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. N. a, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1913-SECOND SECTION 35th YEAR f"' 1 "... . ' .'-jJi'iLL'L" LLED RM ruction of Prop- Reported As of Storm. TROOPS CALLED OUT Morehead Leaves On 1 Train For Scene Of The Disaster. Chicago, I ill., March 24. A terific tin; caiuing widespread de- loss of life, and practi cally wKctaag the already demoralised. graph, service, raged over the Cen- Wgk nd Middle States late yes- Kalsts Reports from Nebraska, and Iowa and Indiana indicate , but owing to the wreck ing of the telegraph lines, the reports are fragmentary and lacking in detail. Omaha. Berlin, Ashland and Yutan, Hah, 'ht latter towns near Omaha; Marshaltown, Acldey, Woodbine and, Carroll, Iowa; Terre Haute, Ind., and J AbilaJjeVKan., are places from which scirfwHtf messages carrying the news of grave destruction have been re ceived. For more than four hours no word was received from the striken city of Omaha. Late bulletins report that half the city was swept by a tornado. AH wires were down, and Berlin, a neighboring town, was said to be in flames. The message was received wver a single long distance telephone wire, which worked at intervals Tane Haute suffered severely. Scores of person's were inuurcd, and an unknown number were overwhelmed is the ruins of houses blwon down by the wind, and many fires were started in different parts of the city. First reports ; from Nebraska were that the towns visited by the strom had been wiped 'out and that the wreckage was on fire. Trains loaded with res cuers, nurse and physicians are strug gling toward the scene, being compelled to feel the wqy Without running or- $1 pwcalysis of the tele- The Iota' of life and property in Iowa was less' severe, according to messages from the storm district. Dust storms rain, hail, and tremendous electrical disturbances prevailed over Kansas and Nebraska the greater part of the day. railroad, service was impossible tor' cars were pressed ftito service, and. surgeons and supplies were rushed to the wrecked towns at the best speed possible, over, the washed-out roads. The total loss of life in the territory wept by the storm is thought to be in fe!??.rfcib,y many as Ml Scores Killed In Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb. March 24. Meagre reports from Omaha indicate that that cjty was the scene of the most disas trous tornado that ever visited the Stater "From thirty to forty blocks in the residence section were swept by a storm,, killing scores of persons injuring several hundred and leaving hundreds of wrecked residences in the storms' path. The villages of Ben son, Dundeeand- Florence, suburbs of Omaha, were oratcicallv wirjed out. Tie fact that heavy rains fell for half an hour after the tornado saved the mat of wreckage and many of the from being burned. The Web utain- ing twenty or more girts, was one of the buildings hit by the tornado, and it was twi ted and many injured. At iwemy-iourtn ana Lane streets a moving picture show was putting on " nnjil WKk " he stcrm descend ed. TfwpfWI of the building fell in. In the pud rush made through the nanwagafstits many of those who were not hurt by the collapse of the build ing, were trampled or crushed. ' r8' '- Wldesnread Uest ..net.. T 1 4 winds JP GOODS FOR SPRING No better place to buy them than at Sugar's Sugar has the goods ni h has the IOC ng and Summer Div r goods and nc lions of all m thins . shoes, halsielc. onuta yju when compared HUcek. A. B. t, Stock at wtWkt G. TV ...RJfCIIARDSON, Proprietor. us ver, dially Hem Btrn, N. C. , R. F. Phone, Bv'llair line, 4 MnaiL, Va,I ... - IVU uc BY III MIDDLE GIFTS OF UGH ARE NOT PRIZED NOT APPRECIATED BY THE PUB LIC, SAYS VICE PRES IDENT MARSHALL. "'Springfield, Mass, March 24. "Tk public does not appreciate charity that emanates from predatory wealth," said Vice-President Marshall an address before the Young Men's Christian As sociation in the municipal audito rium yesterday. "Institutions founded and maintained by co-operative con tributions," he said, "receive much more public appreciation. In my travels about the country I have been' much impressed by the eagerness with which citizens have pointed out their public institutions. But I generally have to ask to see a Carnegie library, if there is one in town." Mr. Marshall's topic was, "It is more blessed to give then to receive." - , Mr. Marshall later addressed a large gathering made up eiclusively of wo men. Troops Ordered Out. The Nebrasksa troops were ordered out by Governor