THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY. MARCH 30, 1920.
1
SUNSHINE AND
CALM FOLLOW
BIG WIND STORM
Damage in Nebraska Esti
mated at $500000
Miles of Wires
Blown Down.
Yt
More than 20,000 poles are lying
flat on the ground and a property
damage estimated at $500,000 are the
results of the cyclonic t?alc that
played havoc throughout the state
Sunday, .'according to officials of
. the Western Union and the Nebras
ka Telephone companies.
Communication cannot be re
stored in less than to days, ac
cording to W. V. Watt district
manager of tiie Western Union.
I Fifty gangs of repair men have been
imported to replace the transcon
tinental service west of Clarks,
Neb., where more than 500 poles
were blown down along the main
line of the Union Pacific, completely
7 wiping out communication for a dis
tance of 90 miles.
A. A. Low man, vice president and
genecnl manager of the Nebraska
Telephone company, characterised
'the storm as the worst since the
J Omaha tornado in March, 1913.
"The property damage that the
- telephone company experienced Sun
day, with the exception of the
tornado in J'Jl.1. was the worst that
the company Jias ever suffered,'' Mr.
. Lowman said. According to re
ports at hand there are between
10.000 a.-.d 15.000 poles down and
the danage vill reach nearly $300,
y 000."
Communication Crippled.
Norfolk. Neb.. March 29. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Telephone and
telegraph wire communication con
' tinues crippled following the disas
, trsus sleet and wet snow storm of
Sunday morning, which took out
approximately 2,000 telegraph and
telephone poles in north Nebraska
and southern South Dakota. Trains
tn the eastern division o( the North
western railroad are maintaining
thtit own schedules due to the lack
of wire communication and dis-
1 patches have been sent over various
portions of the division to keep the
trains running.
Points west of Norfolk are cut off
from the outside world and the
country roads west of the city are
blocked by twisted wire and broken
poles. Telephone men declare, the
storm was the most disastrous in
the history of the district. !
Havoc Around Beatrice.
Beatrice, Neb., March 29. Thou
sands of dollars' worth of property
was damaged by a gale which swept
through this section Sunday after
noon. Small buildings . were over
turned, trees uprooted ahd telegraph
and telephone wires levelled to the
. ground. .
Storm Dth Toll j
r ' In Eight States ;
, " Has Reached 235
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around Joliet and in Elgin reported
' that most of the families did not
i- need food so much as they need
shelter. All day long the workers
were placing families whose homes
V- had been demolished, distributing
food baskets and administering med
. icil treatment. ,
" Carpenters Co to Work.
Hundreds of carpenters went to
work in Elgin, Maywood, Melrose
Park. Irving Park and the North
' Shore towns today. By night most
of the minor wrecks had been
' cleared and repaired. Store win
, dows were all boarded up, house
v; -windows and roofs that had been
1 partially destroyed were sealed up.
By nightfall all refugees had been
X placed in homes. From the hos-
?itals came the word that most of
he patients were on' the road to re
; ' covery. But one death, was re-
ported during the day in the entire
Chicago district. So Illinois is re-
' covering with almost miraculous
... rapidity from a disaster that was as
4 fatal and .destroying in comparison
v 'as the German march through Bel
gium. "'V Jn other . sections of the Storm
swept area rehabilitation seems more
. difficult. . . .
1 In Alexander City, Ala., five white
A persons and six negroes were killed.
stores and houses. In Genoa, R. L.
Carter, superintendent of schools, is
heading the relief committee. A
fund has been started to build new
homes for the victims.
' Other sections swept by the storm
did' not suffer the fatalities that
Illinois, Ohio and Indiana did.
In Nebraska wire service was par
alyzed, several thousand telegraph
poles being leveled by the winds.
In South Dakota rain, wind and hail
crippled wire service, but no one
was seriously injured,
i The property loss in the Chicago
district may reach a total of $6,000,
000, according to estimates made
here yesterday.
Tornado Plays Grim
Jokes in . Erratic Course
(Continued From J'lmt rage.)
had just completed a hearty dinner
and had lain down if or their regular
siesta. Just then the storm struck
and . their first introduction to the
tornado was when half a wagon
load of bricks were hurled through
the roof and windows. They took
refuge in the basement, but the tor
nado tore down the smokestack and
piled it in the basement. Fleeing up
the street, they barely escaped death
when the roof of the municipal build
ing came hurtling after them and
distributed itself over half a block.
