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VOLUME XII. ATLANTA, GA.. ,TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1913. NO. 53. 100 KILLED AND 240 INJURED IN OMAHA TORNADO LOSS; ISO HOMES HAZED; i <a MORE TRAN THIRTY ARE KILLED AT TERRE HAUTE Associated Press Gets First Wire Out of Wind and'Fire- Swept-City and Sends First Reliable Information 200 Homes Wrecked When Tornado Strikes City in Nebraska A (By Associated Press.) SSOCIATED PRESS OFFICES. Omaha, Neb., March 24—(By Telephone to Sioux City)—At (By Associated Press.) TERRE HAUTE, # Ind., March 24.— Twenty-four victims of a tornado which swept the southern part of Terre Haute and Vigo county late last night had been identified today-and.-more than 75 in jured were being cared for in improvised hospitals. Several more bodies are expected to be found when the ruins of 200 homes, level ed by the storm, have been cleared away. Telephone messages from Prairieton, nine miles south, state that nearly every . * - - - mut; i Boon reliable reports placed number j house in the town had been destroyed of dead in yesterday's tornado at i and that many homes between here and 1.00 with 240 injured. More than that place had been leveled. 150 residences were destroyed and 250 were badly damaged. The financial loss will be very heavy. The storm did not hit the main business district but swept a path of four to six • blocks wide through the residence section. Governor Morehead has called out the militia to guard the ruins. Fed eral troops also are on duty. The first and main storm struck Ralston, three miles west of South Omaha, shortly before 6 o'clock yes terday evening and moved in a north easterly direction through the city of Omaha. THIRTY DIE IN MOVIE SHOW. The only point at which the force of the storm struck the business sec tion was Twenty-fourth and Lake streets. Here the Diamond theater, a moving picture concern, well filled, was wrecked. According to the best available figures at least thirty of Its patrons were killed. Between forty and fifty were killed in the wreck of a pool hall patronized by negroes. The well defined path of the storm ended at Carter Lake, near the Mis souri river, north of the city. Fire broke out in the debris and wrecked buildings. Fires burned themselves out except In Instances where flames were brought under control by vol unteer ‘‘bucket'Brigades.’’ The second storm swept across the Missouri river about'6:30 p. m., do ing considerable damage in Council Bluffs. Figures compiled early today place the number pf known dead in Coun cil Bluffs at nine with a score in jured. BUSINESS HOUSES ESCAPE. The stretch of Omaha covered by the tornado reaches from the southern lim its to the suburb of Florence, six miles north o fthe point of origin. The storm swept the western part of the city for its entire length. The east ern Ii^lf of the city—generally compos ing the business sesetion—was out of the path of the storm but suffered greatly. The section damaged is the residential portidn of the city. • A number of out lying. business thoroughfares also are in the destroyed area. The greater part ql the damage was done west of Twenty-fourth street, a north and south cross town street ex tending the length of the city. Numer ous streets with retail stores are in this section, with the residence portion of the city scattered in intervening sec tions. One part of the storm area was be tween Cuming street, on the south, and Ames avenue, on the north, and from Twenty-fourth street on the east to Fiftieth street on the west. This is the most thickly populated residence district in the city and con tains some of the largest public schools. Many of the leading churches are in that part of the city. Omaha universits- was in the path of the storm and was presumed to have been badly damaged. On account of the appalling character of the catastrophe only a few names of the known dead and injured were avail able. The following Is a partial list of the identified dead: WILLIAM FISHER. MABEL M’BRIDE. NELS LARSON. G. F. COPLY. WALTER pfeTRSON. SAM DENGELER. P. B. HARRIS. CARY HARRIS. MRS. GEOGE SCHRODER, killed on farm near Plattsmouth. Six dead in vicinity of Thirteenth and Ames street. Among them: T. B. NORRIS. BENJAMINE BARNES. MRS. NEWMAN. MRS. SULLIVAN. MRS. E. F. FITZGERA*LD. FORTY DEAD IN HALL. About forty negroes in burned ruins of a hall. Thirty or more men, women and children in the Diamond picture the ater. The names of the dead follow: JEAN BROOKS HENRY