Morehead at the re- Quest of Mayor Dahlman in order to preserve order and prevent looting. Two Linclon companies and others from nearby towns were first dis patched to the scene on special trains. The Governor himself left on a spe cial ' train for the scene of disaster. Passengers arriving here at midnight brought information that the tornado first destroyed the suburb of Ralston and from there swept up into the resi dence section of Omaha. At Fortieth and Farnum streets a garage was. de stroyed and 'a large strip of territory, north and east of that corner, Wat seriously damaged. The Illinois Cen tral bridge over the Missouri River was destroyed. All wires are down with the exception of a single railroad wire into Lincoln, which is not avail able for press reports. Semi-hysteri cal passengers, arriving here, say the hospitals and hotels of Omaha are full ol injured and that the dead are very numerous. In the absence of wire communications, it is impossible to get any hint of the exact situation. The railroads that have the only wire into Ohama, say the situation is very grave. Burlington train No. 12, which left Lincoln at 4:34 o'clock yesterday afternoon, picked up many dead and injured along its way near Omaha. Omaha Worst Sufferer. Omaha's suburbs suffered the heaviest loss. Ralston, southwest of Omaha, was razed to the ground and a sore were killed. East Omaha, which left the tail of the twister, reported houses demolished, but no lives lost. Council Bluffs, Iowa, suffered nine dead, score or more injured and great property damage. The worst damage was done and the largest toll of lives exacted in the western part of Omaha and in the vicinity of Twenty-fourth and Lake streets. From there north cast to Sixteenth and. Binney streets the storms' path was very destruc tive. This was the residence portion of the city and the disaster, wrought was appalling. Whole blocks ' f homes were picked up and dashed .info a shapeless mass. Street cars Were hurled from the tracks and de molished. At an early hour this morr ing, ten dead and eight injured hed been removed from the ruins of the moving picture show at Twenty-fourth and Lake streets. It is estimate d that fifty people were in the theatre. It is feared that most of them are buried in the debris. prices, No matter what vou need in Goods r have it. Call and inspect sortj ready made clothes, gentlemen's We have wlial v ii want , fimireii with prim y u have to pay at other SUGAR, New B(xo, N. C and Fruit Farm. Bulls and Heifer for rale also full blood Berkshire invited to visit farm and MtCHARDSOJS D.. to, ', nns, Mlt'S ASSASSIN IS MURDERER OP GREEK RULER SHOWS EVIDENCE OF MEN TAL DERANGEMENT. Athens, March 25. King Con- stantine I and Premier Venizelos, of totfeece, arrived at Saloniki today, ex traordinary precautions being taken to guard them from a fate similar to that which overtook King George who was assassinated there six days ago. Wireless dispatches received at Pi raeus, the port of Athens, today, state that Constant ine was received . cor dially by the Greek army officers in Saloniki. The first plegde his loyalty to the new monarch of the Hellenes was Lictuentant Coloael Francoudis, aide de camp to George who was at the latter 's side when he was assassinated, The meeting between Constantine and his mother was most affecting, while he pathos of the situation when Constantine gated for the first time upon the face of his dead father, moved even the officers of the line who have been accustomed since the outbreak of the war to look upon scenes of carnage and the grief which accompanies war. Queen Sophia, royal consort of Con stantine, accompanied the King to Saloniki in order to comfort her mothcr-'n-law whose health has been most precarious since the assassina tion of King George. The arrival of the party at Salo niki was greeted with a royal salute from the shore batteries and from the Greek and foreign warships in the harbor there. Foreign men of war will convoy the Greek warship conveying the body of King George to Athens. A private dispatch from Saloniki states that Aleko Schinas, the regicide, has become violent. Whether this was due to the mental disorder or to the sharpness of the inquisition to which I he was put, to ascertain if he had accomplices is not known, but itii supposed that both causes were con tributory. BEAT YOUR WIFE DECLARES IT IS UP TO THE HUSBAND TO SHOW HE'S BOSS. Chicago, March 26. Dr. William F. Waugh, dean of Bennett Medical Col lege and chief surgeon of Jefferson Park Hospital, has stirred up a hornet's est through his article printed in the Alienist and Neurologist this month wherein he urges wife beating as a proper and wholesome discipline. He writes: When you find your mate, take her she is expecting it. "When you have her, live for her she demands it. "When she awakens your jealousy beat her; she needs it." According to thephysicians, some women require beating. Through the lack of it they escape from their hus band's control, and are incapable of controlling themselves. They find by the abseaeeof the. beatings that their husbands are inBHeWm'tneir'j lo"reT . a ""u"8 "5 reac- ed its limits. 