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THE 3IOKMXG OREGOMAX, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 26, 1913. ' 1 " r ' r.t ; MILLION TENDERED TO 1 DESTITUTE Omaha and Nebraska Declared Ready to Care for Own Vic tims of Tornado. . EMERGENCY QUICKLY MET Precautions Taken to Prevent Epi demicIdentification and Bnrial of Dead Task to Consume Several Days. OMAHA. March 23. Today, for the first time since the disastrous tornado of Easter Sunday, the people of Omaha began to count the cost, both In lives and dollars. When a resume was made It apparently was more appalling than those who had studied the result were willing to admit. Not fewer than 200 lives were snuffed out within the vicinity of the city proper and not fewer than SO persons in surrounding towns lost their lives. Nearly 600 were Injured and eight of these have died In hospitals during; the day. The destitution was augmented, to day when nearly three Inches of snow fell over the stricken district, making entirely uninhabitable the houses of many who had prepared to remain tem porarily In partially destroyed struc tures. So far as money might relieve, conditions were perfect. Tenders of sums aggregating a million dollars were In the hands of the City Commissioners when the day opened. These offers came from nearly every section of the country and were made unconditionally. Relief 8tatlos Established. The greatest work today was that of organizing a systematic relief bureau with seven branclf stations in the territory covered by the tornado. These stretched over a strip of several miles long, and those In charge of relief stations handed out material as sistance to all comers who were able to show they were In need of aid. The city and state have either made or prepared to make appropriations to meet all emergency cases and relief corps are being offered to care for every case resulting In destitution. In addition to this, newspapers and num erous Institutions have started sub scription lists which already bring the total Immediately available for relief to nearly $200,000. City Commissioner Ryder said today that offers aggregating nearly a mil lion dollars had been received, but declared Omaha and Nebraska would be able to care for their own. He. however, expressed his grateful ap preciation for these offers, which he declared, Indicated the great interest the outside world was taking In the city In Its distress. Banlima Institutions Escape. Among today's offers were those of Mayor Gaynbr. of New York, commer cial organizations of St. Joseph, Mo., Boston. San Francisco, St. Louis, Kan sas City. Detroit, Seattle. St. Paul. Shreveport, La., and other- cities. Mayors of all the larger cities of the country telegraphed Mayor Dahlman. asking for suggestions as to what they might do to awl in the work of relief. While the destruction of homes in the city was great, there was not a single large business institution which suffered a grcut loss. The storm took Its toll entirely from the residential portions of the city. and. with the ex ception of small stores, groceries, meat markets and similar shops, the loss to business was immaterial. Omuha theaters today arranged to give benefit performances Saturday night, and several out-of-town thea trical managers telegraphed their In tention to do likewise. Sarah Bern hardt' manager said In a telegram that she would give such a benefit In the Denver Auditorium Sunday night. Seven persons injured in Sunday night's ornado died in Omaha hospi tals today. These were Flora Caasell. a nurse at the Methodist Hospital, who was caught In the destruction of the Student Nurses' Home; J. D. Hogg, whose head was crushed when the house in which he was boarding was demolished: A. W. Lavldge. an un known elderly woman; Karl Price, a 9-year-old boy. and Mrs. It. R. Vandeven and babe. Sanitary Preeantlons Taken. Sanitary conditions were among the first considered by the city authori ties and City Physician Connell today undertook she enforcement of regula tions which will prevent the possibility of an epidemic Several hundred ani mals were among the victims oi me storm, and orders were given that their carcasses should be removed at once and incinerated. Twenty-five horses were killed In on barn and scores of bodies of other animals were "found strewn throughout the storm stricken district. Burial of the dead will begin tomor row. It will require probably three or four days to identity and dispose of all the bodies. Every funeral director in the city was busy during the day preparing "the bodies for burial and the Coroner still returns in his rooms 18 bodies awaiting either Identification or the care of relatives. Probably one of the most pathetic cases before the Coroner was the care of the bodies of one entire family, that of Mr. Klinsky. a baker. Their