Tulsa Daily World (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 163, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 25, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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TULSA OKLAHOMA. TUESDAY M A lil C II 25. 19151
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Aiirnnnn HRnini nmrnn nn Tim iinnrgi
What if You Had Been Walking Here When This
Wall Crumbled? Arc all Walks k'(). K." Like This?
FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE IN WAKE OF TORNADO
DEVASTATES THE HOMES OF THE
POOR AS WELL AS THE RICH.
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TROOPS RUSHED TO GRIEF -STRICKEN DISTRICT
AND OFFERS OF AID POUR IN FROM ALL
CORNERS OF THE COUNTRY.
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Wive Service Demoralized Property Damage Estimated
in the Millions Iowa Nebraska India tu Illinois 1
and Michigan Are Visited By Twisters.
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maii Neb March 14. Report
tonight gave the following nt ut Iden-
tified dead white person;
A j PECK hit Farnum itroet.
BENJAMIN BARNES.
MRS. A. II . BIGBLOW.
HENRY BLEAUVELT llro and
police lineman.
MA EUE Hoc IKER.
JEAN B. BROOKS.
Iiifunt son of Morris Chrlstenson-
BARRY COOPER telephono line-
man. C. i ' . COPLEY
MliS CUFF DANIELS.
CLIFF DANIELS letter carrier.
MRS B DAVIS.
MRU. DAVIS 4 4 1 Ii and Howard
street
QEOROE B. DUNCAN advertising
solicitor fur the Dally Bee.
c. W DILLON proprietor pool
hull.
I -- FERGUSON 8088 ISHh street.
Two daughters of Cliff Daniel ag'-d
8 H mi ll yean.
HOQAN DOYLE Iron worker.
1. 1. FIELDS.
WILLIAM FI8HBR.
MRS. B. I'. FITZGERALD.
MRS. P. '!. QOODENOUOH.
HENRIETTA ORIEB
.1. ('. HANSEN.
MR8. J. O. HANSEN.
MR. AND MRS. HARDY of
Cedar Creek Valley reported dead
Miss ll KINK AND SISTER.
A. VDl: EW HENDRICKS! N.
MI!S. ELLEN HENSMAN.
M i:s. '.N DAUEN
B. I. BARNES.
LARSON
JOHN DOYLE
MRS. HANS' IN
treat
HANSON 4Mb mid Mason
4 7th and Pacific
RYAN.
D Q. QOODENOUOH.
ELLA JOHNS' i.V.
AN tCRINSKY liaker.
k R1NSKY .
SMALL KRINSKT CH1L-
M 1 IS.
It rente.
JOHN
MRS.
MRS.
NAT!
MRS.
FI E
DREN.
Sen. "Mi in WARTZEL Haker.
EMMA ROBSBEHG 1- years old.
MISS JEPSON 48th and Mason
streets.
MRS FRANK DAVIB
CHARLOTTE DAVIE
F. V. FITCH.
MliS. SABER.
MARIE HANSON
MRS. LAVIDGE
street
LAVIDGE BOY
MRS. HINES.
MRS. it. R VAN DEVAN
C n WI8S0N.
MOORE KIEWH.
H v. 1'ITZ.
EMMA ROSINO.
MRS FRANK DAVBY.
MISS HASS ilater of William Masi.
MRS. HOLM AND BABY DAl'OH-
TBR 88th and Chicago streets.
MRS. FREDA HULLING.
Fourteen-year-old daughter of El-
v ill N .! I 'son.
868 South 3 Stli
11 years old.
BIG. Ll ( HEON TODAY.
th
nt
Two of the most Important fea-
ton In the developing of Oklahoma.
will through their i eprcsentatlv e.
address the bo oaten of Tulsa at
weekly noonday banquet today
the Tulfa Hotel The hankers
mill the Oklahoma Development
cmi mission will furnish the two
peaken tod a) and the 200 busi-
ness mi n who will he present will
hear some roil "live wire' 'talk
V . It Harrison of Entil secretary
of tin- state Bank en1 aeoclallon
and one f ih" best talkers In this
state will be one of the two speak-
ers and V. B. Caldwell of Okla-
homa city se rotary ol the Rate
Development commission win be
the Other speaker.
President O. H. Leonard of the
Comerclol club will be the toast-
mOlter for today and he has ar-
ranged a program that will eclipse
any previous luncheon. The lun-
cheon Will start promptly at 12
o'clock and those who desire seats
should be on hand promptly in
the SSnlltg capacity will be taM4t
JIMPSON workman Missouri
Pacific round house.