1 When things have come to this pair, the doctor advises, the time has arrived for the husband to kill his wife. The most devoted wives, states Dr. Waugh, "are those who fear their hus bands. They plan day and night to please them and to win their appro bation." t- If death takes away the brutal wife beater," he aiys, "his widtw erects an a t r to his n e nory at which she wor ships." Was Ha Answered? A stout old gentlemen was having troubh with the telephone. He could hear nothing but a confused jumble of. sounds. Finally he became so exas perated that he shouted into the trans mitte : "Is there a blithering fool at the end thi i:n," . 01 lnw "net "Not at this end." answered a cooL ' c- 1. 1..' w feminine voice. Everybody's Maga zine ;To Journal Subscribers-: We haven't a seftular man on , flw road to coIWct subscrip tions for the Dai:y ami Semi Weekly Journal but have made arrangement with Mr. Huah Lancaster to look after the collecting and soliciting on Routes 1 and 2 from New Barn and a Pamlico couaty, while Mr. M. C. Mor ton of Hubert will collect and solicit subscriptions In Jonas and Onslow counties. We request all delinquents to see one of these gentlemen and settl; subscription account Bern. Yojmjb ,, truly, "ING CO. mi Week- w VIOLENT WM ADVISES iy SNOW HEIGHTENS TORNADO HORROR Depth of Three Inches Cover the Section of Omaha Swept By The Cyclone. RESCUE WORK HAMPERED Federal Soldiers Patrol Afflicted Districts Many Pitiable Spectacles. Omaha, Nebraska, March 25. Shiv ering with cold, Bcores of men, women and children today struggled in snow to rescue the dead or injured bodies of relatives and friends, who lay buried beneath the wreck of hornet and buildings, which were crumbled like eggshells by the tornado, which swept, with death dealing force Sun lay, over Nebraska and Iowa. Latest reports today still show the death list unchanged at 202, and the number ol injured 320. A snow storm, which seriously, ham pers rescue work, began shortly aftci midnight and is continuing with gath ering force. Over three inches ol snow covers the debris in the section struck by the cyclone. Privations of the strom sufferers are being greatly increased by the snow storm, which followed so closely in the tornado's wake. Seek Bodies of Dear Ones. Women tugging at heavy beams, hoping to find living bodies of dear ones beneath the tons of wreckage and shivering children, wrapped about with shawls and blankets, were the fcenes which sunncs revealetl to the Federal soldiers, as they patrolled the afflicted district, aiding in ths rescue work and protecting the wracked and unoccupied homes front looters. Over fifty thousand dollars was sub scribed for charity work, half of this being contributed by the city and half by generous citizens. The city offi cails started out early through the lines of the afflicted district distribut ing clothing and other nccessiticss among the sufferers. The injured in hospitals are recciv ing the best possible attention. Omaha and Council Bluff physicians volunteered their services. Those pa tients who have shown improvement will be removed today from the tern porary hospitals to places provided for them by thjpfeity officials. Most of them aie homeless, losing their abode at the same instant of receiving their injuries. M$ny patients whose con dition is considered critical have not been told of their losses. The snow which is falling, with blizzard like pro portions from Colorado to Centra Iowa, has seriously interfered with the slender thread of telegraphic com munication established yesterday af ternoon from Omaha to the outside world. Accounts of Eye Witnesses. Chicago, March 25. Stories replete with thrills and pathos were related in Chicago today by eye witnesses of the tornado which swept a portion of Omaha, Neb., and surrounding terrki ry last night. Terror stricken, the narrators of these stories had sat facisnatcd iiv the 'coaches of a Chicago Burlingttn & Quincy Railroad train watching g eat dark clouds skipping weirdly on its work of destruction. In several villages they helped pick up the dead u W"'r: t.