BLEAUVELT. Two unidentified negrofes. A. B. STANLEY. BERT H. FIELDS. Infant of Mrs. Schristenson. MRS. E. A. SAWYER. MRS. J. D. HOGG. FERGUSON. BACH. MRS. and MR. HARDY. of Cedar Creek Valley, reported dead. HECK. Unidentified woman at 2723 Blondo street. . * BARNES. \\ J. B. BROOKS C. B. WEI SON GRIEB. HELEN NOWS. Unidentified woman brought to Wise hospital. CLIFF DANIELS, his wife and two daughters. MRS. R. R. VAN DEV AN. Aged woman, unidentified. MISS FRTDA HULTING. MRS. DAVIS, baby Thelma, two year- old. HOXIE. MISS CORALIE NORRIS. MRS. B. DAVIS. C. E. COPLEY. JIMPSON. MISS HEINE and sister. J. B. NICHOLS. COUNCIIL BLUFFS DEAD. Known dead at Council Bluffs: MRS. WILLIAM POOLE. J. R. RICE. TLfDL ianuoriT.fi onH fa hfl-hii TCnr- Torrential rains accompanied the tor nado and probably saved many persons pinned in the wreckage from burning to death. The revised list of dead follows: MRS. HANNAH TULLEY. MISS PELL, aged 12. CHARLEY DAVIS. MOSES CARTER, wife and child. JEFF FOX. NEAL YEAGER. McBRIDE. CHANDIS EDWARDS, aged 8. J. V. HOUR. DR. ERNEST LEMOOR. JAMES BROWN. WILLIAM RODGERS. WILL MATHERLY, of Gardentown. IDA DAVIS. MRS. FRED KING and baby. WILLIAM F. GIEFENS. MRS. GRIFFITH. Prairieton. Two unidentified men. Unidentified pine-year-old boy. Mrs. Flora Woods, 2424 South Third street, was found unconscious seventy feet from her home. She had her smrxll 1 aby clasped in her arms. They were carried into the Third United Brethren church, which. with - the Greenwood school, had been converted into a tem porary hospital, and given medical at tention. On Voorhees street, between Third and Fifth streets, every house was blown down. When the ambulances and automobiles which were pressed into service reached the devastated dis trict, the injured had to be carried two blocks on account of the debris, which blocked the streets. The Root glass factory was demol ished and ‘the Cartland foundry was se- verel;- damaged. The glass plant em ployed 300 men, and the loss is esti mated at $67,000. The storm wac ac companied by a severe electrical display and rain that almost equally a cloud burst. Crossed wires and lightning started fires throughout the debris, but they were quenched by the heavy rain. •r~ry;- [HOT DECLINES CHOICE POST TO CHEAT BRITAIN President Wilson Has Not De cided on Who to Tender Place to Next (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, March 24.—Official an nouncement was made at the White House today that former President Eliot, of Harvard, has declined President Wil son’s offer to be ambassador to Great Britain. Mr. Eliot wired his thanks but said he thought he could be of greater serv ice to the country at home, working in a familiar field than abroad. So far the president has selected no one for London. It is understood, how ever, that before the end of the week he will make a choice as to that post and some other important European em bassies. mmm Secretary of War Garrison, by Orders of the President, . Sends Army Hospital Corps to Lower Peachtree /„ U,S. ’OST OFFICE DEPT. yjt 1 * i -r 0 f* fO*' (Bv Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, March 24—Under rush orders from Secretary Garrison, a medi cal officer and three members of the army hospital corps are proceeding from Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., to Lower Peach tree, Ala., the town virtually wiped off the map by Thursday’s and Friday’s tor nado. The action was taken after an ap peal for help was received by President Wilson. The American Red Cross today notified the governor of Alabama that it would give all aid possible to the sufferers in the stricken districts. The Red Cross agent at Birmingham was asked to make a report on the extent of the damage done by the tornado. TOWN WIPED OUT. Advices received this morning from Lower Peachtree, the Alabama river town practically wiped out by a torna do Friday, indicate that the story of the disaster has not half been told. Every store in the town was ".wept away by the storm and supplies of every description destroyed. Advices from Selma are to the effect that the steamboat City of Mobile, which turned back from Lower Peach tree on its south bound trip, will leave there this afternoon with supplies for the survivors. The steamer furnished sleeping quarters to many of the storm victims whose homes had been blown away. W. S. Irby, wife and child had an almost miraculous escape from death. While the house was being wrecked by the tornado they leaped from a window to a small chicken house in the yard where some heavy timbers had been placed, and hung there while their home was swept into the Alabama river by the gale. None was seriously injured. oV.Sv CALLED OUT OF CHIIHCH AND KILLED BY COUSIN 1 Alleged That Fusillade of Shots Began as Soon as Man Stood-ifl Doorway ASLEEP AT HIS “POST" v (By Associated Press.) ASHEVILLE, N. C., March 24.