NBLfl LARSEN 622 North 36th
itreet
MABEL M'BRIDE 4115 Farnum
street
Two men under John's saloon 84th
and Lake streets.
MRS. IDA NEWMAN head nurse
at Child Saving Institute killed in-
stantly. J. H NICHOLS.
MIS CORALIE NORRI8
T. II. NORRIS
mks. PECK nt Burkett-Leelle'
BAM RILEY workman at grading
eunip.
MRS B. A . SAWYER
CAHSlt'S C. HHIMKR President of
Releton Townalte company
A. B. STANLEY about S years old.
BERT H. FIELDS
MRS BULLIVAN died at Nicholas
Senn Hospital.
BABY THELMA 2 years old Child
Saving Ine'ttute.
J 2-year-old hoy. killed In house at
11463 Cummins street.
SHAW.
NELLY or NBLLEIGH.
Fourteen-year-old boy thought
named RYAN 3th and Franklin
street-".
M Its. NBIHART.
KRAMER found back of the
West Knd Market
MKS HUSK GRAY.
UAHV SHERWOOD 3C11 Califor-
nia avenue.
SCOTT BARBER.
LLOYD GLOVER.
TOM II JOHNSON
CHARLES SOUTH
DUNN
Mlts. ODESSA PARKS
MARIE LINDSEY.
Old 3 years old daughter of Mor-
ris Chi latenaen.
MRS HANSEN mother of Hans
Hansen body found at 4 S t h and Mercy
treet body burned to crisp.
MRS RATHKB body found at 0th
and i rover streets.
Two sons of Mrs. Ratflke aged 11
and Kl bodies found with mother-
Dead at Raiiton:
M lis. EDITH KIMBALL Wlnnepeg
Canada.
FRANCES KIMBALL. 2 years old
MARY MORGAN 15 years old.
MR. AND MRS. H. E. SAID.
Unidentified woman.
Mi IRRIS KIENE.
JASON I.. OARKISON.
J. J. M' DONALD .
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STRONG PROTEST CUE AGAIN IS
USI HE iSSflCE IB
- Bennle Wright World stair photographer.
"Pride so'-: before a full!"
One of Tuba's noted achievement
of which everyone was Justly proud.
The loiithern appro o h to the Denver
avenue subway under the Frisco
tracks Showing the west wall almost
completely wrecked demonatratlng
whut "little drops of rain" ran do
assisted by alleged faulty construction.
The retaining wall collapsed about
a o'clock Monday afternoon about an
hour before many echool children
Milter bi "iiiniK to the city engineer
their way home puss through the ofle Mr Hughes advanced thi
subway to avoid crossine the railroad thei rj Ihul the real cause of the crash
Inn ks. The sld -walk wis also de- was the p oor quality of concrete used
motlshed and the guard rail torn lb) the contractor.
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WILL TAKE ACTION TCD1Y ASKS CAMBLIMC MEASURES
and twist. 1.
The work was don- by W S Peaei
Tin
rit i engineer said lust nlghl
old not slate whether the city
NEAR THOUSAND
BEAD i Hi
SEiSIs SETTLES
TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-
FIVE Ml. 1. 1 D IN STORM 694
ON INJURED LIST.
Wire Communication Destroyed ind
Mcssengere Go b IValn to Lin.
coin to send News.
a contractor and brothr-ln-law of T. ban my action againal the contractor
C. Hughes city engineer. The nst j m not as he had not examined the
w.-ib about $2200 and the present I City's contract with Mr. Dense
damage Is estimated at $800 lo $1000 Whal If your little boy or gui had
The work was inspected by E. T. be n caught In the crash ?
train to Lincoln- the state capital to
bind out the first definite news of tht.
disaater.
During the eari hours of the morn-
ing uninjured persons worked desper-
ately to remove persons oaught be-
math razed buildings The debris
caught lire In many Plana and many
persons were painfully burned before
they could be extracted
The gale left Omaha only to sweep
on to towns in Iowa In the same de-
structive manner that It had attacked
villages In Nebraska.
The rage of the elements even ex-
tended In a somewhat abated form to
points further east in Illinois.
Floods swept through eeveral Wie-
nsln iltl.s dan agios; many th'.us-
ands of dollars worth of goods. Dams
were washed out In many places and
' the released waters swept over the
i llelds below.
TO Oil AGAIN
YESTERDAY'S BE88IO.N DEVELOP.
ED MAN1 Nl W AND IMPOR.
TANT MEASURES.
OMAHA NVb. March 24 More
than 2')0 persons were killed and IOC
Injured In a windstorm that demol-
ished 460 homes damage! hundreds
of other buildings and caused a mon-
etary loss of $8000000 according to
reports available up to a late hour to.
nlKht from the main path of the tor-
nado In and near I imnha.