- bounded and dead wore. 'placed ntir th train, which had passed tbr.mgh.the beginning of the track of . ..... jr, . me wnii iwiiiu uiai siruen nnaiia re iched the latter city On the way in the injured told tales of suffering and gave vivid descrip tions of escapes which seemed them miraculous. William Coon, of Linclon, Neb., gave a graphic des rip tion as he viewed it from the platform of the observation car '.'For miles," he said, "It seemed as if the train were being pursued by the storm. We Were approaching Ralston, Neb., when tV811 noticed a copper col ored cloud mount toward the sky. The cloud grew rapidly and was traveling at tremendous speed. It assumed the form of a funnel and the air was filled with a curious noise, very piercing, The funnel seemed to grow black and the smaller end that near the ground was about a half mile in diameter. It swished across the railroad track, then struck the town. Houses collapsed as though quilt of paptr. The roofs -. :i 1 ...... . ,w.,:a., fn i A .. SU1IUU uwuy aim 1111 . .v.i in. the passengeri comprehended thcdcsolu lion wrought a cry of horror went up. It was a terrible tight. "Then the train stopped and the pis scngsrs ran over to the wreckage of the houses. We could hear the groans of dying men and injured women and children were moaning. We got all the injured out of the ruins and brought them to the train. We were about to leave when'' our attention was called to a little house some distance from the others. It had . been wrecked and moved from its foundation, w; found a mother and her baby lying up on a bed uninjured. Another man . was in the basement of a house. Hin house was carried away and he wa left Handing with an anxious look on his (ace, ui iajurcd, 'Ho a w re rolled and tumbler! BE SPRUCE AND FINE DURING THE QUIET SUMMER MONTHS VASTjCHANGE HAS COME ABOUT. Norfolk, March 16 People not in lose touch with the dialy life at Vir ginia Beach will find a surprise awaiting them when they visit the popular resort this season. During the quie': winter months a vast change has come about at the pleasure centre, and the visitor will scarec believe his own eyes when the nlarged and improved Virginia Beach g eets the returning guests and pleasure seeker. (Since the close of last season, with its record of popularity and attendance more than a quarter of a million dol lars has been spent in new building ng construction at the beach. Nearly forty new buildings hotels, handsome lwellings and bungalows, have been ;ompleted, or are in course of erection. rhe most notable among these is the new and modern hotel, the "Spotswood Arms," fitted for the comfortable accomodation of one hundred guests. This building along, with its construc tion and furnishings, will mean an ex penditure of nearly fifty thousand Ldollars. Several large apartment houses are in course ot construction, and still others contracted for. Private houeses at an individual cost of over ten thous and dollars, many others at a slightly smaller figure, and to these may be added numerous tasty cottages and added numerous tasty cottages and bungalows, all placed at the Beach by people who appreciate life by the sea and who are so situtatcd financially that they can enjoy it at a point where summer is one continuous gay round of pleasure, and where the word. people .gives place to multitudes. In addition to the $250,000 spent for recent building improvements at the Beach, the casual visitor must not lose sight of the fact that only a year ago the iNortoIk southern Kailroad spent over fifty thousand dollars in building their mammoth hew Casino ind picnic pavilion, the location and construction of which opened up a choice building and improvement pos sibility northward and convenient to .i . it ' liu; a; iiueiu apc ncury. ... Zs-.Xt FIRST BASEBALL GAME NEXT SATURDAY. If the weather permits, the baseball team of the local high school will next Saturday afternoon cross bats with a team from the Elizabeth City high school. The local boys have not played a match giame the season and they are nxious to test their strength on the iamond. The Elizabeth City team laims to be one of the strongest amateur teams in this section of the State and the contest will without any doubt prove interesting. NEW CAFE WILL BE OPENED AT AN EARLY DATE. J. W. Stewart, owner of the James Hotel, is making arrangements with a gentleman who has had several years experience