Douglas streets, front window
blown in.
Gate City Hat company. Tenth
and Farnani street, rear windows
blown in.
Pioneer Glass and Paint corn-
Fourteenth and Harncv.
stantinople.
Laborer Rescues
Mother Pigeon at
Risk of Own Life
hiriiKu TrUHine-Oiiiiilia lit, I.taetl Wire.
Chicago, March 29. (1 a. m. ) The best figures avail
able at this hour show that 79 deaths were caused by to
day's storm in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Mich
igan and Wisconsin.
Thirty-five deaths were caused by the tornado which
swept over parts of Georgia and Alabama.
By The AMorlated Titus.
Chicago, March 28. Twenty-eight known dead. huiV.
dreds of injured and a property loss of several million dollars
were left in the wake of a tornado that swept northeastern
Illinois and a portion of Indiana, Missouri and Wisconsin
today. t
Elgin, Joliet, the western outskirts of Chicago and north
shore and western suburbs were in the path of the storm,
which destroyed hundreds of buildings, uprooted trees and
A mnXrw nA i I .. A i . iV. ,1 1 . 1 1. " 1 J l l
uciuuiauz.cu idmudu Liaiiii; aim teiegrapnic ana leiepnonic
communication, before dying out on the shore of Lake Mich-
igan, me coot air 01 wnicn stopped tne twister.
The fury of the tornado was felt chiefly at Elgin and Mel
rose Park. Eight were killed and more than 100 injured at
the former city, 36 miles west of Chicago, and the property
loss there was estimated at about $4,000,000.
ouuuius m x-ain.
At Melrose Park, just west of the
Chicago city line, seven were killed
anl four were reported . missing
Storm Summary of
Associated Press Says
Known Dead About 60
Two Chicagoans were killed and a
score were injured while at Dun
ning. a northwestern siihnrb tnnr
ornadoes that struck m ha f ri
road. He was educated in the Oma
ha public schools and studied teleg
raphy in his spare time.
Grew Up With U. P.
He literally "grew up" in the
Union Pacific telegraph department
and became the best known tele
graph operator in the west. When
the telephone exchange was built in
Omaha he was the first operator and
eration. bringing a number ot arm- a(er installed an exchange in Coun
ored trains into action. I he com- , cj Riffs. The first commercial
muniuue announces that two of j telephone connection between Oma-
tliese trains were destroyed. Along
the Dnieper river, the red forces
used a flotilla in the region of
Roc'nitsa. The fiphtiug in this sector
is extending toward Kalcnkovitz in
a drive evidently aimed at the re
capture of Mozir and its important
railway connections, recently taken
by the Poles in their drive of the
bolsheviki offensive.
To the north and northeast of
Kamenetz fPodolek) the Poles at
tacked Derania with gas and artil
lery. The railroad station was
damaged. In a daylight air raid
Proskirov was bombed. The Poles,
however, -held fast all along the
line, it is declared.
Blaze in Arizona Mine
Reported Under Control
; Bisbee, Ariz., March 28. The
, fire which broke out Saturday in
I the Briggs mine, owned by the Calu-
met and. Arizona Mining company,
I was well under control Sunday.
Aside from two men who were
badly gassed while lighting the fire,
no one has been injured. The cause
of the fire and the extent of its
damage, is not known yet.
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I na ana council diuiis was pui in oy
hhu.
I Later he became train dispatcher
at Spoon Lake, Ia. From there he
went to Valparaiso, Neb., as divi
sion train dispatcher. He was later
division train dispatcher in Evans
ton, VV'yo.
Life Member of Elks.
He was superintendent of trans
portation for the Montana Union
railroad, with headquarters in Butte,
Mcnt., but returned to the Union
Pacific and served as superintendent
of the Washington division until the
company went into the hands of the
teecivcr.
While living in Greensboro, N. C,
I as division superintendent of the
Southern railroad, he became past
exalted ruler and life member of
Lodge No. 602, Benevolent Protec
tive Order of Elks.
Officer of K. C, M. & O.
During E. Dickinson's term of of
fice as head of the Union Pacific
Mr. O'Brien came to Omaha as
trainmaster of the Nebraska divi
sion of the Union Pacific. He later
accompanied him to the Kansas
Citv. Mexico and Orient railroad as
! superintendent in Texas, with head-
quarters at San Angclo. He was
vice president and general manager
streets, plate glass smashed.