Most of the casualties were In
Omaha. Nearby towns In Nebraska
and across the Missouri river In iowa
Buffered s erely Ires were snapped
ofl In nil directions and It took many
hours to gathtr and circulate news of
the disaster.
Heavy itain Followed.
l-'lre broke out In the debris of many
wrecked buildings In the Nebraska
metropolis mid these were menaces
for some time as the fire companies
were hindered bv lalleii walls and
j blockaded streets. A heavy rain fol-
I lowed th wind however niid drench.
ed th" hundreds of homeless persons
but also put out the flames.
I Of the 202 known dead In the area
OOVend by the storm. irZ were resi-
dents of Omaha. The remaining dead
are s.atteied over cot:-Merable
i ran" of territory with Council Hl iffs
reporting 12; Yutan Neb. 16! Berlin
! Neb 7; Glenwocd Iowa. 6; Neola.
Iowa I and BartlUitt Iowa 8. The
sum" i Ities and towns rtport an ag-
gragate "f 40u Injured and 4.ri0 homes
demolished.
1 MO re ttOHtM.
Pihapi tifteen hundred persons are
I homeless. Aside from this 8.000
buildings were more or less damaged
seme of them being; churches and
I echool bplldlngs. Eight of Omaha's
i public schools were wrecked.
All forms of communication were
(t ontiuod m punc fic.)
CHICAGO March i otals of the
dead and Injured In Liu .rack of Sun-
day's storm are as follows according
lo reports received tonight:
Ity Dead injured
Omaha and suburbs 1 52 330
Terra Haute lnd 18 250
Chicago 8 40
Yutan Neb 16 20
Berlin. Neb 7 17
Council itiuffu. la 12 n
Bartlett Jowa 3 10
Weston. Iowa. . . .'. 2 2
Neola. Iowa 2 2
QlenWOOd Iowa 6 2
Beebe Iowa 2
Malvern Iowa 2
Walton. Ill 1 3
Sterling 111 1 1
Travers City Mich 1
Perth. Ind 1 1
Totals 226 8M
By far the greatest damage was
done In and neat Omaha through par
Of which a tornado swept Sunday
evening throwing down many sub-
stantial buildings ripping off roofs
mid sidings of hundreds of houses and
killing men women and children by
the score.
from the rest "f the world for hours
from the res tof the world for hours
by breaking down all wires. Messen-
gers with news stotles had to go by
Firemen Loses Live.
BALTIMORE March 84. -Fire
this morning in the plant of the I'moti
Abbatolr in the extreme southwestern I
section of the city has caused a loss;
of about $500000. Sixteen firemen
were caught under a falling wall '
j Eleven more or less seriously hurt I
I were dragged out by their compan- i
I ions but it is feared that the othet l
I five hale lest their lives.
CONSOLIDATION BILL UP
Debate Urcan mi Mutter- of Combing
Various County OfUcon But
No Action Whs Taken.
Adrift In Mid-Ocean.
NEW YORK' March 84. A wire-
less message whs received from the
Steamer Tiegen today laying that
she had taken 43 paseengen off the
i Swedish steamer Texas adrift in mid
ocean with her pi i eller gone. The
I Texas was bound from Gotheburg to
! Newport News. She reports that she
I met with terrible weather.
MALI. Mill DECISION TODAY
OKLAHl 'MA CITY. March 84.
(Special) Judge W It. Tay-
lor befoi" whom the immunity
plea of Perry a. Ballard insur-
ance commissioner was argued
today reserved his decision In
H e matter until tomorrow. The
arguments were closed this af-
(ernoon.
f KI M s M M I S TH It.HT
Owing to the fact that the storm
kept many people away from the
Boumaa McMauua lecture at the
(Irand last night the Council of
Women has male arrangement!
for his re-appearance In the city
tonight- He will give an lllnstrat
ert lecture on "Irish Fairies and
Folklore" at the Hnston Awn le
Methodist church at 1 o'clock to-
night. The prices will be tl and
76 cents.
OKLAHOMA CITY March 24.
(Special. )- Th.- queatlon of consoli-
dating county offices the matter
Shlch the legislature has recently de-
cided cannot be sidetracked and
over which a hard tight is apparent
iinugh many members are lii favor
of some sort of relief along this lino
was lak'.ti up In the senate this after
noon 'i o bills both by Pugh Car-
penter and Shaw which would atta n
i in ami result have been Introduced
and they came up on general order.