in the cafe business to open I up a f.rlas cafe to b,u. kwb-C t: .v Kt ti. in ,Luuiaciuii win lJH - inning room at tlie James was closed" this week and the guests who have rooms there arc now taking their meals at one of the local cdfes. It is Mr. Stewart's intention to have the new place modern in every particular and in fact to be one of the best restaurants in the State. ALLEGED CAR ROBBER SENT TO HIGHER COVRT. Daniel Hitch, colored, who arrested Monday afternoon by one of the Norfolk Southern Railway Com pany's special detectives on a warrant charging him with being implicated in the robbery of a freight car several months ago, was given a hearing yester day afternoon before Mayor McCarthy. After hearing the evidence the Mayor found probable cause and bound the defendant over to the next term of Craven county Superior Court under a bond of fifty dollars. He secured bail in this amount and was released from custody. At the time the freight ear was located, several quarts of w iskey wcr.- sto'eil and Hatch was f jund with a bottle cf whiskey identical , with that stolen, in his possession. along the ground by the wind. .1 saw a box car carried along by the terrific current for a quarter of a mile. When it split open six or seven men wlu turned out to be part of, a. repair gang, dropped out. "The next town we passed through was Benson, where the scene were still more appalling. Several large factories there were strewn in heaps Wc picked up a lot of injured and I don't know how many dead we left behind. Then the cloud wheeled and made toward South Omaha. We wcr not fat behind, but our way was.Movk d by thcdebdiNhc tornado had thrgin on thtf tracks." AG II AGH NORTHERN OUTLET THROUGH ATLANTIC COAST LINE 110 inine n to rat AND THEN CLUB GIRLS MUST HAVE MAN EARNING $5,000 PER. Bonsto, Mass, March 24. Students of Wellesley College have started a club, the object of which will be to prevent a member from marrying until 1 at least three years after her gradua tion, and then only to a man with an income of $S,000 per annum. The club'is to' be known as the Wel lesley Marriage Club. The club has been organized by the daughter of a Chicago business man, who declares that the organization of the club is the beginning of a chajn of similar clubs that are to, be started shortly in all of the large colleges for young wo men in the country. She also declared that many of the smaller schools are planning such clubs. The election of officers for the club at Wellesley is to be held within the next month, or as soon as the mem bership reaches 100. At present only forty of the students have declared themselves in favor of the dlub, but the organizers claim that this is be cause they are desirous of feeping it cxlcusive, and have only asked ab. u fifty of the students to join. DINING ROOM AT JAMES HOTEL HAS BEEN CLOSED. The management of the James Hotel announced that until further notice the dining room will be closed, tie house not furnishing guests with their meals. The closing of the dining room will in no way effect the excellent ser vice given the guests who have rooms there but will only necessitate securing their meals at the cafe. MANGE AGENT LOSES HIS MIND T&LSTlERIFF THAT HE REM EMBERS NOTHING AND ASKS ASSISTANCE. George Wooten, a young man whose home is at Warsaw, N. C, but who has recently been employed as an agent by a local insurance company, be came mentally deranged yesterday morning while at the court house and was yesterday afternoon sent to his family at Warsaw. Mr. Wooten is a man presumably about twenty-five years of age an I is a son of B. B. Wot ten of Fort Barn well. For what purpose he had gone to the court house is not known but his presence there w .s first noticed by Sheriff R. B. Lane who at once saw that the man was not in his right mind. Approaching him the Sheriff asked a few questions but could get no satisfactory reply at -that time. Later iu the day Wooten told him that he could remember nothing, that his mind was a blank and that he wanted '." yesterday- ufWrnoon he was placed on the train and sent to Goldsboro where lie was met by his wife, and taken home. The unfortunate man has been confined in the asylum in the past few years but when released from that institution was said to be permanently cured, i The young man was not violent at any tim; during the day and to the casual observer there would have been no evidence of his affliction. GOVERNMENT PRISONER RE , LEASED FROM JAIL. Albert Whalcy, who in company with John F. Basdcn was placed under arrept at his home