Chicago Laundry, Fifteenth and
Capitol avenue, damage to front of
place.
Lord-Lister hospital, Fourteenth
(Continued on Page Two, Column Five.)
McAdoo Reiterates
His Opposition to
Being a Candidate
New York, March 28. William
G. McAdoo again has expressed
himself as opposed personally to be
ing a candidate in a presidential pri
mary and as advocating that dele
gates to the next democratic con
vention should go uninstructed. He
made public a telegram to George
A. Lovejoj- of Portland, Ore., which
in part said:
"I have your telegram advising
nie that the McAdoo club of Oregon
has secured 1,000 signatures to place
my name before democratic electors
in the Oregon presidential primary
election to be held May 21 aud ex
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Hee leased Wire.
Chicago, March 28. Even the
great, city that drives its men
and horses pitilessly to death,,
has a heart for helpless, suffering
things. Men are shot down by
thugs, or run down by reckless
automobile drivers and the crowd
hastens by it is the business of
the police and the coroner.
A poor begrimed, sooty mother
pigeon, tremendously busy with
her spring house building plans,
caught one of her feet in an elec
tric wire under the dizzy cornice
of a six-story building. There she.
hung and Muttered in a vain ef
fort to free herself. The commo
tion attracted the attention of
j thousands who were passing
among them hundreds of humans
! who are also homeless.
I The pigeon struggled desperale-
ly and finally, exhausted, hung
i limply by one leg. Iler mate was
making heroic efforts to save her.
I Meanwhile word had been car-
' ricd to a hook-and-ladder com
pany, whjch came clattering to the
spot, but a passing workman, just
a plain, ordinary American who
refused to give his name, rescued
the suffering bird at the extreme
risk of bis own life. Crawling up
a crazy fire escape, he edged his
way out along the cornice, cling
ing to the wall with pne hand,
he tenderly freed the bird and
held her until her strength came
back.
Chicago Woman Is
Unclothed by Storm;
Nude Under Home
Chicago. March 28. Mrs. Sarah
Nelson, .'74(1 Nevada avenue, a
widow, was taking a nap when the
German Officials Confer
With Dusseldorf Workmen!0 ,he .K,-.c- M-& - railroad at the
By the Aftnoriatrd Trens.
Dusseldorf, March 28. Three
representatives of the government
arrived here today from Berlin.
They went immediately into confer
ence with the workmen's central
committee. It is said, however, that
they did not come to conduct nego
tiations and are without power, but
to investigate the situation.'
The Weather
I in February last that I believe the
next democratic national convention
should be composed of uninstructed
delegates, who should be free to ex
ercise their unfettered judgment as
to platform and candidate.
Ten Cent Fare Increase
On Canadian Railroads
Toronto, March 28. A 10 cent
fare increase to points to the
United States will take effect Mon
day it was announced by the Can
adian railroads. The 10 cent in-
roy of Omaha, Mrs. T. Joe Fisher j crease will apply to all throug.n
of Cheyenne. Wyo.. and one tickets, except sleeping and parlor
brother, Moses ) . U tfnen oi i cars.
Omaha. ! The head tax on Canadians cn-
i p- . i, n j i tcring the L'nited States also will
Uin raiailV DUrneu be advanced to $9.20 on account of
pressing the hope that' I will grant 'storm broke. I he wind unclothed
permission to file the petition. I her- and she was fou,,d "u(,e "der-
"I deeply appreciate this generous j neath 1,cr ho,ne- S1,e " as slightly m
oflfer of support from my friends in Jured-
Oregon, but I earnestly request
them not to enter me as a candidate
m this primary. I publicly stated
time of his death.
Nicholas J. O'Brien is survived by
two sisters. Mrs. William A. Mcfc.1-
Negro Attacks Woman in
Basement of Her Home
Mrs. A. Saunders, 307 South
Twenty-tilth street, was attacked by
a negro early last night in the base
ment of her home, the man having
pained entrance to the basement
through a rear door, according to
police.
Mrs. Saunders wiio had gone down
stairs to throw some waste paper
into the furnace, was seized by the
negro as she opened the door, but
jerked loose and called tor help, she
say?.