Facetious Merchants Scores.
One facetious hardware merchant
in the heart of the devastated district
put ti a sign: "The tornado has
nothing on our washing machines
when it conies to cleaning up."
The limb of a tree eight inches in
diameter was blown .entirely through
a house in North Evanston, but none
of the occupants were injured.
In an adjoining house a picture
was blown out of a frame, the frame
was tossed into the kitchen, while
the glass over the portrait was not
budged the fraction of an inch from
the bracket on which the picture
had stood.
A trunk was lilted from the garret
of one house and deposited in the
front window' of another house a
block distant.
Mrs. Sarah Nelson was taking an
after dinner nap. The storm lifted
her out of the house and stripped
All over the devasted area broken
trees are adorned with lingerie whip
ped out of various houses. and strewn
among the branches.
Cohen "Out of Lick."
" Albeit Cohen, owner of an ice
cream parlor, refused a cash offer
of $1,100 for his place Sunday morn
ing. Today he was searching the
ruins for his insurance policy.
At Melrose Park a barn was lifted
clean of the floor and foundation
and reducM to kindling several feet
away. Three horses were left un
harmed,, but much bewildered to find
themselves without shelter.
An automobile carrying four pas
sengers was lifted from the road
and plumped down in an adjoining
field. All the passengers are in a
hospital, but will recover.
Two women were rushing to get
into their home as the storm ap
proached. It swept" the house away
and deposited both of them, prac
tically unharmed, in a doorway
across the street.
A. train at Wilmette was two min
utes late. Had it arrived on time
with its- 500 passengers all might
have perished as the spot was cover
ed with debris from wrecked houses
and broken trees.
Barn Soars as Cow Eats. '
A. C. Jackson, of Zion City, saw
his barn soaring away and rushed
out to find his Cow calmly munch
ing her hay. The stanchion to which
she was tied Was undisturbed and the
bin of hay was also intact. Nearby
a dairy barn was flattened, killing 40
cows. .
G. A. Leek of Melrose Park, says
his little girl prayed all the time
that, their home be spared. It was
the only one in the block that was
undamaged.
Mrs. William Darby paid.the final
installment on her $1,500 house Sat
urday. She had saved to pay the
taxes. The storm destroyed the
house and carried away the $26.
The clock in front of the Citizens'
bank- in Melrose Park lost all its
insides and half its face.
William Peterson crime to in a
basement three blocks from home
and on each side of him was a stove
lifted from other houses and dumped
into the basement.
OMAHA AIR MAIL
ROUTE ENDORSED
BY U, SJENATE
Airplanes Fund Provided by
Amendment to Postoffice
Bill, Which Will 'Go to
Conference.
(Continued From First rage.)
largely in the debate, made a few
ironical observations as to the cost
of the air mail service that were
greatly enjoyed by those senators
not affected by the amendment and
who were not seeking to tie up the
postoffice department or secure ad
ditional routes. Senator Norris in
the course of the discussion said
that he had supposed that the only
excuse for the service in the post
office was to keep up an airplane
organization for the military branch
of the? government, ' "that they
thought that while they were per
fecting themselves in the use of the
airplane they might do some good in
the carrying of mail, and that the'
carrying of the mail was only an
incident connected with military
preparation."-
"I realize," he said, "that the air
service is probably in its infancy. It
may be that airplanes will be as
thick as automobiles in the course
of time, but I was afraid of it at
thif time because of the financial
condition with which our country is
confronted and I doubt the wisdom
now of appropriating any money in
the postoffice appropriation bill to
carry it on."
"However, all that has been dis
sipated, we have learned now that it
is profitable, that the airplane busi
ness of carrying the mail makes
money. They had to reduce the
postage in order to keep the post
office department from getting too
much money. It pays its own way.
There is not any expense connected
with it. Why haggle, then, about
putting in a new route? Why not
put them in everywhere?"
Then the junior senator from Ne
braska satirically suggested that-a
great saving would be made by dis
charging from employment prac
tically all the employes of the rail
way mail service, by lopping off the
expense incident to the mail carried
by the railroads and sending all the
mail by airplane. He said, however,
that there were many advantages iti
continuing the route to California
through Omaha and the element of
sectionalism is entirely eliminated.