in the Purgatory section of Duplin county several dajs agr, by two revenue officers and who in default of a bond of one hundred and fifty dollars for his appcarncc at the next term of Federal court, wrs brought to this city and placed in jail, was yestcrd-.y released from custody having secuicd a bondsman. Basdcn wa's released on the previous day. CARBONATE OF LIMB ' " - ' (HIGHLY SOLUBU FORM A1! - A Committee Asks That New Bern Be Given Connections With the North. PRESIDENT FAVORS THE PLAN Only a Matter Of Time Before A. C. L. Will Construct This Road. A committee composed of J. B. Blades, William E'lis, R. A. Nunn, L. H. Cutler, Sr., J. Leon Williams, O. G. Dunn and H. K. Land representing the New Bern Chamber of Commerce, went to Wilmington yesterday and ap peared before T. M, Emmerson, pres ident of the Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Company and T. R. Kenty, third vice president of the same company relative to the building of a line by that road giving New Bern Northern connection. R. A. Nunn acted as spokesman for the local committee and he explained to the officials, the object of their visit, stating that New Bern needed this connection and that the citizens here stood ready and were willing to give the company any possible as sistance in its construction. J. B. Blades, who was chairman of the Committee, went into details in regard to . the immense amount of shipping done from this point and the amount that would be handled over this line if it were constructed. J. Leon Williams, secretary of the Cham ber of Cdmmerce, presented the offi acils with the information which had been complied relative to the amount of freight received and shipped here each year and also made a short but very interesting talk favoring the build ing of the road. L. H. Cutler also made a short talk and put some very convincing tacts belore the officials. not only in regards to the present amount of business that is being done by the local citizens but told of large quantities of new business that could be worked up, and he assured them that if this road Was built that the com pany could expect all possible aid from the citizens of this city. Mr. Emmerson, president of the rail way company, stated to the committee that the company had long had the building of this northern line in view and that in 1906 they made a survey; That at that time they wanted , to get their freight warehouse down in the business section of the city and that as soon as the property owners discover ed what steps were being taken that they at once went up on the price of their land and that at that time the proposition was dropped. Later the panic followed and since that time Mr. Emmerson saidtH"ct)W- pany has had but little money to be used in building extensions and con sequently but few lines have been con structed. However, he stated that the proposition as shown to them in regards o building this road from New Bern to the North was very attractive and that the company thought very favor ably of it, but that at the prece it time they were not inapisition to giv-j out anything definite. He stated, however, that this road would be constructed. It might pos sibly be one year or three years befote -the work was begun but he gave the (omntit'ee assurance, -fcba. the road' '' would bq built at. some Himcand' that"' he would do everything in his power to hasten tho time when this would be done. Mr. Kenly, third vice president of the company, also made a short talk in which he stated that he too, was very favorably impressed with the probable construction of this road and that he believed the people of New Bern would give all possilbe aid in bringing this about. He said, however, that the Atlantic Coast Line Company did not want anything given them but only wanted to be dealt with fairljf, adding that he hoped that when tic company decided to build this line that the property owners would sell them land as cheap as they would sell it to anndividual. The committee were very much impressed with the gracious manner in which they were received and in their opinion it will be only a matter of a short time before this line connect ing Niw Bern with the North will be c instructed. WINS THE HONORS FROM Burned or Oxide of LU$fi by 1 75.00 per acrt In a sixteen year test, snd proved beyond question that it is a superior fertilizing ingredient. Brown' C CO by analitical test heads the list of fertUUing lime. For fiiU informatloa writ at once U Ml COkSl LIME C N. C New Bam
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