Hob Walker. Joe. Zcigler and
Ernest Lyons, roomers at the
Saunders home, rushed to her as-
! sistance but were met bv a loaded
gun in the hands of the negro. They
retreated up stairs again and the
negro ran through tiic back yard
Dw Cvnlftrl'mn Dnlicri ; u,e c'lanKe rate, according 10 an i and made his escape
uj uAyivumy i uiioii announcement received here, llus is
Forecast.
Nebraska Generally fair Monday
and Tuesday; warmer in west por-i
tior. Mondav
Pittsburgh. Pa.. March 28. Ruth
Fierson, aged 14, of Camp avenue,
Braddock. died in the Braddock gen
eral hospital of burns suffered a
short time before when a bottle of
shoe polish exploded in her home.
The girl placed the bottle on a
kitchen stove while she was clean-
a 15 per cent increase over the for
nier rate.
Engineer Killed and Two
Men Injured ia Explosion
Houston Announces New
Series of Treasury Notes
Iowa Generally fair Monday and j '"g her shoes. The liquid exploded was killed and two other members
Tuesday; rpldcr in cast portion I and set tire to her clothing. of the crew of a Chicago. Milwaukee
Mondav; warmer Tuesday. I w- 0.1..1 t:
Yur ounoiarsuipa. jurFd v h(.n llle boi,Pr of lc Ioco
New ork, March 28. Seven
Hourly Temperatures.
Washington. March 28. A series
of treasury certificates without the
circulation- privilege and not ac
ceptable in payment of taxes is an
nounced by Secretary Houston. The
issue will bear date of April 1 and
will mature Inly 1 "and will be for
and St. Paul freight train were-in-I $2il0.()(ll),0(i0 or more" at an interest
Chicago. March 28. W. Mc-
Manus, engineer, o2, of Milwaukee,
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rate of 4i per cent.
motive exploded Sunday at Deer-1 I he preliminary reports indicate
scholarships, rangimr from $5,000 to field, 111. , that subscriptions to the issue of
; $40,000, in memory of Princeton! The injured are: Joseph Dell of 1 treasury certificates dated March 15
:i;men who fell in the war, have been I Milwaukee, fireman and James and maturing March 15, lr'21. will
' ncf nt,liclil nf 1!1 ! if v nrp:i. : T ialllpr iral'pmail
' dent John G. Ilibbcu announced. 1 Dell is in a critical condition.
approximate $2(M.0UU.W)
closed yesterday.
T he books
a dozen states Sundav ransed a
death list that may pass three
score, caused property damage
reaching many million dollars and
played havoc with wire and rail
way service in widespread areas.
The greatest damage was done
in Chicago suburbs and Elgin, 111.,
where the known -dead was 23 and
a number of other persons" were
missing.
Atlanta. Ga., reported that the
death list in Georgia and Ala-
ham a was at least 36. Apparently
there were three distinct storms,
one driving northward into Illinois
and dying out on the shores of
Lake Michigan just north of Chi
cago, one striking in Georgia and
Alabama and another sweeping
through Indiana and passing into
Ohio and Michigan.
Points suffering greatest damage
follow:
CHICAGO Suburbs Fifteen
killed, hundreds injured, a dozcu
or more missing and damage up
wards of $500,000 done
ELGIN, III, Eight known dead,
several missing and scores in
jured. Property damage esti
mated at nearly" $4,000,000.
LA GRANGE, Ga. Death list
reported as high as 30 and heavy
property damage.
WEST POINT, Ga. Five re
ported killed.
AGRICOLA, Ala. Five killed.
ZULU, Ind. Three killed, heavy
property damage.
GREENVILLE and Union City,
O. Sixteen reported killed.,
HART. Mich.-One dead.
FLINT. Mich. Seven killed.
GENOA, O. Several reported
killed.
NASHVILLE, O. Four known
killed. This death list is estimat
ed as high as 20.
EAST TROY Wi o.,.-i '" Il,ca0 .strict i
ST. LOUIS. Mo-rw !ana 4"u vvere damaged.
were iniured and 1000 ii-rr marl..
homeless.
While northeastern Illinois sus
tained the principal damage, the tor
nado, in its freakish career, swept
several Indiana towns, killing three
persons at Zulu, Ind., causing the
death of one man and the injure
of several persons in,S;oTITTrSnTl-'
killing Mrs. Louia'Brown at East
Troy, Wis.