The first would combine the ofii c
of counts clerk and register of deeds
and the other consolidate those of
tin- clerk of the county court and
clerk of the district court
Af.u dliCUsalng the mallet two
i online) on page five i
Tulsa Masons on Their Way Sunday to the First
Presbyterian Church for the Easter Services.
u..
Bennle Wright. Win l
Plans tiiopii-d li) t'oiuni!loii Cause
a Storm of Proinnl From Local
IfCllltM I-..
Despite ih. almoil unanimous pro-
test of th people of Tulsa ugalnit
relocating tin convention hail an ef-
fort win probablj be made at thta
morning's session of Lhe clt) commis-
sion to reconsider lhe former action
in locating the hall al Hie coin i of
Archer and Boulder and relocate lhe
bail some place on the north side fui
iher out Whether tins iii happen
depends entlrel) on commissioner Col-
ley who under narllmentary proced-
ure muit Se III the motion to r ill-
ildar Whethei ii Collej will do io
is not known
a number of prominent citbseni are
verj much Intereated In having tim
site changed and they will appear be-
fore the commissioners today to seek
to accomplish their ends A itiotu:
protest from "H paits of the Clt) has
been raised to changing lhe location.
There is ilao a strong sentiment in
favor of locating the hail on the south
Ide preferably on the site offered
on South Cincinnati between 6th aim
Till streets.
It Is doubtful if the commissioners
even should they desire to change the
location would go so far as to locate
the hall further out on the north ildo
If any change la made at all It Is
hard to see how an) other site ex-
lepl the one on South Cincinnati can
be selected as this Is the best located
and cheapest of any of t h-.se off. -red.
Minor Flank Wooden was nol In
the city yeaterdsy bul is expected
back In time for this mornings meet-
ing Do was one of the three mem-
bers who originally voted for the site
at Archer and Boulder and it Is
thought he will strongly opnose .-mv
change.
The plan for the hall us selected
by the commissionen la meeting with
a veritable itorm of protest Local
architects claim the present plans on
whi. h bids are asked do not meet
the conditions thai must be met to
the cltya best advantage and thai un-
less some radical changes are made
much money will he wasted.
The pi iiis as adopted are practically
ihe same as those used in building
tin- Hutchinson Kansas convention
hall The hall In HltchlnSon has
caused much dissatisfaction and peo-
ple In thai city now realise thai the
city did nol get their money s worth
In the building
Secretary F. W. Tyler of the Hutch-
lilHnn Commercial dub writes is fol-
lows to the local Commercial club:
"I would certainly advise you if you
ire going to build a convention hall
to move very slowly right now and
very carefully and get your plans so
thai they win not be disappointing
aft r the building is completed. As
i town we saw defects In ours even
when the plans wtc Mihmlltcd bill we
Were unable to have th.-m avoided as
lhe mutter was In Ihl hands "f the
city commtaaion and not of the elti-
.ens."
"Very early In the movement our
local firm of architect Mann & Oe-
row. insisted that we were making a
mistake anil the position they took lias
proved 0 true that I am going to ask
you to write them about this build-
lug and the things you should nvold
In building yours."
"We hay.- a magnified! hall but the
stage is whoiu Inadequate for the
purpose and li will be -ry expensive
to have it changed. The rooms used
for the ity offices in part of the
building nr.- not what the) should be.
' We have had trouble with the
scofistics The pity of it is that Hi-
'same money we spent would havs
' made things as they should be in ev
ery particular I hope i can Impress
upon you the Import inc.. of going
Into the matter thoroughly now be-
fore you stsrt and before any plant
are made'"
This letter alone should be a warn-
ing to the commissioners to go y
slowly and to condemn anything along
the line used In Hutchinson It would
I Seem a much belter plan to open the
oiliest lo all architects and allow
each one in submitting his plans to
explain In d'-tall and point out thlf
respectht advantages as there are
very few people who can cm n r-ad
Intelligently a set of building plana
Headed by the Knight Templars in
their elaborate uniforms the Masonic
bodies of this city attended appropri-
ate Easter exercises at the First Pres-
si.tff Photographer.
byterl.m church and listened to a s-r- lenders of the local business and pro-
mon by llcv. C W. Kerr. The ik- I fesslonal World occupied the fmnt
company picture i oWS the start of part of the auditorium at Hit service
the parade as-it turned down Main w hich had been at ranged especially
street. The Masons representing the in their honor.
WORLD'S l M i: Ml- mm.
The In mb t rm file i of The
Dally World In." 11s. pp. n.fl
from the vault In the business of-
fice of The World no one on the
paper knows how r when. The
management Is most anxious to
secure heir return if parties
who took tins files did not In-
tend to steal them they will con-
fer a grt favor by returning
them Immediately and If they
have been Stolen the management
will pay a reasonable reward for
the apprehension of the guilty
party. The files are the full size
of The Dally World and o.-r
the entire month of Dei ember.