—Called odt of church by an usher while at tending divine services at WayneSville Sunday morning, Henry Sorrells walked into a fusillade of bullets, fired by his cousin, Hardy Sorrells. Three of the bullets took egect, the victim dying almost instantly in front of the church. Witnesses state that no words passed between the two men prior to the shoot ing. They assert that Hardy Sorrels began firing as soon as his cousin ap peared in the doorway of the church. It is reported that the killing is the aftermath of a violent quarrel between the two men several weeks ago. The slayer was arrested about two hours after the killing and lodged in the county jail. He refuses to make any statement. WILSON AND UNDERWOOD TO CONFER ON TARIFF HAAS. EATON AAAY BE TRIED LOR LI FOUR DEAF NECRO BOYS HELD ON MURDER CHARGE President Said to Favor Omni bus Bill Method of Handling Schedules Grand Jury Investigates Mys terious Poisoning of Rear Admiral Eaton Killing of White Superinten dent’s Son Laid to Pupils of State Institution gaard. .BENJAMINE BENNINGHOFF, Dutch Hollow. Known dead at Ralston: H. E. SAID and wife. Unidentified man supposed to be Bert Thomas. MARY MORAN. MRS. EDITH KIMBALL, 29 years old, Winnipeg, Canada. P'RANCES KIMBALL, two years of age. INJURED. Miss Davis, dangerously injured; will probably die. George Duncan, advertising man. fa tally hurt. Mrs. E. R. VanDeven, unconscious from blow on head. Mrs. Edward Baggett, Chicago, badly hurt. Mrs. Ben Dallagher, dangerously hurt. Mrs. McBride, injured by flying bricks. Henry Johnson, head cut. Baby of Mrs. Babcock. t Child of Henry Starman, leg broken. W. H. Steinbaugh, badly hurt. . Utah Hayde. head cut. Walter Hayden, leg broken. Mrs. Fred Hayden. Fred Ohme and child, badly hurt. D. Dagett, head cut by flying glass. Charles Black and family, slight bruises. E. W. Dixon, slight bruises. M. A. Hall, injured by flying planks. Mrs. Arthur Levidge and baby, mor tally injured. M. H. Halm, slightly hurt. W. M. McDonald, bad scalp wound. Mrs. McAlpin, badly cut. 1 Mrs. E. C. Sells, injured internally and gash on the head. Little Sells girl, bad scalp wound. Mrs. Griffin, serious internal injuries. Mrs. C. C. Swann, head badly cut. D. E. Baum, head cut and ankle broken. Thomas McPherson, badly bruised and internally injured. Estimated Property Damage Is Placed at $12,000,000 (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, March 24.—The West ern Union Telegraph company has been advised by its Omaha office that the damage from the tornado will amount to more than $12,000,- 000, and that more than 100 lives were lost. TWELVE FIREMEN HURT IN BALTIMORE BLAZE Falling Wall Catches Flame Fighters—$100,000 Damage Done BALTIMORE, Md.v March 24.—Twelve firemen were more or less seriously hurt and damage estimated at $100,000, was caused with a specticular fire at the plant of the Union Abattoir company In the southwestern section of the city today. The injured firemen were caught under a falling wall. It is not thought any of them will die. BLECKLEY FARMERS HAVE FINE MEETING (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) COCHRAN, Ga., March 24.—The farmers of Bleckley county held an en thusiastic meeting at the court house Saturday afternoon. Mr. Graybell and Mr. Stradford, farm improvement ex perts employed by the Southern railway, delivered practical and very intelligent lectures on corn and fertilizers. At the conclusion of their talks Dr. J. B. Peacock, of Cochran, made a splendid address on corn culture and seed selection. Dr. Peacock has devel oped his seed and has experimented un til he is authority on corn in this sec tion. WILL PLANT COTTON ALONG RIGHT OF WAY (Special -Dispatch to The Journal.) SHEBOYGAN, Wis., March 24.—The Sheboygan Railway and Electric com pany will try a novel experiment this summer by planting cotton in places along its interurban right of way. It is stated employes of the company ex pect enough of the cotton to mature to furnish them cotton for their own use. President Gon-zenbach of the company imported the seed from Alabama where he traveled last year. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, March 24.