The senate having adopted the
amendment for airplane service, it
will become a subject for conference
between the two houses.
MOVE FOR SECOND
READING OF IRISH
HOME RULE BILL
Commons Shows Atmosphere of
Tenseness, But No Evidence
, Of Excitement.
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Legal Complications
Cause rurther Delay
'Jurors Told Why
I I. W." W. Driven Out
London. March 29. The second
reading of the Irish home rule bill
was moved in the Mouse of Com
mons Monday by Ian MacPherson,
secretary for Ireland, amid an at
mosphere of tenseness, but with lit
tle evidence of excitement.
Two motions for the rejection of
the bill have been prepared, one by
the labor party and the other by
former Premier Asquith, The speak
er has given precedence to the for
mer, Tomorrow Mr. Asquith will
speak against the bill and will be
answered by Premier Lloyd George.
Explaining the bill, Mr. MacPher
son stated that recent events in Ire
land had only strengthened the
view that an undivided Ireland was
impossible. Referring to the propo
sal for an Irish council, he said the
government was prepared to listen
sympathetically to suggestions for
improving the council.
The government, the secretary de
clared, had acted magnanimously to
ward Ireland in past years. The
present prosperity of the country
was due to its connection with the
United Kingdom, he asserted, and
any secession, in whole or in part,
could not be tolerated. It would be
suicidal, he insisted, for Ireland to
be separated from the empire.
Army Worms on March
Towards Green Fields
El Centro, Cal., March 29. Mil
lions of army worms reported travel
ling toward the green fields of Im
perial Valley from the desert west
of Dixieland, in this county will be
met and fought by ranchers who arc
preparing to place poison on the
bridges across irrigation ditches and
so prevent the entry of the worms.
Where the worms came from is
not known. The desert is reported
covered with them over an area of
several square miles. They are mov
ing in what those who saw them de
clare seems a never ending migra
tion to the growing crops of the
valley.
Where the worms have crossed
paved highways automobiles skid as
on a greasy pavement.
Asks Deportation.
New York, March 29. James J,
Larkin, Irish labor leader, asked
that he be sent back to Ireland when
it was moved in federal court that
he be tried on a charge of criminal
anarchy.
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Tombstone, Ariz.. March 29.
Three Mexican prisoners escaped
from the'' county jail Saturday nieht
arid were recaptured at Johnson's
ranrli. 25 mile's sniithwrst nf ticre
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V "-"n':: to await trial on theft charges.
communication in the storm-swept
, districts has not been established
i and a, call for medical help came
. with a plea for money ana tood.
;;Ar.' - 70 Killed in Georgia.
' In the state of Georgia 70 persons
I -were killed by the storm. 300 in
injured, and thousands rendered home---
Ijless. Many of the smaller towns are
."' cut off from the rest of the world
V .and the Red Cross .workers are
( meeting with almost every difficulty
that nature can place in the way of
rescue work. A call for money was
, , lsent out through the entire state.
Reports from Michigan place the
death total at 11, with more than
'' two score injured. In the rural dis
:;1ricts swept by the storm a tangled
t ' mass of leveled fences, outbuildings,
t greenhouses, unroofed barns and un
J rooted trees were left in the wake
. of the tornado. ,
In Indiana 42 persons were killed.
" ? The most accurate reports available
' indicated that the storm was at its
-worst in Jay and Allen counties,
f when 10 and nine persons, rcspec-
tively, were killed,
t'.y Fort Wayne hospitals are reported
i to be tearing for 25 victims of the
windstorm. Several are expected to
y die. .
v Six Counties Hit.
i. Six counties were struck by the
storm. , Local organizations in the
towns nearest the storm centers are
giving every relief possible. Reports
of 'complete razing of several vil
lages are being investigated. There
is much suffering from the cold.
V Rescue parties are finding roads im
' passable.
In Toledo, Ohio, eight persons are
v known to be dead and nearly 100 in
jured, some so seriously that their
V" death is expected at any minute.
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.the injured is being carried on by the
- Red Cross. Members of the Airteri
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Strike of Stock Handlers De
moralizes Shipments Car
Diverted to Omaha.