" i ed I" lla. .- I nick I;. 1 1 c: lie
i . . wumlu) "Mine Lbhs"
nod Weapon cl.
I IKI Ml
(Special)
w In h in
public oil
date for ;
lions to i
b tin-in
support a
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.-lent
that
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M V CITY. Man b 21 .
The passage n law
I require candidates inr
. ami particularly I'andl-
Itor and legislate .- pi ll
public in) pledge git '-a
advance of election to
articular class of legists -Pmmended
by Governor
9 supplementary mi i iags
legislature Monday On
In- -a s.
" ill- Htatemenl
"No ii g believes mole firmly than
i in ib 'octrlne that men running
for mill ilu ml I stale their positions
on pub uesiioiis Each voter has
s rlghl to know whai a candidate for
office win do when confronted with a
public queatlon after hi election but
there has grown up In this state and
In man) other states of the union it
i ondillun iluil is indefensible and sub
versive of th. bsat purposes of gov-
ernment Candidate tor office era
ecretl) pledged to support certain
policies and measures In the event of
election These pledgee are frequently
made without giving dux consideration
lo the question Involved and when Ih"
matter Is considered although their
judgment may be against the proposi-
tion after iue dellbantlon they are
confronted with Dm snte-slectlon
pledge which men usually feel liu-
pelled io respect and observe."
Wants Further Power
The governor asks that more power
ie given him in connection with the
Investigation of charge of official
mlaeonduci against his appointees In
Mew of the fact that It has been
found Impossible to compel lhe at-
tendance of witnesses at an Inv.-sllgii.
Hon of that sort.
lie urges ii h more stringent laws
on lhe subject of (.ambling.
"The i itni of gambling that i. pro-
ductive of the inos tharin In this statu
is race track gambling" says the gov-
ernor. More stringent laws in regard lo
concealed weapon ami Bunda) ob
servance are also recommended.
in connection with the matter of
abolishing ami consolidating ofllce
the governor state that he does not
desire to restrict the legislature to the
offices specifically mentioned in his
tlrst me.-. age. The way Is opi ned lor
any constitutional amendments iiiat
may be considered desirable
A favorable recommendation h
made In regard t the marriage n-
i ens. bill backed by Ihe club women
of the state which was passed by the
bouse al the regular session.
On the subject of tho taxation of
mortgages Governor Cruce recom-
mends that they be exempted entirely
from taxation stating that even the
proposition of a tiling tax would bo
unsatisfactory as the borrower would
have to pay it In the end
Vpproves Mill-.
VHOMA CITY March 84.
(Special i -Qovernor Cruce has ap-
proved the senate bill by Fields and
Memmlngi r amending sei Don three
article two Chapter lit "f the session
laws .r 1807-08 so lis to require the
president secretary or treasurer of ev-
er) corporation holding laud which
may be subject to sale to file B list
of the same with the corporation -o
iiavs ait-r the Hrst of January each
year. The lauds must be described!
end an explanation mad as to how
they came Into possession of the cor-
porations. lllll'T SOW Bills.
Other bills approved bv th s;f'r-
nor Monday were:
House bin 411 by Dearlng creating
a superior court In Custer county.
Senate ll 3uT by Meiiiminger
amending section 4488 chapter US of
Rnyder's oom piled laws of 1801 reia.
live to mortgage it is provided
that no moit gage may hu removed
from the n nis of th- register of
deeds until after their cancellation.
and whenever a release Is made the
ii i ige - his agent or attorney must
IB ik. note of It on the margin of the
battel mortgage index
Mouse bill "'-t. by Mabeii of the
house and 1 1 ii r 1 1 tl and Fields of tho
s. i ai... emending section three article
n rtli le four of the act of ll07-
1908 relative to the mlulg laws. The
amendment provides that it shall bo
hi . i w -i. for my person to t as inln.i
ii iger superintendent fit boss
hoisting engineer or lire boss without
hrst obi lining a eertllb-.ii- from the
-i Its mining board. This provision
e ill not apply however to lead j I
gohi silver or copper mining and not
to employe
Message I 'rum Ireland
OKLAHOMA CITY Manli 84.
The lrih. through thstf national lead'
r. John Itedmond of Die Finish
h'-tis. of commons expn sed appro-
i tli n "t th.. resolution passed by the
Oklahoma legislature congratulating
Ihl Irish upon securing home rule. In
a communication read In llu house
Monday The cotnmunleat Ion was
H mitiued vu page tlte.)
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