—President Wilson and Representative Oscar Under wood will confer tonight on the details of tariff revision. Although Mr. Wilson has ha’d several conferences with the Democratic house leader, they have been along general lines. It is expected that tonight’s con ference will report specific subjects and that the president immediately there after will finish his special message to the first congress, including therein a. discussion of the tariff that will conform to plans already agreed upon by house leaders. It always has been Mr. Wilson’s cus tom to study the possibilities of legisla tion and write his messages with an idea of what actually has been deter mined upon by party leaders than by presenting new and undiscussed policies. It is believed, that his message will cover, in a general way the character of tariff revision that he hopes to see ac complished and also will point out spe cifically the goals of reduction which should be reached. The conference with Mr. Underwood will give the president a detailed, ac quaintance with the work of the ways and means committee and will be fol lowed by other conferences through which the president hopes to secure a common agreement among members of the Democratic party for a tariff bill. The idea* of a single tariff bill is said to appeal strongly to the president as a means of expediting legislation. The question is to be settled by the Demo cratic caucus but the wishes of the president will be consulted by house leaders during the week when the mer its of the schedule-by-schedule process and the omnibus bill. method will be presented to him. JUDGE HAMILTON HURT BY SHATTERED WINDSHIELD SELMA, Ala., March 24.—Judge Peter J. Hamilton, of Mobile, was painfuly hurt here Saturday when a glass from a shattered windshield cut his cheek just beneath the eye. An automobile In which he was being taken from the Union station ran over a bad place in the street, breaking the windshield. On the spot -where his father In antebel lum days was sworn In as United States attorney of this district, Judge Hamil ton will Wednesday morning take his oath of office as United States judge of the district of Porto Rico. (By Associated Press.) PLYMOUTH, Mass., March 24.- -Evi- dence in the case of Mrs. James May Eaton, who is charged with the murder of her husband. Rear Admiral Joseph G. Eaton, by administering poison, will be presented before the grand jury which will meet in special session here today. The jury will determine whether the widow of the admiral shall be Indicted or allowed her liberty. More than twenty-five witnesses are expected to appear before .the grand jury. Those who have been summoned include neighbors of the Eaton family in the town of Norwell, and county au thorities and others who have been con cerned in the investigation. As intimated at the time of the arrest of Mrs. Eaton, some of those conversant with the case believe a lunacy commis sion may be appointed to examine her. District Attorney Barker, who has been conducting the investigation, is said to have conferred with Chief Jus tice Aiken, of the superior court, regard ing the appointment of such a commis sion. Mrs., Eaton spent Easter quietly at the Plymouth county jail. She receiv ed no visitors and did not attend the Easter services In the jail. Search was continued yesterday in an endeavor to locate the source of the ar senic alleged to have caused the death of Admiral Eaton. Thus far the author ities admit they have not learned where the poison was purchased. FARMERS OF GORDON FAR BEHIND IN WORK (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) CALHQJJN, Ga., March 24.—Owing to the heavy rains during the past month, the farmers of this section are several weeks behind with their work. With the exception of plowing that was done last fall, scarcely anything has been done to prepare the soil for the crops. The condition, though, is not yet as bad as it was last year, when there was an unusually late spring. The farmers have not been idle, how ever, for there has been much extra work to be done. Since the recent storm scores of barns have had to be re- erected or repaired and much fallen timber cleared. Notwithstanding these conditions the workers are hopeful that with a spell of fair weather the crops this year will be given a good start. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., March 24.