Reports horn home of the coun
try districts in Illinois and Indiana
were meacer adrl it mac (trrA ibi
! the death toli would be considerably
augmented when isolated rural
communities were heard from. Tele
phone, telegraph and power wires
to nearly all towns in the storm
path were down and many places
were in darkness.
Communication Cut Off.
Outside of Chicago, Tauconda,
McHenry, Woodstock, Algonquin
and Marengo felt the full effiects of
the storm, but communication with
them was cut off.
Edgerton, Ind.. 18 miles from
Fort Wayne, was reported virtually
destroyed.
Several persons were said to have
been injured as Ossian, Ind. Heavy-
j property loss was caused in h-vans-i
ton, Wilmette and other north shore
j suburbs, while Rellwood, Mavwood.
tidgeDrook, .Norwood Park and
other villages west of Chicago were
damaged. Xo fatalities were re
ported from the latter places, but
many were injured by the flying
glass and timbers.
The tornado which struck Elgin
at noon swept northeast. the
Chicago territory, through the sub
urbs, it left a path of destruction
200 yards wide and a mile and a
half long. In 10 minutes 175 houses
in the Chicago district were levelled
1
Church Bell Carried 100 Feet.
j The wind tore into the business
quarter of Melrose Park, ripping
I roofs from bnilHincs ctiaMot-Jntr
; dows and piling the streets with
(icons.
The church of the Sacred Heart
was severely damaged. The church'-
hf11 .irr1,-n . 1. . .
('l and Island. Neb.. March 28. I thrown 100 feet away.
( Special Telegram.') The high i . 1 ne roof of the parish house ad
winds which swept this portion of j ZsTS; "L!! '
... . ...j..j j, j,)j UCUTISM
Grand Island Dark
As Wind Blows Down
Electric Light Poles
the state nut out of eormm'ccimi ttw
electric light plant here and plunged
the city in darkness. Over 1.000
telephones were rendered useless,
the balance being connected with an
independent plant.
Brags of Work in Kapp Coup
But Remains in Berlin
Berlin, March 28. Trebitsch Lin
coln, held for some time as a spy in
London tower and later deported
from England, is a bolder man than
General Ludendorff. While Luden
dorff fled, Lincoln remained in Ber
lin. He still is here making 110
particular efforts to hide himself.
He strolled down Wilhelmstras.se
a few times looking amusedly at the
window of the foreign office, where,
as he must know, an indictment has
been drawn up against him, but he
laughs at it.
Lincoln has openly admitted that
lie has been lielnintr lor siv mntitli
to bring about the Kapp coup. Now
lie lirags he has remained 111 Ber
lin to wind up the business of the
plotters and to insure tiieir escape.
$1.25 Hour for Carpenters.
Chicago. March 28. 1'nion car
penters will receive $1.25 an hour
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.IL'MI yil 1 IV"! UK 1. HUMMUS ll.U- j .' 't"Vlfy
lowintr. according t(- an arrrement 1 Lake Michigan.
reached last nieht between the union ! The Eleventh infantry
and employers. 1 (Continued on Tags Iwo, Colnmii
fire tor a time threatened tn AA tr.
the havoc, but the flames were con
fined to the wreckage. .
The state hospital for the insane
at Dunning, on the edge of Chicago,
was1' converted into ail emergency
hospital and a place of refuge for
the homeless. More than 200 houses
were destroyed at Dunning.
Establish Red Cross Stations, t-
Calls for medical assistance from '
the suburbs poured into Chicago.
Emergency Red Cross stations were
established in several of tli vilt-...
and physicians and nurses from the "
municipal sanitarium were hurried
to the stricken towns.
A swath 200 yards wide was torn
through the iffiiin part of Wilmette
and property damage was estimated'
at near $500,000. Among the build
ings damaged were the town hall
and Episcopal church. A score of .
houses in Evanston were- demol
ished, but 110 fatalities were re
ported. The tornado was the first to strike
Chicago since $')t), according to
llenry J. Cox. weather forecaster
for Chicago. The disturbanro u-a
tornado and not a C) clone, he said.
asserting mat the peculiar path was
cnaracieristic ot a tornado,
path was just south of Chicago, 1
ing in Evanston and Wilmette.
joining Chicago on the shore
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