home was above the bakery and when the twister struck It. the entire family was precipitated into the cellar. The five children were found in their beds, their fcos and bodies badly disrtgured. Red ( nu Takes Hand. The American Ked Cross offered Its assistance today through its represen tative. Eugene T. Lies, of Chicago, who was among the early arrivals In the city, and at once took a hand in the work of permanent relief organisation. Moving picture men and newspaper representatives from many parts of the country were here today. They came from as far east as New York, and during the afternoon the picture men were at work in nearly every section of the city. A particularly emphasized appeal for aid came from the suburb of Ralston, to the southwest of the city, where nearly every home and business build ing lit the town was levelled. Ralston 13 & recently built up nvinuf acturtng town, reaclie.l by several railroads and suburban electric cars. Hundreds of former Omaha residents had homes In the little town. which formed the vortex of the triangular head of the tornado. It had a municipal organi zation and was considered a thriving suburb. Almost nothing remains of the former prosperous community and steps have been taken to give physical aid to the storm victims. in Council Bluffs, across the river, conditions began to improve today, no less than in neighboring towns which er. In the track of the tornndo. The Intensity of the temporary suffering In umaha overshadowed to some extent tht of adjotninir towns and Iowa was Permitted to t:tke care of her own un fortunates. This its citizen, horn-ever, wer able to do and there were no 1 . ' " . -. i 1 " I ! will! give BOO raieo their clhoice of jpiree oait aU. 300 siisc f efistFge IT lie 300 eon This advertising offer will cost me over S3QOO and increase my business at least gSO.OOO a year sniit pa-tteifn w.Tii trT- w will be the finest quality of IV .Si WSIY free Imported and Domestic PftstW at wholesale $4.00 to $5.00 per yard, and some over that price. They are mostly Fall weights, but I will in clude a large number of Spring patterns as well HERE ARE MY REASONS: guaranteed. I have $50,000.00 invested in my business in Portland and every dollar of it goes to back up my guarantee. Furthermore, I will guarantee an unbreakable coat front; if a coat front breaks inside of a year I will replace it. All garments are made in Portland by skilled union labor and will contain the label of the Journeyman Tailors' Union of America. Bear in mind thisvis not the garment-makers' or overall label used by the cheap fake tailor, whose garments are mostly made by girls, but will contain the real union label, the hallmark of quality. Every Suit I turn out will make a friend and customer, and I feel confident that the 300 boosters I will get, not counting their wide influence, will amply repay me for this outlay. I am a wholesale dealer in fine woolens and tailors' trimmings and I have recently opened a beautiful new tailoring establishment at 382 Washington street, one door from the corner of West Park, opposite Pittock block. It is by far the largest and most perfectly equipped tailoring establishment in Portland and I want to make it the most popular one; in fact, the Mecca for every man who appreciates first-class tailoring at a right price; therefore, I will place on my tables this morning 300 Suit Patterns to be given away free. Only one Suit to each customer. My only stipulation is that you will let me make it up for you, my price for which will be $20, including excellent lining and trimmings, and perfect fit, style and workmanship amply This extraordinary offer is made for one Iweek". only, so first come first served-.: 382 Washington Street One Door From West Park Opposite Pittock Block cases of destitution uncared for to night. The first case of attempted looting; occurred early today when two Federal soldiers stationed at Forty-third and Farnam wer. discovered entering a wrecked building. They were prompt ly arrested by their own comrades and gent to Fort Crook for courtmartial. mi ... nfpm ii- 1 1 H hpcii n last night and fell Intermittently all day was ended by nightfall. It greatly de terred the relief worker, but acted as a deterrent to incipient Area which continued to break out during the day. Sacred Heart Convent, a five-story girls' school at Thirty-sixth and Burt streets, which was almost entirely de molished, is to be rebuilt In the near future. Fifty sisters who were dragged from the basement by rescuers are housed at St. Joseph's Hospital. Only four of them were seriously "Injured. Bishop Scannell's residence, directly across the street from the convent. Is partially wrecked and workmen were put to work today to repair the damage. Calamity Worst of AIL George E. Belott. representative of White & Wyckoff. manufacturing