— Four negro boys, pupils of the colored branch of the State Deaf and Dumb school, have been held in connection with the tragedy at that school last Monday morning, when Louis Mann, son of Superintendent and Mrs. Mann, was killed, and four others injured, In a murderous assault at an early morn ing hour. A coroner’s' jury sat for seven hours today, listening to testimony; then held Haynes Terry on the charge of mur der, and Hiram Armstrong, Wade Wood- folk and Hiram Johnson as accessories. Terry was positively identified by Car rie Mason, matron of the school, who is still cpnfined to a hospital and a strong chain of circumstantial evidence was woven Involving all four of the students name^. Of the four injured persons all are doing well except Mayme Steele, a girl student, who has never regained con sciousness since struck with a baseball bat last Monday morning. THREE KILLED, EIGHT HURT IN FLORIDA BY STORM Ten Houses Are Blown Down by Tornado That Swept Holmes County GWINNETT FARMS ARE HURT BY RAINS (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga., March 24.— The continued heavy rains are placing the planters in this part of the state, in bad shape. One of the heaviest and hardest rains of the season occurred here this morning, accompanied by wind, lightning and thunder.^ Some hail was reported. Farm land has been fearfully washed in this sec tion. The crop situation appear£J as gloomy as it did last year at this time. SPEEDING IN AUTO, SHOOTS BOY ON STREETS MONTEZUMA, Ga., March 24.—Sunday, A1 Joyner, a young man from Byrom- viile,, while passing in an automobile Osce Walters, a young man of this city, opened fire on Walters with an auto matic shot gun, wounding Walters seri ously, If not fatally. It is said bad feeling has existed be tween the two men for somd time. Both arc prominent. The shooting happened on one of the most prominent residen tial streets In this city. Joyner was driving towards Byromville. CROPS IN FINE STATE OF PREPARATION SO FAR That the Georgia crops are in fine condition of preparation is the declara tion of M. F. Holahan, general agent of the International Harvester company in Atlanta, who has returned from an ex tensive trip through the state. Mr. Holahan says that economy will mark the 1913 crop. Banks and mer chants are not encouraging extrava gance this year as they did last, he says, and the result is that the farm er’s returns this year will net him more than ever before. !! SAYS SOKE SMITH Junior Senator From Georgiy Arriving Home Monday, De cries Stories of "Friction” Among Democrats in Senate (By Associated Press.) MOBILE, Ala.,? March 24*.—Three per sons were killed and ten houses demol ished by a tornado which swept the ru ral districts of Holmes county, Florida, Friday, according to advices just re ceived here. The mother-in-law and two children of a farmer named Rucker near Bonifay were the victims. Eight were Injured and a number of houses demolished at Gracgyille. Scouting the suggestion that serious friction had been engendered among the Democratic members of the United States senate as a result of the assign ment of committee, places, and thor oughly optimistic concerning the pros pects for a highly successful adminis tration of the government by the Demo cratic party, Senator Hoke Smith ar rived at his home In Atlanta Monday morning from Washington. He came to look after some business matters and will remain here until the latter part of the week. During his stay he will be at his home, 197 West Peachtree street, where he will be glad to confer with his friends. “These stories which have been going the rounds about friction among the Democratic senators are without foun dation of fact,” said Senator Smith. "Some of us were disappointed that Sen ator Bacon .was defeated for the place of president pro tempore of the senate, but he obtained the chairmanship of the foreign relations committee, one of the most important Of the senata committees. t “Whatever disappointment there was now has blown over and the Demooratio senators are absolutely In harmony on party policies. In reorganizing the senate the old seniority rule was ob served as to chairmanships but disre garded as to second places on commit tees. “The seniority doctrine was not per mitted to stand in the way of a reorgan ization of the senate which would In sure the. enactment of the progressive legislation demanded by the country and promised In the Baltimore platform. AUTOCRACY HAS VANISHED. “The present senate Is antagonistic to the old theory of autocratic rule as Inspired and directed 1 by Aldrich and Hale. No longer Is