Chicago, March 29. Nine hun
dred stock handler?, cleaners and
unloaders employed by the Union
Stock Yards & Transit company,
struck Monday, tying up shipments
to and from the stock yards.
If the strike continues packing
company officers admitted they
might be forced to close their plants.
This would throw 50,00.0 employes
out of work.
The men roted to strike Saturday
night in violation, it was said, of the
agreement that all wage disputes
be settled before Judge Alschuler.
The men a"re demanding a wage
increase of $30 a month. According
to union officers they now receive
from $90 to $130 a month.
Convicted I. W. W. Make
Successful Jail Break
Wenatachee, Wash., March 29.
E. J. Mara, Leo Ostrom. Thomas
McCoy and Leonard Calgin, I. V.
V. sentenced to from two to 10
years in the penitentiary, escaped
from the Chelan county jail Sunday.
Three other convicted I. V. V
in the same cage refused to leave
the jail.
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Washington, March 2l. legal
complications caused a further delay
Monday in the preparation of the
resolution declaring a state of peace
and repealing war legislation which
republican house leaders are whip
ping into shape.
The present plan is to have it
ready for introduction in the house
by tomorrow afternoon or by Wed
nesday at the latest. The committee
on foreign affairs will be called to
gether the day after the introduction
of the resolution and action in the
house is scheduled for the following
day under a special rule.
( ontinurd oiii KIr.t I'uge.)
the streets on that day, as intro
duced in evidence and read to the
jury by W. II. Burgess, chief coun
sel for the defense, who conducted
the direct examination of the wit
ness. "I have formed a sheriff's po-.se
of 1,200 men in Hisbee and 1,000 in
Douglas, all loyal Americans, lor
the purpose of arresting on charges
of vagrancy, treason and of being
disturbers of the peace of Cochise
county all those strange men who
have congregated here from other
parts and sections for the purpose
or harassing and intimidating all
men who desire to pursue their daily
toil," the proclamation said. "We
Republican Floor Leader Mondell cannot longer stand or tolerate such
commented on some of the difficul
ties encountered.
"It is very curious to a layman,"
said Mr. Mondell, "but when you get
together a group of ordinary law
yers, constitutional lawyers, diplo
matic lawyers and international law
yers, all kinds of fine points arise
which serve to delay matters."
Union Leaders at Lille
Call General Strike
Lille, March 2). Department
tmictn syndicates in the Xord de
partment have issued an order for
a strike in the textile factories here
in sympathy with the strikers at
Roubaix and Turcoing. Miners in
the Nord basin have also decided
upon a sympathy strike to begin today.
conditions. This is no local trouble.
we arc sure of that, but is an at
tempt to embarrass and injure the
government of the United States.
Calls on Loyalists.
"I therefore call upon all loyal
Americans to aid me in peacable ar
resting of these disturbers of our
national and local peace. Let no
shot be fired throughout this day
unless in necessary self-defense, and
I hereby give warning that each
and every leader of the so-called
strikers will be held personally re
sponsible for anv injury' inflicted
upon any of my deputies while in
the performance of their lawful du
ties as deputies of my posse, whose
acts I in turn assume full responsi
bility as sheriff of this county.
"'All arrested persons will be
be treated humanely and their
cases examined with justice and
1 1 . T 1i.mii. iin r.ki.l it,,'., will hp
made, for 1 desire no bloodshed."
However, 1 am determined it resist
ance is made, it snail le n'licKly and
etiec tively overcome."
Questions by Mr. Burae;s as to
why he did not confine his prison
ers in some part of the county in
stead of deporting them, Ciiptain
Wheeler replied:
Jails Not Sufficient.
"The jails of the country could not
have accomodated more than 130
men. But even if I had had room
for them all. I knew that other
foreigners would have poured in on
me from all parts of the country.
I knew that the I. W. W. had a
way of getting some of their number
arrested so as to fill the jails and
er disturbers.
Regarding bis efforts to get state
or national aid in coping with the
situation, he had testimony controll
ing him. the former sheriff said
tnat ne nan sent a telegram io ic
governor of the state, but that' Ire
had received no aid of any kind.
The direct examination of Captain
Wheeler ended immediately bef(jre
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t'.fforts of the defense to fttt
photostatic copies of alleged I. W.
W. letters before the jury wrre only
partly successful today. One tin-
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activities of the I. W. Wa
however, was taken under advisement.
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