sta tioners of Holyoke. Mass.. who had been through two tornadoes and the Sun Francisco earthquake, declared the Omaha storm was the worst of them all. "In none of the others have I re ceived a scratch," he said. ."In the four calamities I have mentioned I have made careful observations and I have never seen anything that compared with the destruction of life and property wrought by the tornado that passed through Omaha Sunday. Take the three and buhch them together and then the comparison could not be made. "Had the flre not followed the earth quake In San Francisco the loss of life and property would not have been great: the tornadoes In St. Paul and St. Louis were Just Summer lephyrs when lined up beside the Omaha storm. Xothlaa- Bnt Deatk la Wake. I am conversant with the history of wind storms and I consider the Omaha storm on. of the worst, if not th. worst. In hlstorv. People here do not realise the magnitude of the storm. As a gen eral thing wind storms jump about destroying property in spots and taking lives at rare Intervals. Th. Omaha twister seems to have kept to the ground after it struck, leaving nothing but death, ruin and suffering in Its path." M The wind, the primary cause of all the deaths, saved the life of Monsignor ColanerU He had Just closed a service at Sacred Heart convent and attempted to open one of th. big west doors. The wind held It shut, and a moment, after a great mass of boards and bricks fell Just outside the door. t4rir posters with the demand "What Are You Going to Do for the Desti tute?" are pasted on the signboards all over the city. The demand is gener ously answered by the whole city. Enrolled Nurses on Call. ' Miss Lillian Stuff, In charge of the food depot at Jacobs Hall, today re ceived a telegram from Miss Jane De lano, head of the Red Cross In America, authorising her to call out all Nebraska enrolled Red Cross nurses. This puts 50 trained nurses under the authority of Miss Stuff, to be ordered on duty when required. The Federal Govern ment will pay for the services of such nurses as may be used. Thus far Miss Stuff had called out only one nurse. Miss Stuff also received a telegram saying that Director Bignell, of the Red Cross, had left Washington for Omaha. A canvass of the hospitals is under way by the Red. Cross, the object be. lng to ascertain what injured will be destitute when released from the hos pitals. Arrangements will be made to care for these and. If possible, to se oure employment and housing. The work of the EpiBcopal churches, which centers at Jacobs Hall. Is inde pendent of the city authorities' work. Clothing Is being collected for distribu tion and the hall has 100 cots to be used tonight by those unable to find a better place io amy. STATE TO AID SUFFERERS Nebraska Legislators Agree on Ap propriation of $100,000. LINCOLN, Neb., March 25. The State of Nebraska will appropriate $100,000 ,. th. tnrnndo sufferers In lor mo oiu " . . " - Eastern "Nebraska, this money to be expended by a commission of seven, of i. : ..u v, n.-or.mr in he chairman. This "action was decided upon by the Governor and members of the Legisla ture appointed to represent the House and Senate. It will take about five days for the appropriation bill to run its regular course and make appropriation avail able. In the meantime Governor More head has made arrangements with Lin coln banks to supply $2000 for Imme diate needs in the towns of Yutan and Berlin, where there Is said to be great distress. Tho ntv Council of Lincoln at moots noRninn tndav aDOrODriated $5000 for the relief of any destitute in Omaha. Towns around the stricken villages of Tutan and Berlin today began send ing clothing and provisions to provide for pressing wants of the homeless of those places. Seaside Welcomes Mrs. Mitchell. SEASIDE. Or., March 25. (Special.) Mrs. F. R. Mitchell has taken possession of her cottage for the Summer. Mrs. Mitchell takes an active iniergai. KonKlilp affairs anri her'return Is e-ladly welcomed by residents. Among the many things for which Mrs. jnitonen is noted is her dahlia garden, having won first prize at several flower shows. Utah to Spend $75,000 at Fairs. SALT LAKE CITY, March 25. Gov ernor Spry today signed a bill passed by the last Legislature, providing for an appropriation of $75,000 to make Utah exhibits at the Panama fairs in San Francisco and San uiego. Sequel To Love For Doll Maternal Instinct Greatly Developed by Teaching Children to Love their Dolls. The little child's doll Is mother to the most romantic fairy. And In the year tlat pass, the doll fades Into the petals of a Jane rose, to evelve the most won drous of all transformations. And now comes a more serious period when the joy of real motherhood should be as tranquil as best effort can provide. 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