the senate to be the graveyard for the people’s measures. It win now co-operate with the house in bringing about legislation in the interest of the great body of the people. The day of the special interests has passed.” Senator Smith said that In the matter of tariff revision there exists perfect harmony. Jle stated that on a few of the items In the tariff schedule some senators might disagree because of local conditions, but that on the whole the party would stard shoulder to shoulder in revising the tariff downward. The senator does not anticipate any special financial depression as a resull of the tariff legislation. “There may be some little timidity and uncertainty,” he said. "Thato la nothing more than Is to be expected The patient must be taken to the hos- pital and the knife applied. However, when It’s all over the business of the country will be on a more stable basis than ever before, and if the results are what they should be the democratic party will retain its hold upon the gov ernment for the next twenty-five years at least.” Senator Smith predicted that a wise and conservative currency bill will be perfected within the next twelve months. He did not know whether it would be possible to enact the needed currency legislation at the extra session which begins April 7. The revision of the tariff would be the principal subject con sidered at this session. PRAISES MR. WILSON. “President Wilson has more than made good and he enjoys the hearty support and sympathy of every Democrat con-' nected with the administration,” said Senator Smith In reply to a question as to how the congressmen and senators view the president’s attitude toward the “six-power” Chinese loan. Southern Democrats were given the majority of Important committee assign ments, said Senator Smith. , Senator Bacon heads the committee on foreign relations; Senator Martin, of Virginia, the appropriations committee; Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, the committee on finance, and Senator Cul berson, of Texas, the judiciary commit tee. Quite a number of other Important committees have Democrats for their chairmen. In view of the fact that the big com mittee places were to be given to the southern Democrats and to further par ty harmony other sections of the coun try were recognized in the distribution of the caucus offices. The middle west Is represented by Senator Kern, of In diana, who was made chairman of the Democratic caucus; the far west by. Senator Newlands, of Nevada( who was chosen vice chairman, and the east by Senator Salisbury, of Delaware, who, Was elected secretary. WHITFIELD FARMERS DELAYED BY RAINS (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) DALTON, Ga,, March 24.—Farmers of Whitfield county are growing anxious over the recent protracted rains, for the ground has been kept in such con dition as to make farm work practically impossible. Many of the farmers have not yet broken tlVeir land for this year’s crops, for at thfe time the ground would get dry enough to begin work, another hevy rians would come, causing another interruption. During the past week the creeks and rivers in this section have been higher than they have been during the past twenty-five years, the bottom lands h<»- ing flooded. The crops this year will apparently be unusually late in Whitfield and adjoin ing counties. PAROLED FROM GANG TO SEE DYING WIFE (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) ROME, Ga., March 24.—James Henry; who is serving a sentence of twelve months on the Floyd county chaingang, having been convicted on a charge of selling liquor illegally, is at present at liberty on his own recognizance, hav ing been given a ten-day leave of ab sence by Judge Moses Wright. Authentic information had reached the judge that Henry’s wife was at the pcint of death, and he was given his liberty until jlhere was a change in h6r condition, to’extend for ten days if ne cessary. f FISHERMEN CAUGHT DUCKS ON TROT LINE (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) A QUITMAN, Ga., March 24.—Catching wilds ducks on a trot line set for fish is the exploit which enlivened a fishing expeditions at Blue pond in the Groover- ville district. W. A. Jones and J. J. Willaford, of Quitman, are two of the best-known sportsmen in this section and hearing the fishing was good at Blue pond, they went there Friday. They set out a trot line with live bait on it, and going back to the line later found a large trout and two wild duck* fast on the hooks.